[13] His two-hour director's cut was assembled and sent to ITC New York for a viewing. "[26] Johnny Byrne said that Freiberger was a good man and good producer, but not good for Space: 1999. Four of the later episodes produced ("The Troubled Spirit", "Space Brain", "Dragon's Domain" and "The Testament of Arkadia") featured Italian guest artists. 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. [1] In the opening episode, set in the year 1999, nuclear waste stored on the Moon's 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. Since then it aired on TVTV! [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". Fan and critic responses to the new series varied. The Eagle 1 is made mostly of moulded plastic and has a number of parts and accessories. 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". A monster, the 'cloud creature' appears out of the cloud and runs amok on the base. $164.99. Back in the 1970s, Gerry and Sylvia Anderson created the syndicated sci-fi series Space:1999. Space: 1999 is a British science-fiction television programme that ran for two series from 1975 to 1977. It aired in syndication from 1993 to 1999. Anthony Rapp was a journeyman actor before landing the role of video artist Mark Cohen in "Rent," and a journeyman actor he remains. In the 2022 Space: 1999 Moonbase Alpha Technical Operations Manual he is revealed to be in a year-long coma following an accident. The crew of Moonbase Alpha can. This measure was used to complete eight stories as four pairs: "The Rules of Luton" and "The Mark of Archanon"; "The AB Chrysalis" and "Catacombs of the Moon"; "A Matter of Balance" and "Space Warp"; "Devil's Planet" and "Dorzak". He engaged British writer Donald James to develop his first-series format story "The Exiles". Space: 1999, which ran from 1975 to 1977, exemplifies everything good - and bad - about scaling down the genre to fit the small screen. YTV Canada broadcast both series with reportedly good ratings from 1990 to 1992, in a late Saturday afternoon airtime closely matching that of the CBC English network in the 1970s. Granada, Westward and Ulster started to screen the series in early 1977, Grampian, and Tyne Tees did not screen the series until later in the year. For the lead characters of John Koenig and Helena Russell, Gerry Anderson approached the husband-and-wife acting team of Martin Landau and Barbara Bain. When love-interest Tony Verdeschi offered her some of his home-brewed beer, Maya tried it, then turned herself into Mister Hyde. The headline stars of Space: 1999 were American actors Martin Landau and Barbara Bain, who were married to each other at the time and had previously appeared together in Mission: Impossible. Maya had an impish sense of humour. Space: 1999 Cast List "Space: 1999" Actors and Characters! The background of the series was retconned, with the events now stated as having taken place in the year 2100 A.D. rather than 1999.[28]. On the strength of Anderson and Freiberger's proposal of adding an alien character from the planet Psychon named Maya, Mandell approved a renewal of the series for a second year. 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. Watchlist. Roy Dotrice appeared in the first episode as Commissioner Simmonds and at the end of the episode it appeared that he would be a regular character; by the second (transmitted) episode the character vanished, reappearing partway through the first series in the episode "Earthbound", his only other appearance on the show, in which it is implied that he dies from asphyxia inside an alien spacecraft. They can pretty much do that [with a medical device] nowadays. Space: 1999 Cast Birthdays List; Space: 1999 Episode Guide; Space: 1999 Store; Space: 1999 Main Page; . Tweet dated 15 August 2018. Around the base, the Alphans await the Moon's entrance into the black sun in various ways, some playing cards, chess, etc. I hope they never try to do a remake. "[6], The producers and studio intended to continue the show with a third series. The largest stumbling block for the staff had been having all material vetted by ITC's New York office. The necessity to telex story outlines and scripts to New York for approval caused further production delays. [36], In February 2012, a new series, to be called Space: 2099, was announced as a reboot of the original series and was planned to be made by ITV Studios America in conjunction with HD Films. I figured that by 1999, I would be living and working in space as an adult. Landau complained about stories he felt were lightweight or absurd when compared to the previous year's efforts. Fans might have also spotted Grace in. [6] Freiberger failed to appreciate the value of the supporting characters to the show and its fans. Schell had previously guest-starred as the Servant of the Guardian in the Year One episode "Guardian of Piri". See the list above. "[22] With Morse gone, the role of the boffin on Alpha was filled completely by Maya, whose people's science was far in advance of mankind's. Mumy was an in-demand child actor before signing up to . Other changes included the main titles and theme music. | Footage of a spacecraft flying over Moonbase Alpha from the series 1 episode "The Last Enemy" was later reused to depict a future civilisation in the Wonder Woman episode "Time Bomb," first broadcast on 10 November 1978. The original Space:1999 show was first aired on ITV in 1975, running for two series before it was cancelled. Retrieved on 2019-01-01 from, Last edited on 26 February 2023, at 05:17, Learn how and when to remove this template message, List of Space: 1999 books and other media, "British Film & Television Institute (BFI ScreenOnline)", "Designing 007: Fifty Years of Bond Style", "Barbara Bain Looks Back But Stays Forward Focused", "Babylon 5, Space 1999, & Chips Are Coming to Comet/Charge TV Cord Cutters News", https://www.facebook.com/BrianJohnsonSFX/posts/2201047740212470, "Mark Bonnar - Contributions - Big Finish", "1. The show's vehicles, including the Eagle space shuttle and the Moon Buggy, were represented with a mixture of full-sized props, photographic blow-ups, and detailed scale models. Two series of the programme were produced, each comprising 24 episodes. "Seed of Destruction" aired on 27 November, and then with December there came a month of repeats. TV14. Though Anderson and Grade were satisfied with this choice, Abe Mandell had concerns about why he was unemployed and available at the time.[6]. "Martin Landau, Barbara Bain and all your other favorites are getting back together for more thrilling . Taking place twenty five years after the events of "Breakaway", Commander Koenig and Maya are mentioned during Sandra's message. "[24] Since Year One was quite serious in tone, one of Freiberger's ways to accomplish this objective was to inject humour into Year Two stories whenever possible, but much of it seemed to the more vocal fans to be forced, especially at the conclusion of an episode, where the Alphans were seen as jovial and light-hearted despite whatever violent or tragic events might have previously befallen them. When the Robinson family becomes lost in space, every episode becomes some wild misadventure. [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. Paul plays his guitar in his quarters. Much of this music was reused in other episodes. 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. The series premiered in September 1975, on the ITV network but was not broadcast nationally at the same time (this remained the case until a repeat airing on BBC Two in 1998). Original episode air dates below reflect the order of Space: 1999 as broadcast first, in Australia and the UK. Comparisons with Star Trek were used by both camps to show how the series had been either saved or destroyed by the format change. 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. The force of the blast propels the Moon like an enormous booster rocket, hurling it out of Earth orbit and into deep space at colossal speed, thus stranding the 311 personnel stationed on Alpha. Their work was then shelved for the foreseeable future. Having judged Maddox a noble example of mankind, they return him unharmed. [29] It was released on 14 January 1975, a year before the series was broadcast in the country, and compiled scenes from the episodes "Breakaway", "Ring Around the Moon" and "Another Time, Another Place", accompanied by scores from noted soundtrack composer Ennio Morricone. The second series was shown in 1979. into the opening credits, more specifically the "This Episode" section, which was something of a Gerry Anderson trademark. [6][7][23] If there had been a budget increase, the 'stagflation' economy of the 1970s would have cancelled it out. February 24, 2023; INTERVIEW: Andrew E.C. 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. Loving / The City Autographs; Days of Our Lives >> DOOL Main Page; DOOL Daily Updates (summaries) . Scheduled for ten days' filming, "Breakaway" overran an additional fifteen days. (The audio for Year One had already been digitised prior to Network's restoration, but Year Two's had not). The same thing happened when MTV tried to air the second series in 1978. Bellak also set up a writers' guide defining the three leads, the facilities of the Moonbase and potential storylines. 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. In Canada, CBC Television was the broadcaster of Space: 1999 from 1975 into the 1980s. Not long after leaving Earth's Solar System, the wandering Moon passes through a black hole and later through a couple of "space warps" which push it even further out into the universe. It's not my idea of what the show should be. [20] Anderson re-wrote several key scenes and, after three days of re-shoots, re-edited the pilot into a one-hour episode that appeased the fears of ITC. Some missed the mystical plotlines, feature-film ambiance and the "British-ness" of the first series. [26], Principal photography came to an end on 23 December 1976 with "The Dorcons". Alien Attack, though the second of these films to be released, was an expansion of the show's pilot episode. John Koenig (48 episodes) (1975-1978) Barbara Bain .. Dr. Helena Russell (48 episodes) (1975-1978) Barry Morse .. Prof. Victor Bergman (24 episodes) (1975-1976) Nick Tate .. Alan Carter / . Now we're way past it. Thruster and engine sounds were similar to those previously used in Fireball XL5, Thunderbirds, and Captain Scarlet. The female characters tended to wear skirts and knee-high boots throughout the second series, rather than the flared trousers used in Year One. 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. Sonja Sohn, Clarke Peters and Dominic West in 'The Wire.'. Well none of that really panned out but all these years later, this show is still great fun to watch. More from John Ege Discovering the Unseen through Art, Word, Thought, and Mystery. Modified versions of Message from Moonbase Alpha are available on DVD bonus discs in the U.S., Canada, France and Italy. 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). August 10, 2022. 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. The scenes re-mounted for "The Last Enemy" concluded principal photography on 28 February 1975. Gaska on Space:1999 To Everything That Was February 22, 2023; Unfilmed scripts & failed pilots - the lost worlds of Gerry Anderson! 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). 62,205 views Jun 29, 2013 96 Dislike Share Save wherearetheynowguy 72.9K subscribers find out what ever happen to the 1999 film, Office Space. The story was released in September 2019. 2099. He played Dr. Doug Ross from 1994 to 1999, but has since become a household name. However, the restoration process has actually made some of the space scenes (that involve special effects and model work) less realistic due to increased brightness and contrast. Likewise, it was mentioned in this publication that Morrow and Kano had died in an Eagle crash between series and explained that Dr. Mathias, supposedly Alpha's psychiatrist (although he seems to be more Russell's assistant), was on sabbatical doing research. Humanity had been storing its nuclear waste in vast disposal sites on the far side of the Moon, but when an unknown form of "magnetic radiation" is detected, the accumulated waste reaches critical mass and causes a massive thermonuclear explosion on 13 September 1999. 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). )[4][5] The English actor Nicholas Young (who portrayed John in the original version of The Tomorrow People) appeared in a Year Two episode, "The Bringers of Wonder". The first releases on American home video were in the VHS in the mid-1980s and consisted of the theatrical compilation films (see above). Production of the first series was from November 1973 to February 1975; production of the second series was from January 1976 to December 1976. TV Series Announced. The sombre mood created in Year One by the effective use of light and shadow in the filming of Moonbase Alpha interiors was abandoned in favour of a generally brighter cinematography, and even the lettering used in signage and costumingmost noticeable on spacesuits and Eagle Transporter doorschanged to a simpler, less futuristic style. Maya was considered to be a successful character, and the producers began grooming her for a spinoff show. "[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. A synopsis for Space: 1999 - Volume 1 reads: The Moon has been sucked through a wormhole in space and has arrived countless miles away from its proper place. BrianJohnsonSFX twitter feed. Release Dates Space: 1999 '99. Verdeschi, who assumed the base's second-in-command role, neither appeared, nor was ever mentioned, in Year One. Landau and Bain would then be given minor roles in the opposing episodes. On 31 July 2007, A&E released Space: 1999 Complete Series, 30th Anniversary Edition. Isaac Asimov criticised the scientific accuracy of the series by pointing out that any explosion capable of knocking the Moon out of its orbit would actually blow it apart, and even if it did leave orbit it would take hundreds of thousands of years to reach the nearest star. Other costumes were designed by Production Designer Keith Wilson, who was also responsible for set design. 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]. Mandell countered that this concept might be off-putting to viewers, to which Anderson replied he would "blow up the Moon".[7]. LOS ANGELESTwenty-five years after its 1974 debut, the science-fiction program Space: 1999 is returning to the airwaves this fall with the two-hour NBC movie Space: 1999 '99: Back To The Moonbase. Landau and some of the supporting cast would be given expanded roles and would film an episode on location or on sets constructed for that story in Pinewood's Soundstage "M", while Bain and the remaining supporting cast (also in expanded roles) would film their episode in the standing Alpha sets on Soundstage "L". You, whoever you are, who find this empty vessel of Alpha, come and seek us out, if we still exist. Network DVD began a similar restoration process for Year Two in 2007. Published June 16, 1999. Prof. Victor Bergman: [last message before evacuating Alpha] We are Mankind. 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. 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. At this point, the staff seemed to make creative changes that brought the series closer in concept and appearance to 2001: A Space Odyssey. The series premise was set up in the first episode, entitled "Breakaway." In the distant year of 1999,. This is essentially the same as the 2002 "mega set" release (and does not use the 2005 hi-def remasters), but does includes a special bonus disc full of extra features. 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. "[21], She added that some of the technology on Space: 1999 has come to pass: "We made up a scanning device for Dr Russell. George Clooney George Clooney is no doubt the most famous actor to have come from ER. Because, we have learned many things, but most of all, we have learned we still have much to learn. Technical Specs, See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro, (series creator) (24 episodes, 1975-1976), executive producer / producer (48 episodes, 1975-1977), associate producer (24 episodes, 1976-1977), production manager (24 episodes, 1975-1976), production manager (24 episodes, 1976-1977), assistant director (35 episodes, 1975-1977), assistant director (10 episodes, 1976-1977), third assistant director (unknown episodes), second unit director (uncredited) (24 episodes, 1976-1977), second assistant director (uncredited) (1 episode, 1976), assistant art director (24 episodes, 1976-1977), construction manager (23 episodes, 1976-1977), scenic artist (uncredited) (24 episodes, 1975-1976), props (uncredited) (22 episodes, 1975-1976), re-recording mixer (31 episodes, 1976-1977), sound supervisor (23 episodes, 1976-1977), lighting cameraman / special effects director (48 episodes, 1975-1977), special effects / special effects director / special effects designer / special effect designer (48 episodes, 1975-1977), lighting cameraman (24 episodes, 1975-1976), model maker (uncredited) (48 episodes, 1975-1977), model maker (uncredited) (25 episodes, 1975-1977), matte artist (uncredited) (3 episodes, 1975-1976), stunt double: Martin Landau (uncredited) (6 episodes, 1975-1976), stunt double: Cassandra Harris (uncredited) (1 episode, 1977), assistant camera (uncredited) (3 episodes, 1975), focus puller (uncredited) (1 episode, 1976), costumes: moon city (24 episodes, 1975-1976), wardrobe assistant (uncredited) (1 episode, 1975), supervising editor (24 episodes, 1975-1976), second assistant editor (unknown episodes), first assistant editor (unknown episodes), assistant editor (uncredited) (2 episodes, 1975-1977), 1st assistant picture editor (uncredited) (1 episode, 1977), composer: stock music 'The Astronauts' (uncredited) (1 episode, 1975), composer: stock music (uncredited) (1 episode, 1976), driver (uncredited) (30 episodes, 1975-1976), production executive (24 episodes, 1976-1977), technical director (24 episodes, 1976-1977), story consultant (14 episodes, 1975-1976), secretary to Martin Landau & Barbara Bain (unknown episodes), runner (uncredited) (7 episodes, 1975-1976), stand-in: Martin Landau (uncredited) (6 episodes, 1975-1976), stand-in: Barbara Bain (uncredited) (3 episodes, 1975-1976), stand-in: John Shrapnell (uncredited) (1 episode, 1975), stand-in: Brian Blessed (uncredited) (1 episode, 1975), stand-in: Peter Bowles (uncredited) (1 episode, 1975), stand-in: Tony Anholt (uncredited) (1 episode, 1976), stand-in: Guy Rolfe (uncredited) (1 episode, 1976), stand-in: Catherine Schell (uncredited) (1 episode, 1976), stand-in: Barry Morse (uncredited) (1 episode, 1976). [18] Asimov's responses were based on the pilot episode only. How they survived and are able to travel the Universe seems to be a central mystery to which the Alphans, and the audience, have no concrete answers. The complete show wasn't seen in Finland until 19961997 when a small local channel, TV-Tampere, aired it. Fred Freiberger felt that these characters were one-dimensional and had no fan support; he told Nick Tate that the audience would not remember them and that, as far as he was concerned, they were just "somewhere else" on Alpha, lost in the crowd of three hundred other people. Determining soil load capacity is an inexact science limited by an inexact environment, from all of the unknowns both below and above the surface of any anchoring application--the soil medium, installation method, local climate, connections to the anchored structure--no one can guarantee an exact holding strength. This basically gave the series the conclusion that it never had in its initial run. (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]. When interviewed, many of the actors state they were asked to accept less money, including Landau and Bain (who were the only ones with enough clout to be able to refuse). See production, box office & company info, Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980). 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. Is "Space: 1999" anyway linked to other TV shows? Space: 1999: New. Stars Martin Landau Barbara Bain Nick Tate A lunar colony is sent hurtling through space following a nuclear explosion in what was at the . In the late 1970s television was expanding rapidly all over the world, with cable and satellite . Space 1999 Audio Drama: Where were the cast and crew on Breakaway Day?! Someone would simply be lying on the floor half dead, and I would [scan them] with this funny little thing that was a prop. Space:1999 - Dragon's Domain from Big Finish Productions! Episodes of both Year One and Year Two were repeated regionally in Canada in English and French through the early-to-mid-1980s. The first season was the most extravagant TV production in UK history, with lavish sets, weeks of production time, and cutting edge special effects. Even the title Space: 1999 evoked comparison with Kubrick's film. 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. 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. But then we wouldn't have a series, so we couldn't do that. 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 . With the start of the second series in September 1976, CBC Television upgraded Space: 1999 to full-network status, airing it Saturdays on all CBC owned-and-operated stations, with affiliated, privately owned stations also offering the show on Saturdays. Part of it's charm is how 70s it is. In early episodes, Maya's eyebrows are much longer. In "Matter of Life and Death", Koenig remarks "many things have happened since we broke away from our own solar system, unexplainable things." [6] Undaunted, Mandell created what he called his own Space: 1999 Network[7] and sold the completed program into first-run syndication directly to local stations. Freiberger emphasised action-adventure in Year Two stories to the exclusion of metaphysical themes explored in Year One. Eaglemoss SPACE 1999 Die Cast Plastic EAGLE TRANSPORTER 10" Long Stand Magazine. 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. The CAST() function returns a DATE value if it successfully converts the string to date. The final original cast member on this list, Craig Anton stayed through the third season of "MADtv" while playing characters like Clorox in the "Star Trek: Deep Stain Nine" sketches. Space: 1999 - Volume 1 is now available to pre-order at the special price of 19.99 as a collector's edition three-disc CD box set or 16.99 as a download, exclusively HERE! [30] London Weekend Television (LWT) and Anglia screened the first episode two days later on Saturday, 6 September at 5.50pm. Members of the Space: 1999 cast were disenchanted with the scripts. The Moonbase Alpha Technical Manual produced by Starlog magazine picks up this explanation, stating Bergman died due to a faulty spacesuit per the scripted scene. However, Moonbase Alpha personnel treated Verdeschi as if he had been in their midst since "Breakaway". Big Finish revealed that an additional box set would follow, with the full cast to be announced. The second series eliminated this montage. Office Space (1999): Where Are They Now? We came from planet Earth, and we built this base, called Alpha, to learn more about space. 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. 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. 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