# Looking for "Star Fleet" tv series **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 23, 2026, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-star-fleet-tv-series/1031877 "2026-07-23T16:38:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2026, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-star-fleet-tv-series/1031877/1 "2026-07-23T16:38:26Z")
Checking out the new Time Portal TV on Roku, and a series titled “Star Fleet” just popped up. Supermarionation-type show set in the future, and I can’t find it on Wiki or IMDb. Somebody clue me in. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2026, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-star-fleet-tv-series/1031877/2 "2026-07-23T16:47:30Z")
Nevernind-found it. It was a Japanese series titled “X Bomber” (1980), redubbed and released in the UK as “Star Fleet”. [X-Bomber - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Bomber) ---
**Author:** ![Mavis\_Topholese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7feea3/32.png) [@Mavis\_Topholese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mavis_Topholese)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2026, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-star-fleet-tv-series/1031877/3 "2026-07-23T16:59:25Z")
My first exposure to this series was the Brian May version of the “Star Fleet” theme song. There weren’t many times I saw a video on MTV and immediately went to the record store looking for an album, but this was one of them. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/5lC54X5Gc1Q/maxresdefault.jpg "Brian May - Star Fleet (Official Video Remastered)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lC54X5Gc1Q) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2026, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-star-fleet-tv-series/1031877/4 "2026-07-23T17:03:19Z")
That was a bonus I didn’t expect-Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2026, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-star-fleet-tv-series/1031877/5 "2026-07-23T17:21:52Z")
The puppetry was creepy as heck, but that song is a banger. ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2026, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-star-fleet-tv-series/1031877/6 "2026-07-23T17:24:49Z")
How fitting that Brian May would do the music for this! ---
**Author:** ![Mavis\_Topholese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7feea3/32.png) [@Mavis\_Topholese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mavis_Topholese)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2026, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-star-fleet-tv-series/1031877/7 "2026-07-23T18:59:03Z")
Brian May’s version is a cover; the original is by UK songwriter Paul Bliss. The Japanese theme song for the original X-Bomber TV series is by Japanese metal band Bow Wow/Vow Wow, and it’s also great! [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7BssIkuCO2E/hqdefault.jpg "Xボンバー OP PV") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BssIkuCO2E) ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2026, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-star-fleet-tv-series/1031877/8 "2026-07-23T19:18:44Z")
> [@Mavis\_Topholese](#): > > The Japanese theme song for the original X-Bomber TV series is by Japanese metal band Bow Wow/Vow Wow, and it’s also great! It’s not as good as the Brian May version (duh) but still pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2026, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-star-fleet-tv-series/1031877/9 "2026-07-25T04:03:32Z")
I made a [Star Fleet T-Shirt design](https://www.redbubble.com/i/t-shirt/X-Bomber-Blueprint-by-GuanoLad/134717157/lrcw) a few years back, if anyone is so inclined. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2026, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-star-fleet-tv-series/1031877/10 "2026-07-25T14:03:53Z")
Give a little credit to the other guitarist on Brian May’s version: Eddie Van Halen.