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Global Pursuit: After one skit, the Global Pursuit round was played, for a series of questions were asked, each containing one of three possible answers.The first pilot to buzz in and guess the correct answer scored 5 Power Points, but lost 5 Power Points for wrong answers. During the Boost, Kevin read clues in a given subject and gave the pilots a choice of 2 or 3 answers. In Season Two, the Engine Crew would report the problem. (In Season One, a Data Boost was also done to replenish the Chronoskimmer's 'Fact Fuel'). Data Boost: At two points during the game (one in the second season), the episode's villain sabotaged the Chronoskimmer.The typical course of the round was as follows: The points in time visited followed the historical progression of the "seed" originally stolen. Any pilot with the correct answer scored 10 Power Points, with no penalty given for an incorrect answer.Īt one point in the game, Carmen's henchman would provide a clue from the viewscreen. The viewer could see the individual choices represented by an individual color (pink, green, or blue).
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After a skit, three possible answers or locations were shown to the pilots.
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The Chief identified the stolen object and its source, and various skits give clues to the location. Each was given 100 'Power Points' to begin. Three players (ages 10–14) known as "Time Pilots" competed. He would then enter from the right of the Chronoskimmer. In Season 2, Kevin was seen goofing around in his room until the Chief called him to do the show. In the first season, Kevin would enter from the left of the Chronoskimmer. Afterwards, the Chief would introduce host 'Kevin Shinick'. The show then began with the Engine Crew preparing the ACME Chronoskimmer (a flying saucer capable of time travel) for launch and then singing the show's theme song while dancing. (In Season One, she would shine an 'Info-Beam' to give the details of the object in question in Season Two, she would give the thief a 'Loot Orb' or 'Cybersphere' to contain it.) The Chief then told the audience that Carmen's chosen henchman had stolen something, which had to be recovered in 28 minutes (the length of each episode) to prevent temporal paradox. henchmen or henchwomen and told him/her what to steal and where to go. headquarters (in Season 1, Carmen appeared in a fourth wall type of narration in Season 2, a surveillance nano-probe filmed Carmen's lair unnoticed) complaining to herself and plotting to steal the historical "seed" of her complaint. The show replaced Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?, and was recorded entirely at Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queens, New York City.īefore the show began, the viewing audience would see Carmen Sandiego in her V.I.L.E. The show starred Lynne Thigpen as "The Chief", Kevin Shinick as "ACME Time Pilot Squadron Leader" replacing Greg Lee and "The Engine Crew" who is considered a replacement for Rockpella as various informants. The program ran for two seasons on PBS, consisting of 115 episodes (65 in Season 1 and 50 in Season 2), which ran from Octoto December 12, 1997, with reruns airing until September 25, 1998. Just like its predecessor, the show was produced by WGBH Boston and WQED Pittsburgh. Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? is an American half-hour children's television game show loosely based on the computer game of the same name created by Broderbund Software. "Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?" by The Engine Crew