Presenting a color animation of Part 2 Fireball XL5, Episode 2 “Flight to Danger”. Created by Gerry & Sylvia Anderson,  the show was produced by AP Films and distributed by ITC Entertainment. The black  & white UK children’s series used marionettes for all its characters and appeared  on US television from 1963-1965 on NBC. Animated with iClone 7, voices, sound effects and music are from the original TV broadcast.

For ages 12 and younger or anyone who is young at heart. I  hope you enjoy.

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Thank you all for the comments and the Wings and the Golden  Astronaut.

I started the animation on episode 2 April 27 and was video  editing by May 24 (I lost 3 days because power went out do to a tornado). Many of the sets I have premade much like a studio. Most  time consuming is the animation (getting the characters to do what you want  them to do). I spent an entire day on a five second clip of Venus operating a  console. Continuity is another issue, making sure control panels and background  videos are running and operating in every scene. Lighting is also a concern as I don’t want  scenes to turn out too dark.

Walt

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Thank you all for the comments. They are very much appreciated.  

Fireball XL5 was way ahead of its time for a children’s show.The basic premise was a military United Space Force dedicated to the defense of  earth and space exploration. In my opinion it was a precursor to Gene  Roddenberry’s Star Trek. I can imagine Colonel Zodiac and Captain James T. Kirk  sitting in a bar somewhere in the galaxy swapping war stories while downing  shots of Romulan ale. Zodiac pining away for Venus while Kirk tells tales of the many alien women he's bedded for the good of the Federation. 

Walt

Mike (Kellytoons), I am deeply flattered that you watched the  original episode and my reanimation side-by-side.   I agree what we watch in the  past and how we remember it varies greatly.

I was 4 and 5 years old when Fireball XL5 originally aired  on US television. Afterward I became a fan of Gerry Anderson’s StingRay and  Captain Scarlett, then as I grew older UFO and Space 1999.

The one show I never watched as a child was Thunderbirds (I don’t  remember the reason why).

Flash forward, two years ago, all these great shows became  available to stream. I was most excited about Thunderbirds believing it to be  Fireball XL5 (for I had forgotten the name). When I watched the Thunderbird episodes,  I was baffled because this was not the show I recalled seeing. I started to doubt  that the show I saw as a child ever existed. Part of the problem, I was absolutely  convinced Fireball was in color. Also everyone my age kept telling me the show  I was talking about was called Thunderbirds. Nearly convinced my memories were  faulty, I just happened to watch a Black & White episode of Fireball XL5. It  was like rediscovering childhood friends. With each episode I became captivated  all over again. I thought to myself this hidden gem of a children’s show would  be perfect to animate in iClone.

Again, thank you for watching and I hopefully future  episodes will all be “Go! Go! Go!”