Sandbox

Episodes 61-65

Ep #	Title	Writer(s)	Original Air-date	Review	Reviewer
61	Fire and Iron	James Luceno	December 5, 1986
Rancit and his gang are threatening farmers to stop the monorail going through. The rangers are sent to help a woman whose husband was put in hospital. Doc is doing some espionage then gets tied to the monorail with dinky music playing in the background.
62	Tower of Combat	Mick Farren	December 8, 1986
The General kidnaps the ambassadors, Doc and Zach, to lure Goose to his Tower. He wants to clone the ranger for his army. Niko volunteers to go with, and the two must fight their way through the five levels of the Tower to free their friends.
63	Gift of Life	Robert Mandell	December 9, 1986
Max was apparently involved in the early stages of the Supertrooper program, and raised Gooseman. Then he disappeared, and everyone assumes that he sold out. The Rangers find Max, but he is being attacked. His wife is dead, he is dying, and his last wish is that Shane look after his young son, William Ester Sawyer. Goose had seen Max in years and had no idea he had ever had children. Max had been working on a bio-engineered horse with wings named, Sundancer, for Brappo, but he wants to horse to go to his son instead. The kid doesn't want to go to school on Earth, but wants to find the horse on Tortuna. Goose lets him go, against Zach's orders.
64	Sundancer	Robert Mandell	December 10, 1986
Billy finds Sundancer, gets captures, is rescued by Geezi, and this turns into the Black Stallion. He win's the race and is put into school on Earth.
65	Heartbeat	Robert Mandell	December 11, 1986
Doc and Niko are sent to Maya's home world Tarkon, to prevent a treaty between King Spartos, Maya's father and the Queen of the Crown. In the midst of all this, the mystery of the Heart, a giant computer hidden away in a mountain, is introduced. While Niko investigates the computer with the help of an ancient Shaman, Doc gets to play dress up and even use those fencing lessons he took at Miss Abercrombie's charm school.