The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is not known for producing science fiction or 'space' shows. I'm sure most people working there today, including higher-ups, have no idea that the Mother Corp's very first dramatic television series was something called Space Command.
Produced for just two seasons (March 13, 1953 - May 29, 1954), the show is all but forgotten today since just one episode survives; as a Kinescope (and it is one of the highest quality "Kines" I have ever seen). The show was "live" -- video tape was a few years away -- but was recorded on film so it could be "bicycled" (delayed; distributed to various stations across Canada).
Space Command was directed by Murray Chercover; written by Alfred Harris (who went on to a busy career in U.S. television); and starred Bob Barclay, Aileen Taylor, James Doohan, Austin Willis, and Cec Linder. Some guest stars included William Shatner and Barry Morse.
Wikipedia entry on Space Command...
The CBC's "Image of the Day", from which I got the above image...
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