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").

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Theme Song (Opening Lyrics)

 It's About Time, It's About Space,
About Strange People In The Strangest Place.
It's About Time,
It's About Flight,
Travelin' Faster Than The Speed Of Light.
About Space People And A Brave Crew,
As Through The Barrier Of Time They Flew.
Past The Roman Senators,
Past An Armored Knight,
Past The Firing Minutemen,
To This Modern Site.
It's About Time For You And Me
To Meet These People Of Amazing Feats.
It's About Two Astronauts And How They Educate
A Pre-Historic Woman And Her Pre-Historic Mate.

It's About Time
It's About Space
About Strange People In The Strangest Place
They Will Be Here
With All Of Us
Dodging A Taxi, A Car, A Bus.
Where Will They Go
What Will They Do
In This Strange Place Where Everything Is New.
Will They Manage To Survive
Watch Each Week And See.
Will They Get Accustomed To The Twentieth Century.
It's About Time
For Our Good Byes
To All Our Pre-Historic Gals And Guys.
And Now,
It's About Time
It's About Time
It's About Time
It's About Time!
 

Closing Lyrics

It's About Time, It's About Space,
It's About Time
It's About Space
About Strange People In The Strangest Place
They Will Be Here
With All Of Us
Dodging A Taxi, A Car, A Bus.
Where Will They Go
What Will They Do
In This Strange Place Where Everything Is New.
Will They Manage To Survive
Watch Each Week And See.
Will They Get Accustomed To The Twentieth Century
It's About Time
For Our Good Byes
To All Our Pre-Historic Gals And Guys.
And Now,
It's About Time!