The Alphans encounter a miles-long ark from the planet Daria, where the inhabitants have a very distinctive class separation.The Alphans encounter a miles-long ark from the planet Daria, where the inhabitants have a very distinctive class separation.The Alphans encounter a miles-long ark from the planet Daria, where the inhabitants have a very distinctive class separation.
Gerald Staddon
- Male Mute
- (as Gerald Stadden)
Binu Balani
- Main Mission Operative
- (uncredited)
Michael Boothe
- Darian in spacesuit
- (uncredited)
Sarah Bullen
- Main Mission Operative Kate Bullen
- (uncredited)
Loftus Burton
- Main Mission Operative Lee Oswald
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaBarbara Bain had put up quite a squawk as soon as she saw Joan Collins's wardrobe for the episode, demanding that her skirt be longer, so as not to appear sexier than herself. Gerry Anderson refused the "request", explaining that Collins's legs were one of the reasons she was hired for the episode. As a result, Bain spent the last half of the show dressed in barbarian garb that was shorter than Collins's. Hence, the nickname "Barbara Pain" Anderson's crew had come up with early on during the show's production (not to her face, of course).
- GoofsPaul (his stunt double) dives through the closing doors just a few yards behind the suited alien who abducts Helena - but now on the floor he looks around and both have somehow completely vanished ahead of him. (Note: A deleted scene shows Morrow immediately following them, which was how he wound up at the aliens' operation center).
- Quotes
[last lines]
Alan Carter: If the same thing happened on Alpha, would you have chosen differently?
Cmdr. John Koenig: Remind me to tell you sometime.
- SoundtracksA Wand'ring Minstrel I
(uncredited)
Composed by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan for Act I of "The Mikado"
Performed by Barry Morse
(hummed just before the conclusion)
Featured review
reminded me of the dark ages
Space 1999 so much is said about it but you must agree on one part. They surely knew how to get famous guest stars into the series. here we have Joan Collins, one that I don't need to introduce and look how beautiful and sexy she's walking around.
But guest stars doesn't make a good episode all must I say that this wasn't that bad after all. Maybe if you go a bit deeper in the story you will see that they tried to give a sign to the viewers about religion. maybe I'm going to far with it but it did remind me of the dark ages when people were told about a God and if you don't believe in him you were evil, just look to the paintings of that era. Here we have the same, the Darians creating a God for the people living on their ship. But soon they will realise that it's all a hoax.
Good story, not that much of special effects and if they do it's rather silly because while being on the Darian spaceship when the Alphans are entering big rooms you just could see they were paintings used, and not of the best kind. It's also the first episode that you can spot nudity even as nothing is revealed but still for the time it was made...
Gore 0/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 2/5 Story 2,5/5 Comedy 0/5
But guest stars doesn't make a good episode all must I say that this wasn't that bad after all. Maybe if you go a bit deeper in the story you will see that they tried to give a sign to the viewers about religion. maybe I'm going to far with it but it did remind me of the dark ages when people were told about a God and if you don't believe in him you were evil, just look to the paintings of that era. Here we have the same, the Darians creating a God for the people living on their ship. But soon they will realise that it's all a hoax.
Good story, not that much of special effects and if they do it's rather silly because while being on the Darian spaceship when the Alphans are entering big rooms you just could see they were paintings used, and not of the best kind. It's also the first episode that you can spot nudity even as nothing is revealed but still for the time it was made...
Gore 0/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 2/5 Story 2,5/5 Comedy 0/5
helpful•19
- trashgang
- Sep 3, 2014
Details
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content