Young siblings Dan and Helen must protect their new friend, a strange blue alien boy they name Peep-Peep, from the terrifying evil alien known only as The Thin (Space) Man, who's after him.
Sylvestra Le Touzel
Helen
Stephen Garlick
Dan
Anthony Woodruff
Mr Bunting
Colin Mayes
Peep-peep
John Woodnutt
The Thin Man
Loftus Burton
Tom
Gabriel Woolf
Peep-peep's father
The Boy from Space is a action & adventure, kids, sci-fi & fantasy series that first aired in 1971. Created by Richard Carpenter, it stars Sylvestra Le Touzel, Stephen Garlick, Anthony Woodruff. Young siblings Dan and Helen must protect their new friend, a strange blue alien boy they name Peep-Peep, from the terrifying evil alien known only as The Thin (Space) Man, who's after him.
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