Scorpio - American spaceship seen on the sitcom IT'S ABOUT TIME/CBS/1966-67. The Scorpio (ID No. E-X-1) was manned by Air Force astronauts Captain Mac Mackenzie (Frank Aletter) and Lieutenant Hector "Hec" Canfield (Jack Mullaney). While returning from a NASA mission (that exceeded speeds of 60,000 miles per second), the crew of the Scorpio land in a remote jungle which they feel is the terrain of another planet. But after seeing a cave man and a Tyrannosaurus rex, they quickly conclude they have broken the time barrier and are now existing in the year 1 million B.C.

They also discover that their spacecraft is damaged (faulty condenser points) and so they set out in search of the minerals to repair their engines and return to their own time.

With the assistance of a cave family consisting of Gronk (Joe E. Ross), Shad (Imogene Coca), Mlor (Mary Grace) and Breer (Pat Cardi), the astronauts discover a diamond from the eye of an tribal idol that could correct the condenser points and send them home.

Unfortunately, the cave family is now vilified by the local clan and so to protect them, the astronauts (called "evil spirits" by the tribal elders) take them onboard the Scorpio and travel back through time to modern America.

After the Scorpio lands about 50 outside Los Angeles, the astronauts sequester their prehistoric friends from the staring eyes of twentieth century onlookers and teach them to adjust to their new and strange surroundings (which they call "The Other Side of the Hill").