In the children's TV series who was the pilot of fireball XL5?
Fireball XL5 show, and different menu design, the set is identical to its predecessor. Many episodes of "Fireball XL5" were set on exotic planets: Fireball XL5 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 aired for a single 1962—63 series, produced by husband and wife team Gerry and Sylvia Anderson through their company APF, in association with ATV for ITC Entertainment, and first transmitted on ATV on Sunday 28 October 1962. While developing his new show, Anderson thought a brand of
Fireball XL5 since the title seemed rather flat without the numeral. The show featured the Andersons' Supermarionation, a form of puppetry first introduced in "Four Feather Falls" (1960) and "Supercar" (1961) and used again in their subsequent productions such as "Stingray", "Thunderbirds", "Captain Scarlet", "Joe 90" and "The Secret Service". Thirty-nine black and white half-hour episodes of "Fireball XL5" were made on 35mm film: all subsequent 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