Phoenix Five
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Phoenix Five was a low-budget Australian science fiction television series produced in 1970 by Artransa Park Production in Association with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Twenty six 30-minute episodes were produced and the series originally aired between 10 January and 3 July 1970.
The series followed the adventures of the crew of the galactic patrol ship Phoenix Five, 'the most sophisticated craft in the Earth Space Control Fleet.' This handpicked team: Captain Roke, a typical captain with a solution to every problem; Ensign Adam Hargraves, a young space cadet always ready to shoot first and skip the questions; compassionate Cadet Tina Culbrick; and their computeroid Carl; roamed the planets protecting galactic citizens and warding off the repeated plots and attacks of the evil humanoid Zodian and a rebel scientist Platonus.
[edit] Cast
- Mike Dorsey..........Captain Roke
- Patsy Trench.........Cadet Tina Culbrick
- Damien Parker.......Ensign Agam Hargraves
- Stuart Leslie..........Carl
- Peter Collingwood...Earth Space Controller
- Redmond Phillips....Zodian
- Owen Weincott.......Platonus
- Producers..............Peter Summerton and John Walters
- Writer/Script Editor...John Warwick
- Director..................David Cahill
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