About Space Command
- Released on March 13, 1953
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.
Full Cast of Space Command
Austin Willis plays Dr. Fleming, Space Command (13 episodes)
Andrew Anthony plays Dr. Joseph Edmunds, Space Command Mission Control (13 episodes)
Bob Barclay plays Frank Anderson, XSW1 (13 episodes)
James Doohan plays Phil Mitchell, XSW1 Engineer (13 episodes)
Aileen Taylor plays Ilene Morris, Space Command Communications (13 episodes)
Harry Geldard plays Steve Cassel, XSW1 Captain (13 episodes)
William Shatner
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Cec Linder plays (1953) (13 episodes)
