The crew of Moonbase Alpha must struggle to survive when a massive explosion throws the Moon from Earths orbit and into deep space.The crew of Moonbase Alpha must struggle to survive when a massive explosion throws the Moon from Earths orbit and into deep space.The crew of Moonbase Alpha must struggle to survive when a massive explosion throws the Moon from Earths orbit and into deep space.
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- TriviaBarry Morse (Professor Victor Bergman) made attempts to rejoin the series while pre-production for season two was underway, but incoming producer Fred Freiberger was against him returning, preferring a younger cast. An explanation of his absence was included in the episode The Metamorph (1976), but ended up being edited out of the finished cut. Dialogue indicated he had been killed due to a faulty spacesuit.
- GoofsWhenever anyone uses a commlock, a communications column in a hallway, or a comm terminal in a room they never set a channel for the call they make; they simply activate the device and it automatically connects to whomever the caller is looking to speak to.
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Prof. Victor Bergman: [last message before evacuating Alpha] We are Mankind. We came from planet Earth, and we built this base, called Alpha, to learn more about space. But human error blasted this Moon out of the Earth's orbit. And so, we have traveled the Universe searching for a place to live. Now, we can no longer live here, and we go to face an uncertain future on the planet that has nearly destroyed us. You, whoever you are, who find this empty vessel of Alpha, come and seek us out, if we still exist. Come and teach us all you know. Because, we have learned many things, but most of all, we have learned we still have much to learn.
- Crazy creditsDuring the first season, excerpts for each week's episode were incorporated into the opening credits, more specifically the "This Episode" section, which was something of a Gerry Anderson trademark.
- Alternate versionsA number of syndicated and video-released TV movies were created by editing together assorted episodes. These are: Alien Attack (1976), _Destination Moonbase Alpha (1976) (TV)_,Journey Through the Black Sun (1982) and Cosmic Princess (1982).
- ConnectionsEdited into Alien Attack (1976)
Of course, Space:1999 was different to Star Trek. The crew of Moonbase Alpha were reluctant explorers and it was a very pessimistic show but it always featured entertaining stories and crazy aliens and if anybody is going to criticize it for being wacky then they would need to criticize Star Trek as well.
Martin Landau is an underrated actor who played the moody Commander Koenig. He was my favourite character in the show and he was joined by talent such as Barbara Bain, Barry Morse, Nick Tate, Zienie Morton, Tony Anholt and Catherine Schell.
Season 1 was very exciting. There were some dark stories in it as well. My personal favourite was the unnerving "End of Eternity" where the great Peter Bowles plays a mysterious and immortal killer on board Moonbase Alpha. This story-like other stories-featured Moonbase Alpha in a seemingly hopeless predicament and it was a great episode.
Season 2 was very different. Several characters had disappeared without explanation (a crime committed by countless TV shows) and new characters had mysteriously appeared (maybe Moonbase Alpha had been keeping people in suspended animation to save on food and drink)but the stories were even better than season 1.
All in all, Space:1999 comes highly recommended. And I did quite like the theme tune from season 1.
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