Space Command
Creator Alfred Harris · Channel CBC Television · Starring Austin Willis, Andrew Anthony, Bob Barclay
Space Command was a Canadian children's science fiction television adventure series broadcast on CBC (Canadian Broadcast Company) Television in 1953 and 1954. It was the first time the network (CBC) aired its own dramatic series.
The series presented life on the fictional space ship XSW1 operated by Space Command, an international organization working to explore and colonize space. Each episode featured the activities of Frank Anderson covering many subject areas such as sunspots, asteroids, space medicine, meteors and evolution.
Although short-lived, Space Command proved to be a hit dramatic program for CBC's earliest years. The series aired weekly from 13 March 1953 – 29 May 1954
Unfortunately, only a single episode from November 1953 is know to exist at this time.
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Episodes
- Episode 1: 1. ?January 8, 1954 · 30 min
Credits
- Austin WillisDr. Fleming, Space Command · 13 episodes
- Andrew AnthonyDr. Joseph Edmunds, Space Command Mission Control · 13 episodes
- Bob BarclayFrank Anderson, XSW1 · 13 episodes
- James DoohanPhil Mitchell, XSW1 Engineer · 13 episodes
- Aileen TaylorIlene Morris, Space Command Communications · 13 episodes
- Harry GeldardSteve Cassel, XSW1 Captain · 13 episodes
- Alfred HarrisCreator
- Murray ChercoverDirector · 13 episodes
Film and series details
- EPISODE LENGTH
- 30 minutes
- FIRST AIRED
- March 13, 1953
- LAST AIRED
- January 8, 1954
- PRODUCTION COMPANY
- CBC
