Space Command
1953-54 • 2 SeasonsSpace 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.
Top Series Cast
Austin Willis
as Dr. Fleming, Space Command
Andrew Anthony
as Dr. Joseph Edmunds, Space Command Mission Control
Bob Barclay
as Frank Anderson, XSW1
James Doohan
as Phil Mitchell, XSW1 Engineer
Aileen Taylor
as Ilene Morris, Space Command Communications
Harry Geldard
as Steve Cassel, XSW1 Captain
William Shatner
Joe Austin
Cec Linder
as (1953)
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