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4.7 2 Seasons • 13 Episodes

Space Command

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.

Seasons

Top Cast

  • Austin Willis

    Austin Willis

    Dr. Fleming, Space Command

  • Andrew Anthony

    Andrew Anthony

    Dr. Joseph Edmunds, Space Command Mission Control

  • Bob Barclay

    Bob Barclay

    Frank Anderson, XSW1

  • James Doohan

    James Doohan

    Phil Mitchell, XSW1 Engineer

  • Aileen Taylor

    Aileen Taylor

    Ilene Morris, Space Command Communications

  • Harry Geldard

    Harry Geldard

    Steve Cassel, XSW1 Captain

  • William Shatner

    William Shatner

  • Joe Austin

    Joe Austin

  • Cec Linder

    Cec Linder

    (1953)

Overview

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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