Space: 1999 is a British series that began running in the U.S. on October 17, 1975. (Before, the title of the new series had greatly varied: Space Journey: 1999, Journey in Space, Menace in Space and Space Invadersthe invaders of the last title being the Earthmen trapped on the runaway Moon.). It's not my idea of what the show should be. Angered by humanity's innate hostility and WANDER's defensive posture, they travel to Earth with the intent of isolating mankind within the boundary of Earth's atmosphere. Most of the country saw Space: 1999 at 5 p.m. on Saturdays, a notable exception being the Atlantic Provinces in which it was broadcast at 6 or 6:30p.m. or as was the case in the summers sometime earlier in the afternoon to accommodate live sports coverage, the airing of which crossed into or totally over the usual Space: 1999 airtime. In August 2018, Comet announced it would be airing both series beginning in September.[34]. At this time, Sylvia Anderson left her role as producer when she and Gerry Anderson formally separated (and subsequently divorced). Several guest stars went on to appear in the Star Wars films, including Cushing, Glover, Lee, Blessed, Prowse, Michael Culver, Michael Sheard, Richard LeParmentier, Shane Rimmer, Angus MacInnes, Drewe Henley, Jack Klaff and Jack McKenzie. (The audio for Year One had already been digitised prior to Network's restoration, but Year Two's had not). The first series in 197576 was shown regionally on some CBC owned-and-operated stations, the airtime varying. The CAST() function returns a DATE value if it successfully converts the string to date. According to statements by Martin Landau on the Space: 1999/UFO The Documentaries produced by Fanderson, the reason for cancellation was due to financier Lew Grade's decision to redirect funding to new movie projects, such as Raise the Titanic. [6], Anderson would not let the project die; he approached Grade's number two in New York, Abe Mandell, with the proposal for taking the research and development done for UFO: 1999 and creating a new science fiction series. This was followed by a title sequence that managed to convey prestige for its two main stars, Landau and Bain (both billed as 'starring') and to give the audience some thirty-plus fast cut shots of the forthcoming episode. New series composer Derek Wadsworth's new theme dropped Barry Gray's alternation between stately, orchestral passages and funky rhythmic ones in favour of a more consistently contemporary piece. Gaska on Space:1999 To Everything That Was February 22, 2023; Unfilmed scripts & failed pilots - the lost worlds of Gerry Anderson! [11], As the November 1973 start date approached, George Bellak fell out with Gerry Anderson over creative issues and left the production. The original Space:1999 show was first aired on ITV in 1975, running for two series before it was cancelled. Comparisons with Star Trek were used by both camps to show how the series had been either saved or destroyed by the format change. The crew of Moonbase Alpha can. He nods, and she sits down with him. 1/2 in diameter anchor; Add to List Toggle Dropdown. [3] Also appearing as regular cast members were the Canadian-based British actor Barry Morse (as Professor Victor Bergman in the first series) and Hungarian-born, US-raised Catherine Schell (as the alien Maya in the second series). His writing credits included Slattery's People, The Iron Horse, All in the Family, Petrocelli, and Starsky and Hutch. The second series was scored by jazz musician and composer Derek Wadsworth; American producer Fred Freiberger wanted a more "driving, searing" score for his new action-adventure format. Their whole lives end up turned upside down. [18] Asimov's responses were based on the pilot episode only. Well none of that really panned out but all these years later, this show is still great fun to watch. In the first show I did, I stressed action as well as character development, along with strong story content, to prove that 1999 could stand up to the American concept of what an action-adventure show should be. Sonja Sohn, Clarke Peters and Dominic West in 'The Wire.'. Due to the limited studio space, other sets depicting Alpha interiors, such as Medical Centre, were assembled as needed. Katzin was not asked back to the programme after the filming of his second episode "Black Sun", which also ran over schedule. The programme would then offer four ten-to-twelve minute long acts (allowing for commercial breaks in North America) and finished with a short (and, in the second series, often light-hearted) "epilogue" scene. The Moonbase interiors were also upgraded for the second year, with the existing stock of wall panels, doors, and computer panels (along with some bits from other Anderson productions) being assembled for the first timeon Stage Linto a standing complex of interconnected sets (the first series' sets had been assembled as needed and the size of the Main Mission/Command Office complex was prohibitive for the construction of a lasting series of rooms. Given Landau's intensity and the brooding nature of the Koenig character, the approach did not fit the series. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, often abbreviated as DS9, was the fourth installment of the Star Trek series, commissioned by Paramount Pictures for production following the incredible success of Star Trek: The Next Generation. This was first done in the 1960s, with movies from The Man From U.N.C.L.E. In his review he noted, "[T]here was practically no dialogue for quite a while, which, in view of what was to come, was a terrific idea. Several episodes of the first series hinted that the Moon's journey was influenced (and perhaps initiated) by a "mysterious unknown force", which was guiding the Alphans toward an ultimate destiny. In late 2014, Network finally announced that Year Two would be released in 2015. The base must give up its life support in order to prevent the cloud from dying. The French-language CBC Television, Radio-Canada, showed Cosmos: 1999 several times (both series) between 1975 and 1980, first on Mondays (19751976), then on Saturdays (19761977), then on Mondays (1979), and finally on Wednesdays (19791980). Whenever 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. Space: 1999, which ran from 1975 to 1977, exemplifies everything good - and bad - about scaling down the genre to fit the small screen. So the datetime data type is used only for dates after January 1, 1753. Space: 1999 owes much of its visual design to pre-production work for the never-made second series of UFO, which would have been set primarily on the Moon and featured a more extensive Moonbase. Based on Stephen King's novel by the same name, Carrie stars Sissy Spacek as the young leading lady who gets her ultimate revenge by killing all of her high school enemies and even her. August 10, 2022. As a child, this show made me excited for the future like nothing else. The project continued forward. In the premiere episode, Jen Lindley (Michelle Williams) arrived in town a new girl from New York City who not-so-seamlessly made her way into the group and changed everything. To fulfil the scheduling requirement and cut production costs, Freiberger used the "double-up script" solution. This release also contains a restored version of the feature length Destination: Moonbase Alpha film. The opening credits for the first series featured a dramatic fanfare composed by long-time Anderson associate Barry Gray, whose scores for the series were his final compositions for an Anderson production. Countries where the show was sold include France, Italy, Yugoslavia, Poland, Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Africa, Turkey, Iran, Greece, the Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal, Peru, Japan, Malaysia, Canada, Mexico, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan. The unisex "Moon City" uniforms for the first series were created by Austrian fashion designer Rudi Gernreich, a personal friend of series star Barbara Bain. Studio rehearsals commenced at Elstree Studios near Borehamwood, Hertfordshire on 12 November 1973. A monster, the 'cloud creature' appears out of the cloud and runs amok on the base. [30] London Weekend Television (LWT) and Anglia screened the first episode two days later on Saturday, 6 September at 5.50pm. Group Three Productions, a partnership of the Andersons and production executive Reg Hill, was to produce the series; ITC Entertainment and Italian broadcaster RAI were to provide the funding. Drama, Action & Adventure, Science Fiction. As the father-daughter duo settle into their new lives, the pair realize they're sharing their space with four ghosts Casper (voiced by Malachi Pearson and played in his human form by Devon. Speaking about the show in 2010, Bain reflected: "We had some very good science fiction people as advisors who knew what they were talking about. [6][7][23] If there had been a budget increase, the 'stagflation' economy of the 1970s would have cancelled it out. This was to be shorter than the previous two, with 13 episodes, for budget reasons. (This was to accommodate its placement on Pinewood Soundstage "L", with the other standing Alpha sets; the Eagle was permanently affixed to the boarding tube/travel tube set and jammed between the travel-tube reception area and the Medical Centre.)[9]. The incessant re-writing this brought about eventually caused Christopher Penfold to resign during the shooting of "Space Brain", after completing his writing commitment with the script "Dragon's Domain". Space 1999 Audio Drama: Where were the cast and crew on Breakaway Day?! Thruster and engine sounds were similar to those previously used in Fireball XL5, Thunderbirds, and Captain Scarlet. In the half-hour opening episode "Zero-G" penned by the Andersons, Earth's deep space probes have discovered an advanced extraterrestrial civilisation. Paul plays his guitar in his quarters. Freiberger had appropriated this approach from Star Trek; the endings of many of that show's episodes featured an upbeat discussion among the cast of the lessons learned during the episode and closing on a joke; this approach was copied for Space: 1999 with Koenig, Verdeschi, Russell, Carter and Maya enjoying a laugh in the Command Center. [7] Byrne remained until the end of production; his last tasks were writing filler scenes for the desperately short "The Last Enemy" and a re-shoot for the troublesome "Space Brain". The crew of Moonbase Alpha must struggle to survive when a massive explosion throws the Moon from orbit into deep space. Tanya appears at his open door and asks if she can share the music with him. During "double-up" instalments, two first-unit production teams would film two episodes simultaneously. This release will contain two entirely new stories, and one adaptation of a classic 1970s TV episode: The Siren Call by Andrew Smith Story consultant Christopher Penfold acted as head writer, bringing in American writer Edward di Lorenzo and Irish poet Johnny Byrne as script editors. Originally, two supporting roles were intended for Italian actors; with the casting of Nick Tate and Zienia Merton in those roles, a solution had to be worked out. I could read all his vital signs. The seven-minute film features Zienia Merton reprising her role as Sandra Benes delivering a final message to Earth as the only crew member left on Moonbase Alpha while a massive exodus to a habitable planet, Terra Alpha, takes place with the rest of the crew. The first film would have picked up the story several years after the series ended, and would have featured a heavily redesigned Moonbase Alpha. [2] The runaway Moon, in effect, becomes the "spacecraft" on which the protagonists travel, searching for a new home. Price: . The costumes for Year Two were designed by Emma Porteous, who later designed the wardrobes for several James Bond films.[10]. Space: 1999 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. February 24, 2023; INTERVIEW: Andrew E.C. Special effects director Brian Johnson and most of his team went on to work on Ridley Scott's Alien and later The Empire Strikes Back. Gray scored five episodes"Breakaway", "Matter of Life and Death", "Black Sun", "Another Time, Another Place", and "The Full Circle" Vic Elmes provided a completely electronic score for "Ring Around the Moon", and Big Jim Sullivan performed a one-off sitar composition for "The Troubled Spirit". His main storyline revolved around his on and off relationship with Suzanne Collins's character Nikki Shadwick. Some missed the mystical plotlines, feature-film ambiance and the "British-ness" of the first series. Landau and Bain were high-profile stars in America after three years in the popular CBS espionage series Mission: Impossible. Apparently, the robot has some sex appeal now. Eaglemoss SPACE 1999 Die Cast Plastic EAGLE TRANSPORTER 10" Long Stand Magazine. In early episodes, Maya's eyebrows are much longer. His character was designed to serve primarily as a secondary male action hero, and became a romantic interest for Maya. For all I know now it's out of date. The first releases on American home video were in the VHS in the mid-1980s and consisted of the theatrical compilation films (see above). Space: 1999 Cast List "Space: 1999" Actors and Characters! "; "Story is told poorly. Short excerpts from 12 other episodes appeared in a montage as Sandra Benes recalls her life on Alpha. Set some 25 years into the future, humans had established . Production of the first series was from November 1973 to February 1975; production of the second series was from January 1976 to December 1976. Space 1999 Volume 01 - Space 1999 - Big Finish", "Space: 1999: The Bringers of Wonder Pre-buy", "Space: 1999: The Complete Series 2 [BLU-RAY] Pre-buy", "Space: 1999 30th Anniversary Edition DVD Information", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Space:_1999&oldid=1141665313, Alan Carter, third in command, chief pilot, Paul Morrow, base second in command and Main Mission controller, Tony Verdeschi, second in command, head of Security and Command Center controller, This page was last edited on 26 February 2023, at 05:17. 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