Captain Z-RO
Captain Z-Ro was the first science fiction - television series of the world that the theme of time travel themed. The formal role model was Captain Video and His Video Rangers .
Technical specifications
From November 1951 to June 10, 1956, a total of 77 episodes were produced by Kathleen K. Rawlings for the station "Kron" in San Francisco . From 1951 to 1954 the episodes were 15 minutes long, followed by 30 minutes.
Like Captain Video and His Video Rangers , Space Patrol, and Tom Corbett, Space Cadet , Captain Z-RO was a purely commercial company funded by advertising revenue.
Presumably the series was broadcast live until 1953 , but from 1953, as far as is known, recorded on video , from 1955 on film .
action
Scientist Captain Z-Ro and his teenage assistant Jet operate the ZX-99 time machine , which enables them to move in space and time as well as see the past and the future .
Captain Z-RO is thus able to identify problems in the course of the past. As z. For example, if there is a risk that King John of England will not sign the Magna Carta , Captain Z-RO travels back to the 13th century to guarantee the course of the story.
occupation
- Captain Z-RO: Roy Steffens (18 episodes, 1955–1956)
- Jet: Bruce Haynes (17 episodes, 1955-1956)
Guest roles:
- Daniel Boone as an adult: Joe Miksak (four episodes)
- Columbus : Edward Sterlingson (two episodes 1955–1956)
Episodes as far as known
- Christopher Columbus , December 18, 1955
- Daniel Boone , December 25, 1955
- Marco Polo , 1956
- Benedict Arnold , 1956
- King John , 1956
- Magellan , 1956
- Pony Express , 1956
- William Tell , February 5, 1956
- Roger the Robot , 1956
- Blackbeard the Pirate , 1956
- Attila the Hun , 1956
- Robin Hood , 1956
- Washington and Howe , 1956
- Curse of Ra , 1956
- Hernando Cortez , 1956
- Molly Pitcher , 1956
- Discovery of Gold , 1956
- Meteor , 1956
- Captain Cook and the Hawaiian Islands , 1956
- Aztec Papers , 1956
- Genghis Kahn , 1956
- The Great Pyramid of Giza , 1956
- Leonardo DaVinci , 1956
- William the Conqueror , 1956
- Adventure in Space , 1956
- King Alfred , 1956
Lore
Due to the video and film recording, various episodes of the series have been preserved, which have now been edited on DVD .
See also
- Science fiction on TV
- Time tunnel
- Dr. Who
- Captain Video and His Video Rangers
- Tom Corbett, Space Cadet
- Space patrol
literature
- Donald F. Glut , Jim Harmon: The Great Television Heroes. New York 1975.
- Cynthia J. Miller / A. Bowdoin Van Riper: "To learn from the past": Becoming Cold War citizens with Captain Z-RO , in: Dies. (Ed.): 1950s "Rocketman" TV series and their fans. Cadets, Rangers and Junior Space Men , New York (Palgrave MacMillan) 2012, pp. 213-227. ISBN 978-0-230-37731-8