SpaceVets

Space Vets
Genre Science fiction / Comedy / Children's television series
Created by Stephen Edmondson
Jerome Vincent
Starring Mark Arden
Ann Bryson
Robin Kingsland
Linden Kirk
Bernard Wright
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 3
No. of episodes 39
Release
Original network BBC One
Original release 29 September 1992 – December 1994

Space Vets was a 39-episode children's sci fi show about a motley crew of misfit intergalactic space vets.[1] The concept was devised by Stephen Edmondson and Jerome Vincent, but the characters were created by writer Christopher Middleton, and most of the 39 episodes written by him, too. Music for the series was produced by former Doctor Who composer Dominic Glynn.

Premise

They travel the cosmos in the spaceship Dispensable helping alien life forms in need, and transporting "The Meeloue" the rarest and most precious star in the universe, which when you place your hand on it will release a holographic string of words saying what you're thinking.

Cast

Mark Arden as Captain Skip Chip

Ann Bryson as Mona (The Receptionist)

Bernard Wright as No. 2

Robin Kingsland as Dogsbody

Linden Kirk as Captain K. Pubble

William Mannering, as Captain (series 2)

VHS release

One known VHS release was made of the series, it had five episodes from the second series of the show, including: 'The Shrunken Brain', 'Riddle Of The Sands And Caves Of Doom', 'Menace Of The Machines' and 'Sunday Rotten Sunday'.

References

  1. ↑ "BBC - Comedy Guide - Spacevets". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 23 October 2004. Retrieved 2013-10-02.


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