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! The second series was shown in 1979. She is featured in 23 Year 2 episodes (she is not in Devil's Planet except in flashback, but is still credited). In the United States, efforts to sell the series to one of the three networks for the 197475 or 197576 television seasons failed. 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. Space:1999 - Dragon's Domain from Big Finish Productions! Space 1999 Audio Drama: Where were the cast and crew on Breakaway Day?! 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. I don't think I even want to do the promosI don't want to push the show any more as I have in the past. 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. The same thing happened when MTV tried to air the second series in 1978. The female characters tended to wear skirts and knee-high boots throughout the second series, rather than the flared trousers used in Year One. More from John Ege Discovering the Unseen through Art, Word, Thought, and Mystery. Loving / The City-- Where Are They Now? However, progress was slow due to higher production costs in comparison to remastering Year One. During filming of the first episode, it became apparent that the troubled Elstree was under the threat of imminent closure. Space: 1999 is a British series that began running in the U.S. on October 17, 1975. 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). Now we're way past it. 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. [41] On 17 July 2020, Big Finish announced a boxset consisting of three stories. As part of this announcement, Network released a limited edition (of 1999 copies) of a special preview disc of the two-part story "The Bringers of Wonder" on 8 December 2014. Apparently, the robot has some sex appeal now. To really appreciate what scifi tv fans went through back then, you have to realize that between Star Trek in the late 60's and Star Wars in the late 70's, there wasn't much scifi in TV or movies. 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. 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. In "Matter of Life and Death", Koenig remarks "many things have happened since we broke away from our own solar system, unexplainable things." Members of the Space: 1999 cast were disenchanted with the scripts. 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. Moviestore/Shutterstock. Space: 1999, a British science-fiction television series, ran for 48 episodes broadcast between 1975 and 1977. Its only goal was to make its audience laugh, and it did just that for an astounding 9 seasons. The cockpit of the Eagle has a slight resemblance to the cockpit of an earlier Anderson Supermarionation series, Fireball XL5. Martin Landau .. Cmdr. [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. 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. But human error blasted this Moon out of the Earth's orbit. It aired in syndication from 1993 to 1999. Ever since its release, the Paul Verhoeven -directed. 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. The series premise was set up in the first episode, entitled "Breakaway." In the distant year of 1999,. The first releases on American home video were in the VHS in the mid-1980s and consisted of the theatrical compilation films (see above). 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. Most U.S. stations broadcast episodes in the weekday evening hour just before prime time or on weekends. The first series of Space: 1999 used a "teaser" introduction, sometimes called a "hook" or "cold open". 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. See the list above. Mumy was an in-demand child actor before signing up to . After four years of military service as a paramedic, St. John is back in the States and getting back into both acting and the enduring Power Rangers fandom. "The Exiles", "Journey to Where", "The Taybor", and "New Adam, New Eve" followed respectively in the subsequent weeks. [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. Leon Lopez - Now 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. As long as the various elements did not overlap, this produced convincing results. Moonbase Alpha is staffed with crew members. TV14. 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. 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. In the late 1970s television was expanding rapidly all over the world, with cable and satellite . 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]. 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. In the 1980s and 90s, Night Court was one of the most popular sitcoms due to its wacky characters and goofy shenanigans. In a show like this, that's one line they should have avoided at any price." His character was replaced by several recurring physicians. Space: 1999 Cast Birthdays List; Space: 1999 Episode Guide; Space: 1999 Store; Space: 1999 Main Page; . "[26] Johnny Byrne said that Freiberger was a good man and good producer, but not good for Space: 1999. Bellak wrote a ninety-minute opening episode titled "The Void Ahead", which was a close forerunner of "Breakaway". He nods, and she sits down with him. 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". 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). The Commander would also have access to a personal computer called "Com-Com" (Commander's Computer), which would act as a personal advisor, having been programmed with the Commander's personality and moral sense. Gerry and Sylvia Anderson were surprised and disappointed that the public (and critics) never granted them the suspension of disbelief given to other science-fiction programmes. Sure, a few things have changed. Mandell was amenable, but stated he did not want a series set featuring people "having tea in the Midlands" and forbade any Earth-bound settings. Fragrance oils are now used in diffusers and oil burners in order to create a healing atmosphere. (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.). [45] The remastered Year Two was eventually released on Blu-ray and DVD in September 2015, to coincide with the series' 40th Anniversary. In the February 28, 1976 edition of TV Guide, critic Cleveland Amory panned the series. The bell bottom uniforms, the sketchy science, the sideburns. Then came lines like 'We're sitting on the biggest bomb ever made.' But the nuts and bolts are mostly the same. A monster, the 'cloud creature' appears out of the cloud and runs amok on the base. And so, we have traveled the Universe searching for a place to live. George Bellak, a well-known American television writer, was brought on staff. The first series was co-produced by ITC Entertainment and Italian broadcaster RAI, while the second series was produced solely by ITC. [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. The second series used simpler action-oriented plots. 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. 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. The two-part episode, "The Bringers of Wonder", was shown on 19 and 26 February. 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". | Producer Sylvia Anderson let it be known that she would have preferred British lead actors; since Grade insisted on Americans, she would have chosen Robert Culp (star of the 1960s espionage series I Spy) and Katharine Ross (co-star of 1960s blockbuster movies The Graduate and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid). 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. Although there's been plenty of talk of rebooting the cult classic on TV - including. This was first done in the 1960s, with movies from The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Fred Freiberger helped in some respects, but, overall, I don't think he helped the show, I think he brought a much more ordinary, mundane approach to the series. The authors of these works wrote a number of original stories and have since written new stories and novels which were published after 1999. 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 first season was the most extravagant TV production in UK history, with lavish sets, weeks of production time, and cutting edge special effects. 2018: Maxwell Jenkins. 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. 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". 2099. 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. 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. Space: 1999 is a British science-fiction television programme that ran for two series from 1975 to 1977. Next were "The Mark of Archanon", "Brian the Brain", "The Rules of Luton", "The AB Chrysalis", "Catacombs of the Moon", and "Seed of Destruction". Alien Attack, though the second of these films to be released, was an expansion of the show's pilot episode. He engaged British writer Donald James to develop his first-series format story "The Exiles". Because, we have learned many things, but most of all, we have learned we still have much to learn. [citation needed]. Published June 16, 1999. He left the show in season 2 for personal reasons, returning in 1999 for its sixth season . ITC's compromise was to hire a high-profile American staff writer-producer. Loving / The City Autographs; Days of Our Lives >> DOOL Main Page; DOOL Daily Updates (summaries) . Dominic West, Idris Elba and More. 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. Four of the later episodes produced ("The Troubled Spirit", "Space Brain", "Dragon's Domain" and "The Testament of Arkadia") featured Italian guest artists. 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. To fulfil the scheduling requirement and cut production costs, Freiberger used the "double-up script" solution. Space: 1999 Cast List "Space: 1999" Actors and Characters! 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. 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. Of the original Lost in Space cast, Bill Mumy has arguably had the most successful post-show career. Given Landau's intensity and the brooding nature of the Koenig character, the approach did not fit the series. 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 audio for Year One had already been digitised prior to Network's restoration, but Year Two's had not). "Seed of Destruction" aired on 27 November, and then with December there came a month of repeats. [3] Landau is said to have personally contacted editors of TV Guide magazine in some markets to secure coverage of Space: 1999 in its pages upon learning of ITC's somewhat poor promotional efforts. 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. Space 1999: Breakaway - Space 1999 - Big Finish", "Space: 1999 returns with Mark Bonnar at the helm - News - Big Finish", "2. Other costumes were designed by Production Designer Keith Wilson, who was also responsible for set design. One thing was for sure; fans fell in love with Jerome from day one. [9], For the second series, the Moonbase uniforms were updated and coloured decorative stitching and turtleneck collars were added, as were various badges and patches. 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. 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). Production began on 26 January 1976 and was scheduled to last a mere ten months for all episodes. 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. 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. Space: 1999: New. As stated by series writers Christopher Penfold and Johnny Byrne, it was Bellak who created and polished the series' defining concepts. 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]. Red, navy, or dark-green jackets also appeared, originally on just the senior staff, then on many of the male extras. The evacuation was also necessitated by the degradation and decay of Alpha's life support systems. The premise of Space: 1999 centres on the plight of the inhabitants of Moonbase Alpha, a scientific research centre on the Moon. Now, we can no longer live here, and we go to face an uncertain future on the planet that has nearly destroyed us. 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. 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). 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". Watch Space: 1999: The Complete First Series, Watch Space 1999 30th Anniversary Edition Megaset-Disc 3, Watch Space 1999 30th Anniversary Edition Megaset-Disc 7, Watch Space 1999 30th Anniversary Edition Megaset-Disc 16, Watch Space 1999 30th Anniversary Edition Megaset-Disc 10, Watch Space 1999 30th Anniversary Edition Megaset-Disc 8, Watch Space 1999 30th Anniversary Edition Megaset-Bonus Disc, Watch Space 1999 30th Anniversary Edition Megaset-Disc 5, Watch Space 1999 30th Anniversary Edition Megaset-Disc 4. I figured that by 1999, I would be living and working in space as an adult. "[6], The producers and studio intended to continue the show with a third series. The first story "Breakaway", was adapted by Nicholas Briggs who previously reimagined The Prisoner and also acts as director. into the opening credits, more specifically the "This Episode" section, which was something of a Gerry Anderson trademark. Taking place twenty five years after the events of "Breakaway", Commander Koenig and Maya are mentioned during Sandra's message. 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". 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. 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). It was the mid 70s and we didn't even have a space shuttle yet. Production of the first series was from November 1973 to February 1975; production of the second series was from January 1976 to December 1976. The first series was co-produced by ITC Entertainment and Italian broadcaster RAI, while the second series was produced solely by ITC. The project continued forward. Tweet dated 15 August 2018. 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. There were times that we were playing with props that didn't read anything I just had a bunch of dialogue to say after. The first series in 197576 was shown regionally on some CBC owned-and-operated stations, the airtime varying. The most visible change was the absence of Professor Bergman (Barry Morse). Prof. Victor Bergman: [last message before evacuating Alpha] We are Mankind. [49], This article is about the TV series. In the early 1980s, and due to the booming home video rental market, the four compilation films were released on the VHS format. "; and "The character of Koenig takes a terrible beating in this script We're all schmucks." 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. Ratings were sufficient for a full additional year's transmission of Year One in the English CBC Saturday programming slot in 1977 and 1978. Watchlist. The story was released in September 2019. In addition to the cosmetic changes, the characters were "warmed up." 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