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{{Infobox | {{real world}} | ||
| | {{Infobox Crossover | ||
|image = <gallery> | |||
| | Fireball XL5 title card.jpg|TV | ||
| | Fireball XL5 Logo.jpg|Comic | ||
|publisher | </gallery> | ||
| | |debut = [[28 October (releases)|28 October]] [[1962 (production)|1962]] | ||
| | |creator = [[Gerry Anderson]], [[Sylvia Anderson]] | ||
| | |publisher = [[City Magazines]], [[ITV]] | ||
}}'''''Fireball XL5''''' was a science fiction series created by [[ | |writer = [[Gerry Anderson]], [[Sylvia Anderson]], [[Alan Fennell]], Anthony Marriott, [[Dennis Spooner]] | ||
|director = [[Gerry Anderson]], David Elliott, Bill Harris, John Kelly, [[Alan Pattillo]] | |||
|editor = Gordon Davie, Eric Pask, [[David Lane]] | |||
|producer = [[Gerry Anderson]] | |||
|medium = {{il|Television series|Comic series}} | |||
|genre = | |||
|time = {{il|[[1965 (releases)|1965]] - [[1967 (releases)|1967]]|[[2014 (releases)|2014]]|[[2022 (releases)|2022]]}} | |||
|relevant media = '''''[[#Crossovers|See list]]''''' | |||
|relevant characters = [[World Space Patrol]] | |||
|relevant locations = [[Space City]], [[Space City Control Tower]], ''[[Fireball XL5 (spacecraft)|Fireball XL5]]'', [[Kemble]] | |||
}}{{dab page|Fireball XL5 (disambiguation)}} | |||
'''''Fireball XL5''''' was a science fiction series created by [[Gerry Anderson|Gerry]] and [[Sylvia Anderson (actor)|Sylvia Anderson]]. Originally running as an animated puppet series, ''Fireball XL5'' was also spun off into comics published in ''[[TV Century 21]]'' alongside ''[[The Daleks (comic series)|The Daleks]]''. | |||
Notably, the original televised run of the animated series spanned October 1962 to October [[1963 (releases)|1963]], thus ending the month prior to the beginning of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. | Notably, the original televised run of the animated series spanned October 1962 to October [[1963 (releases)|1963]], thus ending the month prior to the beginning of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. In the chronology of Anderson-[[Producer|produced]] series filmed in {{w|supermarionation}}, ''Fireball XL5'' was preceded by ''[[Supercar (series)|Supercar]]'' and succeeded by ''[[Stingray (series)|Stingray]]''. | ||
== Crossovers | == Crossovers == | ||
As the conceit of ''TV Century 21'' was that all its series took place in a single universe, several ''Fireball XL5'' stories from its pages crossed over freely with [[Doctor Who universe|the DWU]]. This included allusions to Fireball XL5's characters and ongoing storylines in [[TV Century 21#Cover stories|the prose "cover stories"]], but also ''Fireball XL5''{{'}}s involvement in a crossover event between the series of ''TV Century 21'' which spanned multiple issues and stories, in a story arc revolving around the planet [[Astra]], originally created by [[David Whitaker]] as part of the background of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' [[companion]] [[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]]. | As the conceit of ''TV Century 21'' was that all its series took place in a single universe, several ''Fireball XL5'' stories from its pages crossed over freely with [[Doctor Who universe|the DWU]]. This included allusions to Fireball XL5's characters and ongoing storylines in [[TV Century 21#Cover stories|the prose "cover stories"]], but also ''Fireball XL5''{{'}}s involvement in a crossover event between the series of ''TV Century 21'' which spanned multiple issues and stories, in a story arc revolving around the planet [[Astra]], originally created by [[David Whitaker]] as part of the background of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' [[companion]] [[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]]. | ||
Additionally, the planet [[Kemble]], appearing in various ''[[Doctor Who]]'' stories including {{cs|The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)}} and {{cs|Mission to the Unknown (TV story)}}, debuted in the ''Fireball XL5'' episode ''Space Vacation''. | |||
The following ''Fireball XL5'' comic stories involved DWU elements and are thus covered on this Wiki: | The following ''Fireball XL5'' comic stories involved DWU elements and are thus covered on this Wiki: | ||
{| {{prettytable}} | {| {{prettytable}} | ||
! Title || Issue || Released | !Title||Issue||Released | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Space Border Battle (comic story)|Space Border Battle]]'' | |''[[The Batmen (comic story)|The Batmen]]'' | ||
|[[TV21 1|1]]-[[TV21 5|5]] | |||
|[[23 January (releases)|23 January]] - [[20 February (releases)|20 February]] [[1965 (releases)|1965]] | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Space Border Battle (comic story)|Space Border Battle]]'' | |||
|[[TV21 15|15]] | |[[TV21 15|15]] | ||
|[[1 May (releases)|1 May]] | | [[1 May (releases)|1 May]] 1965 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Ceasefire — But War Tension Mounts... (comic story)|Ceasefire — But War Tension Mounts...]]'' | |''[[Ceasefire — But War Tension Mounts... (comic story)|Ceasefire — But War Tension Mounts...]]'' | ||
|[[TV21 16|16]] | |[[TV21 16|16]] | ||
|[[8 May (releases)|8 Mary]] 1965 | | [[8 May (releases)|8 Mary]] 1965 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[President Offers Peace... (comic story)|President Offers Peace...]]'' | | ''[[President Offers Peace... (comic story)|President Offers Peace...]]'' | ||
|[[TV21 17|17]] | | [[TV21 17|17]] | ||
|[[15 May (releases)|15 May]] 1965 | |[[15 May (releases)|15 May]] 1965 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Colonel Zodiac Disappears (comic story)|Colonel Zodiac Disappears]]'' | |''[[Colonel Zodiac Disappears (comic story)|Colonel Zodiac Disappears]]'' | ||
|[[TV21 18|18]] | | [[TV21 18|18]] | ||
|[[22 May (releases)|22 May]] 1965 | |[[22 May (releases)|22 May]] 1965 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Assassination! (comic story)|Assassination!]]'' | |''[[Assassination! (comic story)|Assassination!]]'' | ||
|[[TV21 19|19]] | | [[TV21 19|19]] | ||
|[[29 May (releases)|29 May]] 1965 | |[[29 May (releases)|29 May]] 1965 | ||
|- | |- | ||
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|[[5 June (releases)|5 June]] 1965 | |[[5 June (releases)|5 June]] 1965 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Army In House To House Search (comic story)|Army In House To House Search]]'' | | ''[[Army In House To House Search (comic story)|Army In House To House Search]]'' | ||
|[[TV21 21|21]] | | [[TV21 21|21]] | ||
|[[12 June (releases)|12 June]] 1965 | |[[12 June (releases)|12 June]] 1965 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Assassins Escape! (comic story)|Assassins Escape!]]'' | |''[[Assassins Escape! (comic story)|Assassins Escape!]]'' | ||
|[[TV21 22|22]] | | [[TV21 22|22]] | ||
|[[19 June (releases)|19 June]] 1965 | |[[19 June (releases)|19 June]] 1965 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Zodiac Flies Out... (comic story)|Zodiac Flies Out...]]'' | |''[[Zodiac Flies Out... (comic story)|Zodiac Flies Out...]]'' | ||
|[[TV21 23|23]] | | [[TV21 23|23]] | ||
|[[26 June (releases)|26 June]] 1965 | |[[26 June (releases)|26 June]] 1965 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[XL5 Under Attack (comic story)|XL5 Under Attack]]'' | | ''[[XL5 Under Attack (comic story)|XL5 Under Attack]]'' | ||
|[[TV21 24|24]] | |[[TV21 24|24]] | ||
|[[3 July (releases)|3 July]] 1965 | |[[3 July (releases)|3 July]] 1965 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Revolution on Astra (comic story)|Revolution on Astra]]'' | |''[[Revolution on Astra (comic story)|Revolution on Astra]]'' | ||
|[[TV21 25|25]] | | [[TV21 25|25]] | ||
|[[10 July (releases)|10 July]] 1965 | |[[10 July (releases)|10 July]] 1965 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Astra's Final Battle (comic story)|Astra's Final Battle]]'' | |''[[Astra's Final Battle (comic story)|Astra's Final Battle]]'' | ||
|[[TV21 26|26]] | | [[TV21 26|26]] | ||
|[[17 July (releases)|17 July]] 1965 | |[[17 July (releases)|17 July]] 1965 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |''[[The Giant Ant Invasion (comic story)|The Giant Ant Invasion]]'' | ||
|[[TV21 27|27]]-[[TV21 33|33]] | |[[TV21 27|27]]-[[TV21 33|33]] | ||
|[[24 July (releases)|24 July]] - [[4 September (releases)|4 September]] 1965 | |[[24 July (releases)|24 July]] - [[4 September (releases)|4 September]] 1965 | ||
|- | |||
|''[[Icemen of Space (comic story)|Icemen of Space]]'' | |||
|[[TV21 34|34]]-[[TV21 39|39]] | |||
|[[11 September (releases)|11 September]] - [[16 October (releases)|16 October]] 1965 | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Emergency Landing! (comic story)|Emergency Landing!]]'' | |||
|[[TV21 40|40]]-[[TV21 43|43]] | |||
|[[23 October (releases)|23 October]] - [[13 November (releases)|13 November]] 1965 | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[The Syntex Mystery (comic story)|The Syntex Mystery]]'' | |''[[The Syntex Mystery (comic story)|The Syntex Mystery]]'' | ||
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|[[TV21 71|71]]-[[TV21 78|78]] | |[[TV21 71|71]]-[[TV21 78|78]] | ||
|[[28 May (releases)|28 May]] - [[16 July (releases)|16 July]] 1966 | |[[28 May (releases)|28 May]] - [[16 July (releases)|16 July]] 1966 | ||
|- | |||
|''[[The Reactor (comic story)|The Reactor]]'' | |||
|[[TV21 87|87]]-[[TV21 89|89]] | |||
|[[17 September (releases)|17 September]] - [[1 October (releases)|1 October]] 1966 | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Fireball XL5 1 (comic story)|Fireball XL5 1]]'' | |||
|[[TV Century 21 Annual 1966|1966 Annual]] | |||
|1966 | |||
|- | |||
|''[[The Giants of Kaptar (comic story)|The Giants of Kaptar]]'' | |||
|[[TV21 101|101]]-[[TV21 104|104]] | |||
|[[24 December (releases)|24 December]] 1966 - [[14 January (releases)|14 January]] [[1967 (releases)|1967]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Fireball XL5 (comic story)|Fireball XL5]]'' | |''[[Fireball XL5 (comic story)|Fireball XL5]]'' | ||
|[[TV21 105|105]]-[[TV21 117|117]] | |[[TV21 105|105]]-[[TV21 117|117]] | ||
|[[21 January (releases)|21 January]] - [[15 April (releases)|15 April]] | |[[21 January (releases)|21 January]] - [[15 April (releases)|15 April]] 1967 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[The Shrink Ray (comic story)|The Shrink Ray]]'' | |''[[The Shrink Ray (comic story)|The Shrink Ray]]'' | ||
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|''[[Kidnap! (comic story)|Kidnap!]]'' | |''[[Kidnap! (comic story)|Kidnap!]]'' | ||
|[[TV21 149|149]]-[[TV21 154|154]] | |[[TV21 149|149]]-[[TV21 154|154]] | ||
|[[25 November (releases)|25 November]] - [[30 December (releases)|30 December]] 1967 | |[[25 November (releases)|25 November]] - [[30 December (releases)|30 December]] 1967 | ||
|- | |||
|''[[Flash: XL5 Crew Held on Astra (comic story)|Flash: XL5 Crew Held on Astra]]'' | |||
|[[TV21 243|243]] | |||
|[[October (releases)|October]] [[2014 (releases)|2014]] | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Looking Back (comic story)|Looking Back]]'' | |||
|rowspan=3|''[[Fireball XL5 60th Anniversary Anthology|60th Anniversary Anthology]]'' | |||
|rowspan=3|[[25 October (releases)|25 October]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]] | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Interlude (comic story)|Interlude]]'' | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Interplanetary Rescue (comic story)|Interplanetary Rescue]]'' | |||
|} | |} | ||
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