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1973-1976
RAi / ITC 
GERRY & SYLVIA ANDERSON

 
BACKGROUND

Gerry Andersons third outing into live action with his biggest show to date and the
most expensive TV show in the world until Battlestar Galactica came along in 1978.

Commander John Koenig joined Moonbase Alpha in the first episode to invesigate a strange
virus and supervise a deep space expedition to Meta but a freak nuclear accident on the
far side of the base blasts the moon out of Earths orbit and into outer space.

Some of the scripts were less than impressive (most notably in Year Two) but the production
design and Brian Johnsons effects work more than makes up for it with yet another rousing
score from Barry Gray. With the American producer Fred Freiberger on board for Year Two, it
was the nail in the coffin as he didn't understand the concepts that could have been
achieved and it plummetted into second rate space opera. A pity as the first season
is still a classic now.

 
CAST
COMMANDER JOHN KOENIG MARTIN LANDAU
DR HELENA RUSSELL BARBARA BAIN
PROFESSOR VICTOR BERGMAN BARRY MORSE
ALAN CARTER NICK TATE
TONY VERDESCHI TONY ANHOLT
MAYA CATHERINE SCHELL
DR MATHIAS ANTON PHILIPPS
DAVID KANO CLIFTON JONES
SANDRA BENES ZIENA MERTON
PAUL MORROW PRENTIS HANCOCK
BILL FRAZER JOHN HUG
 

 
Black Sun The Metamorph The Infernal Machine

 
EPISODE GUIDE
YEAR 1 YEAR 2

BREAKAWAY 
FORCE OF LIFE 
COLLISON COURSE 
WAR GAMES 
DEATH'S OTHER DOMINION 
VOYAGERS RETURN 
ALPHA CHILD 
DRAGON'S DOMAIN 
MISSION OF THE DARIONS 
BLACK SUN 
GUARDIAN OF PIRI 
END OF ETERNITY 
MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH 
EARTHBOUND 
FULL CIRCLE 
ANOTHER TIME,ANOTHER PLACE 
THE LAST SUNSET 
THE INFERNAL MACHINE 
RING AROUND THE MOON 
MISSING LINK 
SPACE BRAIN 
THE TROUBLED SPIRIT 
THE TESTAMENT OF ARCADIA 
THE LAST ENEMY 
THE METAMORPH 
THE EXILES 
JOURNEY TO WHERE 
ONE MOMENT OF HUMANITY 
BRIAN THE BRAIN 
NEW ADAM,NEW EVE 
THE MARK OF ARCHANON 
THE RULES OF LUTON 
ALL THAT GLITTERS 
THE TAYBOR 
SEED OF DESTRUCTION 
THE AB CHRYSALIS 
A MATTER OF BALANCE 
SPACE WARP 
CATACOMBS OF THE MOON 
THE BETA CLOUD 
THE LAMBDA FACTOR 
THE BRINGERS OF WONDER 1 
THE BRINGERS OF WONDER 2 
THE SEANCE SPECTRE 
DORZAC 
DEVIL'S PLANET 
THE DORCONS 
THE IMMUNITY SYNDROME 

 

 
TRIVIA FAX

Space 1999 evolved out of the proposed second season of UFO. 

The FX work was the most impressive ever seen on TV until that time. 

Martin Landau won an Academy Award for his role as Bela Lugosi in Tim Burton's fiil
of Ed Wood.

Gueststars who appeared in the show include Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing,
Patrick Throughton and...Peter Duncan! 

FX man Brian Johnson went on to provide the effects for Alien and The Empire
Strikes Back. 

Martin Landau & Barbara Bain's daughter is Juliet Landau who plays Druisilla in
Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. 

Catherine Schell appeared as the Countess Scarlioni in the classic 1979
Doctor Who story City of Death.

Prentis Hancock had been in the Doctor Who stories Spearhead from Space
& Planet of Evil.