Fireball XL5.

(Complete Series)
by Gerry Anderson

Publication date 1962

Topics Classic TV, ATV/ITC, Supermarionation, Gerry Anderson, Marionette, Series,
Fireball XL5, Sci-Fi, British, Childens, Television, Adventure
Publisher ITC
Language English
Fireball XL5 is a science fiction themed children's television show following the
adventures of spaceship Fireball XL5, and crew members from the World Space Patrol.
The show was produced from 1962 to 1963 by husband and wife team Gerry and Sylvia
Anderson through their company APF, in association with ATV for ITC Entertainment.

Set between the years 2062 and 2063, the series features the missions of spaceship
Fireball XL5, part of the fleet of interplanetary rockets protecting Sector 25 of
the Solar System from alien invasion commanded by Colonel Steve Zodiac. The crew
includes glamorous Doctor Venus, a doctor of space medicine; middle-aged navigator
and engineer Professor Matthew Matic and co-pilot Robert, a transparent
anthropomorphic robot.