Space Command (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.
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Episode 1 - Sunspots
Release Date: 1953-03-13 -
Episode 2 - ?
Release Date: 1953-03-20 -
Episode 3 - ?
Release Date: 1953-03-27 -
Episode 4 - ?
Release Date: 1953-04-03 -
Episode 5 - ?
Release Date: 1953-04-10 -
Episode 6 - ?
Release Date: 1953-04-17 -
Episode 7 - ?
Release Date: 1953-04-24 -
Episode 8 - ?
Release Date: 1953-05-01 -
Episode 9 - ?
Release Date: 1953-05-08 -
Episode 19 - ?
Release Date: 1953-07-17 -
Episode 20 - Episode 20
Release Date: 1953-10-17 -
Episode 24 - Aliens
Release Date: 1953-11-14Space Command spaceship exploring a star looking for planets encounters an alien spaceship. As of 2017 January, this is the only episode that is known to remain in existence.