Sky Raiders of the Desert

Sky Raiders of the Desert
The Sky Raiders take Princess Nida to Kabul, after kidnapping her.
Premiere date	October 12, 1968
Run time	9:31
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"Sky Raiders of the Desert" is the sixth episode of Arabian Knights season one, and came as a segment of The Banana Splits Adventure Hour. It aired on October 12, 1968 on NBC.

After Nida is kidnapped by the Sky Raiders, the Arabian Knights plot a daring rescue of her at the Raiders' fortress.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Sky Raider #1	Unavailable
Sky Raider #2	Unavailable
Prince Turhan	Jay North
Bez	Henry Corden
Raseem	Frank Gerstle
Fariik	John Stephenson
Zazuum	Don Messick
Bakaar
Amit Kabul	Unavailable

Organizations

• Sky Raiders
• Arabian Knights

Locations

• Earth
  • Iraq
    • Sky Raiders' fortress
• The Moon

Objects

• None

Vehicles

• None

Release

Datese are in order of release:

• United States: October 12, 1968 on NBC

Behind the scenes

• This is the first episode not to feature Bakaar and Van Gor.

Errors

• When the Arabian Knights are about to leave the cavern, Fariik is back on his own pillar, despite the fact his had fallen to pieces, forcing him to share Zazuum's.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
  • September 21, 2009: Warner Home Video releases The Banana Splits: Complete Season 1 on DVD.