Space Patrol: The Fantastic Adventures of the Spaceship Orion

Space Patrol - The Fantastic Adventures of the Spaceship Orion (German: Raumpatrouille – Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion) aka Space Patrol Orion or Raumpatrouille Orion as some English sources identify it is a seven episode 1966 German Science Fiction series following the defiant Commander Cliff Allister McLain during a growing war with a race of known commonly as 'the Frogs'.

Opening Narration
"What may sound like a fairy tale today may be tomorrow's reality. This is a fairy tale from the day after tomorrow: There are no more nations. There is only mankind and its colonies in space. People have settled on faraway stars. The ocean floor has been made habitable. At speed still unimaginable today, space vessels are rushing through our Milky Way. One of these vessels is the ORION, a minuscule part of a gigantic security system protecting the Earth from threats from outer space. Let's accompany the ORION and her crew on their patrol at the edge of infinity."

Reception
The show received mixed reception in Germany at the time with a 59% approval rating. Having lasted for only seven episodes the show didn't really reach other nations till someone brought up similarities between it and Star Trek which had began to air in the same year (1966). It's since obtained a small following in Germany and retro science fiction fans.