Fireball XL5 (1962 - 1963)

Country of Origin: UK
Date(s) of Broadcast: 28 October 1962 - 16 June 1963
Number of Seasons: 1
Total Number of Episodes: 39
Average Episode Running Times: 25 mins
Format: black and white
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: AP Films / ITC
Producer: Gerry Anderson
Associate Producer: Reg Hill
Production Supervisor: David Elliott

SCRIPT
Scripts: Alan Fennell, Dennis Spooner

DIRECTION
Directors: Gerry Anderson, Alan Pattillo, David Elliott, Bill Harris, John Kelly

PHOTOGRAPHY
Directors of Photography: John Read, Ian Struthers

MUSIC
Music / Arranger / Conductor: Barry Gray
Title Music Arranger: Charles Blackwell

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Derek Meddings
Head Puppet Designer / Maker: John Blundall
Puppet Designers / Makers: Christine Glanville, Eddie Hunter, Yvonne Hunter, Mary Turner

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Bob Bell

VOICES
Paul Maxwell (Colonel Steve Zodiac)
Gerry Anderson (Robert the Robot)
Sylvia Anderson (Venus)
John Bluthal (Commander Zero)
David Graham (Professor Matt Matic / Lieutenant 90 / Zoonie)

SUMMARY

The crew of the World Space Patrol spaceship Fireball XL5, led by Steve Zodiac and including the doctor Venus, the science officer Professor Matic and Robert the Robot, help to protect Sector 25 of the Solar System from alien threats.

EPISODES

Planet 46 (28 October 1962)
Hypnotic Sphere (13 October 1963)
Planet of Platonia (20 January 1963)
Space Magnet (27 October 1963)
The Doomed Planet
Plant Man From Space
The Sun Temple
Space Immigrants
Space Monster
Flying Zodiac
Spy In Space
XL5 To H20
Space Pirates
The Last Of The Zanadus
Space Pen
Convict In Space
Wings Of Danger
The Triads
Sabotage
Prisoner On The Lost Planet
Flight To Danger
Space Vacation
Mystery Of The TA2
Robert To The Rescue
The Forbidden Planet
The Granatoid Tanks
Dangerous Cargo
1875
The Robot Freighter Mystery
Drama At Space City
Whistle For Danger
Faster Than Light
The Day The Earth Froze
Invasion Earth
Ghosts Of Space
Trial By Robot
A Day In The Life Of A Space General
Space City Special
The Fire Fighters

AVAILABILITY

Canada
DVD Distributors: A&E Home Video

UK
Television Distributors: ITV
DVD Distributors: Carlton International Media Ltd

USA
DVD Distributors: A&E Home Video

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Fusée XL5 - French title

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Primetime vol.1 no.11 (Summer 1986) pp.5-6 (UK)
article (Fireball XL5: Memories, old and new by Ralph Titterton)

Soundtrack! The Collector's Quarterly vol.19 no.76 (Winter 2000) pp.16-18 (Belgium)
illustrated soundtrack review (Temp Track by David Hirsch)

Starburst vol.7 no.7 (actually vol.7 no.8 but listed as no.7 due to a typo) (no.80 April 1985) p.43 (UK)
article (TV Zone by Richard Holliss)

KEYWORDS

the future, puppets, robots, space travel, spaceships, supermarionation

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009