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Fireball XL5

1962
Fireball XL5

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EP1 Planet 46 Oct 28, 1962

After intercepting a missile on course for earth, Steve Zodiac and the crew of the XL5 travel to Planet 46 and discover the Subterrains who launch another missile at the earth with Venus trapped inside.

EP2 The Doomed Planet Nov 04, 1962

The Fireball XL5 narrowly misses a planet that bas broken out of it's orbit and realize the planet is on a collision course for the planet Membrono. After concluding the planets are uninhabited, Steve realizes he saw a flying saucer and after the ship lands at Venus' house, the XL5 is lured back to save the planet Membrono from destruction.

EP3 Space Immigrants Nov 11, 1962

Venus and Prof. Matic are about to set off in the Mayflower 3 to colonise the nearby planet, New Earth. But the Advance Scout has been kidnapped by two evil midgets who plan to hold the new immigrants captive.

EP4 Plant Man From Space Nov 18, 1962

After a blackout at Space City, a missile gets through the radar blackout, and is heading towards Space City with a dangerous cargo...

EP5 Spy in Space Nov 25, 1962

The crew of XL5 encounter Boris and Griselda the space pirates on the Companion 12 space station.

EP6 The Sun Temple Dec 02, 1962

When experimenting with a new warhead in space, Steve Zodiac is forced to save Venus from the clutches from the sinister Cult of Miras before she can be sacrificed to their sun-god...

EP7 XL5 to H2O Dec 09, 1962

Everyone on planet Zolpheid is killed in an Aquaphibian attack, except for Rald and Jerek. Receiving an SOS, Space City sends Fireball XL5 to rescue the two from Zolpheid's oceans.

EP8 Space Pirates Dec 16, 1962

While babysitting Commander Zero's son, Jonathan, Venus tells him story about when Fireball XL5 encountered a group of space pirates.

EP9 Flying Zodiac Dec 23, 1962

As Steve celebrates the anniversary of his family's circus act, Venus falls asleep and dreams of a plot devised by Mr and Mrs Space Spy and the nomadic Monadians to take over the Earth…

EP10 Space Pen Dec 30, 1962

To capture a group on criminals, Steve, Matt and Venus pretend to steal XL5.

EP11 Space Monster Jan 06, 1962

Fireball XL2 has crashed on Planet Monotane, and Fireball XL5 is sent to investigate, only to run into a sort of space dinosaur...

EP12 The Last of the Zanadus Jan 13, 1963

Major Jim Ireland returns to Earth after 10 years in space, but unknown to everyone, he has become an agent for Kudos, the only survivor from the planet Zanadu, who wants revenge on all Lazoones for destroying his people.

EP13 Planet of Platonia Jan 20, 1963

The Fireball XL5 foils an attempted bombing while transporting the King of Platonia and is caught in the middle of the plot to assassinate the King and sent two planets into war.

EP14 The Triads Jan 27, 1963

After detecting a series of massive explosions in space, Steve and the crew of XL5 find a planet three times bigger than Earth, but they soon crash land...

EP15 Wings of Danger Feb 03, 1963

On Planet 46, the Subterraineans plan revenge on Zodiac and send a robot bird to infect him with radium.

EP16 Convict in Space Feb 10, 1963

After top secret plans are stolen from Earth, XL5 enocunters Boris and Griselda, but Matt is captured.

EP17 Space Vacation Feb 17, 1963

Kernak, ruler of Kemple plots the resettlement of his people to Planet Olympus by poisoning Olympus' ruler's son. Venus and Matt are captured and must be rescued by Steve.

EP18 Flight to Danger Feb 24, 1963

Lt. 90 qualifies for his astronauts wings by landing XL5 in one piece and then piloting XL1 off the launch rail, but on his return to Earth in a capsule, he finds it has caught fire!

EP19 Prisoner on The Lost Planet Mar 03, 1963

Fireball XL5 recieves a distress call on a distant planet, and Steve Zodiac journeys to investigate.

EP20 The Forbidden Planet Mar 10, 1963

At Space Observatory 1, Matt and Dr. Stamp work on a new Ultrascope space probe. However, the people of the planet the probe is sent to observe don't take too kindly to being watched and kidnap the scientists.

EP21 Robert to the Rescue Mar 17, 1963

While stargazing, Prof. Matic discovers a new planet, but it doesn't read on any electronic instruments. Curious, Steve and the others set out in the XL5 to investigate, and find that the planet is more sinister than first thought...

EP22 Dangerous Cargo Mar 24, 1963

On a survey of Pharos, the crew of XL5 disocver the planet is unstable and must be destroyed. After setting up bombs, someone traps Steve and the others in with it.

EP23 Mystery Of The TA2 Mar 31, 1963

Whilst on patrol, the XL5 comes across the wreck of an old spaceship. Setting out to investigate, they find it to be the TA2, that disappeared in the 2020's, and the hunt is on to find her pilot...

EP24 Drama At Space City Apr 07, 1963

With Steve and Venus on vacation, Commander Zero is left to look after Zoonie the Lazoon, who causes havoc in Space City with Commander Zeros' son, Jonathan.

EP25 1875 Apr 14, 1963

Matt completes his new time machine and sends Robert back to 1875, but Steve, Venus and Zero are accidently sent back as well.

EP26 The Granatoid Tanks Apr 21, 1963

On Planet 73, two scientists working at a mineral research lab discover that they in the path of six tanks controlled by Granatoid robots. They can only be stopped using a rare material, but all the supplies have run out!

EP27 The Robot Freighter Mystery Apr 28, 1963

Robot freighters are being sabotaged by a shoddy space salvage company, and Steve Zodiac is determined to find the proof he needs to bring the sleazy brothers to justice.

EP28 Whistle for Danger May 05, 1963

On planet Floran, the crew of XL5 try to discover what is killing the plants there, however the native people believe they are an invasion force and drug their food.

EP29 Trial by Robot May 12, 1963

A mechanics professor is giving a lecture on robotics at Space City. But barely a few days after his visit, Robert suddenly rebels and steals Fireball XL1! Steve and Venus follow him in the XL5, but find themselves prisoner of a robotic society, with Robert as their jailer.

EP30 A Day in the Life of a Space General May 19, 1963

While drawing a schematic for a new radar screen, Lt. Ninety is surprised to find himself promoted to the rank of General!

EP31 Invasion Earth May 26, 1963

There is a strange fog descending on Space City, blocking out communications with the rest of the outside world. But what does this strange cloud hide?

EP32 Faster Than Light Jun 02, 1963

While on route to Space Station 9, Steve loses control of XL5. Racing out of control, XL5 passes the light barrier resulting in the loss of all but an hours worth of oxygen.

EP33 The Day the Earth Froze Jun 09, 1963

XL27 makes an emergency landing at Space City and the crew are all found to be unconcious. XL27's route is traced back to planet Zavia where the inhabitants plan to freeze the Earth by deflecting the sun's rays.

EP34 The Fire Fighters Jun 16, 1963

Blazing fireballs from a space cloud cause widespread damage on Earth. XL5 is sent to investigate but it catches fire and has to retreat. Steve proposes using an old satellite to detonate the cloud, but a fireball is heading directly to Space City.

EP35 Space City Special Jun 23, 1963

General Rossiter comes to Space City to present Steve with the Astronaut of the Year award. XL5 and the ground staff put on a song and dance show to raise money for charity. Meanwhile Venus is put in danger aboard a new supersonic jet liner.

EP36 Ghosts Of Space Oct 06, 1963

XL5 transports Geologist Frazer to Electron for a survey. When Frazer discovers a strange rock in a deserted town, he goes mad and threatens to destroy Fireball Junior, if Steve doesn't take the rocks back to Earth.

EP37 Hypnotic Sphere Oct 13, 1963

The crew of the XL5 becomes entranced by a strange alien sphere and Robert is the only one who can save the crew.

EP38 Sabotage Oct 20, 1963

On patrol, Fireball XL5 suddenly catches fire. The cause, sabotage! Commander Zero sends Light Patrol LP22 to investigate, but the XL5 crew have disappeared...

EP39 Space Magnet Oct 27, 1963

The XL5 becomes caught in the gravitational pull of planet Megneton and discovers the plot by the Solars to bring the Earth's moon into their orbit.
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Released: 28 October 1962 Ended
Producted By: ITC Entertainment
Country: United Kingdom
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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Synopsis

Fireball XL5 is a science fiction-themed children's television show following the missions of spaceship Fireball XL5, commanded by Colonel Steve Zodiac of the World Space Patrol. The show was produced in 1962 by husband and wife team Gerry and Sylvia Anderson through their company APF, in association with ATV for ITC Entertainment. While developing his new show, Anderson thought a brand of motor oil—Castrol XL—had an interesting sound. A phonetic change created the name "Fireball XL", with the "-5" added as the title seemed a bit flat without the numeral. The show featured the Andersons' Supermarionation, a form of puppetry first introduced in Four Feather Falls and Supercar and used again in their subsequent productions such as Stingray and Captain Scarlet. Thirty-nine black and white half-hour episodes of Fireball XL5 were made on 35mm film: all future Anderson series were produced in colour. Several Anderson series have been shown in syndication in the US, but Fireball XL5 is the only Anderson series to have run on a US network. NBC ran the series in its Saturday morning children's block from 1963 through to September 1965. A similar programme often confused with Fireball XL5 is Space Patrol, produced by Gerry Anderson's ex business partner and co-founder of AP Films, Arthur Provis due to a number of similarities and settings.

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Neil Welch I haven't bought the DVD set (I should add "yet", I suppose. But let me see what I remember:Robert the Robot intoning "On our way home" at the end of the episodeThose fabulous hover scootersZoonie the Lazoon's distinctive vocalisations (and sucker fingers) Venus (ah, Venus! the first artificial female I improbably fancied)(odd that Lady Penelope sounded exactly like her...) That take-off ramp, the second of Gerry Anderson's increasingly elaborate launch sequences My plastic Fireball XL5 model kit Every word of the theme song. All together now, "I wish I was a spaceman..." My die-cast Fireball XL5 model Fireball XL5 in TV21 comicCome on, I was 10! It was great! Now, where can I get those DVDs?
StuOz Early Gerry Anderson puppet series.Being a 1960s B&W space show gives it a first season Lost In Space-feel.I had a mixed reaction to the series, sometimes I would flick on a tape and enjoy it, some of the spaced out sets were cool, while other times I found it too unlike the more traditional Stingray/Thunderbirds material. The spacecraft the series is named after and the robot did nothing for me, but the series should be viewed as just simply a warm up for the much better Stingray series that followed.
rsetchell From the very outset, I was hooked by this show as a child. In a lot of ways, it was very advanced with a WOMAN doctor...even though Venus spent most of her time making coffee, cleaning up, or needing to be rescued. Robert was the best robot around, and Professor Mattic was just eccentric enough to be interesting, too. Coulda lived without the Lazoon, though. This show even had a first rate music score, too. But, it was that ship that had me! It was unlike most of the cramped ships in sci fi at the time. This one had a lounge, sleeping quarters, too. Its nose cone was detachable, and could land on the planets they visited. Most of the plots were pretty simple, but some stood out. One episode had XL5 in an unexplored area of space. The ship had been hit by meteors, and was losing its oxygen. They knew they had just a short time left, and even as a child, I was fascinated with how they were facing death. Of course, they just HAPPENED to wander into a part of the universe with its own air pocket, but hey..!I used to think I was the only person who even cared about this show, but thanks to the wonders of the Internet, I found out there were a LOT of fans out there world wide!I loved this show when I was young. I got as many episodes as were available on VHS when I could, and now, I see the entire series is on DVD! It probably won't win too many new fans in this day and age, but if you loved this show as a child, its a little reminder of a more innocent time. Enjoy the ride!
manbird3 I was very young when I saw this show, but I still remember the special effects, especially the opening sequence of the rocket speeding down that track and the changes in the engine sounds just before it took off from the track into the air. The marionettes, especially the robot and his electronic voice. And I remember being very moved by a story involving a mermaid. The ending was sad. I would love to get this series on video. is it available?