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Fireball XL5 - The Complete Series

David Graham (Actor), Sylvia Anderson (Actor) Rated:
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Forty years ago, the legendary producer Gerry Anderson launched a way-out series set a century ahead of its time. Far beyond the solar system, Colonel Steve Zodiac, commander of the spaceship Fireball XL5, and his trusty crew patrol the vast reaches of Sector 2Fans of Anderson's Thunderbirds and Space 1999 will be amazed by his early mastery of supermarionation techniques. Now all 39 otherworldly adventures of his groundbreaking cult hit have been re-mastered and arranged in original production order. In vivid black and white. 16 hours 54 min. on 5 DVDs.

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Producer Gerry Anderson is something of a legend in his native England, based primarily on the popular TV series Thunderbirds, its various spinoffs, and this, its 1962-'63 predecessor. All were produced in "Supermarionation"; i.e., they're puppet shows--not especially sophisticated ones (to say the least), but ones that many viewers seemed to adore. This five-disc boxed set contains all 39 episodes of Fireball XL5, totaling nearly 17 hours (plus extras).

The stories concern the efforts of captain-hero Steve Zodiac and his crew (including Steve's love interest and a talkative robot, voiced respectively by Anderson's then-wife Sylvia and Anderson himself; the pair were also cowriters) to protect "Sector 25" of the solar system from alien invasion. They battle killer rays and alien criminals, visit mysterious planets, and escape from all manner of perilous circumstances... they use ray guns and fly around with "thrust packs" and on "jetmobiles" (reducing the need for walking, which puppets don't do so well)... in other words, typical sci-fi fare. But while the animation is laughable (little attempt was made to disguise the strings that hold up puppets and props alike) and the effects primitive, there's no denying the show's campy charm (indeed, people who study such things consider it to be an important influence on the sci-fi genre in general). Is it a bit too much of a good thing? Probably not for anyone willing to make the investment. DVD extras include photos, a couple of featurettes, and audio commentary on two episodes (voice actor David Graham on "The Doomed Planet" and director Alan Pattillo on "Space City Special"). --Sam Graham

Product details

  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.33:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches; 4 ounces
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Animated, Black & White, Box set, Closed-captioned, Dolby, Full Screen, Multiple Formats, NTSC
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 16 hours and 54 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ February 1, 2003
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ David Graham, Gerry Anderson, John Bluthal, Paul Maxwell, Sylvia Anderson
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ A&E Home Video
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00007J6DN
  • Writers ‏ : ‎ Gerry Anderson
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 5
  • Best Sellers Rank: #164,808 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 out of 5 stars (629)

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4.5 out of 5 stars
629 global ratings

Customers say

Customers find this TV series entertaining and consider it one of the most engaging Supermarionation series, bringing back great memories of their youth. The video quality is very good, with one customer noting the sharp image, and the content includes all 39 episodes. They appreciate the black and white presentation, and one customer describes it as an excursion into early TV SciFi.

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29 customers mention "Entertainment value"28 positive1 negative

Customers find the TV series entertaining, describing it as one of the most engaging Supermarionation series and great classic television.

"THIS IS PURE FUN, FUN, FUN! And being in black & white makes it even more special. I really like the different aliens in each episode...." Read more

"Perfect! I watched this show back in the 60s. I remember the song the most and loved watching the episodes again. It brought back good memories." Read more

"...'s standards it is certainly "NON TECH", FBXL5 is still good entertainment." Read more

"It great to see the old shows we love as kids, many time when I ask my friends about an old show they have forgotten how cool..." Read more

17 customers mention "Memories"17 positive0 negative

Customers find the TV series nostalgic, bringing back great memories and serving as a trip down memory lane.

"...We watched a few episodes and it was a great trip down memory lane." Read more

"Blast from the past! Great memories from childhood!" Read more

"Another great blast from the past. Product in excellent condition. Service was great...." Read more

"...they were excellent to watch these old shows. Brought back a lot of memories." Read more

9 customers mention "Video quality"9 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the video quality of the TV series, with one customer noting the sharp image and another mentioning the high clarity in DVD format.

"This set is amazing. Video quality is very good and to watch this again, more then 30 years later is fun. A must for fans of all ages...." Read more

"The quality of the reproduction is excellent. The memories relived are great...." Read more

"...It is almost weird to see such crisp video and hear quality audio. Thanks for putting this together- brought back a lot of memories...." Read more

"...Also picture and sound very good." Read more

6 customers mention "Story quality"6 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the story quality of the TV series, with one customer noting its simple narrative structure and another mentioning its dramatic plots.

"...review it like it's star wars or something..just sit back , and enjoy the stories , and try to remember the carefree days of when you first saw..." Read more

"...The stories are simple (so far...), but imaginative, and suitable for kids...." Read more

"...the stories do amount to little more than kid's stuff, they are dramas with plots and characterization, and on par with '50s "real people"..." Read more

"...puppet strings are visible, but the characters, dialog and stories are all I remembered...." Read more

4 customers mention "Innovation"4 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the TV series' innovative approach, with one customer describing it as an excursion into early TV science fiction.

"...The stories are simple (so far...), but imaginative, and suitable for kids...." Read more

"...Fireball XL-5 uses many tricks, gimmicks, innovations and logic to bring the future to life...." Read more

"Fun excursion into early TV SciFi..." Read more

"Innovative television in TV's Golden Age..." Read more

3 customers mention "Color"3 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the black and white color scheme of the TV series.

"...Here are all 39 episodes digitally restored in glorious black and white, along with various extras on each of the five discs, including voice actor..." Read more

"...is in black & white . There is one thing they don't use spacesuits instead they take an oxygen pill...." Read more

"...The quality of the shows are beautiful black and white, and strings and all just make it better , and fun..." Read more

3 customers mention "Content"3 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the TV series' content, with one mentioning it includes all 39 episodes and various extras.

"...And to have ALL the episodes in one place!! Who could ask for more...?" Read more

"...digitally restored in glorious black and white, along with various extras on each of the five discs, including voice actor commentaries, photo..." Read more

"...DVD set includes all 39 episodes and explores the exploits of Steve Zodiac and his crew Venus (Doctor of Space Medicine), Matt Matic..." Read more

3 customers mention "Creativity"3 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the creativity of the TV series, with one customer highlighting the great writing and another being floored by the scripts.

"Even thou you can see the strings it still has great artistic creativity in this art form." Read more

"...surprise and fun it was to view the first DVD and get totally floored by the scripts, the production values, and the characters in this series...." Read more

"...Other than to share with others my recent observations of this creative effort and how it may have been the germination of my love of things sci-..." Read more

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  • Frank Forrest
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Remarkable Surprise
    Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2009
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    The things I remember most about this program from reruns is the music. I really loved the beginning theme and the ending theme. Other than that, the rest is a blur--except that I seem to recall that I enjoyed some of the shows because they were cool.

    Enter the 21st century and the Fireball XL5 DVDs are released and I picked up the set from the subliminal memories I had of the show. I still don't remember a thing about any of the episodes but what a great surprise and fun it was to view the first DVD and get totally floored by the scripts, the production values, and the characters in this series.

    Ok, the silly strings always show in the episodes, but the actors take their parts so seriously that you start to imagine that the marionettes are actually live. The shows exhibit quite a lot of sophistication in the stories as the XL5 crew visits different planets, meet up with space aliens, and interact with each other.

    The ensemble cast of Steve Zodiac, Matt, and Venus form a tight bond that predates the threesome in the original Star Trek series. There are some scientific goofs in the series such as the crew going out into space without space suits (what, they breath in a vacuum?) but I suppose if they are 100 years into the future, perhaps they had a force-field around them. ;)

    In any event, each episode is truly enjoyable for me and I am totally in awe with the "special effects" the great writing, and voice acting. I'm only up to the second DVD so far, but I'm totally looking forward to view the rest of the set.

    If you want to see how it was done before CG, pick this set up and marvel (and laugh) at how it was done in the past. In any event, the character actors believed in what they were doing and this totally shows through in the episodes. Hardly a bit of camp or cheese. If it did, it would have made me a "tootie" for buying it. :D
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  • Glenn I. Dubin
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fireball XL5 - The Great Grand Daddy of TV Sci - Fi
    Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2010
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    Okay, I have better things to do with my busy life than to review this product. Other than to share with others my recent observations of this creative effort and how it may have been the germination of my love of things sci-fi.
    My earliest memories as a child were sitting and watching this program with my older brother. He was 13, I was 3. We would watch Clutch Cargo,Sally Starr, Gene London and Fireball XL5 together. I found the images and stories from Fireball scarey but intriquing. I can remember seeing the images of the Fireball XL5 taking off, seperating, flying though space, and landing and importing them directly into my imagination, to be downloaded to my toys, and imaginary journeys with my rocket ships. Everything that I could pick up and "fly" through space, my mind's eye viewed as a space ship. Later, my wife and I used to joke about these marionettes and their faulty and comical motor skills. Many side splitting evenings we would refer to these marionette plays parroting their movable bottom lips, exagerated eye brows, and the numb motions of their hands. When I saw this set on line,it was probably the quickest Amazon purchase decision I have made.
    One weekend evening, we opened the box set together, and watched several episodes...and I can tell you, though it had been 40 some odd years since this show was aired, and when we last saw them, we both had a joyful trip down memory lane. Who can remember the early sixties...this brought us both back.
    I am an avid sci fi fan. I read sci-fi..I am a card holding Trekker...I was first in line to see Star Wars...read and understood Dune in JR High. Fireball
    XL is seminal. It set the theme for Lost in Space...Star Trek...Star Wars and Battlestar Galactica. Just watch the episodes....It is all the same! It may be blasphemy to suggest that Gene Roddenbury stole some of the ideas from Fireball XL5... but the similarities are uncanny.
    I have one more observation...was a connection that I had with my older brother. He viewed these videos...and it brough him back to 1963 too. I wonder how many connections these videos will make for you. Buy them. They will bring you back.
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  • Samdawg
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fireball XL5 - Really Great!!!
    Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2010
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    Can't add anything more to the other great reviews.... I was born in 1954 and saw this as a kid on TV. The theme song made me smile from ear to ear to the extent that I thought my face would break (I always thought the song was at the beginning of each episode, but it is not.... it is at the conclusion of each show). I was amazed at the quality of the DVD's and the packaging. This is an A&E product. I think it was made in Britain originally. The special features have a narrative by one of the gentlemen that did the puppet's voices. I agree with the comment someone else offered.... as good as this is I didn't need the entire series. After watching just a few episodes my nostalgia was more than satisfied. Too bad they do not offer just a single DVD of episodes (but again the price is very fair for this mega set). I highly recommend Fireball XL5. My 7 year od grandson thinks Fireball XL5 is great too, but prefers Starwars!
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  • LKM
    4.0 out of 5 stars If only there were color...
    Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2025
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    I watched (and loved) this show as a kid. I think the show would appeal to the same folks who like Thunderbirds...if only it was in color! But I'm guessing the dollars-and-cents thing wouldn't work for colorizing these old shows. Unfortunate. But hey...Venus is an officer...and a co-pilot...and a medical doctor! She even operates on Steve Zodiac in one episode I remember! What a role model for today's young girls!
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  • Dawn from CT
    5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect!!
    Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2024
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    Perfect! I watched this show back in the 60s. I remember the song the most and loved watching the episodes again. It brought back good memories.
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  • Paul Tapner
    5.0 out of 5 stars I wish I was a spaceman
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 21, 2011
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    Back in the 1960's, Gerry and Sylvia Anderson produced puppet shows for children's tv. After three shows, frustration at how hard it was to make a puppet walk convincingly gave them the idea to centre shows around super vehicles. That way the puppets wouldnt need to walk so much.

    And thus the concept of 'supermarionation' was born.

    After Supercar - The Entire Series [DVD], first supermarionation show, came Fireball XL5. Set in the 21st century, when the world space patrol has a base at space city and from there sends off ships to patrol the space lanes.

    Amongst these is Fireball XL5. Crewed by heroic commander Steve Zodiac, glamorous doctor of space medicine Venus Mercury, and eccentric scientist Matthew 'Matt' Mattic. Plus Matt's invention Robert the Robot.

    Back at base irascible Commander Zero and his long suffering youthful assistant Lieutenant Ninety keep things running. And Venus's pet alien Lazoom Zoonie is always getting into mischief.

    The crew will regularly get into dangerous situations, not least with humanoid alien races whom you will ever usually only see two members of.

    The same template was reused for subsequent series Stingray - Complete Series [DVD] [1964] which is basically Fireball XL5 with slightly different characters in an undersea setting. And whilst Steve Zodiac is a bit too perfect compared to the more fallible Troy Tempest from the latter show, this holds up well when compared to the later offering.

    Despite being almost fifty years old now each episode is perfectly paced at a little under twenty five minutes. And it comes from a more innocent tv time. Puppets will occasionally be seen smoking. Anyone who makes a mistake is a 'tooty', and even the occsaional sexist joke at the expense of Venus is rather charmingly dated.

    The depth of imagination on display in the stories and settings is enough to entertain old and young alike. You may be able to see the wires. They may reuse certain model shots over and over again. And it may be in black and white. But you just may not care about any of that, such is this show's power to entertain.

    The Dvd have the following language and subtitles:

    Language: English.

    Subtitles: English.

    There are thirty nine episodes in total, spread over five discs.

    Each disc has some eye catching animated menus, plus direct scene access for each episode.

    There are no extras [for those see a more recent dvd release of the show Fireball XL5 - The Complete Series - Special Edition [DVD] [1962] but what you do get are thirty nine bits of tv that are fun for all ages.
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  • t-masa
    5.0 out of 5 stars 品質が良かった
    Reviewed in Japan on June 7, 2023
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    配達後に全てのディスクをチェックしたが全て異常が無かった。
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  • Don Edward Cook
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fireball XL5 -- an fun early Anderson gem worth billions of times its weight in gold!
    Reviewed in Canada on August 17, 2014
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    Fireball XL5", an early example of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's "Supermarionation" sci-fi puppetry, although in black-and-white, is still quite the fun treat for kids to watch! Steve Zodiac's jut-jawed charm proves if anyone can save the day, he can. French-born Dr. Venus (voiced by Sylvia Anderson) is quite the charming, ever resourceful space-medical belle cosmique, n'est-ce pas? Prof. Matthew Matic (catchy name!) is the most confounded-yet-lovable scientist the early side of "Star Trek." Robert the Robot (NOT to be confused with "Forbidden Planet's" Robby the Robot, yet voiced by Gerry Anderson) is quite the android. Zoonie, the ever-mischievous-yet-lovable space animal makes Gilligan from "Gilligan's Island" look competent! Commander Zero seems like he might have some of General Patton's DNA within him (but humanely watered-down -- "Fireball XL5" is set in 2063, after all), but is still lovably gruff as he chews out Lieutenant 90. Their spacey adventures might not wash scientifically, but for the sake of pure fun, "Fireball XL5" is worth it. Order this today, and once you receive it, put it into your DVD player -- and blast-off!
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Nostalgia
    Reviewed in Australia on August 28, 2023
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    Gift for myself. Used to love this show.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars dvd
    Reviewed in France on March 8, 2016
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    lecture plaisante dommage que ca soit pas sous titrer ou en francais mais moi qui adoore les vielle serie je suis tres satisfait
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