Raumpatrouille Orion - a vintage German SF TV show

"What may sound like a fairy tale today may be tomorrow's reality. This is a fairy tale from the day after tomorrow: There are no more nations. There is only mankind and its colonies in space. People have settled on faraway stars. The ocean floor has been made habitable. At speed still unimaginable today, space vessels are rushing through our Milky Way. One of these vessels is the Orion, a minuscule part of a gigantic security system protecting the Earth from threats from outer space. Let's accompany the Orion and her crew on their patrol at the edge of infinity."

I discovered this series on Youtube earler this year and have now watched four out of the seven episodes made. The full title (Raumpatrouille – Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion - "Space Patrol – The Fantastic Adventures of the Spaceship Orion") gets shortened to Raumpatrouille Orion or Space Patrol Orion for obvious reasons. Raumpatrouille originally aired in 1966, the same year as the first season of TOS Star Trek. The two shows make an interesting contrast. ( Read more... )

All episodes of Raumpatrouille can be watched on Youtube in their entirety, with optional English subtitles. If you install an ad blocker, then they're even commercial free.