DC COMICS: Batman '66 (Batman s3 ep 25 Dr, Cassandra)

Batman '66 in the Media

THE ENTRANCING DR. CASSANDRA:
Dr. Cassandra and her husband Cabala are behind a string of invisible robberies, thanks to their camouflage pills. When Batman, Robin, and Batgirl attempt to stop their next theft, the crooks turn them into 2-dimensional figures with their ray gun. Dr. Cassandra then begins work on her final plan - releasing all the super criminals from prison to join her invisible force.

MONITOR'S NOTES: Bat-Trivia

 * In this penultimate Bat-adventure, Dr. Cassandra releases six Arch-Criminals from Gotham State prison: The Riddler, The Penguin, The Joker, Catwoman, King Tut and Egghead. However none of them are played by the usual guest actors. For one thing it would be too expensive to feature them all at the same time. Note that their faces are never clearly seen, they have no lines (other than the Riddler's giggle and Penguin's squawk reused from earlier appearances) and Catwoman resembles the Julie Newmar version instead of season three's Eartha Kitt.


 * After the production ran over budget and could not afford to take two days to block and shoot the final fight scene, writer Stanley Ralph Ross rewrote it so that it all happened in the dark.


 * Writer Stanley Ralph Ross took the name Cassandra from a little girl by that name. She and her family lived next door to Ross, and she always wanted to be in a "Batman" episode, so he made her given name that of the character, Dr. Cassandra.


 * Howard Duff and Ida Lupino, who played husband and wife on this episode, were married off-screen, at the time, as well. The, by most accounts, loving but tempestuous marriage ended in 1984 after 33 years.