SPACE: 1999 Quick Episode Guide

SPACE: 1999 EPISODE GUIDE

Season 1

1x01 - Breakaway
1x02 - Matter Of Life And Death
1x03 - Black Sun
1x04 - Ring Around The Moon
1x05 - Earthbound
1x06 - Another Time, Another Place
1x07 - Missing Link
1x08 - Guardian Of Piri
1x09 - Force Of Life
1x10 - Alpha Child
1x11 - The Last Sunset
1x12 - Voyager's Return
1x13 - Collision Course
1x14 - Death's Other Dominion
1x15 - The Full Circle
1x16 - End Of Eternity
1x17 - War Games
1x18 - The Last Enemy
1x19 - The Troubled Spirit
1x20 - Space Brain
1x21 - The Infernal Machine
1x22 - Mission Of The Darians
1x23 - Dragon's Domain
1x24 - The Testament Of Arkadia

Season 2

2x01 - The Metamorph
2x02 - The Exiles
2x03 - One Moment Of Humanity
2x04 - All That Glisters
2x05 - Journey To Where
2x06 - The Taybor
2x07 - The Rules Of Luton
2x08 - The Mark Of Archanon
2x09 - Brian The Brain
2x10 - New Adam New Eve
2x11 - Catacombs Of The Moon
2x12 - The AB Chrysalis
2x13 - Seed Of Destruction
2x14 - The Beta Cloud
2x15 - Space Warp
2x16 - A Matter Of Balance
2x17 - The Bringers Of Wonder part 1
2x18 - The Bringers Of Wonder part 2
2x19 - The Lambda Factor
2x20 - The Seance Spectre
2x21 - Dorzak
2x22 - Devil's Planet
2x23 - The Immunity Syndrome
2x24 - The Dorcons

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Breakaway (#1)

 Screenplay by George Bellak and Christopher Penfold*
Directed by Lee H. Katzin
Edited by Dave Lane
*George Bellak receives sole writing credit

"A giant leap for mankind. It's beginning to look like a stumble in the dark."

September 9th, 1999: Commander John Koenig arrives at Moonbase Alpha to supervise a
manned probe mission to the newly discovered planet Meta. Nine astronauts have been
killed by a mysterious illness and Dr. Helena Russell is convinced that radiation is
the cause. An investigation of the Moon's nuclear waste disposal areas reveals no
sign of radiation leakage but intense heat is registered and Professor Victor
Bergman suggests that increased magnetic output is the real threat. One of the
nuclear waste areas explodes and the only way to avert a major disaster is to
disperse the remaining nuclear waste canisters, but a sudden increase in magnetic
radiation sets off a chain reaction which alters the Moon's gravitational field and
throws the satellite out of Earth orbit.

Filming Schedule:  Monday, December 3rd - Friday, December 21st, 1973

 Thursday, December 27th - Friday, December 28th, 1973

 Wednesday, January 2nd - Friday, January 11th, 1974

 Friday, February 22nd - Tuesday, February 26th, 1974


Original UK Airdate: Thursday, September 4th, 1975 (ATV Midlands)
Original Titles: "Zero G", "The Void Ahead","Turning Point"

Notes:

Filming began on Space:1999's premiere episode on Monday, November 5th, 1973 with
special effects shooting at Bray Studios. Principle photography began on L & M
stages at Pinewood Studios a month later, on Monday, December 3rd, 1973, and
continued for six weeks (four weeks longer than scheduled). Three additional filming
days were then required to complete the episode late in February 1974 at the end of
filming on Black Sun. This was primarily due to director Lee H. Katzin's insistence
on filming each scene in the minutest detail, shooting scenes over and over again to
capture reaction shots of each member of the cast. Originally contracted for the
whole series, Katzin only directed one other episode (Black Sun) before he was 'let
go'. Katzin has previously worked with Martin Landau and Barbara Bain on Mission:
Impossible and had also directed episodes of Branded, The Wild, Wild West, Rat
Patrol, Mannix, It Takes A Thief and Police Story. He went on to direct episodes of
The Quest, The Man From Atlantis, The Yellow Rose, Automan, Miami Vice and The Young
Riders.

Lon Satton, previously seen as C.I.A. agent Harold Strutter in Live And Let Die
(1973), was originally intended to be a series regular as Benjamin Ouma, but other
members of the cast found him difficult to work with and he was not re-contracted
for further episodes.

Breakaway was originally scripted as a 90-minute episode by George Bellak who takes
sole on-screen writer's credit, although his script was completely re-written by
Christopher Penfold.

Guest Artists:

Roy Dotrice is probably best-known for his starring roles as Father in the 1988
Beauty And The Beast television series, but prior to that he starred as Curé Ponosse
in the BBC's Clochemerle and as Charles Dickens in ITV's Dickens Of London. Since
the early 1980s, he has worked extensively in American television with guest
appearances in Magnum p.i., Tales Of The Gold Monkey, Remington Steele, The A Team,
The Equalizer, Hunter, Murder She Wrote (three times), Tales From The Darkside,
Faerie Tale Theatre, Babylon 5 Strange Luck, Earth 2 and Sliders. Dotrice's feature
film appearances include The Heroes Of Telemark (1965), Nicholas And Alexandra
(1971), Tales From The Crypt (1972), Amadeus (1984), Shaka Zulu (1987), Suburban
Commando (1991) and The Scarlet Letter (1995). Most recently, he has appeared in a
number of regular television roles - Doctor Croft in Going To Extremes, Father Gary
Barrett in Picket Fences and Mr. Big in Mr & Mrs Smith - and recently featured in a
recurring role as Zeus in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. He reprised his role as
Commissioner Simmonds in Earthbound.

Philip Madoc is a familiar face on British television, having starred as Detective
Chief Supt. Tate in Target, Sir Henry Bull in Poldark, Lloyd George in The Life And
Times Of David Lloyd George, Von Flugel in Fortunes Of War and Lancing in First
Born. He has made numerous guest appearances in series such as Doctor Who, The
Avengers, Man In A Suitcase, The Champions, Department S, Randall And Hopkirk
Deceased and Survivors, as well as two appearances in Gerry Anderson's UFO - A
Question Of Priorities and Destruction. His feature film roles include A High Wind
In Jamaica (1965), The Quiller Memorandum, Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 AD (1966),
Gerry Anderson's Doppelgänger (1968), Dr. Jekyll And Sister Hyde (1972) and
Operation Daybreak (1976). Most recently, Madoc starred as Welsh detective DCI Noel
Bain in the Channel 5 series A Mind To Kill.

Regular Cast:
Koenig, Helena, Bergman, Morrow, Carter, Sandra, Mathias, Tanya

Additional Cast: Commissioner Gerald Simmonds  Roy Dotrice

Commander Gorski  Philip Madoc

Benjamin Ouma  Lon Satton

Eddie Collins  Eric Carte

GTV Newsreader  Don Fellows

Jim Nordstrom  Roy Scammell

Steiner  Alf Joint

Main Mission Operatives  Loftus Burton, Chai Lee, Paul Weston

 Norma West, Valerie Van Ost

Security Guards  Tony Allyn, Quentin Pierre

Eagle Stewardess  Laurie Davis

Voice of Eagle Pilot  Shane Rimmer




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Matter of Life and Death (#2)

 Screenplay by Art Wallace, Johnny Byrne
Directed by Charles Crichton
Edited by Derek Hyde Chambers

"You face power beyond your understanding. It will destroy you."

An Eagle returns from a reconnaissance flight to the planet Terra Nova with the
pilots catatonic and an extra man on board. Helena identifies him as her husband,
Lee Russell, the pilot of Astro 7 lost in the vicinity of Jupiter in 1994. However,
examination of Russell shows peculiarities in his life signs and Professor Bergman
determines that he is gradually turning into anti-matter! In obvious distress,
Russell warns the Alphans to stay away from the planet, but is unable to explain
why. Inexplicably, the man dies and his body disappears. Disregarding Russell's
warnings, Koenig and Helena lead a landing party to Terra Nova where they find a
paradise environment, perfect for the Alphans. But disaster strikes when the planet
apparently turns against them...

Filming Schedule:  Monday, January 14th - Wednesday, January 30th, 1974


Original UK Airdate: Thursday, November 27th, 1975 (ATV Midlands)
Original Title: "The Siren Planet"

Notes:

Charles Crichton directs the first of fourteen episode of Space:1999, more than any
other director working on the series. A British Film Industry legend, Crichton began
his career as an editor on Sanders Of The River (1935) and went on to work on Things
To Come (1936) and The Thief Of Bagdad (1940) before graduating to director, making
his feature film directorial debut on For Those In Peril (1944). His best-known
works are the Ealing comedies The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) and The Titfield
Thunderbolt (1953) and, more recently, his last feature film A Fish Called Wanda
(1988). Throughout the 1960s and 70s, he worked extensively in filmed television as
well, directing episodes of Danger Man, Man Of The World, The Avengers, Man In A
Suitcase, Strange Report, Dick Turpin, Return Of The Saint, Smuggler and The
Professionals. He had previously worked for Gerry Anderson on the second season of
The Protectors.

Although writer Art Wallace receives the primary credit for the screenplay, his
original script was unworkable and had to be completely re-written by Johnny Byrne.
Wallace had previously written Obsession and Assignment: Earth for Star Trek's
second season.

Clifton Jones makes his series debut as David Kano, replacing Lon Satton who had
appeared as Benjamin Ouma in Breakaway.

Although the second episode to go before the cameras, the incidental music for this
episode was composed and recorded first. Some of the music featured in this episode
was originally recorded in 1966 for the "Alan's Dream" sequence in the Thunderbirds
Are Go feature film.

The episode reveals that a total evacuation of Alpha will take 48 hours.

Guest Artists:

Richard Johnson has been a leading man of British theatre and film for over three
decades. He made his feature film debut in Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951) and
went on to appear in Never So Few (1959), The Haunting (1963), Khartoum (1966) and
Deadlier Than The Male (1966). His television appearances include episodes of Wagon
Train, Route 66, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Lou Grant, A Man Called Ironside, Tales
From The Crypt, Knots Landing, Dempsey & Makepeace, McGuyver, Murder She Wrote and
three episodes of Tales Of The Unexpected. He was also seen as Dr. Watson in The
Crucifer Of Blood, and appeared as Oliver in the controversial The Camomile Lawn.
Johnson's film appearances since Space:1999 include Aces High (1976), Screamers
(1980), The Monster Club (1980) and January Man (1989).

Stuart Damon (real name Stuart Zonis) made his screen debut as Prince Charming in a
1964 television adaptation of Cinderella but he is best-known for his starring roles
as Craig Stirling in The Champions, Corporal Rossi in Yanks Go Home and Allain
Quartermain in the long-running American soap General Hospital. He has also been
seen in The Saint, The Adventurer, The New Avengers, two episodes of Fantasy Island,
Perry Mason and the popular UFO episode Mindbender, as well as the feature films
Young Doctors In Love (1982), Star 80 (1983) and Silent Assassins (1988). He
appeared again in Space:1999 as Tony Verdeschi's brother in The Bringers Of Wonder.

Regular Cast:
Koenig, Helena, Bergman, Morrow, Carter, Sandra, Kano, Mathias, Tanya

Additional Cast: Lee Russell  Richard Johnson

Parks  Stuart Damon

Bannion  John Oxley

Main Mission Operatives  Jeremy Anthony, Loftus Burton, Andrew Dempsey,

 Chai Lee, Christopher Matthews, Michael Stevens

Security Guards  Tony Allyn, Quentin Pierre

Medics  Saad Ghazi, Christopher Williams

Voice of Eagle Pilot  Shane Rimmer




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Black Sun (#3)

 Screenplay by David Weir
Directed by Lee H. Katzin
Edited by Mike Campbell

"Do you have any idea what'll happen to us inside the black sun?"
"Whatever it is, I just hope it's interesting."

The Moon is drawn inexorably towards a black sun, an area of intense gravitational
pull that is the remains of a collapsed stellar mass. A reconnaissance Eagle is torn
apart by the phenomenon and Koenig estimates that the Alphans have only three days
before they suffer the same fate! Bergman designs a force shield which offers a slim
chance for those on the base but Koenig also elects to launch a survival Eagle with
a crew of six, in the hope that they might escape the pull of the sun and find a
planet to live on. As the Moon plunges into the sun, Koenig and Bergman become
discorporeal and meet an omnipotent being who reveals the secrets of the universe...

Filming Schedule:  Thursday, January 31st - Thursday, February 21st, 1974


Original UK Airdate: Thursday, November 6th, 1975 (ATV Midlands)

Notes:

Martin Landau, Barbara Bain and Barry Morse have all cited this episode as their
favourite of the whole series. It was intended to be shown very early in the series'
run (ideally as episode two), as the conclusion serves as a device to get the Moon
out of the Solar System and hundreds of light years from Earth into regions of space
where stars and planetary systems are much closer together. Unfortunately, on
original transmission Black Sun was shown as episode ten, by which time viewers had
already seen the Alphans visiting other star systems and habitable planets -
consequently, the series suffered from adverse criticism for scientific inaccuracy.
The episode also introduces the concept of an omnipotent being who is guiding the
Alphans' journey towards some unknown destiny.

It is revealed that Victor Bergman has a mechanical heart, which saves his life here
when he is electrocuted.

Some of the themes of this episode were later explored by Gerry Anderson and Johnny
Byrne in the 1975 TV pilot The Day After Tomorrow.

Guest Artists:

Paul Jones (real name Paul Pond) made his name as the lead singer with Manfred Mann,
but as an actor his film appearances include Priviledge (1966), Demons Of The Mind
(1971), The Brain Leeches (1977) and Newsfront (1978). He has also been seen on
British television in The Sweeney, playing the title role in Uncle Jack And The Dark
Side Of The Moon, and as Caspar Parton in the Goodbye George episode of Gerry
Anderson's The Protectors. Now a DJ, Jones has his own show on BBC Radio 2.

Jon Laurimore has made numerous television appearances in series such as The
Avengers, The Prisoner, Doctor Who, Callan, Target, The Enigma Files and, most
recently, Dalziel And Pascoe. He was seen prominently as Lentulus in I, Claudius,
Det. Insp. Gough in Operation Julie and Inspector Spratling in Jack The Ripper.
Prior to his Space:1999 role, Laurimore appeared as a press reporter in the Border
Line episode of Gerry Anderson's The Protectors.

Regular Cast:
Koenig, Helena, Bergman, Morrow, Carter, Sandra, Kano, Mathias, Tanya

Additional Cast: Mike Ryan  Paul Jones

Smitty  Jon Laurimore

Toshira Fujita  Vincent Wong

Main Mission Operatives  Loftus Burton, Andrew Dempsey, Chai Lee,

 Michael Stevens, Marc Zuber

Security Guards  Tony Allyn, Quentin Pierre




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Ring around the Moon (#4)

 Screenplay by Edward di Lorenzo
Directed by Ray Austin
Edited by Derek Hyde Chambers

"Earthmen - do not resist. You are the captives of the planet Triton."

Maintenance engineer Ted Clifford is struck by an energy beam which transforms his
brain into a computer relay station for an alien probe which captures the Moon
within an energy ring. When Clifford's mind burns out, the probe seeks a new relay
and a medical mission on the lunar surface provides it with the opportunity to
capture Dr. Helena Russell. She later returns to Alpha, apparantly unharmed, but is
revealed to be relaying information from the Alpha computer through an energy
implant in her brain. In an attempt to free Helena from the probe's control before
she suffers the same fate as Clifford, Koenig and Carter board the probe and
discover that the computerised device is on a pre-programmed mission to destroy the
human race!

Filming Schedule:  Wednesday, February 27th - Thursday, March 14th, 1974


Original UK Airdate: Thursday, January 15th, 1976 (ATV Midlands)

Notes:

Ray Austin directs the first of nine episodes of Space:1999. A former stuntman and
fight choreographer, Austin turned his hand to directing on The Avengers and went on
to direct episodes of The Saint, Department S, Randall And Hopkirk Deceased, The New
Avengers and The Professionals. In the 1980s, he established himself in American
television directing episodes of Salvage 1, Magnum p.i., Tales Of The Gold Monkey,
Airwolf, Alfred Hitchock Presents, Highlander, Heaven Help Us and JAG. He has
recently completed work on a new series of The Professionals.

Formerly with the band Christie (of "Yellow River" fame), Vic Elms is credited as
Music Associate on every Year One episode, although his only compositions for the
series' incidentals feature in this installment. The son-in-law of producer Sylvia
Anderson, Elms had previously provided the music for Gerry Anderson's unseen series
pilot The Investigator and arranged the electric guitar section of Space:1999's
title music (an electric guitar arrangement by Elms of the series' theme can also be
heard in Matter Of Life And Death). However, as music editor Alan Willis discovered
to his dismay, although he could compose pop songs, Elms was unable to read music or
understand the requirements of scoring music to cues for film incidentals. The
majority of the scoring for the episode was completed by Willis, who also conducted
the orchestra at the recording session. Elms was not invited to contribute to any
further episodes.

Guest Artists:

Max Faulkner has appeared in supporting roles in a number of British television
productions over the last thirty years including Doctor Who (seven times), The
Saint, The Prisoner (twice), Arthur Of The Britons Survivors, The Adventures Of
Sherlock Holmes and Robin Of Sherwood. His film appearances include The Ipcress File
(1965), Bedazzled (1967), Salt And Pepper (1968), Perfect Friday (1970), See No Evil
(1971) and, most recently, GoldenEye (1995). Prior to his Space:1999 role, Faulkner
appeared as Jarman in the The Tiger And The Goat episode of Gerry Anderson's The
Protectors.

Regular Cast:
Koenig, Helena, Bergman, Morrow, Carter, Sandra, Kano, Mathias, Tanya

Additional Cast: Ted Clifford  Max Faulkner

Main Mission Operatives  Andrew Dempsey, Robert Philips, Michael Stevens

Security Guards  Tony Allyn, Quentin Pierre

Voice of Triton  Prentis Hancock




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Earthbound (#5)

 Screenplay by Anthony Terpiloff
Directed by Charles Crichton
Edited by Mike Campbell

"Hello, Earth. Hello, Earth. This is Commissioner Simmonds returning home after 75
years."

A Kaldorian spaceship en route to Earth crashes on the Moon and the Alphans find a
crew of six on board in suspended animation. Their attempt to revive the crew
accidentally kills one, but the surviving Kaldorians are understanding and a
peaceful cultural exchange takes place. Koenig proposes that one Alphan could
accompany the Kaldorians to Earth in the now vacant casket, and Captain Zantor
agrees to the plan, stipulating that the chosen Alphan will have to be tested for
compatibility with the Kaldorian suspended animation technology. The computer is set
the task of choosing the one person who will return home, but Simmonds takes matters
into his own hands, breaking into the power station and threatening to destroy Alpha
unless he becomes the Kaldorians' passenger.

Filming Schedule:  Friday, March 15th - Monday, April 1st, 1974


Original UK Airdate: Thursday, December 4th, 1975 (ATV Midlands)

Notes:

This was the first episode to feature Barry Morse on-screen in the opening titles.

The white wig worn here by Christopher Lee was later passed on to be worn by Peter
Cushing (in Missing Link), Margaret Leighton (in Collision Course), Leo McKern (in
The Infernal Machine) and Joan Collins (in Mission Of The Darians). The wig actually
starts to fall off as Zantor lays down in his casket towards the end of the episode,
revealing Lee's dark hair underneath.

During the chilling final scene when Simmonds awakes to find himself trapped in the
casket, one of the Kaldorians in the background appears to react to Simmonds'
screams and sits up!

Earthbound has the distinction of being the only Year One episode not to be
novelised by Futura Books, although certain elements of the story were incorporated
into "The Space Guardians" by Brian Ball. However, the complete episode has now been
novelised by E.C. Tubb (October 2001) and will be published by Fanderson Books in
2002 as part of an expanded edition of Tubb's Space:1999 novel "Breakaway".

Guest Artists:

Christopher Lee celebrated his fiftieth year as a screen actor in 1997 and has the
distinction of having made more film appearances (over 165) than any other living
British actor. Highlights of his career include The Curse Of Frankenstein (1956),
Dracula (1958), A Tale Of Two Cities (1958), The Hound Of The Baskervilles (1959),
The Mummy (1959), Dracula: Prince Of Darkness (1965), Rasputin - The Mad Monk
(1965), She (1965), The Face Of Fu Manchu (1965), The Devil Rides Out (1968), The
Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes (1970), The Wicker Man (1973), The Three Musketeers
(1974), The Man With The Golden Gun (1974), To The Devil A Daughter, Airport 77
(1977), Return From Witch Mountain (1978), Arabian Adventure (1979), 1941 (1979) and
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990). His television career has been less prolific
although he has been seen in Ivanhoe, The Avengers (twice), One Step Beyond,
Charlie's Angels, How The West Was Won, The Far Pavilions, Faerie Tale Theatre, The
Tomorrow People and The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. More recently, he starred as
Lucard de Beaumanoir in the BBC's Ivanhoe series, appeared in a recurring role as
Olwyn in The New Adventures Of Robin Hood and as Sir Richard Turkel in Russell
Mulcahy's Talos The Mummy (1998). He recently appeared as Flay in the BBC adaptation
of Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast and as Saruman in The Lord Of The Rings: The
Fellowship Of The Ring (2001). He was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours
for 2001.

Emily Bolton makes the first of five appearances in the series as Main Mission
Operative June. Known professionally at the time as June Bolton, she guested in
Return Of The Saint and The Enigma Files and appeared as Manuela in the 1979 James
Bond film Moonraker before starring as Christine Campbell in the popular BBC series
Tenko.

Rhonda Parker is best-known for her non-speaking role as Mother's assistant Rhonda
in the last season of The Avengers.

Regular Cast:
Koenig, Helena, Bergman, Morrow, Carter, Sandra, Kano, Mathias, Tanya

Additional Cast: Captain Zantor  Christopher Lee

Commissioner Gerald Simmonds  Roy Dotrice

Main Mission Operatives  June Bolton, Sarah Bullen, Loftus Burton,

 Andrew Dempsey, Robert Philips

Security Guards  Tony Allyn, Quentin Pierre

Female Kaldorian  Rhonda Parker





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The Metamorph (#1)

 Screenplay by Johnny Byrne
Directed by Charles Crichton
Edited by Mike Campbell GBFE

"Is there no vile thing you won't say against my father?"

In search of titanium, essential to the repair of the Alpha life support system, an Eagle is
dispatched to the planet Psychon where it becomes enveloped by a ball of light and dragged
to the planet's surface. A Psychon named Mentor contacts the Alphans, offering to return the
pilots at a rendezvous in space, but the rendezvous is a trap and Koenig is forced to land
his Eagle on the planet. There, he discovers that Mentor seeks to transform his barren,
volcanic world by molecular transformation, utilising a biological computer, Psyche. But
Psyche is powered by the minds of intelligent beings and Mentor intends to feed the Alphans
to his machine!

Original UK Airdate: Saturday, September 4th, 1976 (ATV Midlands)
Original Titles: "The Biological Soul", "The Biological Computer"

Regular Cast:
Koenig, Helena, Maya, Verdeschi, Carter, Sandra, Fraser

Additional Cast: Mentor  Brian Blessed

Annette Fraser  Anouska Hempel

Dr. Bob Mathias  Anton Phillips

Lew Picard  Gerard Paquis

Petrov  Peter Porteous

Ray Torens  Nick Brimble

Operative Kate  Sarah Bullen

Overseers  George Lane Cooper and Alf Joint

Small Chipping Alien  John Dixon

Zombie Chipping Alien  Neil McCaul

Coloured Chipping Alien  Roy Stewart

Command Center Alphans  Pam Rose and Robert Reeves

Alphans  Chris Figg and Nina Mitchen




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The Exiles (#2)

 Screenplay by Donald James
Directed by Ray Austin
Edited by Alan Killick

"You're like the people here on Golos - crippled by your moral ideas of loyalty, gratitude
and fair play."

53 cylinder-shaped objects take up orbit around the Moon. One of the cylinders is recovered
from space and found to contain Cantar, a young alien exiled from the planet Golos. He
implores Koenig to recover the remaining cylinders - each containing one of his fellow
exiles - before the gravitational pull of the Moon destroys them, so Koenig cautiously
allows a second cylinder to be brought to Alpha. It contains Cantar's wife Zova and together
they set about increasing the capacity of Alpha's life support to cope with the additional
strain that the 53 Golosians will place upon it. However, the pair have ulterior motives
and, forcing their way into the power section they generate a transporter beam and escape to
Golos, taking Helena and Verdeschi with them as hostages!

Original UK Airdate: Saturday, September 11th, 1976 (ATV Midlands)

Regular Cast:
Koenig, Helena, Maya, Verdeschi, Carter, Sandra

Additional Cast: Cantar  Peter Duncan

Zova  Stacy Dorning

Dr. Bob Mathias  Anton Phillips

Mirella  Margaret Inglis

Stal  Anthony Blackett

Old Lady  Peggy Ledger

Petrov  Peter Porteous

Operative Kate  Sarah Bullen




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One Moment Of Humanity (#3)

 Screenplay by Tony Barwick
Directed by Charles Crichton
Edited by Mike Campbell GBFE

"That is what they want from you - to learn to kill."

Alpha is visited by Vegan woman Zamara who mistakes Helena and Verdeschi for lovers and
demands that they return with her to the planet Vega. There, the pair are greeted with
hostility, but Helena is warned by a servant, Number Eight, that if they show aggression,
the Vegans will kill them. Taunted and insulted by the Vegans, Helena and Verdeschi remain
calm, escaping from imprisonment to track down Number Eight. In caves beneath the city,
Number Eight reveals that the Vegans are androids while he and his fellow servants are the
true Vegans, hiding their faces beneath masks to conceal their emotions. The androids do not
possess the necessary emotions that will enable them to kill, and intend to spur the Alphans
to violence that they can emulate...

Original UK Airdate: Saturday, September 25th, 1976 (ATV Midlands)
Original Title: "One Second Of Humanity"

Regular Cast:
Koenig, Helena, Maya, Verdeschi, Carter, Sandra

Additional Cast: Zamara  Billie Whitelaw

Zarl  Leigh Lawson

Number Eight  Geoffrey Bayldon

Operative Kate  Sarah Bullen

Vegans  Hilary Ding

 Maggie Henderson

 Laraine Humphrys

 Zena Clifton

 Jason Mitchell

 Paul Hastings

 Barry Rohde

 Jurgen Andersen




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All That Glisters (#4)

 Screenplay by Keith Miles
Directed by Ray Austin
Edited by Alan Killick

"Red is death! Red is death!"

Koenig leads a geological survey to a dry, waterless planet in search of milgonite, a rare
mineral vital to the Alphan life support system. Geologist Dave Reilly discovers a glowing
rock formation in a cave and breaks a piece off to test in the Eagle laboratory, but there
is a sudden blinding flash of light and Verdeschi is apparently killed. However, he soon
returns to life and under some form of hypnotic control collects a second piece of rock and
returns with it to the Eagle where the two pieces fuse into one. Communications with Alpha
are cut off, the Eagle is immobilised and the party discover that the rock is an intelligent
life-form which desperately needs water to survive. With horror, the Alphans realise that
the rock sees them as the most convenient source of water...

Original UK Airdate: Thursday, October 28th, 1976 (ATV Midlands)

Regular Cast:
Koenig, Helena, Maya, Verdeschi, Carter

Additional Cast: Dave Reilly  Patrick Mower




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Journey To Where (#5)

 Screenplay by Donald James
Directed by Tom Clegg
Edited by Mike Campbell GBFE

"They're not here, Alpha. Are they there? Are they still there?"

Alpha makes contact with Space Station One in Texas City on the Earth of 2120AD.
Transference technology enables the Alphans to return to Earth so Koenig, Helena and Carter
make the first trip, but during their journey an earthquake hits Texas City and the trio
fail to re-materialise. They find themselves in a cold, wooded area quite unlike the
conditions that they have been led to expect on 22nd century Earth. Helena contracts
pneumonia and they are attacked by savage warriors who take them prisoner. As Dr. Logan and
his team attempt to track down the Alphans, Koenig and Carter come to the realisation that
they have travelled through time and arrived in 14th century Scotland in the midst of a
bitter conflict between the Highland clans and English forces!

Original UK Airdate: Saturday, September 18th, 1976 (ATV Midlands)

Regular Cast:
Koenig, Helena, Maya, Verdeschi, Carter, Vincent, Yasko

Additional Cast: Dr. Charles Logan  Freddie Jones

Carla Cross  Isla Blair

MacDonald  Roger Bizley

Jackson  Laurence Harrington

1st Operative Texas  Norwich Duff

The Old Crone  Peggy Paige

Operative Kate  Sarah Bullen

Highlander  Terry Walsh




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The Taybor (#6)

 Screenplay by Thom Keyes
Directed by Bob Brooks
Edited by Alan Killick

"Alpha is just primitive junk to him. What have we got that he wants?"

Alpha is visited by Taybor, an itinerant trader from Pinvith the Lesser, who lands on the
Moon in his jump-drive spaceship, the S.S. Emporium. Unfortunately, his gifts - intended to
illustrate his good will - have proven to be too advanced for the Alphans, blinding a
hydroponics assistant and sending a technician into a catatonic trance, but Taybor assures
Helena that neither is permanently harmed. Koenig is interested in the Emporium's jump drive
which could return the Alphans to Earth and Taybor is willing to trade. Koenig offers him
Moonbase Alpha with fixtures and fittings intact but Taybor has designs on Maya, intending
to add her to his collection of the galaxy's most beautiful objects.

Original UK Airdate: Thursday, November 4th, 1976 (ATV Midlands)

Regular Cast:
Koenig, Helena, Maya, Verdeschi, Fraser, Vincent, Yasko

Additional Cast: Taybor  Willoughby Goddard

Karen  Larraine Humphrys

Slatternly Woman  Rita Webb

Andrews  Mel Taylor

Operative Kate  Sarah Bullen

Third Girl  Vickie Michelle

Model Girl 1  Jenny Clare

Model Girl 2  Chai Lee

Model Girl 3  Penny Priestly




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The Rules Of Luton (#7)

 Screenplay by Charles Woodgrove
Directed by Val Guest
Edited by Mike Campbell GBFE

"Cannibals! Murderers! You will be punished as cannibals and murderers deserve to be
punished!"

Koenig and Maya are exploring the planet Luton when they are accused of violating the laws
of the sentient plantlife. The Judges of Luton decree that the Alphans must prove their
innocence in trial by combat against three strange aliens, each of whom has unusual powers
and abilities. Koenig is badly injured after dispatching two of their opponents and Maya
turns into a bird to find water with which to clean his wound, but she is captured by the
third alien who places her in a cage. Koenig is forced to face the alien in a final duel to
save Maya before she loses control of her form and is crushed to death!

Original UK Airdate: Thursday, October 21st, 1976 (ATV Midlands)

Regular Cast:
Koenig, Helena, Maya, Verdeschi, Yasko

Additional Cast: Alien Strong/Voice of Judges  David Jackson

Alien Transporter  Godfrey James

Alien Invisible  Roy Marsden

1st Operative  Annie Lambert




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The Mark Of Archanon (#8)

 Screenplay by Lew Schwartz
Directed by Charles Crichton
Edited by Alan Pattillo

"An Archanon cannot give blood! An Archanon can only kill!"

Two aliens, Pasc and Etrec, are discovered in a stasis chamber beneath the lunar surface and
revived in the Medical Center. Introducing themselves as emissaries from Archanon, the
planet of peace, Pasc explains that he and his son were imprisoned in the stasis chamber by
their own people who had been effected by a contagion of evil while visiting Earth. Carter
takes a shine to Etrec, but Helena discovers a virus in Pasc's blood cells and the same
virus, yet dormant, in Etrec's. Unknown to the Alphans, this virus is a genetic sickness,
handed down through generations of Archanon males, which overwhelms them with the urge to
kill...

Original UK Airdate: Saturday, October 16th, 1976 (ATV Midlands)

Regular Cast:
Koenig, Helena, Maya, Verdeschi, Carter, Fraser, Yasko

Additional Cast: Pasc  John Standing

Etrec  Michael Gallagher

Lyra/Maurna  Veronica Lang

Johnson  John Alkin

Carson  Anthony Forrest

Dr. Raul Nunez  Raul Newey

Rescue Eagle Pilot  Terry Walsh