Fireball XL5
Fireball XL5 is a science fiction-themed children's television Series following spaceship Fireball XL5, commanded by Colonel Steve Zodiac of This World Space Patrol's Assignments. The show had been manufactured in 1962 by husband and wife team Sylvia and Gerry Anderson by using their company APF, in association. Anderson thought a new engine oil -- Castrol XL -- had an interesting sound while developing his show. A phonetic shift generated the name"Fireball XL", with the"-5" added as the title seemed somewhat apartment without the numeral.
The show featured the Andersons' Supermarionation, an application of puppetry introduced in Supercar and also Four Feather Falls and used in their productions such as Stingray and Captain Scarlet. Thirty nine whitened and black black episodes of Fireball XL5 were made on 35mm film: all Anderson series were manufactured in colour.
A few Anderson series have already been demonstrated in syndication in america, but Fireball XL5 will be your only real Anderson series to own run onto a US network. NBC conducted the block of the series in its Saturday morning children from 1963 through to September 1965.
There is mistaken with Fireball XL5 A related programme Space Patrol made by Gerry Anderson business partner and co founder of AP Pictures due to a number of settings and similarities.
Duration: 25
min
Country:
United Kingdom