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[[File:Frobisher equipped.jpg|right|thumb|[[Frobisher]] performs a rendition of ''Fireball XL5''. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Gift (comic story)|The Gift]]'')]]
{{first pic|Frobisher equipped.jpg|[[Frobisher]] performs a rendition of ''Fireball XL5''. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Gift (comic story)|The Gift]]'')}}'''''Fireball XL5''''' was among the things the [[Eleventh Doctor]] associated with the "[[1960s|swinging sixties]]". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Hunters of Earth (audio story)|Hunters of Earth]]'') [[Frobisher]] once sang its theme song to annoy Professor [[Strut]], a hater of music. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Gift (comic story)|The Gift]]'')
'''"Fireball XL5"''' was a song. [[Frobisher]] sang it to annoy Professor [[Strut]], a hater of music. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Gift (comic story)|The Gift]]'')
{{Quote|I wish I was a spaceman, the fastest guy alive! I'd fly around the universe in Fireball XL5.|A line of the song.|The Gift (comic story)}}
{{Quote|I wish I was a spaceman, the fastest guy alive! I'd fly around the universe in Fireball XL5.|A line of the song.|The Gift (comic story)}}
 
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Fireball XL5 was among the things the [[Eleventh Doctor]] associated with the "[[1960s|swinging sixties]]". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Hunters of Earth (audio story)|Hunters of Earth]]'')
 
== Behind the scenes ==
* [[Barry Gray]] composed this theme song to the [[Century 21 Productions]] show of the same name. Century 21's music label issued this song on a record that also included a version of the [[Doctor Who theme|''Doctor Who'' theme]].
* [[Dennis Spooner]] wrote for two episodes of the series and [[Alan Fennell]] wrote for eleven.
* [[David Graham]] voiced the character Lt. 90.
* When the comic appeared in [[TV Comic]], it was written by Fennell with art by [[Neville Main]]. Later rights to publish comics were transferred to [[TV Century 21]]. Faux news-blurbs printed on the last panel of each page of ''[[The Dalek Chronicles]]'' were often connected to the Firebird XL5 comic and remained intact on some of [[Marvel Comics]]' reprints.
 
[[Category:Songs from the real world]]
[[Category:Songs from the real world]]

Revision as of 15:40, 10 December 2020

You may be looking for the series in the real world or the titular spacecraft.
Frobisher performs a rendition of Fireball XL5. (COMIC: The Gift)

Fireball XL5 was among the things the Eleventh Doctor associated with the "swinging sixties". (AUDIO: Hunters of Earth) Frobisher once sang its theme song to annoy Professor Strut, a hater of music. (COMIC: The Gift)

I wish I was a spaceman, the fastest guy alive! I'd fly around the universe in Fireball XL5.A line of the song. [The Gift (comic story) [src]]

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