Starfleet Episode 1 of 24 The year 2999
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- I've uploaded all 24 episodes in high quality, enjoy them! X-Bomber was renamed Star Fleet and dubbed by English speaking actors for broadcast in the United Kingdom on ITV. The show was broadcast there on Saturday mornings, first airing on October 23, 1982,[4] the day before Star Wars aired for the first time on British television. Due to its broadcast slot, the advertisements shown before, during and after each episode frequently included children's Public Information Films. The series was also broadcast as such on first-run syndication in the United States.
Drawing heavily on diverse influences such as Star Wars, Japanese Anime and Gerry Anderson's various "Supermarionation" series, the show ran for twenty-four half-hour episodes (twenty-five in Japan - the eighteenth episode, titled Bloody Mary's Promotion, was not included in the English version, as it consisted mainly of flashbacks). The English version's theme song was composed by Paul Bliss,[5] and was later covered by Queen member Brian May and Van Halen guitarist Eddie Van Halen. This was released under the name "Star Fleet Project".
The screenplay was adapted for English by Michael Sloan, who in later years would create the popular TV series The Master and The Equalizer.
Actress Denise Bryer ("Commander Makara") and editor Tony Lenny both went on to collaborate with Gerry Anderson and Christopher Burr making another memorable sci-fi series, Terrahawks. 
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My god can't believe I've found this brings back awesome memories used to watch this religiously with my dad on a Saturday morning I'm now 45 yrs old
This and Terrahawks 👍
Makes 2 of us!
44
Yeah 45 about to turn 46 in Jan.
This was my fav TV show at the time it aired on British TV.
It first episode aired in late October of 1982 a day before star wars premiered on British TV.
I think what liked about was that whilst it was a children's show, it didn't treat us as children.
The fact that each episode continued the story was something new to kids TV at that time (atleast for that age group)
I'm 50 and it is still just as fabulous now as it was back then!
When you watch something from when you were a kid and its still brilliant!
It takes you back
Hear Hear 😀
Always remember this
It's means you're still a kid and haven't grown up yet
That's me too, still brilliant
You sir, are a STAR!!!! I've not heard this theme since I was a kid in the 80s. I've been singing 'Staaaaar Fleeeet' for 40 years & none knew what the hell I was taking about. They thought I was MAD! Now I've got the PROOF. Cheers mate!
Who's watching this in 2020?
Me.
I'm only here becayse EVH died.
I thought I had a dream.
Me. Still love it!
Same! This and why are orange glowing things called "Veetons" in my head hahaha
JESUS!!! I REMEMBER THIS. THIS WAS AWESOME!!! ENEMY BATTLESHIP LOOKED LIKE A CATFISH LOL!!! HAPPY CHILDHOOD MEMORIES
Gold TV for 80s kids in the UK. Oh the memories. Awesome. It had everything you needed and quite possibly the reason why i love sci-fi /alien type films ever since!!
Watched this every Saturday morning as a kid back in the 80s!! Still great as I rewatch it today!!
I watched this religiously every Saturday morning but missed the last episode because I had to go to a wedding, I was devastated
They had it on Sunday as well, can't remember which way they repeated the series but they had Watoo Watoo on before Starfleet.
@@roylennie8117 Never ever repeated, Never shown on sundays in uk ever was shown once only.
the ed bishop voice over at the end instantly transported me back 40 years
Yes! I remember it distinctly because I had to change the tv aerial to get Central TV instead of Anglia. Picture was absolutely balls but it was worth it!@@roylennie8117
This was my favourite TV show as a kid. Awesome. Thanks for putting it up. Will show it my son👍
This was far and away my favorite childrens' show growing up. I watched it all the time in England.
I'm a young American geek and I only knew of it from the Brian May/Eddie Van Halen combo album and because I like tokusatsu, but Man... this was a lot more interesting and fun than I anticipated
45 year old man and this is as good as it was in the 80s
48!
Yes never finished this as a kid , now I can watch it all ! Thanks
Same
@The galaxy of pleasure life took over and I just never got back to it.
But when I saw all the episodes here on RUclips I just had to watch it.
@The galaxy of pleasure and it was incredibly difficult to get in the UK.
It just stopped airing on TV halfway through the series.
I only ever found the first few episodes on VHS.
I'm 47 now and I love watching the old shows from when I was a kid they are far superior to the trash that kids watch these days I don't know why but Dr Benn's death always stuck at the back of my mind it's great to be able to watch these shows today and know they are still great and remembered by many
Bloody hell this takes me back! Unmissable viewing on a Saturday morning as a kid. Great stuff and thanks for uploading :)
It's like Terrahawks with an Amine twist. Never saw this in Australia on TV
Same here in Canada , but I do remember The Thunderbirds.Would have watched this for sure.
First thing I ever remember watching on a Television. Was the most awesome thing I've ever seen and 40 years later not much has changed. I've dedicated my Avatar to it.
I managed to get hold of the series on dvd for the nostalgia and my son watched it with me I’m in my mid 40s now and we both loved it👍👍👍
Thank you so much for offering this series from my childhood......
i´ve been searching so long and now i found it .....
i am so excited.
i don´t know if its translated correct, but in germany we say: "i get goose pimples" - ich bekam gänsehaut
THANK YOU AGAIN
Can't find the German theme tune to this, was it the English one they used?
Not only did they clearly draw visual inspiration from Star Wars (which itself drew inspiration from many works before it), but Captain Carter is voiced by the same actor who played Biggs Darklighter.
pretty sure he also played the ever awesome Captain Halley too
Plus of course there are three actors from “Aliens” in this: Drake, Apone, and Newt’s father.
I believe starwars largely took ideas from mid 21st century Spanish comics, especially the Han Solo character.
nothing star wars about this... fool
@@infinitesimotel The Hans Solo character was a staple of 1940s newspaper strips. And Star Wars main inspiration was the Lensman sf series of novels.
WOW. must be 30 years since I watched this. One of my favourite shows when I was a child and also terrahawks. 1980s kids t.v was the best.
Totally agree with you there. Saturday mornings ITV , Think it was 10 or 10.30 am it was on either this or Terrahawks. I think Starfleet was the better show too, a lot more darker and interesting storyline over a 24 episode arc.
I remember this show since I was a wee nipper in the early 80s. Incredibly it still holds up today for kids. No cheap CGI rubbish. It still feels "serious" too and is much darker in tone than say Thunderbirds. I love the main villains and the design of both X-Bomber and the HUGE Imperial Battleship.
LMAO when the lads meet Lamia. Hercules is like "You can radar me anytime!" 😂
S Chiz
I think kids needs a darker tone to their dramas theses days. Try and catch the original version of Battle Of The Planets cartoon, another Japanese production, it is called Gatchaman Space Ninjas.
I think the BBC began to sweat as the tone got darker and darker, major characters died like flies and the chief villain, Zoltar turned out to be transsexual. I always wondered why they dropped it all of a sudden?
@@zacetto I always wondered why it just stopped.
My mum managed to find the first two episodes on VHS in the late 80's but I'm going to finish the series at last
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I even remember my brother and I, aged 7 and 8, howling in derision when that fruity robot, 7-Zark-7 appeared, it’s sole purpose to dilute a gripping and disturbing outcome. It was so obvious a major character had died, but the annoying turd used to come out with lines like “I am pleased to say ********* ejected at the last moment.” Yeah - right.
I also recall it was ahead of its time in environmental issues. One agonising scene, was some giant mammoth Spectra mecha they had to destroy, perched atop a mountain. Tiny refuses to fire missles, because a herd of deer and their young are running beneath.......
Please let me know how the original is? I have not managed to watch, yet.
@@zacetto I'm starting these episodes on this playlist today.
I'll see if I can get back to comment 👍
@@zacetto it was cheesy 80's greatness 👍
As a child, I was wandering around in Woolworths one Saturday morning and one of the TVs on display just happened to be showing this program. I didn't know anything about it, just stood transfixed for five minutes (the sound was off), then ran home to find out what I was missing from the TV Guide. A groundbreaking show.
The nostalgia hitting me real hard right now
@marcelfive1. Whoever you are massive thanks for coming through on this! All said before in previous comments but, seriously, what a flashback this is! 1980something and, bless her, my mom always remembered when this was on and got me straight into the lounge ready and waiting! I loved this show! A childhood memory that’s haunted me and it’s a welcome one at that! I wonder if you realise just how special this was for so many of us to have found this here thanks to you?
All the very best to you
Seeing this brings back great memories. Loved watching it on Saturday Mornings.
What I loved about Star Fleet apart from all of it ,was it had a proper storyline and an actual ending , and wasn’t scared to kill off main characters on screen . My brother and I never missed an episode.
It was pretty bold for a kids show!
Yeh it was pretty in your face with the action
If I remember right, it was a British/Japanese effort and you can see a Manga influence. The tragedy is typical of Japanese Space Opera, at least they did not have some fruity robot to sweeten the storyline up, like in Battle Of The Planets.
@@zacetto Um, PPA, the Perfectly Programmed Android?! Example of what I term an RAC - Really Annoying Character!
ExcelsiorUK
I would take PPA over 7ZARK7 any day of the week. If it that wasn’t bad enough, there was that *ucking flying dog.....
X-Bomber was an usual design to go with but it just sort of worked. Top series, I was glued to this on a Saturday morning,
I've been obsessed with the design of that ship for 40+ years
One of my absolute favorites to watch When I Was Little brilliant thank you for upload
Cameraman: _What sort of zoom did you want?
Director:- YES
I loved this in the 80's (and still do!!!)
I watched these again on VHS tapes I had ordered in 2001 from ebay, before then getting them on DVD as a birthday gift a few years ago. The music, the plot, the strong characters still makes me lose my breath, it's mesmerising. Star Fleet, was the best of all puppet shows because of this, in my opinion. Everything the creators did was spot on.
It's an amazing show, have you seen Terrahawks or Captain Scarlet?
@@jcrowellz2000 I never rated the other shows anywhere near as much, personally.
Glad the whole show is on RUclips, started watching the first episode, and it keeps surprising me how great this show is. Easily one of the best sci fi shows ever
Wonderful all my childhood TV shows ..being watched 40 years later ..Thank you.
Thank you very much for uploading this great series!
I watched this about 10 years ago. I think it was all of the episodes put together into a movie. It was long but I couldn't stop watching. Its actually a gripping and emotional. Its imaginative and entertaining and on par with the best of Gerry Andersons's work. Highly recommended
Been looking for this on and off for most of my adult life but could never remember what it was called and internet searches of "big effing space robot" weren't always helpful!
No one needs another power rangers link.
Thank you so much!
The problem is Starfleet is a star trek term, so it all gets lost very easily. The name popped into my head when I was thinking about childhood TV shows and I found it on Amazon
The first Sci-Fi show I saw with a real story arc. The next was Babylon 5 a whole 10 years later.
I think even JMS admits that Blake's 7 had a story arc. Applaud the sentiment though. 😊
As i said the first I saw. @@enright13
Thank you so much for reuniting me with an old friend....Much appreciated!
2:36 when you're trying to have a conversation and suddenly your cybernetic talking devil eyepatch cuts in.
IKR. I haven't seen anything quite like it before or since. So cool.
This is awesome. My favourite show as a kid.
So good to be able to watch again.
Thank you!
I didn't realize how many voice actors from this dub would also star in James Cameron's Aliens film a few years later: Mark Rolston/John Lee = Drake, Al Mathews/Caliban = Apone and Jay Benedict/Shiro = Newt's father.
Al Matthews also voices Professor Hagen, Shiro’s father.
Presumably it’s because they were all American (or Canadian) actors living in the UK in the 80s. Small pool in high demand for certain projects. Same was true of Rico Ross (Frost) and Jeanette Goldstein (Vasquez).
Miss my childhood this series inspired me do much.
Thank you thank you thank you! I loved this and watched with my late Dad. I missed the last two episodes and there has been an Imperial Master/FZeroOne showdown shaped hole in my life ever since. I’m going to enjoy watching these again.
This brings back so many memories. Saturday mornings it was my favourite program
Bloody hell this brings back memories! And it's actually held up really well considering. Thanks for the upload!
i look for tell tales sign that you can see on a much bigger screen, but it still looks really good. They must have had soo many issues with smoke from the explosions on the set
It has! You're right! It brought back some great memories for me, too. Weird how a TV show or clip can even bring back memories of other things that happened around the time it was shown - people, places, things that happened, smells, tastes even! I saw this again and was straight back in the late 1st year/early 2nd year of high school. I can now remember things I'd long forgotten about that time - even the smell of the classrooms and the lunch hall. I can picture the dinnerladies, especially the one on her early 30s I fancied.......she had great legs!
I've been wracking my brain for years trying to remember what this show was! Thank you! I remembered the X-wing style spaceship and the giant voltron-style robot and that was about it! Childhood mystery solved!
I love this as a kid every morning they dont make things like this any more so cool thank you
I can't believe you have the whole series.. thank you so much 👍👏👍❤
Thanks for uploading funny this was on Amzon prime for a very short time, and on another streaming platform. I am amazed this has not been re-made, would be very interesting in the right hands.
I think it was either forgotten about or they don't know who owns the rights to it?
I never missed an episode when I was a child. Brilliant find this
Bring back fund memories from my childhood. Thanks for uploading these!
Thank you 🙏 thank you thank you 🙏 for putting all of these episodes on. It reminds me so much of when I was a kid, it used to be on on a Saturday morning before I had to go to swimming lessons…..lol
Fascinating. I love the different faces and body styles. Never seen this before. Thanks for uploading it!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!! I was looking this for years!!!!!!!! Thankyou sooooooooo muuuuuuuuch!!!!!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I'm uploading the whole series! it's in high quality as well
@@marcelfive1 love is a tiny thing compared with what I'm feeling for you right now.
80s was the best era of cartoons rock music and other fun memories love the 80s
I went out of my way to get my mum to tape this. Even on holiday. I was OBSESSED.
Omg I have been.looking for this for years 😭.I loved this when I was 3.No one else remembered it.I always remember the song.Thanks for uploading
This has to be one of best tv theme tunes ever.
Oh man - so glad to have this awesome show on here, loved it as a kid, as did my brothers! Still love it now, actually!
I never saw this series as a kid I'm the 80's. Terrahawks is what they showed on my local station. This randomly showed up on my RUclips choices as X-Bomber, and I've been hooked on trying to find it ever since! THANKS!
Amazing..
Greatest puppet show ever.. Timeless to see
Thank You so much for this blast from the past.
WHAT A FIND I REMEMBER THIS SHOW FROM THE 80`S
BEEN WANTING TO RE SEE THE SHOW FOR EVER AS AT THE TIME I WAS UNABLE TO SEE THEM ALL
SO THANKS FOR POSTING
This series was created in 1980 but I remember a local channel in my country showing reruns of this show in 1992. I must be in the 1st or 2nd grade then. When school is over, I immediately run towards home to watch the show.😂 Sigh, nostalgic.❤️
Thanks SO MUCH for uploading this!!
There's no CGI here star fleet was my favourite show as a kid it brings back some grait memorys
This blew me away 4 decades ago and it still blows me away today :)
Top drawer entertainment as a kid, used to watch it religiously. And it still holds up today, it still looks amazing.
First time watching this show back in 1986-87. Very nostalgic.
I've still got an original copy of this on beta max tape. Loved it as a kid, the ship designs were great.
there was literally nothing like it on UK TV!
Beta max those were the day pure quality
@@marcelfive1 Did you watch Watoo Watoo which preceded each episode?
Copy or recording? Wikipedia implies that only a few episodes were released on VHS?
Hahaha
Holy sh#t I have been looking for this for years. I saw a glimpse of it as a kid and then it just disappeared. I couldn't even remember what it was called. Thank you so much for uploading it.
Awesome! I haven't seen this since the first time around. I loved the soundtrack back then and wasn't even aware I was listening to the combined genius of Brian May and Eddie Van Halen.
Fun fact: Star Fleet/X-Bomber was created by Go Nagai, a highly prolific Japanese comic creator. He's probably best known in the UK for the anime adaptations of his adult work that were part of the anime as new video nasty scandals of the 90s like Devilman, Violence Jack and Kekko Kamen. A lot of his work garnered controversy in Japan, especially one of his early manga which was basically a raunchy (by the standards of 70s Japan) sex comedy that scandalised parents.
But he was also a big fan of science fiction, especially mecha and revolutionised the genre a a couple of times. Most notably Mazinger Z was the first time a giant robot had a pilot, and Getter Robo was the first time the robot was made up of smaller vehicles that combined. Without Nagai we might not have had Gundam, Macross/Robotech, the entire Super Sentai/Power Rangers franchise...
My kind of creator, didn’t know he partly inspired my favorite series. Thanks.
My kids still don't believe me that before power rangers + zord rubbish, I as a child grew up with the original. LONG LIVE DIE-X.
*DAI.
I bet. Well the info is in the bio, 1982; I was 11. The first time I saw the 3 red ships, I couldn't figure out why they looked so weird. Then, WOW! fighting robot. Best thing ever!
Well sentai is before this a few years so, still not the og
Love it, childhood memories.
2 more things...
1:
Let us give a huge shout out of respect to Denise Bryer (92) as the voice of Commander Makara respectively. It's a very tough feat to make being a villan original, fun and memorable. Especially for kids and ESPECIALLY when Star Wars was at its undeniable peak and the Star Trek films were gaining strength (not to mention all the other franchises moving in to space territory in some fashion).
2:
THAT music. Now I'm not talking about any particular song or track here. I mean the whole soundtrack that was used throughout the whole series. Whether it was X-Bomber launching or passing Mars whilst escorting vessels or Shiro & Lamia Desertion to the Skull ship or the Imperial Alliance March/Battleship or the actions of a heroic Dr Benn... It all was fantastic and that's not even mentioning the main theme for the credits.
I still have the original VHS cassettes in my loft as they only came out here as two feature films. So I saw the start...then the end. Not much of a middle. When I came across the (appropriately 90s looking) SFXB website, I couldn't describe the elation I felt. As sad as it sounds, it was like finding a long lost family member. I didn't tell her my daughter that though, just in case she made me choose lmao jokes.
Take care all.
CHIZ
Wasn’t it Brian May who did the music?
Oh.....here it is.
ruclips.net/video/Z7GFU5ncKhU/видео.html
Glad you enjoyed SFXB - she does look a touch old school these days but she's my baby! Stopped updating in 2010. Xbomber.co.uk now carries things forward, with more emphasis on creative work...
@@zacetto he covered the theme tune, Paul Bliss did the great original work
I used to have a boss like Commander Makara. Believe me, I didn't last long. Thanks for posting these for nostalgia. I was obsessed with it as a kid.
Command-a McAra is pretty HOT in my opinion-….apart from the BORG eye thing going on.
thank you so much for uploading this
Thanks for uploading this slice of 80s awesomeness!
Greatest show ever. Was just a baby but watching this...chills
Amazing loved this as a child now that's the rest of my day sorted lol
I saw this amazing series in Japanese with subtitles.
So cool to watch it again.
Thanks.
Not seen or heard of this series. Brilliant.
Thanks for uploading.
Thanks for the upload, epic show. Best ship designs ever, xbomber coolest ship to fly in space.
I am always impressed by any voice actor that can deliver the phrase 'laser torpedo' and keep a straight face :D
This makes me so happy to know that you were all watching this on a sat morning with me !!
Magnificent series. I used to make certain I was awake at 10:00am every Saturday, so I didn’t miss the 10:15 airing. Such a shame their studio burned down with all the models 😢
nooooooo i can’t believe it burned down
Loved this show watched in the uk in 1983 have the dvds
Loved watching this as a kid growing up in the 80s wow great memories
Old, but pure animation gold
Used to watch this as a kid. It's still so good!
Never heard about this until now. Interesting cross between Japanese Anime and Gerry Andersen style puppets.
What fun - used to watch this back in 1982 as a kid
Fantastic thanks for putting this on .
My pleasure!
I can remember this, 80s where so amazing
This IS my childhood. Thank you so much! Hopefully since it's super obscure it won't get taken down.
it only breaks copyright in Japan, so I'm thinking it will be ok. glad you liked it, the whole series is now uploaded, enjoy it
@@marcelfive1 I wouldn't count on it staying up, copyright in the English version is alive and well - copyright is global.
According to wikipedia these videos get taken down.
@@marcelfive1 It's still up, thank the gods, and maybe you'd be interested to know I bought the Brian May and Friends LP in a charity shop in Harborne, UK. I also watched the cut down VHS tapes of this show in my hospital bed after open heart surgery in 1989 as my mum fed me painkillers and ice cream.
Just seeing Ep.1 and spoiler memories came flooding my brain. Can't help it if its one of your childhood favorites.
either i'm too baked or not baked enough. but this looks awesome af.
And it has a real story line!
popped up in my recommendations and i love it
Thank you so much! Tears of ecstatic memory watching this!
I think a lot of people forgot about this show, as it was soo long ago, A real blast from the past, the whole series is here, so enjoy it
marcelfive1 Thanks so much. Perfect timing too whilst a lot of people are furloughed / working from home / shielding etc. Another awesome series; remember “TerraHawks”? 👍🏼😉
marcelfive1 ps. Check this website if you haven’t already: www.sfxb.co.uk/actors/index.html
Que hermoso recuerdo de mi infancia!!!
Holy crap I finally get to see it again! In the 1980's it was my favorite program after school!