Fireball XL5

Fireball XL5: FIREBALL XL5 (272 words)
by - written on 13/03/09 (Very useful, 40 readings)
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Fireball XL5 ======= What a weird little Sci-Fi program this was but thoroughly enjoyable none the less. Creator Gerry Anderson wrote and produced this and it lead him on to bigger and better things, Captain Scarlet is one I remember as a child. Set in the year 2063 and shot mostly in space, we follow the crew of the XL5 as they defend the Earth from various menaces. The Xl5 is a 300ft space ship that patrols sector 25 and defends us from rogue meteors, evil aliens and general baddies. On board we find the crew consisting of the handsome and dashing Colonel Steve Zodiac, his able side kick, Doctor Venus, Navigating the ship is the ...  Read the complete review

FIREBALL XL5 - A Blast from the Past. (399 words)
by - written on 25/04/08 (Very useful, 103 readings)
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Fireball XL5 I have vague memories of this from when I was a child (I was born 1964) and so I guess must have watched repeats but watching it again brought the series back clearly. Fireball XL5 was the fore runner of Stingray, Captain Scarlet and Thunderbirds. This was on TV in 1962, and Contained 39 episode. Synopsis: Set one hundred years into the future, it is the year 2063, and the 300ft spaceship, fireball XL5 is out in space protecting sector 25. Aboard the spaceship is colonel Steve Zodiac, the sexy blonde doctor Venus and the transparent robot called Robert. At the end of most missions Robert the Robot would ...  Read the complete review

Fireball XL5 - From when it took off to its crash-landing. (784 words)
by David Robinson - written on 16/04/08
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Fireball XL5. Out there, I guess anyone under 30-something is wondering what all the hype (and the rerun) was about when first made. I won't go into SuperMarionation (or the Creators) - others have done that around here. I'll try to give the younger readers a view of 60's/70's (childrens) science-fiction TV (and I'll try to avoid talking like your parents or grandparents...). If nothing else, it might fit into a research project you do sometime, especially in MEDIA STUDIES. I am a useful as a (arbitrary) WITNESS to add to your portfolio of studies. What I say here is a reliving of that time - as if it were you. When XL5 was first on ...  Read the complete review

Fireball XL5 (202 words)
by - written on 11/01/08 (Useful, 37 readings)
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Although I am not old enough to remember FIREBALL XL5 on its first broadcast as I was born in 1973, I do have fond memories of watching repeats during the school holidays when I was a child. The show was actually first broadcast in 1962 and was the brainchild of Gerry Anderson, who also created such shows as THUNDERBIRDS and CAPTAIN SCARLET. As with those shows and many others created by him, FIREBALL XL5 is a science fiction puppet show produced using his technique known as Supermarionation. The storylines in FIREBALL XL5 involve Steve Zodiac, a Colonel in the World Space Patrol, who along with his colleagues the beautiful Dr. Venus and the eccentric genius ...  Read the complete review