Orbiter X | Two episodes in this post:

1. Marooned in Space | ep. 8, aired November 16, 1959
2. Operation Salvage | ep. 9, aired November 23, 1959

Orbiter X aired on BBC Light Programme [BBC] station and written by B. D. Chapman. The series aired on Monday evenings from 28 September 1959 to 28 December 1959.

CAST (partial): Captain Bob Britton (John Carson); Captain Douglas McClelland (Andrew Crawford); Flight Engineer Hicks (Barrie Gosney); Colonel Kent (Donald Bisset); Control Officer Camm (Francis Hall); Greta Ravel (Irene Prador)

SERIES PLOT: The Commomwealth Space Project (CSP), based in Woomera, South Australia, is working to build a space station, Orbiter X, to orbit a thousand miles above the Earth's surface. Planned as a refueling station with laboratories and other services, the CSP has launched the various components for the space station into orbit. But before construction begins, the first assembly ship, Orbiter 1, is attacked and loses contact with CSP Control. A second ship, Orbiter 2, sent to rescue the first crew finds Orbiter 1 deserted and the spacecraft's log missing. Orbiter 2 is also attacked by a UFO and seriously injured. With their spacecraft crippled, the crew have no alternative but to abandon ship and place themselves at the mercy of their attackers. Once aboard the UFO, they meet the deputy leader of the 'Unity' organization: a group of technocrats who plan to use Orbiter X themselves and create a New World Order. [Wikipedia]

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