As stated by series writers Christopher Penfold and Johnny Byrne, it was Bellak who created and polished the series' defining concepts. The transmission dates given below are those for the UK. One of the first previews of the series was in Australia on the Seven Network in July 1975, but the station later split the first series into two series. Their work was then shelved for the foreseeable future. The second series used simpler action-oriented plots. TV Series Announced. Production Designer Keith Wilson stated in an interview in Destination: Moonbase Alpha that he was always being ordered by Producer Fred Freiberger to make sets smaller, taking away the expansive (and expensive) look of the first series' interiors. As filming on Year Two came to its conclusion, it became apparent that there would be no third series, and the second series ended with the episode "The Dorcons". Sonja Sohn, Clarke Peters and Dominic West in 'The Wire.'. 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. The networks were uninterested in a project over which they had no creative control, being presented with twenty-four completed episodes. The series premise was set up in the first episode, entitled "Breakaway." In the distant year of 1999,. In the early 1980s, and due to the booming home video rental market, the four compilation films were released on the VHS format. Paul plays his guitar in his quarters. [41] On 17 July 2020, Big Finish announced a boxset consisting of three stories. During their interstellar journey, the Alphans encounter an array of alien civilisations, dystopian societies, and mind-bending phenomena previously unseen by humanity. In the United States, efforts to sell the series to one of the three networks for the 197475 or 197576 television seasons failed. The programme's special effects director Brian Johnson had previously worked on both Thunderbirds (as Brian Johncock) and 2001. Katzin was not asked back to the programme after the filming of his second episode "Black Sun", which also ran over schedule. [37] On 15 August 2018, Brian Johnson, special effects director for the original series, announced that the reboot was on track for production in the UK, pending "confirmation of the deal".[38]. Modified versions of Message from Moonbase Alpha are available on DVD bonus discs in the U.S., Canada, France and Italy. In a later interview, Johnny Byrne stated that "one episode they (New York) would ask us to speed things up, forcing us to cut out character development; then the next episode, they asked for more character moments, which would slow down the action; then they would complain there weren't enough pretty girls in another. There were various considerations that had to be made, but they were based on what is, or what was, known at the time. In Finland the first series was originally aired by the commercial MTV (Mainostelevisio) channel in 1976, but it was withdrawn after couple of episodes on demand of the national programme board as the show was considered too brutal and horrifying. 1975 -2020. So the datetime data type is used only for dates after January 1, 1753. He nods, and she sits down with him. Storyline [ edit] Much of the publicity mentioned the then-staggering three million pound budget: as a part of the American promotion effort, a glossy magazine-sized brochure was produced, touting Space: 1999 as the Six-and-a-Half Million Dollar Series (an allusion to the then-popular American programme The Six Million Dollar Man) featuring American stars, American writers and American directors.[33]. The project continued forward. [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". Because, we have learned many things, but most of all, we have learned we still have much to learn. It is the most flashy, gorgeous sci-fi trip ever to appear on TV" and "Space: 1999 is a visually stunning, space-age morality play");[14][15] others panned it for poor plotting and wooden acting, especially on the part of Barbara Bain ("the plots and characterisation on Space: 1999 have been primitive" and "A disappointing collage of wooden characters, boring dialogue and incomprehensible plots").[16][17]. These are: This show calls up happy memories of laying on my grandma's shag carpeted living room, totally enthralled by this show. Space: 1999 was the last in a long line of science-fiction series that Gerry and Sylvia Anderson produced as a working partnership, beginning with Supercar in the early 1960s and including the marionette fantasy programmes Fireball XL5, Stingray, Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, Joe 90 and The Secret Service, as well as the live-action drama UFO. Maya was considered to be a successful character, and the producers began grooming her for a spinoff show. Maddox would view all aspects of Earth defence from Central Control, a facility at the hub of the base and accessible only by Moon Hopper craft, which would require the correct pass-code to traverse Control's defensive laser barrier. Bellak wrote a ninety-minute opening episode titled "The Void Ahead", which was a close forerunner of "Breakaway". The CAST() function returns a DATE value if it successfully converts the string to date. Story consultant Christopher Penfold acted as head writer, bringing in American writer Edward di Lorenzo and Irish poet Johnny Byrne as script editors. To fulfil the scheduling requirement and cut production costs, Freiberger used the "double-up script" solution. This release will contain two entirely new stories, and one adaptation of a classic 1970s TV episode: The Siren Call by Andrew Smith On 24 September 2002, a 16-disc "Mega Set" box set featuring all 48 complete, uncut, original broadcast episodes of the series was released. Produced by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, the creative duo behind the marionette cult classic Thunderbirds, the ambitious set-up sends the Earth's moon, along with the entire population of Moonbase Alpha . In "Black Sun", Victor Bergman asserts the chances of their surviving the explosion which knocked them from orbit are "just about infinite." "[25] One particular episode ('All That Glisters', which dealt with the threat of an intelligent rock) was of such allegedly deficient quality that it sparked a confrontation between Freiberger and the cast. Official Sites The French version was also broadcast, in early evening on Saturdays. Fragrance oils are now used in diffusers and oil burners in order to create a healing atmosphere. George Clooney George Clooney is no doubt the most famous actor to have come from ER. 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". The same thing happened when MTV tried to air the second series in 1978. 2099. It was shown in Italy as Spazio 1999; Argentina, Uruguay, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, francophone Canada, and France as Cosmos: 1999; Denmark as Mnebase Alpha; Brazil and Portugal as Espao: 1999; Germany as Mondbasis Alpha 1; Sweden as Mnbas Alpha; Poland as Kosmos 1999 (19771979); Finland as Avaruusasema Alfa; Greece as 1999; Hungary as Alfa Holdbzis; Spain, Chile, Venezuela, and Colombia as Espacio: 1999; Mexico as Odisea 1999; Iran as 1999:; Turkey as Uzay 1999, and South Africa as Alpha 1999 (1976, dubbed into Afrikaans). The crew of Moonbase Alpha can. Fan and critic responses to the new series varied. 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. Space 1999: Breakaway - Space 1999 - Big Finish", "Space: 1999 returns with Mark Bonnar at the helm - News - Big Finish", "2. Dozens of models for the various alien spaceships and the Mark IX Hawk from the "War Games" episode were built by model maker Martin Bower, often at several different sizes to account for the intended use. The most visible change was the absence of Professor Bergman (Barry Morse). In August 2018, Comet announced it would be airing both series beginning in September.[34]. [6][7][23] If there had been a budget increase, the 'stagflation' economy of the 1970s would have cancelled it out. After almost 30 years, the original Moonbase Alpha model reappeared in the public eye online when a site gained exclusive access to photomap the model and solicit its sale. Tanya appears at his open door and asks if she can share the music with him. I figured that by 1999, I would be living and working in space as an adult. In addition to Bergman, Year One supporting characters Paul Morrow (Prentis Hancock), David Kano (Clifton Jones) and Tanya Alexander (Suzanne Roquette) were also removed from the cast (Paul and Tanya's disappearance is explained in the Powys Media book The Forsaken by John Kenneth Muir. Anthony Rapp was a journeyman actor before landing the role of video artist Mark Cohen in "Rent," and a journeyman actor he remains. Space: 1999 TV Series 1975-1977 TV-14 50 m IMDb RATING 7.3 /10 8.7K YOUR RATING Rate POPULARITY 1,773 40 Play trailer 0:31 22 Videos 99+ Photos Adventure Drama Sci-Fi The crew of Moonbase Alpha must struggle to survive when a massive explosion throws the Moon from orbit into deep space. But the nuts and bolts are mostly the same. It also includes several new extras including a "Memories of Space" featurette, a Sylvia Anderson interview (in which she frankly discusses the series and her thoughts about Landau and Bain), an expanded version of the "These Episodes" documentary from the DVD set, several PDF files containing scripts and annuals, an extensive set of photo galleries with hundreds of stills, and the first episode of Year Two, "The Metamorph", in digitally restored hi-definition. The largest stumbling block for the staff had been having all material vetted by ITC's New York office. The "Maya" series was also intended to run for 13 episodes a year.[6]. The crew of Moonbase Alpha must struggle to survive when a massive explosion throws the Moon from orbit into deep space. $164.99. Verdeschi, who assumed the base's second-in-command role, neither appeared, nor was ever mentioned, in Year One. Wilson's innovative Moonbase set construction, using 4-by-8-foot (120 by 240cm) plastic foam-board panels, linked together Lego-like into whatever room configuration was required, made for a uniform and realistic appearance for the Alpha interiors (not to mention being relatively cheap and quickly assembled). [citation needed], Rather than relying on the expensive and time-consuming blue screen process, as for Star Trek, Johnson's team often employed a technique that went back to the earliest days of visual effects: spacecraft and planets would be filmed against black backgrounds, with the camera being rewound for each successive element. Here's what the cast has been up to since their days at Bayside: Mark-Paul Gosselaar (Zack Morris) Mark-Paul Gosselaar as Zack Morris; Gosselaar in 2015; Photos: Alice S. Hall/NBCU Photo Bank;. The authors of these works wrote a number of original stories and have since written new stories and novels which were published after 1999. In 1972, Sir Lew Grade, head of ITC Entertainment, proposed financing a second series of the Century 21 production UFO to show-runners Gerry and Sylvia Anderson. Tweet dated 15 August 2018. 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. Freiberger was very budget-conscious and, despite press releases to the contrary, the production team was working with less money this series. Company Credits Another benefit was that the camera's exposed negative contained completed effects thereby avoiding the costs of the blue screen "optical" technique. Thruster and engine sounds were similar to those previously used in Fireball XL5, Thunderbirds, and Captain Scarlet. The scenes re-mounted for "The Last Enemy" concluded principal photography on 28 February 1975. [44] The Blu-ray set includes all of the extras on the 2005 Network DVD release as well as some of the extras that were on the 2001 Carlton DVD release (including a Lyons Maid ice-lolly commercial, and an SFX segment from the British documentary series Horizon). The series was. George Bellak, a well-known American television writer, was brought on staff. [31] The Granada region began showing the series on Friday, 26 September 1975, initially at 7.35pm before moving to 6.35pm a few weeks later. On 12 August 2019, Anderson Entertainment announced that they would collaborate with Big Finish to create an audio drama reboot of Space: 1999 starring Mark Bonnar[39] as John Koenig, Maria Teresa Creasey as Doctor Helena Russell, Timothy Bentinck as Commissioner Simmons and Clive Hayward as Victor Bergman. Use Date format method. In the months leading to the beginning of the autumn 1975 series, Landau and Bain participated in special preview screenings in select cities. "[7] Years later, Byrne and Penfold would agree that the process they worked under made "good scripts less than they had been" and forced them to waste time re-writing "bad scripts to make them acceptable". STV started to screen the series on 9 April 1978 on Sunday afternoons. [47] Year One was released on Blu-ray in the U.S. on 2 November 2010 by A&E Home Entertainment, with new High-Definition restored transfers and a newly remastered 5.1 DTS-HD MA surround sound re-mix. Space 1999 Audio Drama: Where were the cast and crew on Breakaway Day?! Previously unused footage shot for the Year Two title sequence and "The Last Enemy" was used to create a sequence showing the Moon being affected by a gravitational disturbance and thrown into an unknown solar system. Mark Bonnar, Maria Teresa Creasey, Tim Bentinck, Clive Hayward, Glen McCready, Susan Hingley and Amaka Okafor reprise their roles with Anthony Howell, Chris Jarman and Nicholas Asbury joining.[42]. I might as well work less hard in all of them. Even its successor broadcaster, Television South, failed to screen any series two episodes when Space: 1999 was reshown in other ITV regions between 1982 and 1985. The female characters tended to wear skirts and knee-high boots throughout the second series, rather than the flared trousers used in Year One. This basically gave the series the conclusion that it never had in its initial run. However, Moonbase Alpha personnel treated Verdeschi as if he had been in their midst since "Breakaway". After the 197677 broadcast year (in which second-series episodes were run and rerun), the show's ratings were sufficiently high for CBC Television to give the first series a full-network airing and with further repeats from 1977 to 1978. 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. He had gotten them a second year after the cancellation, but the changes he made did not benefit the show. Then ITC Entertainment President Sir Lew Grade abruptly cancelled the series' production in late 1975 when ratings in the United States had dropped during the later autumn months of the year. A monster, the 'cloud creature' appears out of the cloud and runs amok on the base. The Moon enters the black sun. Some missed the mystical plotlines, feature-film ambiance and the "British-ness" of the first series. [13] His two-hour director's cut was assembled and sent to ITC New York for a viewing. Most ITV regions (including Yorkshire, Grampian, Ulster, Scottish, Border, ATV, and Tyne Tees) premiered the series on Thursday, 4 September 1975 in a 7.00pm slot. The necessity to telex story outlines and scripts to New York for approval caused further production delays. Koenig and Russell went from a barely noticeable courtship to a physically passionate, full-fledged romance, in which the devotion ran so deep that they offered to die for each other ("Brian the Brain"). Following the series' cancellation, four feature-length films were compiled from various episodes for syndication and foreign theatrical release: Destination Moonbase Alpha (1978), Alien Attack (1979), Journey Through the Black Sun (1982), and Cosmic Princess (1982). Moonbase Alpha is staffed with crew members. The bell bottom uniforms, the sketchy science, the sideburns. Martin Landau .. Cmdr. A&E Home Video (under licence from Carlton International Media Limited) has released the entire series on DVD in Region 1. It's been almost 30 years since Night Court aired its final episode in 1992. With the last-minute renewal from Grade, the production team hit the ground running for Series Two. In a show like this, that's one line they should have avoided at any price." Alan Carter (Nick Tate) was to have been written out of the series, but he had become so popular with fans that he remained. 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. [11], As the November 1973 start date approached, George Bellak fell out with Gerry Anderson over creative issues and left the production. Is "Space: 1999" anyway linked to other TV shows? Space: 1999 used Pinewood Studios sound-stages L and M. Each studio measures 90 by 105 feet (27m 32m), with a floor-to-grid measurement of 30 feet (9.1m). With the permission of (then) copyright owners Carlton Media International, the film includes brief clips from seven episodes to illustrate the deserted Moonbase Alpha and the Alphans' exodus to planet Terra Alpha. The first series in 197576 was shown regionally on some CBC owned-and-operated stations, the airtime varying. Johnny Byrne's script "The Biological Soul", involving the Alphans' encounter with the unstable Mentor of the planet Psychon and his biological computer Psyche, was rewritten to include the new character Maya and the rest of the format changes; the episode produced from this script was retitled "The Metamorph". [7] Byrne then commenced writing scripts in an improved first-series format: "The Biological Soul", "The Face of Eden", and "Children of the Gods". And after a pre-emption for New Year's Day sports, new episodes resumed airing on 8 January 1977 with "A Matter of Balance", followed by "The Beta Cloud", "One Moment of Humanity", "The Lambda Factor", "All That Glisters", and "The Seance Spectre". However, toward the end of its run, UFO experienced a drop in ratings in both the US and the UK; nervous ITC executives in both countries began to question the financial viability of the new series, and support for the project collapsed. "Space Warp" would not be shown until 21 May, after many weeks of repeats. Grade had one stipulation: the new series would be set primarily on the Moon within the environs of an expanded SHADO Moonbase; the ratings indicated the Moon-centric episodes had proved the most popular with audiences. She is featured in 23 Year 2 episodes (she is not in Devil's Planet except in flashback, but is still credited). But human error blasted this Moon out of the Earth's orbit. (Blair, Damon and Blessed each appeared in two episodes portraying different characters. WHERE ARE THEY NOW: The cast of 'Star Trek: The Original Series' Gabbi Shaw Updated Nichelle Nichols, who played Nyota Uhura, died in July 2022. I used to love to watch Space: 1999 when I was a kid in the 70's. I really loved the characters, the costumes, and the monsters. The second series eliminated this montage. He praised the programme for the accuracy of the representation of movement in the low gravity environment of the Moon, and for its realistic production design. The Eagle 1 is made mostly of moulded plastic and has a number of parts and accessories. To appeal to the American television market and sell the series to one of the major U.S. networks, Landau and Bain were cast at the insistence of Lew Grade over the objections of Sylvia Anderson, who wanted British actors. By Eliza Thompson. For example, Helena no longer used a stethoscope, but a little beeping, all-purpose medical scanner similar to Dr McCoy's whistling medical "tricorder" on Star Trek. Watchlist. In "Matter of Life and Death", Koenig remarks "many things have happened since we broke away from our own solar system, unexplainable things." The two-part episode, "The Bringers of Wonder", was shown on 19 and 26 February. Scheduled for ten days' filming, "Breakaway" overran an additional fifteen days. He engaged British writer Donald James to develop his first-series format story "The Exiles". Though Anderson and Grade were satisfied with this choice, Abe Mandell had concerns about why he was unemployed and available at the time.[6]. Filmed on 29 August 1999, Message from Moonbase Alpha is a fan-produced mini-episode made with the co-operation and involvement of Space: 1999 script editor Johnny Byrne, who penned the script. Space: 1999, which ran from 1975 to 1977, exemplifies everything good - and bad - about scaling down the genre to fit the small screen. The first series was co-produced by ITC Entertainment and Italian broadcaster RAI, while the second series was produced solely by ITC. The first season was the most extravagant TV production in UK history, with lavish sets, weeks of production time, and cutting edge special effects. Filmed inside a private house on a working replica of Moonbase Alpha's Technical Section and utilising the original prop of Koenig's Command Center desk and Sandra Benes's original Year Two Alpha uniform, the short film was first shown at the Space: 1999 Breakaway Convention[27] in Los Angeles, California on 13 September 1999the day the events in episode 1 of the series were supposed to take place. Miss Bain's part is the zombiest, which is some distinction, as the cast is huge."[19]. A compilation film was also produced in Italy, titled "Spazio 1999" (the series's Italian-language title) to launch the series. Space: 1999 Cast Birthdays List; Space: 1999 Episode Guide; Space: 1999 Store; Space: 1999 Main Page; . This issue is left somewhat enigmatic in the first series as episodes involving other planets invariably begin with the Moon having already reached a planet and in the first few episodes of this kind, such as "Matter of Life and Death" and "Missing Link", the episodes actually begin with the Alphans on their way back from a planet, an initial Eagle flight having taken place before the episode even begins. [35], Around the same time Message from Moonbase Alpha was being filmed, Johnny Byrne and Christopher Penfold attempted to revive the franchise as a movie series, similar to the way Star Trek had been revived cinematically in the late 1970s. [6] Lee H. Katzin, a highly respected American television director with a speciality for pilot episodes, was selected to direct the opening segment and brought into the fold as a primary director for the remainder of the series. Group Three's commitment to its financial partner, RAI, to include Italian actors in the cast also had to be addressed. Although there's been plenty of talk of rebooting the cult classic on TV - including. "Seed of Destruction" aired on 27 November, and then with December there came a month of repeats. No on-screen explanations were offered for the cast changes. Leon Lopez - Now Space:1999 was an epiphany for sci-fi fans in the mid-70s, appearing sporadically on TV worldwide 6 years after Star Trek but before Star Wars and Battlestar Galactica took over in 1977-1978. He went on to star in the ensemble rom-com Valentine's Day alongside an A-list cast, including Julia Roberts, Bradley Cooper, Jessica Alba and Anne Hathaway. in 2000 and 2001, and later on MTV3 Scifi in 2008. Although they were well-established, Leon Lopez only started playing the role of Jerome in 1999. February 24, 2023; Space:1999 To Everything That Was - now available to pre-order! As one of Arrow's original cast members, Katie Cassidy brought to life the character of Laurel Lance across all eight of Arrow's seasons, although this was reduced from a regular role to a. He's had major roles in 2018's Monsters . With most of the crew indisposed through illness, it is down to Maya to employ her shape-shifting skills to beat the creature. In addition, colourful jackets (generally red, blue or green) became part of most characters' ensembles. 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. [12], One week before live action filming commenced, Visual Effects Supervisor Brian Johnson and his team began work on the visual effects sequences for the first episode at Bray Studios near Maidenhead, Berkshire on 5 November 1973. At this time, Sylvia Anderson left her role as producer when she and Gerry Anderson formally separated (and subsequently divorced). The first film would have picked up the story several years after the series ended, and would have featured a heavily redesigned Moonbase Alpha. Space: 1999 is a British series that began running in the U.S. on October 17, 1975. However, within a few weeks, various stations had moved the series elsewhere in their schedules. Also, her character was conceived to be able to provide "outside observation of human behaviour" as had been provided by the character of Mr. Spock on Star Trek. Stage M was the "swing stage" used for planet exteriors, spaceship interiors, and whatever else was needed for a given episode. In addition to the alien Maya character, to be played by Catherine Schell, numerous other changes were made for what was branded Year Two. 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