Masters of Venus is a 1962 British science fiction black-and-white film serial directed by Ernest Morris and starring Norman Wooland, Mandy Harper, and Robin Stewart.

[1][2] It was produced by A. Frank Bundy for the Children's Film Foundation and distributed as a weekly serial in eight 16-minute parts, each of which ends on a cliffhanger, for Saturday morning cinema clubs.

[4][5][6][7][8] One of the regular characters, the Venusian girl Sunia (or Marla, according to other sources)[citation needed], was played by the 16-year-old[9] Zienia Merton,[10] who later in her career would appear in Doctor Who ("Marco Polo", 1964) and in Space:1999 (1975–1977).

Suspense, apprehension, shock, are tempered at the exact dramatic moment by the assurance that all will be well, and a sense of the mystery of both science and beauty is created by the authentic appearance of complicated machinery and an atmosphere of awe around the rocket itself – propped with a majestic fantasy among planetary rocks, almost like Méliés brought up to date.

The element of social morality is handled with a nice balance between realism and faith in humanity: the dissension on Venus reflects our own, but those of the aggressive military faction who believe that 'Attack is the best means of defence' are finally replaced by the progressive leader with his humanitarian ideals.