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FIREBALL XL5

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5 Mar 13th, 2009 

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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 super intelligent Professor Matt, oh and one more crew member, a dozy robot called Robert.
Along the way they will fight space battles with alien’s ships and even weirder alien organisms and even pick up another crew member in the form of an alien called Zoonie, who oddly looks a bit like a monkey.

The ship has all the obligatory lasers and guided missiles; it has detachable side ship called Fireball Junior with which they can explore vivid and weird new worlds. They have jet mobiles within the fireball junior and of course ‘Ray Guns’.

A lovely and nostalgic look back into a time of innocence. Children of all ages can watch this and be enthralled by the simplicity of the puppetry and quaintness of it all.
You get 5 DVDs with a total runtime of an amazing 975 Minutes.

Give it a go, Highly recommended. 

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