Set in the year 2063 AD, the World Space Patrol operated out of Space City, an island in the Pacific Ocean. Their mission was to maintained law and order throughout the Solar System.

Their chief officer was Commander Zero (John Bluthal), the head of Space City. Lieutenant 90  (David Graham) was his assistant. Zero gave assignments to the crew of the Fireball XL5, one of the World Space Fleet's spacecraft that roamed the universe.

Robert, Venus and Steve Zodiac

The crew of the Fireball XL5 included:

• Colonel Steve Zodiac (voice of Paul Maxwell), the pilot of the Fireball XL5 a 300-foot spacecraft which cruised sector 25 of the Solar System.
• Robert the Robot (voice of Gerry Anderson), a 22-inch-high transparent robot co-pilot whose circuits heated up and began to smoke in stressful situations.
• Venus (Sylvia Anderson), the ship's beautiful doctor of space medicine and Steve's romantic interest
• Professor Mathew "Matt" Matic, (David Graham). the ship's science officer and navigator

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Theme Song Lyrics

I wish I was a spaceman,
The fastest guy alive.
I'd fly you 'round the universe
In Fireball XL5
Way out in space together
Conquerors of the skies
My heart would be a fireball, a fireball
Every time I gaze into your starry eyes
We'd take a path to Jupiter
And maybe very soon
We'd cruise along the Milky Way
And land upon the moon
The wonderland of stardust
We'll zoom away to Mars
My heart would be a fireball, a fireball
'Cause you would be my Venus of the stars.