- Once Upon a Time... Space
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Once Upon a Time… Space Format Animated television series Created by Albert Barillé Developed by Procidis Voices of Roger Carel
Annie Balestra
Vincent Ropion
Alain DorvalComposer(s) Michel Legrand Country of origin 
FranceNo. of episodes 26 Production Running time 26 minutes Broadcast Original channel FR3 Picture format SECAM (576i) Original airing 1982 Chronology Preceded by Once Upon a Time… Man (1978) Followed by Once Upon a Time… Life (1987) External links Production website Once Upon a Time… Space (French: Il était une fois… l'Espace) was a French animated TV series from 1982, directed by Albert Barillé.
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Synopsis
Once Upon a Time... Space differs from the rest of the Once Upon a Time titles in the sense that the series revolve on a dramatic content rather than an educational premise. The series still has a handful of educational information (such as an episode discussing the rings of the planet Saturn).
The series succeeds Once Upon a Time... Man. It reprises almost the entire totality of the characters of the previous series and adapts them into a science-fiction context.
The story tells about the confrontation of many big galactic powers. Among them there is the Omega Confederation, of which Earth is a member of; the military republic of Cassiopée led by the general Le Teigneux; and a powerful supercomputer which controls an army of robots. A group of super powerful creatures called the Humanoids later appear in the series. Once Upon a Time... Space features the adventures of Pierrot (son of colonel Pierre and president Pierrette) and his friend Psi.
Characters
- Colonel Pierre … Roger Carel
- President Pierrette … Annie Balestra
- Lieutenant/Captain Pierrot … Vincent Ropion
- Psi (Mercedes) … Annie Balestra
- Positronic brain android Métro … Roger Carel
- Commander Le Gros … Alain Dorval
- Professor Maestro … Roger Carel
- General Le Teigneux … Alain Dorval
- Petit Gros
- Nabot … Roger Carel
- Grand Ordinateur
- 20th century Maestro
Episodes
- The Planet Omega
- The Saurians
- The Green Planet
- Towards Andromeda
- The Cro-Magnons
- The Revolt of the Robots
- The Planet Mytho
- The Long Voyage
- In Cassiopea
- A Planet Blown to Pieces
- Shipwrecked in Space
- The Giants
- The Incas
- In the Land of the Dinosaurs
- The Rings of Saturn
- The Unstoppable Menace
- Earth
- Atlantis
- The Strange Return to Omega
- The Revenge of the Robots
- The Humanoids
- An Hostile World
- City in Flight
- The Great Computer
- The Battle of the Titans
- The Infinity of Space
Broadcast Information
Country Television broadcasts FranceFR3 ** 
FinlandMTV3 
AustraliaSBS 
CanadaCBC Television, Télévision de Radio-Canada ** 
ItalyRAI ** 
GreeceERT 
SpainTelevisión Española (TVE) ** 
NetherlandsKatholieke Radio Omroep (KRO) ** 
SwitzerlandSSR (French) 
BelgiumRTBF, BRT 
ArgentinaCrustel S.A. */** 
JapanEiken Co. Ltd. */** 
NorwayNRK, Norsk Rikskringkasting 
West GermanyWDR, SWF 
AustriaORF 
SwedenSVT 
PortugalRTP 
Republic of IrelandRTÉ 
IcelandSjónvarpið (RÚV) 
United KingdomChannel 4 
PolandTelewizja Polska (TVP), TV Puls 
South AfricaSABC 
TaiwanTaiwan Television (TTV) 
HungaryMinimax 
CzechČT1 * Production company
** Contributing co-producerSee also
Once Upon a Time… TV series Cast/crew Procidis External links
- Web site for Procidis, the series' producer
- generic in french
- Once Upon a Time... Space at the Internet Movie Database
- Revenge of the Humanoids at the Internet Movie Database
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