Phoenix Five

Season

1970

Australia

6.3

A space patrol crew aboard Phoenix Five defends galactic citizens from villains Zodian and Platonus. The team includes Captain Roke, trigger-happy Ensign Hargraves, caring Cadet Culbrick, and Carl the computeroid.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Zone of Danger

Zodian has been imprisoned by Earth Space Control. Zodian escapes, boards the Phoenix Five and forces Tina to blast off for his stronghold on planet Zebula 9.

S1 • E2

Two Heads Are Better Than None

The emissary from Tylantia asks for help as a large force field which originates from on Zebula 9 and is closing in and threatens to destroy his planet. The crew of Phoenix Five must investigate.

S1 • E3

To End Is to Begin

The Phoenix Five crew see the planet Leonicus explode. Also a cargo ship with the crew missing is sighted, with alien intelligent microbes from Leonicus on board, wanting to migrate to Earth.

S1 • E4

Stowaway

Adam is taken over by a chameleon mutant.

S1 • E5

The Human Relics

The crew receive a signal from the asteroid Arcturus. They find a 2oth century Earth space capsule with an astronaut in a coma.

S1 • E6

Six Guns of Space

The Phoenix Five comes under fire from one of the moons of Corallus.

S1 • E7

Back to Childhood

While escorting a cargo ship, Phoenix Five is attacked by an old space frigate, piloted by Karelia, an Aquasian queen.

S1 • E8

Two Into One Won't Go

When Adam 'materialises' the ancient Pipes of Pan, he and Tina are attacked by an invisible force when he blows a note on the pipes.

S1 • E9

A Sound in Space

After finding a rare 'Cannibalis' plant, Tina and Adam are sprayed by pollen from the plant which causes them to regress to a child state of mind.

S1 • E10

A Gesture from Kronos

Captain Roke is "reversed" when he falls victim to a Zodian time warp.

S1 • E11

The Hunter

Platonus bribes the hunter king of a deserted planet to track down and kill the crew of the Phoenix Five.

S1 • E12

Slave Queen

Captain Roke is ordered to find the missing heir to the throne of Celex - a girl called Estella who was captured as a child by a warlike and backward race from another world.

S1 • E13

The Bigger They Are

Platonus programmes a young gentle giant to destroy the Phoenix Five and her crew.

S1 • E14

The Cat

Investigating the mysterious disappearance of the colonists of the planet Lynxonia, the Phoenix crew find just one clue - a tiny black kitten.

S1 • E15

Toy Soldier

Tina shows Adam a tiny antique toy soldier she has bought while on leave.

S1 • E16

Something Fishy

Phoenix Five is sent to find out why contact has been lost with the prison colony on the planet Zedden.

S1 • E17

Spacequake

A doctor an a dying planet injects Adam with an aging serum but will only supply the antidote in return for safe passage to another planet.

S1 • E18

The Pirate Queen

The Phoenix is escorting a cargo ship carrying vital medical supplies to an Earth space colony when the vessels are attacked by an old space frigate.

S1 • E19

The Baiter Is Bitten

The Phoenix Five flies into a strange phenomenon - fog, followed by rain and then deep water, causing the reactors to seize up, trapping the crew.

S1 • E20

Planet of Fear

Exploring a strange planet, Roke and Adam meet an astronaut who was lost ten years earlier, and has acquired mysterious powers from the evil Platonus, turning him into a human booby trap.