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Fireball XL5
I had vague memories of this from when I was a child (I was born 1964) and so I guess must have watched repeats but watching the DVDs 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 ... ...of the lazoon race.
Fireball XL5 had living quarters for the crew with an ultra-modernistic lounge, observation window, a laboratory for research and an astroscope, which the crew would use to see in any conditions. The XL5 had a nose cone called fireball junior, which detached itself from the main part of the rocket and was able to make planetary landings whilst fireball itself remained in orbit.
Other equipment included, air cushioned jetmobiles ...
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...son of the genius Prof. Joe had lost both parent in a car accident when he was 12 months old.
At the start of each episode Joe would enter the chair and the spinning arms would transfer the info direct into his brain, Once the transfer was complete, Joe would don a pair of 'electrode glasses' to trigger the new knowledge housed within him.
Equipped with his armoury of gadgets, Joe undertakes a series of daring special missions. Various missions ... ...why was the series called Joe 90? When Joe joined W.I.N. there were 89 London base
