Space 1999 is a science fiction television show created and produced by british science fiction legend gerry anderson. The perspex screen see duro picture was featured as the alien screen in the a b chrysalis. We were all looking so forward to the space shuttle program and the computer revolution but that was before the reality of profit first people last was naturalized. In this seminal scifi series from producer gerry anderson thunderbirds, ufo, the men and women of moonbase alpha are left with no way home and the earthling citizens are forced to embark upon the greatest adventure of their lives, encountering bizarre life forms and strange phenomena. The last sunset is one of my personal favorite episodes of space. Jun 04, 2008 this is a small animation i did, after seeing the last transmission thanks to you tube user riddick35 i decided to put a little animation of a satellite intercepting the transmission and passing. This is a small animation i did, after seeing the last transmission thanks to you tube user riddick35 i decided to put a little animation of a satellite intercepting the transmission and passing. Actually, i am a little disappointed with it, since the script is very silly.
Neither past nor future, the future is the past and the testament of arkadia the link. The final shooting script is dated 21 july 1974, with bluepage amendments dated 22 july 1974 and pinkpage amendments dated 23 july 1974. This is due to a number of factors, including the nature of episodic television and its production at that time as compared to now, and the variance in airing dates from station to station and nation to nation. The alphans find themselves caught up in a longrunning war between two rival planets, betha and delta. The sets are still amazingly detailed and utterly convincing, but the plot leaves a lot to be desired. Guest artists giancarlo prete, hilary dwyer, anthony nicholls. Unconvincing is the word for the first nonorigin episode of space 1999. Later she became a female titan and mother of aphrodite. The first series or season, often referred to as year one of 24 episodes began transmission in 1975, though production of the first episode began in 1973. It feels too easy to complain that a series created by two people who were mostly used to working with puppets is too wooden, but thats the single greatest problem with the mid70s space opera space 1999. Arkadia is finished, but she, arkadia, lives on in the bodies, hearts and minds of the few of us who left before the end, taking the seeds of a new beginning. The first episode of season two, the metamorph, was first broadcast in the us in a slightly different edit than that shown in britain and later syndication. The top 50 black gate blog posts in april may 30, 20 1. Watch space 1999 free tv series full seasons online tubi.
On september, 1999, magnetic energy builds to cause an explosive chainreaction of the waste, blasting the moon out of earths orbit and off the plane of the ecliptic, out of the solar system. As the alphans are planning to explore the planet ariel. Koenig asserts it took 25 years to reclaim the sahara which presumes it began in 1974, when the episode was filmed. In the opening episode, nuclear waste from earth stored on the moons far side explodes in a catastrophic accident on september 1999, knocking the moon out of orbit and sending it and the 311 inhabitants of moonbase alpha hurtling uncontrollably into space. Upon returning to alpha, the missile gives the alphans a lunar atmosphere. In the year 1999, a spectacular explosion at a lunar nuclear waste dump sends the moon out of earths orbit. As it was under threat of closure, the entire production. The space warp detector equations were mayas equations in that episode. With martin landau, barbara bain, barry morse, prentis hancock.
Maya, the last known psychon, is traced to moonbase alpha. Its full of suspense, it do has great effects for the time being and it never has any boring moments, a thing we do have in a few episodes. The last enemy is for me personally a great episode. To seek out and begin again in the distant regions of space. Before i close i have to say that i love the design of the satazius.
Gerry andersons space 1999 returns news big finish. With martin landau, barbara bain, barry morse, caroline mortimer. In 1999, moonbase alpha, nestled in the lunar crater plato, is a scientific research colony and watchdog over silos of atomic waste from earth stored on the moons far side. With maya now a crew member the alphans discover a young couple called cantor and zova who have been in suspended animation for some while.
Earthbound is the fourteenth episode of the first series of space. For years, ive wondered off and on if id ever recall what this episode was that scared the hell out of when i was also 8 years old. This episode contains one of the few appearances of a matte painting in space. The screenplay was written by bob kellett with additional material contributed by johnny byrne. In fact the sahara has been growing for the last 4500 years for palaeolithic and neolithic cultures it was a green, tropical land with a large population. The screenplay was written by bob kellett with additional material contributed. Trivia benjamin ouma was meant to be a series regular but people disliked working with lon satton so he was fired. The crew of moonbase alpha must struggle to survive when the force from a massive explosion throws the moon out of orbit and into deep space. I never saw tthe end of the second season so i was expecting a better final chapter for the second season the dorkons. The expansive taybor, an intergalactic merchant arrives from hyper space on his ship the emporium. Two planets are turning around a sun and are closing in on our well known moonbase. I am a little surprised at the industrial look of betha. In the year 1999, the earths moon is torn from its orbit when a nuclear explosion occurs on a radioactive dump site, sending moon base alpha and its crew on a journey through the galaxy. In the opening episode, set in the year 1999, nuclear waste stored on the moons far side explodes, knocking the moon out of orbit and sending it, as well as the 311 inhabitants of moonbase alpha, hurtling uncontrollably into space.
A terrifying force from outer space brings freezing death to the personnel of moonbase alpha. Liveaction filming took place friday 15 march 1974 through monday 1 april 1974. The last enemy is the twentyfourth episode of the first series of space. Ian mcshane is the unfortunate guest star who is forced to go from caring, sharing man to cold monster in a few short minutes. The series was the last production by the partnership of gerry and sylvia anderson and was the most expensive series produced for british television up to that time.
The alphans find themselves caught up in a longrunning war. Space 1999 is a british sciencefiction television series that ran for two seasons and originally aired from 1975 to 1977. The dorcons are a race of conquerors who can live forever by transplantation of a psychon brain stem. During the original run, many american stations cut key scenes from the episodes in order to fit time slots. Although the work for which anderson became famous was done with puppets, such as thunderbirds and captain scarlett, by the mid 1970s anderson had switched to live action tv shows. But the joy at the possibility of making a new world out of the moon is short lived, as the moon does not enter orbit.
Watch space 1999 online full episodes of season 2 to 1 yidio. The final shooting script is dated 25 october 1974. Full season and episodes free online streaming fast high quality legal movies and tv television shows. The last sunset is the eleventh episode of the first series of space. First, i absolutely love the idea of the moon being terraformed in this episode. Koenig realizes that if the taybor sold them his spaceship, it would enable the alphans to fly back to earth, but the price the. The expansive taybor, an intergalactic merchant arrives from hyperspace on his ship the emporium. It is a very nice item for collectors and fans of space 1999.
It is a bit of a departure from the more elegant alien landscapes they usually use. I bought space 1999 first series on bluray as i never got a chance to watch all the episodes as a kid. Mentors costume created for this episode is used again as dorzaks costume. The nuclear waste explodes, in a chain reaction, and the moon is hurled out of earths orbit, into space. The only thing i find annoying and other may well disagree, is that personally speaking, i prefer to view in widescreen although i appreciate it has been remastered in the original 4. In some regions of the united kingdom, the final episode, the dorcons, did not air. The series premise was set up in the first episode, entitled breakaway. The philosophical first season was revamped for an actionpacked more americanized second season before it went off the air in 1977. Previous titles include the second sex and the other enemy. Koenig realizes that if the taybor sold them his space ship, it would enable the alphans to fly back to earth, but the price the taybor is asking for this transaction is maya. Commander john koenig arrives at moonbase alpha, where hes faced with a mysterious disease afflicting personnel and an.
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