If Newt Gingrich has his way... It'll be Space: 2019, when nuclear explosions throw the Moon out of Earth's orbit, and the crew of a permanent base on the Moon will have to fend for themselves.
Although Isaac Asimov, who knew a thing or two about science, pointed out that any explosion strong enough to throw the Moon out of Earth's orbit would also destroy the Moon.
Hmm.. I must've been hungover on September 13th, 1999, because I don't remember the moon leaving orbit and the colonists up there being stranded.. wait, are there colonists on the moon?
I seem to remember watching this show before The Big Match came on during Sunday afternoons in the 70's. I live in the Granada region in the UK so if anyone could verify this I would be grateful! lol Me and my brother had Eagle transporter toys at the time that were endlessly played with (and generally bashed about!). The cargo hold could come away using a lever on the top of each model toy too. Great!
@MrBlueSky1978 I remember this being on in the evenings, possibly repeats even in the 70's!! Had an eagle but always wanted the transporter one. worth a fortune today!! Viva granada
I remember checking the moon on 13th September 1999.....
Ever notice how democratic they are?, no ranks please, just first names, Paul, Allen etc. Victor is a bit fucked in the head of course, and only close friends get to call Keonig 'John', he's 'commander' to the other ranks. Epic TV :-)
Imagine a Total Overhaul and Remake of This Series. The New Moonbase Alpha in the Mid 22nd Century and it's underground Communities would be like Dodge City in Outer Space. With a Crew Complement of 15,000 and with a Nuclear Accident the whole Moon with the Base and all it's people would be Launched into Deep Space ..........................................
@nepht1979 This series was filmed during the "energy crisis" where everyone thought there would be a nuclear reactor on every street corner, but we have Starbucks instead. This was also only 5 years after the "man on the moon" project. He definitely missed some other projections; in one episode Dr. Russel is doing her own transcription on a MANUAL typewriter (but the computer can synthesis food, water, and medicine. Ha!
Watched this as a 10 and 11 year old boy in the US in 1974, 1975 and ..fascinating premise and the special effects were second to none the amazing thing was that there was a tiny budget for them!
When you look at the Eagle it actually looks like a viable design for a moon cargo ship ..I wouldn't be surprised if a design like this might be used someday if we ever have a moon base, or perhaps we already do but it is kept secret from the public.
My dad has the whole season and he enjoys watching it. I on the other hand...well I got to admit i like watching it too, but some of the episodes don't make any sense, meaning the story is not well written in some of them.
I was born in 1984 so i have never seen the show. However, I work in the entertainment industry and i've heard it on the grapevine that its coming back. that's why i decided to come on to this page and have a look at what it was.
@davidadamsawyer I was too young to see it originally. I'm 33. I used to watch it while at Uni as I was having a shit time there. Then the repeats on ITV4. But I do remember 'Look In' kids magazine used to have a comic strip of it when I was little in the early 80's so that was the first time I saw / heard of it. I remember in the strip Maya turned into a Panther or Tiger.
I watched this show when I was 12 and it always left me disappointed and unsatisfied. It never had a sense of fun and always took it self way too seriously. The aliens they encountered were almost always embarrassingly silly to watch.
@manuelherrera777 - The aliens - Classic " People in rubber suits " probably cast - offs from the prop department of " Doctor Who ". The sets - Generic 1970's sterile, utilitarian & made the Enterprise bridge, sickbay & engineering sets look downright homey. The premise - Unrealistic, at best, because any explosion strong enough to blow the Moon out of orbit w / likely shatter it to fragments. Acting sometimes " phoned - in ". Still, after original Star trek & before original BSG, it passed.
Add two years, subtract two days- 9-11. Sept 13th/99 was a Monday, of course. In astrology, the moon always represents mind in relation to matter- the earth. Movies, TV, history- scripting and programming.
Truth be told, this is one of the better T.V. series programs during its time. That must be why it didn't last; it was too far above and beyond most television viewers' brain capacities, who prefered The Flintstones reruns or Get Smart!
I loved this show as a kid. unfortunately they don't show it here anymore. I actually met Mr Landau, and he told me they only show the reruns in Europe.
Yeah, this was the future we expected growing up in the 70's & 80's...The future we were robbed of...
I never dreamed as a child, that instead of 'Moonbases' and 'Obelisks' (Joke~2001: A Space Odyssey) the real world of 2011 would see the United States of America 'retiring' the last space vehicle it had in favor of Sweet F*ck All...!?
Ha...It's like if Christopher Columbus decided not to do that 'exploring' stuff and just stayed at home with his slippers and a nice cup of tea instead..T_T
Luved this show back in the 70's! Martin & Barbara were a popular dual in shows past. I think poor Allan; used to crash the only Moon Base Alpha Shuttle Vehicle they had, every week! LOL!! I watched it intently, until they introduced Myra! The whole converting oneself to a mouse 1 minute & then to a Gorilla the next, was just too impossible for me to fathom ( where does the extra material go-or-come from? )! Even at my early age... I knew that it was an impossibility! Grrr
@ironian Zenia Merton, who played Sondra Benes. In the second season, the character was renamed Sahn and lost her last name. She's grey now, and the last thing I saw her in was "The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith" on THE SARAH JANE ADVENTURES. She was officiating at the wedding.
Boy this takes me back to when I was a little whippersnapper. I think it used to be shown on ITV on Saturday mornings as part of a 4 hour children's show, the name of which eludes me (and who was the female presenter - brunette, lovely smile? Anyone remember?).
OK we can say now that the 'science' was pisspoor at best, ditto with some of the special effects but I'd say the Eagles were technically quite sound. Still, I always wondered if they'd do a remake of this old classic!
Love this shit! The intro music to series 1 was much cooler than series 2 or whatever it was...As much as I like sci fi its all a bit disappointing, we still aren't living on the sodding Moon or Mars and its 2011! I wanted space travel, robots, hover cars and time travel when I grew up...so much for that shit...!
@TheMasterNo6@lamtsite When series credits used to be fun and actually long. I wish SYFY would do a way with this 2 or 3 second credits or whatever they have been doing lately.
@MowgliX That was an interesting comment you made MowgliX. I saw it in my inbox. Basically we were all conned out of the future we read in comics like 2000AD and saw on Tomorrows World etc. Gits.
@TheMasterNo6 I want my unisex synthetic jump suit, moon base, mars base, Eagles, Star Cruisers, Death Stars, X Wings, the Enterprise, time machine, teleportation device and eternal youth NOW! :D
@TheMasterNo6 Ha ha! I have the Brooke Bond 'Race into Space' album from 1970. In the latter pages, it talks of stuff in the early eighties, that they project would happen. I was ten at the time, and even then, before I knew about politics or budget restraints, I thought 'no bloody way!' I don't know what it was, but I've been right 'til this day. They postulated a Mars mission in 1981!! They probably have.....but NASA certainly didn't pay for it!
I grew up with this too. I had the Eagle ship and the action figures as a kid, and wished I could buy this again. Those were definently simpler times, and I think sometimes better times compared with today.
@ForceEFX Arthur C. Clark had written "2001, a space odyssey", which was made into a movie by Stanely Kubrick. The moonbase, landers, moonbus, orion space plane and dual hull space station fit in extremely well with the eagles, superswift, hawk interceptors and costumes! The entire series was silly in its premise, but heady and enjoyable. The first few smaller explosions went off, rotating the moon away from the earth, and then one big sustained slow building detonation sent it out of orbit?
It was a good article. I think it ran in the NY Times just after Space 1999 aired. I read it over 20 years ago. I found it reading Microfiche while doing research on a paper. He said that mistakes in sci-fi shows could be boiled down to a) too expensive to do realistically, b) taking some plausibility into account, and c) stupidity.
@ForceEFX I just watched it again this afternoon. The first episode had many silly things that need overlooking by suspension of disbelief. Normal gravity. "Electromagnetic radiation" lines of static flux would be detected very easily. Slamming a helmet against a polycarbonate transparency is not going to crack, much less implode it. A laser fence will not knock back a rampaging astronaut without burning. The space station in orbit had no reason to explode if the moon had moved away from it.
I dont think that the people who envisaged a 1999 version of the future,or even a 2011 version had much foresight.It is still the same shit,different day.
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All the actors and directors of Space:1999 are the greatest ever. When this premeired in the new york city area on september 1st 1999 it made me the happiest person 'koz it's the #1 program ever. Even b4 that i always watched Martin + Barbara on Mission Impossible.
@Renagade70 What the hell are you talking about, dumbass. Landau is alive, kicking, filming right now and involved in a lot of projects. No RIP Landau necessary if someone ain't dead yet, asshole.
@stangfever04 The last work of Martin Landau that I'm aware of was a voice over for the animated movie "9" That was about 2 years ago. I haven't heard of his passing.
Since the moon is so vastly different from the Earth, it has been suggested that it has been actually placed in orbit by ancient terra-formers. he universe is far stranger than you imagine. Please see "Billy Meyer" chronicles information!
actually...we have been to mars,and we have been wayyy out of our own galaxy-and yes ther is a base on the moon-do you really think the "Govt" is gonna tell it's sheeple? lol
Great intro--I like it MUCH better than season 2. It may be cheezy but it had heart. I'm watching the entire series whilst housesitting over the next 4 days lol.
@jennyinthepark I totally agree with that statement. Series 2 was much more sexual and violent without the level of character interaction and story. Series 1 was so much better. They changed producers in series 2 and it shows.
the series started as a heady science fiction similar to '2001 a space oddyssey' that was very enjoyable with some excellent themes, acting that was passable and plots that were tolerable, then in the second season, they apparently wanted to spice it up, and it altogether became a kiddie-show. 'lost in space' earlier went out that way. 'star trek' went out after only three seasons to avoid this very tendency. the grown ups do not nearly consume goods as advertised at the same rate as children do
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@AnimeGeek441 Nor soundwaves,either. But that wouldn't cancel out the action/reaction principle of Newton's Laws of Motion, would it? And I'm curious what the effect on Earth the Moon's not being there would have on our environment. Just idle curiosity, nothing more. Thanx.
@TheSV3 The moon provides stability to earth's rotation and sucks up a lot of asteroids. And the tides of the ocean are lower and most likely almost nonexistent. Good thing is all those " Luna-tics" are calmer.
love it. ..an anti-climax in 1999, reality: the IT industry made a mint our of fears of a major computer crash Y2K (and nobody else had a clue, and left it all to the geeks)
@Jalfmar3 Mine is too! I was too and actually they premiered this show on Sept 13 , 1975 in Jacksonville, Fl anyway. I must admit I was more than disappointed when Sept 13th, 1999 rolled around and still no friggin' moonbase to speak of!
the first season gave us a good heady science fiction that was at least enjoyable. The musical score was superb, the effects were excellent, and the acting was passable with an amiable cast.
Then second season tried to spice it all up and the unique balance just went the same way "lost in space" did - it became a kid's show.
The Moon base alpha people are trying to get back to earth, but can the earth actually survive without the moon? Would there be any people left to welcome Moon Base crewers back?
@gen8joey The fuel and oxidant containment apparatus from the ship's propulsion system was ruptured on impact, allowing the two substances to mix together with explosive results.
Not that I ever liked this slow, ponderous, annoyingly weird show. If you want to watch a British Star Trek rip-off, go see the much better Blake's 7. At least the cheese on that series was intentional.
god bless bary morse who of course was the crazy but very smart scientist who made the program more serious ....die hard fans check out his web page its cool
Star Wars? No. (After all, we hadn't heard of it yet.) Space 1999 (or something similar) was not unreasonable,however. After all, we'd already witnessed going from NO space program whatsoever to landing on the moon in less than 20 years. Was a moonbase (or space station) in the next 30 years too much to believe? How could we have known that NASA would shut down the Apollo program and sit on it's hands for the next 35 years.
@WinstonMan1000 I can assure you that for those of us who were kids in those days, these shows gave us a chance to let our imaginations run wild at the possibilities of what the future could be like. WE LOVED IT! Then, when Star Wars came to be -- we were prepared !!!
i love i loved this movie, maya, tony commander all actors,... child hood movie yeah british old movieDo You know who created this? The same people who did "Thunderbirds." Yes...remember the puppets? YEs mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
i loved this movie, maya, tony commander all actors,... child hood movie yeah british old movieDo You know who created this? The same people who did "Thunderbirds." Yes...remember the puppets? YEs! It was created by them. The special effects...quiet good at the time...where the same special effects used in" Thunderbirds." They just got rid of those puppet people!
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Do You know who created this? The same people who did "Thunderbirds." Yes...remember the puppets? YEs! It was created by them. The special effects...quiet good at the time...where the same special effects used in" Thunderbirds." They just got rid of those puppet people!
One of the things people forget the most about this show is that one of it's original goals was to compete with BBC's juggernaut show at the time, Doctor Who. The problem is that ITV couldn't coordinate a coherent broadcast time with their sixteen companies in Britain. So the show never had a coordinated national roll out and never caught traction with the viewing public.
was that Yeti workin on that switchboard
DiceyJJ 15 hours ago
If Newt Gingrich has his way... It'll be Space: 2019, when nuclear explosions throw the Moon out of Earth's orbit, and the crew of a permanent base on the Moon will have to fend for themselves.
Although Isaac Asimov, who knew a thing or two about science, pointed out that any explosion strong enough to throw the Moon out of Earth's orbit would also destroy the Moon.
UncleMikeNJ 15 hours ago 2
what the hell is happening? this is the greatest intro I've ever seen! I can't stop laughing.
GiantSnail 21 hours ago
Barbara Bain always sounded like she was eating soggy chicken when she spoke.
columbo71 4 days ago
The first season was excellent but the second season had too many changes and internal politics.
Tuxnician 5 days ago
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I had no idea we were so advance on September 13, 1999, and now in 2012 we can't even get into orbit
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xblkman 5 days ago
Sort of crushed hard on Barbara Bain as a child... I still have a thing for uniforms.
thelbane 1 week ago
Hmm.. I must've been hungover on September 13th, 1999, because I don't remember the moon leaving orbit and the colonists up there being stranded.. wait, are there colonists on the moon?
JMKRATOCHVIL 1 week ago
This show deserves a re-boot.
lilleo1968 2 weeks ago
Science Fiction: The Groovy Years
HyperLimited 2 weeks ago 2
cool , cant wait for the year 1999
Filo127 3 weeks ago
Intense!!!
corvozoppicando 3 weeks ago
I seem to remember watching this show before The Big Match came on during Sunday afternoons in the 70's. I live in the Granada region in the UK so if anyone could verify this I would be grateful! lol Me and my brother had Eagle transporter toys at the time that were endlessly played with (and generally bashed about!). The cargo hold could come away using a lever on the top of each model toy too. Great!
MrBlueSky1978 3 weeks ago
@MrBlueSky1978 I remember this being on in the evenings, possibly repeats even in the 70's!! Had an eagle but always wanted the transporter one. worth a fortune today!! Viva granada
chestermod 2 weeks ago
@chestermod Sunday mornings for me I think it used to be on. Anyway I wish ITV 4 would show these again as they did.
Professor6871 2 weeks ago
@Professor6871 Thanks to the freeview retune i cant get ITV4 anymore!! Is it on DVD?
chestermod 6 hours ago
I remember checking the moon on 13th September 1999.....
Ever notice how democratic they are?, no ranks please, just first names, Paul, Allen etc. Victor is a bit fucked in the head of course, and only close friends get to call Keonig 'John', he's 'commander' to the other ranks. Epic TV :-)
jp3492 3 weeks ago
No me perdía ningún episodio... todos los domingos!!!... tanta nostalgia!
KarolMelissa2011 4 weeks ago
still gives me shivers, this was damn scarey for a 6 year old :)
odinswolf1969 1 month ago
Imagine a Total Overhaul and Remake of This Series. The New Moonbase Alpha in the Mid 22nd Century and it's underground Communities would be like Dodge City in Outer Space. With a Crew Complement of 15,000 and with a Nuclear Accident the whole Moon with the Base and all it's people would be Launched into Deep Space ..........................................
Roadracer987654321 1 month ago
Gerry Anderson was so off about that one by 1999 no gave a fook about the moon.
He was such a half glass full man :P
nepht1979 1 month ago
@nepht1979 This series was filmed during the "energy crisis" where everyone thought there would be a nuclear reactor on every street corner, but we have Starbucks instead. This was also only 5 years after the "man on the moon" project. He definitely missed some other projections; in one episode Dr. Russel is doing her own transcription on a MANUAL typewriter (but the computer can synthesis food, water, and medicine. Ha!
TheBrarich 1 month ago
@TheBrarich And Klingons still use swords. So what? It was a fun show.
davidls11 1 month ago
@TheBrarich It makes me think of Luke Skywalker with a light saber but with a feathered 70s style
ghosttrain2066 1 month ago
does anyone else get a bit upset when they see that eagle crash at the beginning??
hondansx1000 1 month ago
Watched this as a 10 and 11 year old boy in the US in 1974, 1975 and ..fascinating premise and the special effects were second to none the amazing thing was that there was a tiny budget for them!
When you look at the Eagle it actually looks like a viable design for a moon cargo ship ..I wouldn't be surprised if a design like this might be used someday if we ever have a moon base, or perhaps we already do but it is kept secret from the public.
watershed44 1 month ago
And then they have thought having humans would be more fun! god bless that gerry anderson.
youtoubakias 1 month ago
I was born in '72, and watched this series as a kid. I was hooked on sci-fi for life! Awesome intro, great music!
Lukas0472 2 months ago 3
My dad has the whole season and he enjoys watching it. I on the other hand...well I got to admit i like watching it too, but some of the episodes don't make any sense, meaning the story is not well written in some of them.
MrAngryGorilla2000 2 months ago
I was born in 1984 so i have never seen the show. However, I work in the entertainment industry and i've heard it on the grapevine that its coming back. that's why i decided to come on to this page and have a look at what it was.
TheAndypne 2 months ago
@davidadamsawyer I was too young to see it originally. I'm 33. I used to watch it while at Uni as I was having a shit time there. Then the repeats on ITV4. But I do remember 'Look In' kids magazine used to have a comic strip of it when I was little in the early 80's so that was the first time I saw / heard of it. I remember in the strip Maya turned into a Panther or Tiger.
TheMasterNo6 2 months ago
Could they possibly make that title card any more grandiose? That is some epic orchestration right there.
shingshongshamalama 2 months ago 10
Dear Sirs
Fantastic program, part of my immaginative training as an astrophysicist.
P. Rose
PaulRoseRose 2 months ago
i remeber when this was on ITV 4. :)
Clone683 3 months ago
I watched this show when I was 12 and it always left me disappointed and unsatisfied. It never had a sense of fun and always took it self way too seriously. The aliens they encountered were almost always embarrassingly silly to watch.
manuelherrera777 3 months ago
@manuelherrera777 - The aliens - Classic " People in rubber suits " probably cast - offs from the prop department of " Doctor Who ". The sets - Generic 1970's sterile, utilitarian & made the Enterprise bridge, sickbay & engineering sets look downright homey. The premise - Unrealistic, at best, because any explosion strong enough to blow the Moon out of orbit w / likely shatter it to fragments. Acting sometimes " phoned - in ". Still, after original Star trek & before original BSG, it passed.
knoxvilleguy2 2 months ago
Greetings earthpepole
ShenFennek 4 months ago
Season 1 intro was way better than season 2
VinnyMonster1 4 months ago
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I just posted a new MoonBase Alpha exclusive video featuring music that I produced a few years ago.
Paranundrum 4 months ago
This TV series was good but not as good as star trek, which was filmed around 10 years earlier and was far superior. 11 Movies and 6 TV Series!
Heard the opening lines and tunes, EPIC!
Live long and prosper!
CaptainJahangir99 4 months ago
This was one of the best tv series; even today I see it with a warm look. Oh nostalgia!!!!
gazuaman 4 months ago
Is it today?... Is it today?... maybe it's today... albeit 12 year late
jetblakink 4 months ago
@jetblakink it happens after the new calendar was introduced in 2063:-)
peggymount 4 months ago
Add two years, subtract two days- 9-11. Sept 13th/99 was a Monday, of course. In astrology, the moon always represents mind in relation to matter- the earth. Movies, TV, history- scripting and programming.
hozayamz 4 months ago
I met Martin Landau at The Fan Expo here in Toronto, Canada. What a gentleman he is! So gald I got to meet him. I have been a fan of his for years!
holmsatlarge 4 months ago
I met Martin Landau at The Fan Expo here in Toronto, Canada. What a gentleman he is! So gald I got to meet him. I have been a fan of his for years!
holmsatlarge 4 months ago
Funky!
maxmercury 4 months ago
Truth be told, this is one of the better T.V. series programs during its time. That must be why it didn't last; it was too far above and beyond most television viewers' brain capacities, who prefered The Flintstones reruns or Get Smart!
tigertail68 4 months ago
I remember watching this show with my Grandmother back in the 70s. Great memories!
ceetee1459 4 months ago
I like that psychedelic Go-Go music intro!
georgelee43211 4 months ago
Has a kid I preferred this to star trek
teewoods 4 months ago in playlist 70's My Favorite TV shows
Whoa, :17 what a QT
Hgt4420 4 months ago
I loved this show as a kid. unfortunately they don't show it here anymore. I actually met Mr Landau, and he told me they only show the reruns in Europe.
manny11067 4 months ago
whish 1999 was like this for me
ismcb4sc 5 months ago
Like the soundtrack. Goes back and forth from classical to 70's porno. Yeah.
jtp0321 5 months ago
I never would have gotten to the moon if I hadn't seen this series as a child.
IWannabeJew 5 months ago
Tbh, they got the future pretty spot on
BambisaurusRex 5 months ago
love the show, love the intro, but barbara bain spinning in place was always kinda creepy to me. ; )
MyFlipNWorld 5 months ago
In NYC,I watched this show on WPIX-TV(channel 11) prior to it becoming 11 Alive.
oldschoolbx1970 5 months ago
Classic Anderson! A man who should be knighted for his services to children's TV. Not only in the UK, but all around the world!
lincsposter 5 months ago
any theme with whachka whachka in it is instantly awesome.im just saying :)
DaytonTrent 5 months ago 26
@DaytonTrent What is "whachka whachka"?
kalabetakyanda 5 months ago
@DaytonTrent -True that my friend...
meyersd66 1 week ago
Yeah, this was the future we expected growing up in the 70's & 80's...The future we were robbed of...
I never dreamed as a child, that instead of 'Moonbases' and 'Obelisks' (Joke~2001: A Space Odyssey) the real world of 2011 would see the United States of America 'retiring' the last space vehicle it had in favor of Sweet F*ck All...!?
Ha...It's like if Christopher Columbus decided not to do that 'exploring' stuff and just stayed at home with his slippers and a nice cup of tea instead..T_T
PaulusAlone 5 months ago 2
@PaulusAlone I suspect we sold our Space Program to the Chinese. Or rather they REPO'ed it.
IWannabeJew 5 months ago
Loved this show. You can find the entire show as a box set for a couple hundred bucks at a few independent retailers in Southern Cal.
sparkle453 6 months ago in playlist LIVE ACTION INTROS
Why is the RED ALERT notice in green??
boltar2003 6 months ago
@boltar2003 The sign is colourblind?
MegabyteUnleashed 5 months ago
aeiou
MrLaurencetureaud 6 months ago
Luved this show back in the 70's! Martin & Barbara were a popular dual in shows past. I think poor Allan; used to crash the only Moon Base Alpha Shuttle Vehicle they had, every week! LOL!! I watched it intently, until they introduced Myra! The whole converting oneself to a mouse 1 minute & then to a Gorilla the next, was just too impossible for me to fathom ( where does the extra material go-or-come from? )! Even at my early age... I knew that it was an impossibility! Grrr
ShellTrek 6 months ago
@ShellTrek Not as good as UFO though
TheKenfig 6 months ago 2
@TheKenfig UFO was an excellent Series too! Pre Space 1999. I especially luved the beat music, when they were called into action! great memories!!
ShellTrek 6 months ago
I WANT THIS MUSIC AS A RINGTONE!!!!!!!!
caxtonman 6 months ago
11 people apparently wish Maya had been in the first season.
UncleMikeNJ 6 months ago
I loved this so much! I was glued to the tv every week when it aired! It was my gateway to outer space!
peterikarlstad 6 months ago
BEST SCIENCE FICTION SERIES EVER MADE
67omerta 6 months ago
Hated that Disco Wah Wah theme song. Tried hard to like the show (even built the models) but it all left me flat.
boardskins 7 months ago
its a wonderfull series and sometimes scary
thedukeofantioch 7 months ago
I use to watch these re-runs every Saturday afternoon back in I think 1978 in New Jersey. Loved this show.
Michshnly 7 months ago
this is my fav episode. i think that it's just between the crew that i like, no aliens or other lifeforms.
joshuamlee98 7 months ago
Who's the babe at 0:17? She's cute!
ironian 7 months ago
@ironian Sondra
LoopyWolf 7 months ago
@ironian Zenia Merton, who played Sondra Benes. In the second season, the character was renamed Sahn and lost her last name. She's grey now, and the last thing I saw her in was "The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith" on THE SARAH JANE ADVENTURES. She was officiating at the wedding.
dngillikin 7 months ago
Boy this takes me back to when I was a little whippersnapper. I think it used to be shown on ITV on Saturday mornings as part of a 4 hour children's show, the name of which eludes me (and who was the female presenter - brunette, lovely smile? Anyone remember?).
OK we can say now that the 'science' was pisspoor at best, ditto with some of the special effects but I'd say the Eagles were technically quite sound. Still, I always wondered if they'd do a remake of this old classic!
NightSlacker1 7 months ago
Love this shit! The intro music to series 1 was much cooler than series 2 or whatever it was...As much as I like sci fi its all a bit disappointing, we still aren't living on the sodding Moon or Mars and its 2011! I wanted space travel, robots, hover cars and time travel when I grew up...so much for that shit...!
TheMasterNo6 7 months ago 31
@TheMasterNo6 @lamtsite When series credits used to be fun and actually long. I wish SYFY would do a way with this 2 or 3 second credits or whatever they have been doing lately.
TheBwmm 6 months ago
@TheBwmm Yeah, thats true its like 'damn, I've missed the opening'. In the old days you'd know it was about to start with proper credit/intros.
TheMasterNo6 6 months ago
@TheMasterNo6 I wish SYFY and other channels would stop with that and bring back proper openings. Those are apart of what makes shows memorable.
TheBwmm 6 months ago
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MowgliX 6 months ago
@MowgliX That was an interesting comment you made MowgliX. I saw it in my inbox. Basically we were all conned out of the future we read in comics like 2000AD and saw on Tomorrows World etc. Gits.
TheMasterNo6 6 months ago
@TheMasterNo6 I want my unisex synthetic jump suit, moon base, mars base, Eagles, Star Cruisers, Death Stars, X Wings, the Enterprise, time machine, teleportation device and eternal youth NOW! :D
MowgliX 6 months ago
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MowgliX 6 months ago
@TheMasterNo6 ... i agree..the irony is in 2011, the last shuttle launch happened and the Space Program ended. There is still the hubble telescope.
SuperOmnicron 5 months ago
@TheMasterNo6 Ha ha! I have the Brooke Bond 'Race into Space' album from 1970. In the latter pages, it talks of stuff in the early eighties, that they project would happen. I was ten at the time, and even then, before I knew about politics or budget restraints, I thought 'no bloody way!' I don't know what it was, but I've been right 'til this day. They postulated a Mars mission in 1981!! They probably have.....but NASA certainly didn't pay for it!
theymusthatetesla 4 months ago
@TheMasterNo6 This one is the best! I was miffed when they changed it! Nice to hear it again!
holmsatlarge 4 months ago
@TheMasterNo6
I guess our computers are much more advanced but still...
plateshutoverlock 3 months ago
@TheMasterNo6
I grew up with this too. I had the Eagle ship and the action figures as a kid, and wished I could buy this again. Those were definently simpler times, and I think sometimes better times compared with today.
70sfred1 2 months ago
"Black Sun" was the best episode of the first season, perhaps the entire series.
paktype 7 months ago
Arthur C. Clarke had written a nice article about discrepancies in a sci-fi show, specifically using Space 1999. One of the big things:
-If the nuclear waste was stored on the dark side of the moon..and exploded..
1) the amount of nuclear waste to move the moon would be more than nuclear reactors could produce from the 70's to the 90's
2) The explosion from the Dark side of the moon would propel the moon TOWARDS Earth...
ForceEFX 7 months ago
@ForceEFX Arthur C. Clark had written "2001, a space odyssey", which was made into a movie by Stanely Kubrick. The moonbase, landers, moonbus, orion space plane and dual hull space station fit in extremely well with the eagles, superswift, hawk interceptors and costumes! The entire series was silly in its premise, but heady and enjoyable. The first few smaller explosions went off, rotating the moon away from the earth, and then one big sustained slow building detonation sent it out of orbit?
dynagravitomagnetic 7 months ago
@dynagravitomagnetic ..I'm no stranger to Clarke's work.
As for the rotation.. well, still see 1).
It was a good article. I think it ran in the NY Times just after Space 1999 aired. I read it over 20 years ago. I found it reading Microfiche while doing research on a paper. He said that mistakes in sci-fi shows could be boiled down to a) too expensive to do realistically, b) taking some plausibility into account, and c) stupidity.
ForceEFX 7 months ago
@ForceEFX I just watched it again this afternoon. The first episode had many silly things that need overlooking by suspension of disbelief. Normal gravity. "Electromagnetic radiation" lines of static flux would be detected very easily. Slamming a helmet against a polycarbonate transparency is not going to crack, much less implode it. A laser fence will not knock back a rampaging astronaut without burning. The space station in orbit had no reason to explode if the moon had moved away from it.
dynagravitomagnetic 7 months ago
@ForceEFX Who cares what he thought....hes a fucking paedophile!
TheMasterNo6 7 months ago
I dont think that the people who envisaged a 1999 version of the future,or even a 2011 version had much foresight.It is still the same shit,different day.
admillnx6 7 months ago
@admillnx6 Fucking true!
TheMasterNo6 7 months ago
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hagen207 7 months ago
What is it about a gigantic explosion throwing the moon out of Earth's orbit and into deep space that makes me wanna dance so much?
aegisgfx 7 months ago
BEST SCIENCE FICTION SERIES EVER MADE
67omerta 8 months ago
@67omerta
it was great, but had too much 'mysterious force'
aegisgfx 7 months ago
I just sold the original ship from this series for $149.00 yesterday. Brings back great memories
MegaHegira 8 months ago
I will never know why some network neverf brought this back for nostalgia's sake back in 1999
UglySean 8 months ago
All the actors and directors of Space:1999 are the greatest ever. When this premeired in the new york city area on september 1st 1999 it made me the happiest person 'koz it's the #1 program ever. Even b4 that i always watched Martin + Barbara on Mission Impossible.
EvangelineTereza 8 months ago
September 13th 1999 was a Monday
CreweMike 8 months ago
thats a fucking cool themesong, too bad its all depressingly wrong.
SecularNumanist 8 months ago
RIP Martin Landau
Renagade70 8 months ago
@Renagade70 What the hell are you talking about, dumbass. Landau is alive, kicking, filming right now and involved in a lot of projects. No RIP Landau necessary if someone ain't dead yet, asshole.
Jejking 8 months ago
@Renagade70 RIp.. Think of another one dude. You mean enjoy your time still on earth wanker
MegaHegira 8 months ago
@Renagade70 martin landau as far as i know is among the living,tony anholt and barry morse have passed.
stangfever04 7 months ago
@stangfever04 The last work of Martin Landau that I'm aware of was a voice over for the animated movie "9" That was about 2 years ago. I haven't heard of his passing.
knightflyte 7 months ago
funky as hell
skunkhead2007 8 months ago
Since the moon is so vastly different from the Earth, it has been suggested that it has been actually placed in orbit by ancient terra-formers. he universe is far stranger than you imagine. Please see "Billy Meyer" chronicles information!
dynagravitomagnetic 8 months ago
Such a distinct style to the tv shows and movies of this period.
TheRealmSeries 8 months ago
Words cannot explain how much I love this programme.
Deep
bopkick5 8 months ago
240 is not and never where "HQ"
lamtsite 9 months ago 19
@lamtsite It was back in the 1970s. Damn it was good.
Simpson654 7 months ago
@lamtsite Its actually VHS quality
waddlerobloxxxx 7 months ago
actually...we have been to mars,and we have been wayyy out of our own galaxy-and yes ther is a base on the moon-do you really think the "Govt" is gonna tell it's sheeple? lol
wavular 9 months ago
The republicans cut the Nasa budget.
lilleo1968 9 months ago
A series so crap that it was fun to watch just to take the mick out of it :)
bodieofci5 9 months ago
@bodieofci5 Perfect surmation of the show. That and I used to want to bang the shit out of the women on it. :)
TheMasterNo6 7 months ago
@bodieofci5 Perfect surmation of the show! That and I used to perv over lots of the women on it and want to bang seven bells of shit out of em ;)
TheMasterNo6 7 months ago
Classic!
colonialmarine1117 10 months ago
Great intro--I like it MUCH better than season 2. It may be cheezy but it had heart. I'm watching the entire series whilst housesitting over the next 4 days lol.
jennyinthepark 10 months ago
@jennyinthepark I totally agree with that statement. Series 2 was much more sexual and violent without the level of character interaction and story. Series 1 was so much better. They changed producers in series 2 and it shows.
lilleo1968 9 months ago
This was a great episode!!! I have the Collection on DVD from A&E!!!
DavidYakima 10 months ago 2
Used to like this show, but especially loved the theme song! Second best only to the opening theme of Battlestar Galactica (the original 1978 show).
juni0r75 10 months ago
the series started as a heady science fiction similar to '2001 a space oddyssey' that was very enjoyable with some excellent themes, acting that was passable and plots that were tolerable, then in the second season, they apparently wanted to spice it up, and it altogether became a kiddie-show. 'lost in space' earlier went out that way. 'star trek' went out after only three seasons to avoid this very tendency. the grown ups do not nearly consume goods as advertised at the same rate as children do
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sismancocuk 10 months ago
There can be explosions, just no shockwaves. Unless it was on a planet, so there was a medium for the shockwave to pass through.
AnimeGeek441 10 months ago
@AnimeGeek441 Nor soundwaves,either. But that wouldn't cancel out the action/reaction principle of Newton's Laws of Motion, would it? And I'm curious what the effect on Earth the Moon's not being there would have on our environment. Just idle curiosity, nothing more. Thanx.
TheSV3 10 months ago
@TheSV3 The moon provides stability to earth's rotation and sucks up a lot of asteroids. And the tides of the ocean are lower and most likely almost nonexistent. Good thing is all those " Luna-tics" are calmer.
Xarcht 9 months ago
disco in outer space...groovy man!
mountainseeker40 10 months ago
love it. ..an anti-climax in 1999, reality: the IT industry made a mint our of fears of a major computer crash Y2K (and nobody else had a clue, and left it all to the geeks)
brianweekes1 10 months ago
it is 13 sptember not 11.
MyLalinea 11 months ago
really?explain.
MyLalinea 11 months ago
really?
MyLalinea 11 months ago
I just don't like it, I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!! One of the Very Best T.V. intros of ALL-TIME!!!!! Many thanks goes out to Maestro Barry Grey!!!!!!!
punkrockpub 11 months ago
looks like this clip is from black sun one of the best episodes.
brybish 11 months ago
do you know what happened on september 11 2001 ?
MyLalinea 11 months ago
@MyLalinea Yeah, Bush stuck his head in the sand.
southport97 11 months ago
@MyLalinea Yeah we got out of work early.
pardyhardly 11 months ago
I got that toy ship for x-mas back in 76.
medicmunoz 11 months ago
cheesy...
rusticgt 11 months ago
Hi Eileen! Give me a dime :)
AndyBerman 11 months ago
@AndyBerman - I don't have to give you a dime, I don't remember ever watching this show!!!!!!
ebnyer 11 months ago
My brother's birthday is September 13th. In 1999 we jokingly went out to see if the moon was still there.
Jalfmar3 11 months ago
@Jalfmar3 Mine is too! I was too and actually they premiered this show on Sept 13 , 1975 in Jacksonville, Fl anyway. I must admit I was more than disappointed when Sept 13th, 1999 rolled around and still no friggin' moonbase to speak of!
SpaceIntruderDetecto 11 months ago
the first season gave us a good heady science fiction that was at least enjoyable. The musical score was superb, the effects were excellent, and the acting was passable with an amiable cast.
Then second season tried to spice it all up and the unique balance just went the same way "lost in space" did - it became a kid's show.
dynagravitomagnetic 1 year ago
The Moon base alpha people are trying to get back to earth, but can the earth actually survive without the moon? Would there be any people left to welcome Moon Base crewers back?
NZ1967 1 year ago
How can that spacecraft explode and burst into flames when there is no oxygen on the surface of the moon?
gen8joey 1 year ago
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@gen8joey Of course you might argue the same thing about Star Trek or Star Wars for that matter.
Cerulean0987 11 months ago
@gen8joey Because there's oxygen inside the spaceship.
XtranormalStatePlus 11 months ago
@gen8joey The fuel and oxidant containment apparatus from the ship's propulsion system was ruptured on impact, allowing the two substances to mix together with explosive results.
Not that I ever liked this slow, ponderous, annoyingly weird show. If you want to watch a British Star Trek rip-off, go see the much better Blake's 7. At least the cheese on that series was intentional.
DrCruel 11 months ago
@gen8joey There can be fire and explosions in space.
NicverAZ 11 months ago
@NicverAZ only momentarily as the 'detonation' load explodes, as there is no oxygen in space the explosion would go out as soon as its generated.
MrLatinmuscl 10 months ago
god bless bary morse who of course was the crazy but very smart scientist who made the program more serious ....die hard fans check out his web page its cool
MrRowney1 1 year ago
LMAO. It's so funny how all these dumbasses in the 70s thought that everything would be like star wars by the 90s.
WinstonMan1000 1 year ago
@WinstonMan1000
Star Wars? No. (After all, we hadn't heard of it yet.) Space 1999 (or something similar) was not unreasonable,however. After all, we'd already witnessed going from NO space program whatsoever to landing on the moon in less than 20 years. Was a moonbase (or space station) in the next 30 years too much to believe? How could we have known that NASA would shut down the Apollo program and sit on it's hands for the next 35 years.
These movies and shows were sci fi, not prophecy.
jrt1961 1 year ago
@WinstonMan1000 I can assure you that for those of us who were kids in those days, these shows gave us a chance to let our imaginations run wild at the possibilities of what the future could be like. WE LOVED IT! Then, when Star Wars came to be -- we were prepared !!!
MsAussielass 1 year ago
@WinstonMan1000 Don't be a smartass. We landed on the moon not even 20 years after launching the space program.
ufgt1989 11 months ago
i love i loved this movie, maya, tony commander all actors,... child hood movie yeah british old movieDo You know who created this? The same people who did "Thunderbirds." Yes...remember the puppets? YEs mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
adamankind1onearthg 1 year ago
i loved this movie, maya, tony commander all actors,... child hood movie yeah british old movieDo You know who created this? The same people who did "Thunderbirds." Yes...remember the puppets? YEs! It was created by them. The special effects...quiet good at the time...where the same special effects used in" Thunderbirds." They just got rid of those puppet people!
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adamankind1onearthg 1 year ago
i loved this movie, maya, tony commander all actors,... child hood movie yeah british old movie
adamankind1onearthg 1 year ago
Do You know who created this? The same people who did "Thunderbirds." Yes...remember the puppets? YEs! It was created by them. The special effects...quiet good at the time...where the same special effects used in" Thunderbirds." They just got rid of those puppet people!
Sparrowhawk1161 1 year ago
awesome. i can't wait until 1999
33LB 1 year ago
One of the things people forget the most about this show is that one of it's original goals was to compete with BBC's juggernaut show at the time, Doctor Who. The problem is that ITV couldn't coordinate a coherent broadcast time with their sixteen companies in Britain. So the show never had a coordinated national roll out and never caught traction with the viewing public.
Tetsuronin 1 year ago