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Every weekday, your Sci-Fi 5 brings you five minutes of science fiction history. Our panel of hosts present the background stories and details about the creators and context around the stories you love. Brought to you by Roddenberry, the first name in science fiction.

May 10, 2022

A decades-old sci-fi series featuring a starship crew in brightly-colored costumes while exploring space? It's not Star Trek, but it is "Phoenix Five" that brought the final frontier to some Australian TV screens on this day in 1970.

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Written by Earl Green

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