Fireball XL5
FAB Facts: The evolution of gunshot effects in Supermarionation shows!
As discussed on this week’s edition of the Gerry Anderson Podcast, multiple techniques were used to show puppet scale guns firing in Supermarionation...
Top five Fireball XL5 guest villains
Across thirty-nine episodes, the crew of Fireball XL5 faced a variety of dangerous adversaries as they patrolled Sector 25. In addition to the...
Fireball XL5 vs Cosmic Colossus! – A Gerry Anderson A21 News Story
From the control room of XL8, Steve Zodiac and the others watched speechlessly as the rock Colossus advanced slowly towards them. It must...
Fireball XL5: The Hunt for XL8! – A Gerry Anderson A21 News Story
The mighty retro motors of XL5 roared into life, slowing the huge craft as it approached the bizarre cluster of asteroids ahead. Captain...
Fathers of the Anderson universe (part 1)
The Anderson shows presented a number of idealised father figure characters for their viewers to look up to over the decades – so...
FAB Facts: Fireball XL5’s Influence on Rocketry, Aviation, and SpaceX?!
The shows of Gerry Anderson are known to have inspired all kinds of things in our real world culture, and Fireball XL5 is...
FAB Facts: Fireball XL5 Destroyed and Robot the Robot missing?
Anything went in the TV21 comic stories of the Anderverse, and Fireball XL5 was no exception. As discussed in this week’s edition of...
The Century 21 mini albums range
In 1965, the merchandising arm of AP Films entered into a partnership with Pye Records to establish a children’s audio label named Century...
Fleet Assembles For Gerry Anderson Day! – A Gerry Anderson A21 News Story
Fantastic craft and personnel from all corners of the globe have assembled together in order to celebrate Gerry Anderson Day! The top secret...
The Fireball XL fleet
Across the 39 episodes of Fireball XL5 we followed the daring Steve Zodiac and his crew as they patrolled the spacelanes of Sector...