Starfleet
By Edwin McRae - Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
Since I’m in a cycle of reminiscence about the SF influences of my childhood at the moment, I thought I’d share Starfleet with you. I remember being so excited about it as a kid. The baddies were scary, with centipede mind control devises on their heads, not to mention their creep, insectoid ships.
And for some reason, I can always remember the scene when the fat, red-headed puppet, John Lee, had a cold and was blowing bubbles of snot out his nose. I just found it fascinating that a puppet could get a cold.
Of course, at the time, I didn’t know the Starfleet was originally called ‘X-Bomber’ and was a Japanese series overdubbed with English. I always thought it was one a Jerry Anderson series, like Thunderbirds of Terrahawks (both of which I also loved).