Destination Moonbase-Alpha

TV Movie
19781978
1h 33min

Destination Moonbase-Alpha (1978)

Adventure Sci-Fi

Lunar colonists of Moonbase Alpha are marooned in space after a nuclear explosion pushes the Moon out of its orbit and a rescue spaceship from the Earth is not what it seems to be.Lunar colonists of Moonbase Alpha are marooned in space after a nuclear explosion pushes the Moon out of its orbit and a rescue spaceship from the Earth is not what it seems to be.Lunar colonists of Moonbase Alpha are marooned in space after a nuclear explosion pushes the Moon out of its orbit and a rescue spaceship from the Earth is not what it seems to be.

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Nick Tate in Destination Moonbase-Alpha (1978)

Destination Moonbase-Alpha (1978)

Destination Moonbase-Alpha (1978)

Martin Landau and Nick Tate in Destination Moonbase-Alpha (1978)

Martin Landau in Destination Moonbase-Alpha (1978)

Destination Moonbase-Alpha (1978)

Destination Moonbase-Alpha (1978)

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6.6

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Journey Through the Black Sun

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7.9

The Time Tunnel

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5.9

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6.8

Message from Moonbase Alpha

7.7

Message from Moonbase Alpha

Cosmic Princess

3.9

Cosmic Princess

Logan's Run

7.1

The Invaders

8.1

After an atomic explosion blasts the Moon out of Earth orbit, Moonbase Alpha drifts in space, with three hundred people on board. When a rescue team from Earth arrives in a faster-than-light space ship, everyone is overjoyed that they can now return to Earth. But Moonbase Commander John Koenig (Martin Landau), having undergone an experimental brain soothing process after receiving a concussion in a crash on the Lunar surface, sees not friends from Earth, but gruesome monsters which have telepathically caused all others on Alpha to see an illusion of an Earth party. The aliens are desperate for radiation and plan to manipulate the Alphans into detonating nuclear waste on the Lunar surface, reducing the Moon and everyone on it to dust. Koenig must expose this conspiracy to save his people. —Kevin McCorry <mmccorry@nb.sympatico.ca>

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Taglines
- Man's Quest For Extraterrestrial Contact Ends Here!
Genres
- Adventure
- Sci-Fi
Parents guide
- Add content advisory

Trivia
The date was changed from 2004 (as it was in the original two-part Space: 1999 (1975) story "The Bringers of Wonder") to a more futuristic 2100.

Goofs
The opening narration says the year is 2100, yet dialog indicates the year is only 2000 or 2001.

Quotes
Dr. Helena Russell: Well, in a small community, everyone has to get along with everyone else.

Alternate versions
Originally broadcast as the two-part Space: 1999 (1975) story "The Bringers of Wonder."

Connections
Edited from Space: 1999 (1975)

Soundtracks
End Title song
Composed by Guido De Angelis and Maurizio De Angelis
Lyrics by Hilary Harvey
Sung by Oliver Onions

Top review

5/10

Not The Easiest Movie To Follow. But, a Fair Watch!

I've never watched the Space: 1999 series that other reviewers are saying this movie was compiled from and I can only base my review on what I see in the movie (as they should have). But, it's a fair space movie that came out a year after Star Wars. Everyone was rushing to get out space movies and the quality was simply lacking. I can't go beyond 'fair' because the movie is all over the place and not the easiest to follow. I believe the higher ratings are simply reviewers love for the series that this was pieced together from and not the actual movie. Anyways, it's a decent movie for the 1970's. Give it a watch!

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Release date
- 1978 (United Kingdom)
Country of origin
- United Kingdom
Language
- English
Also known as
- Angriff auf Alpha 1 - Die tödliche Gefahr aus dem Weltraum
Filming locations
- Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire, England, UK
Production companies
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Runtime
- 1h 33min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Mono
Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1

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