Orbiter X

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Orbiter X: 4. Flight to the Moon

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4. Flight to the Moon

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The crew are captured in space by the sinister Unity organisation and taken to the Moon.

The crew of Orbiter 2 are captured, in space, by the sinister Unity organisation and taken to the Moon. Stars Andrew Crawford.

The crew of space station Orbiter 2 are captured, by the sinister Unity organisation and taken to the Moon. 

BD Chapman's futuristic sci-fi adventure from 1959.

Captain Bob Britton …. John Carson
Captain Douglas McClelland …. Andrew Crawford
Flight Engineer Hicks …. Barrie Gosney
Max Kramer …. Gerik Schjelderup
Colonel Kent …. Donald Bisset
Sir Charles Day …. Leslie Perrins
Control Officer Brown …. Peter Noel Cook

Producer: Charles Maxwell.

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1959.

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1959 sci-fi adventure from the birth of space exploration by BD Chapman.

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