(45 episodes) (1975-1978) Catherine Schell .. Storyline [ edit] The networks were uninterested in a project over which they had no creative control, being presented with twenty-four completed episodes. Anderson responded that in the series opener, he would "blow up the Earth". The Maya spin-off was also abandoned. Grade, aiming for a US network sale, insisted the series have American leads and employ American writers and directors. 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. For the first series, Stage L housed the "standing sets"; such as Main Mission, the Eagle interior, the travel tube, and a small section of corridor. (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]. 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. The scenes re-mounted for "The Last Enemy" concluded principal photography on 28 February 1975. in 2000 and 2001, and later on MTV3 Scifi in 2008. I don't really know. The second series used simpler action-oriented plots. [26], Principal photography came to an end on 23 December 1976 with "The Dorcons". For 1999 in space, see, Final episode "Message from Moonbase Alpha" (unofficial), Images of the model as it is today can be seen, "Breakaway" episode guide at FandersonThe Official Gerry Anderson Website, Johnson, Brian (2018-08-15). As well, the original authors participated in the revised versions of their original novels. [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]. 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. 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. 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). 'The Goonies' Cast: Where Are They Now? Most U.S. stations broadcast episodes in the weekday evening hour just before prime time or on weekends. [18] Asimov's responses were based on the pilot episode only. His main storyline revolved around his on and off relationship with Suzanne Collins's character Nikki Shadwick. 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. In the February 28, 1976 edition of TV Guide, critic Cleveland Amory panned the series. 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. [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. 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. 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. into the opening credits, more specifically the "This Episode" section, which was something of a Gerry Anderson trademark. Official Sites "[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. (The audio for Year One had already been digitised prior to Network's restoration, but Year Two's had not). Space: 1999 Cast List "Space: 1999" Actors and Characters! 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. For instance, a spaceship could be seen approaching a planet from the side, but could not move in front of it without the elements overlapping.[9]. "[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. 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. Mattel created a line of Space: 1999 toys to tie into the TV series, including the Eagle 1 Spaceship. Year One's opening montage of events from "Breakaway" and the episode about to unfold was dropped in favour of a special-effects sequence depicting the Moon being blown out of orbit into space. Modified versions of Message from Moonbase Alpha are available on DVD bonus discs in the U.S., Canada, France and Italy. Freiberger had produced the third and final season of Star Trek in 19681969 and eight episodes of the first season of The Wild Wild West (including one in which Martin Landau guest-starred) before being dismissed. It's embarrassing to me if I am not the star of it and in the way I feel it should be. For this release, to coincide with the series' 30th Anniversary, each episode was digitally restored by creating new 35mm film elements (a new interpositive made from the original negative which is then used to make further copies). Alan Carter (Nick Tate) was to have been written out of the series, but he had become so popular with fans that he remained. "; "Story is told poorly. 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. Eaglemoss SPACE 1999 Die Cast Plastic EAGLE TRANSPORTER 10" Long Stand Magazine. Martin Landau .. Cmdr. 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. After 1999, many of these original comic book stories were revised and reprinted along with new stories. 1/2 in diameter anchor; Add to List Toggle Dropdown. Before moving into the role of Maya during the second series, Catherine Schell had guest-starred as a different character in the Year One episode "Guardian of Piri". These are: This show calls up happy memories of laying on my grandma's shag carpeted living room, totally enthralled by this show. One thing was for sure; fans fell in love with Jerome from day one. Tanya appears at his open door and asks if she can share the music with him. [48] In July 2019 Shout Factory released both series of Space:1999 on Blu-ray using restored and remastered HD transfers and remastered 5.1 DTS-HD MA surround sound re-mix. Most importantly, however, her Psychon abilities as a metamorph with the power of "molecular transformation" allowed her to convert herself into any living thing for an hour at a time, were designed to add a certain "wow" factor to the newly revamped series. Fan and critic responses to the new series varied. Although there's been plenty of talk of rebooting the cult classic on TV - including. 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. February 24, 2023; INTERVIEW: Andrew E.C. [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. In 1994, Patankin was cast in the hit show "Chicago Hope," winning an Emmy Award for his performance. [13] His two-hour director's cut was assembled and sent to ITC New York for a viewing. The transmission dates given below are those for the UK. During filming of the first episode, it became apparent that the troubled Elstree was under the threat of imminent closure. 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. Martin Landau: "They changed it because a bunch of American minds got into the act and they decided to do many things they felt were commercial. "[21], She added that some of the technology on Space: 1999 has come to pass: "We made up a scanning device for Dr Russell. [9] Aside from the new theme music, which was more synthesised than the theme for Year One, Wadsworth also composed original music for the episodes "The Metamorph", "The Exiles", "One Moment of Humanity", "The Taybor", and "Space Warp". Scheduled for ten days' filming, "Breakaway" overran an additional fifteen days. In early episodes, Maya has brown ears; later she has pink ears and less dramatic sideburns. In late 2014, Network finally announced that Year Two would be released in 2015. )[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". Response to the series varied; some critics praised it as a classic, citing the production values and multi-layered storytelling ("Space: 1999 is like Star Trek shot full of methedrine. Tweet dated 15 August 2018. However, Moonbase Alpha personnel treated Verdeschi as if he had been in their midst since "Breakaway". Jules de Jongh who previously portrayed Lieutenant Green in New Captain Scarlet portrays Petra Nordstorm. Space: 1999 Cast Birthdays List; Space: 1999 Episode Guide; Space: 1999 Store; Space: 1999 Main Page; . 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. Episodes of both Year One and Year Two were repeated regionally in Canada in English and French through the early-to-mid-1980s. Penfold reworked Bellak's opening episode into a one-hour draft first re-titled "Turning Point", then finalised as "Breakaway". Scheduled for a twelve-month shoot, the twenty-four episodes took fifteen months to complete, with the production experiencing a number of difficulties. Short excerpts from 12 other episodes appeared in a montage as Sandra Benes recalls her life on Alpha. [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. On 24 September 2002, a 16-disc "Mega Set" box set featuring all 48 complete, uncut, original broadcast episodes of the series was released. 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. However, within a few weeks, various stations had moved the series elsewhere in their schedules. 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. Use Date format method. Office Space (1999): Where Are They Now? Originally, all the episodes had been adapted in novelisations, except for "Earthbound" and "The Taybor" (from Year Two). The largest stumbling block for the staff had been having all material vetted by ITC's New York office. The actor Zienia Merton, who has died aged 72, appeared regularly on British television during a 50-year career during which she found fame as one of the regular cast of the Gerry Anderson. Their whole lives end up turned upside down. [32] The HTV region did not begin showing the series until October 1975, again in an early Friday evening slot. In 2005, Network re-issued Year One in the UK as a Special Edition seven-DVD box set. Taking place twenty five years after the events of "Breakaway", Commander Koenig and Maya are mentioned during Sandra's message. Abe Mandell of ITC had secured a handshake agreement with a network executive in 1974, but after the man's termination, all his projects were abandoned. 21. February 21, 2023 As long as the various elements did not overlap, this produced convincing results. The Andersons and their team would quickly revamp the production, flashing ahead nearly twenty years for UFO: 1999 with Commander Ed Straker and the forces of SHADO fighting their alien foes from a large new Moonbase facility. Medical Centre, Generator Section, Life Support and the Alphans' living quarters became smaller, while the interior of the Eagle command module was updated with additional buttons, flashing lights and television monitors, while the Eagle also lost a section of corridor (the galley/storage area) between the passenger module and the cockpit. With Morse gone, Schell was featured in his place as a regular alongside Landau and Bain, and all three were depicted in action-oriented images as opposed to the mannequin-like stances Landau and Bain had assumed in the Year One main titles. But human error blasted this Moon out of the Earth's orbit. [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. He nods, and she sits down with him. The second series premiered on LWT in a non-prime-time slot on Saturday 4 September 1976 at 11.30am, with ATV following on just a few hours later at 5.40pm. Big Finish revealed that an additional box set would follow, with the full cast to be announced. The programme also brought Australian actor Nick Tate to public attention. 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. While most of the U.S. stations that aired Space: 1999 were independent (such as the Chicago station WGN-TV, Louisville station WDRB-TV, Los Angeles station KHJ-TV, and New York City's WPIX-TV), a handful were affiliated with the major networks (such as Charlotte, North Carolina's WSOC-TV, at the time a strong NBC affiliate, and Fresno's KFSN-TV, at the time a CBS affiliate) and sometimes pre-empted regular network programming to show episodes of the series. Another benefit was that the camera's exposed negative contained completed effects thereby avoiding the costs of the blue screen "optical" technique. "Seed of Destruction" aired on 27 November, and then with December there came a month of repeats. 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. 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. He wrote on the cover of one script: "I'm not going out on a limb for this show because I'm not in accord with what you're [Freiberger] doing as a result etc. 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. Of the original Lost in Space cast, Bill Mumy has arguably had the most successful post-show career. Story consultant Christopher Penfold acted as head writer, bringing in American writer Edward di Lorenzo and Irish poet Johnny Byrne as script editors. 1,561 views Sep 13, 2019 Space: 1999 has been reimagined in this two part audio drama from Big Finish Productions.. Paul plays his guitar in his quarters. Space: 1999 '99. There were various considerations that had to be made, but they were based on what is, or what was, known at the time. 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. Lighting effects for Moonbase Alpha were comparable to those from UFO, as well as the concept of the elevating spacecraft launch pad. Group Three's commitment to its financial partner, RAI, to include Italian actors in the cast also had to be addressed. It aired in syndication from 1993 to 1999. Schell had previously guest-starred as the Servant of the Guardian in the Year One episode "Guardian of Piri". 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. 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]. Grade had already been disappointed by the lack of an American network broadcast sale. Over its two series, the programme featured guest appearances from Christopher Lee, Margaret Leighton, Joan Collins, Jeremy Kemp, Peter Cushing, Judy Geeson, Julian Glover, Ian McShane, Leo McKern, Billie Whitelaw, Richard Johnson, Patrick Troughton, Peter Bowles, Sarah Douglas, David Prowse, Isla Blair, Stuart Damon, Peter Duncan and Brian Blessed. TV Series Announced. There were times that we were playing with props that didn't read anything I just had a bunch of dialogue to say after. Red, navy, or dark-green jackets also appeared, originally on just the senior staff, then on many of the male extras. It's not my idea of what the show should be. The programme's special effects director Brian Johnson had previously worked on both Thunderbirds (as Brian Johncock) and 2001. Other changes included the main titles and theme music. [46] Again containing a wealth of extra features, the sets include galleries, vintage interviews, a blooper, behind the scenes footage, original source audio recordings, scripts and annuals PDF files, a stock footage archive, a textless opening title sequence, trailers and promos, "music only" options for all episodes, a stop-motion fan film from 1979, and a specially re-edited/rescored version of the episode "Seed of Destruction" as if it were made for Year One. In 2001, it was released on DVD in the UK by Carlton Media, both in single disc volumes (each volume contained four episodes) and also as two complete series boxed sets (titled as "Year One" and "Year Two") comprising six discs each. Ratings were sufficient for a full additional year's transmission of Year One in the English CBC Saturday programming slot in 1977 and 1978. 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. [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. For instance, they knew that sound up there wouldn't travel, and it would just be quiet up there. "[26] Johnny Byrne said that Freiberger was a good man and good producer, but not good for Space: 1999. 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). The benefits of using burners offers stimulating aroma throughout a small space; They're also used as room neutralizer and deodorizers to cover uncomfortable odors We offer limited line of inexpensive oil warmers at wholesale prices 16. The series fared admirably on CBC Television in Canada, airing in English in a family viewing period, late Saturday afternoons before hockey broadcasts, with a mostly un-disrupted run and rerun of all 24 episodes from September 1976 through September 1977. Freiberger emphasised action-adventure in Year Two stories to the exclusion of metaphysical themes explored in Year One. 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]. Library music, classical compositions, and score excerpts from earlier Anderson productions augmented the five Gray scores and gave the impression of an expansive musical repertoire[citation needed]. At the time of the series' original run, several comic book series were published and, in the US, a series of audio adaptations were recorded on record albums with the younger audience in mind. 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. In Canada, CBC Television was the broadcaster of Space: 1999 from 1975 into the 1980s. It's all so perfect. And then "Dorzak", "The Immunity Syndrome", "Devil's Planet", and "The Dorcons" followed in March. 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. [45] The remastered Year Two was eventually released on Blu-ray and DVD in September 2015, to coincide with the series' 40th Anniversary. HTV did not pick the series up until 1984 and then only showed nineteen out of the twenty-four episodes from Year Two (the last episodes were not screened in Wales until the series was repeated in the 1990s). Space: 1999 is a British series that began running in the U.S. on October 17, 1975. Back in the 1970s, Gerry and Sylvia Anderson created the syndicated sci-fi series Space:1999. The series, in its original form, was released on home video in the 1990s, with each cassette (or "volume") featuring two episodes. 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. )[9] Vibrant colour was much more evident in this series' Moonbase sets. Now, we can no longer live here, and we go to face an uncertain future on the planet that has nearly destroyed us. Following the completion of the first series, the production team prepared for a second series to commence production in the autumn of 1975. 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. He criticized the acting, saying, "The special effects are good, but the actors are awful, even Martin Landau and Barbara Bain, whom you will remember from Mission:Impossible; and Barry Morse, of The Fugitive. Is "Space: 1999" anyway linked to other TV shows? During "double-up" instalments, two first-unit production teams would film two episodes simultaneously. The first releases on American home video were in the VHS in the mid-1980s and consisted of the theatrical compilation films (see above). (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.). 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. Subsequent episodes (such as "The Black Sun", third in production order, and "Another Time, Another Place", sixth in production order) suggest the Moon reaches the stars by passing through wormholes and hyperspatial tunnels, a plot point made more overt in the second series' episodes, notably "The Taybor" and "Space Warp". Since then it aired on TVTV! ITV. (Blair, Damon and Blessed each appeared in two episodes portraying different characters. Comparisons with Star Trek were used by both camps to show how the series had been either saved or destroyed by the format change. Verdeschi, who assumed the base's second-in-command role, neither appeared, nor was ever mentioned, in Year One. 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. He left the New York cast of "Rent" to star in the . 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. It concludes with the termination of the message as Sandra closes down Alpha's operational systems and transmits the message- which turns out to be the mysterious signal received shortly before the events of "Breakaway". 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. Network DVD began a similar restoration process for Year Two in 2007. Gerry Anderson and Fred Freiberger rallied and pitched the idea of a new series with the addition of an alien character to Moonbase Alpha, who would shake up the dynamic of interaction on the Moonbase and regain viewer interest in the United States. Original episode air dates below reflect the order of Space: 1999 as broadcast first, in Australia and the UK. "; and "The character of Koenig takes a terrible beating in this script We're all schmucks." 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! Example: Apex Class: public class TimeController {. Filming & Production "[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. A new Lost In Space, -- the show's fourth iteration -- debuted last year on Netflix, with an outstanding cast and special effects that gave young Millennials a taste of what the Baby Boomers hold dear. Sure, a few things have changed. 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