Shape-shifter Maya

Cmdr. John Koenig has been replaced/taken over and the crew try to figure out what is going on. Maya, the resident shape-shifting alien, changes into another member of the crew to gain access to a mysterious crystal.
This was the mid-late 70's and budgetary restrictions as well as the lack of technology means there is no attempt to show the transformation.
However, most of the time Maya transformed into huge (rubber suited) space monsters so it makes a nice change to have her become another female.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• maya
• shape
• shifter
• space
• 1999
• female
• disguise
• transform
• double
• catherine
• schell

[fortknoxguy]

Funny how shape shifters always change outfits too. Must save on clothing costs. LOL

[disguizer]

Yes, that's one (little) detail that always annoys me. Would be that much better if they had to copy/acquire the clothing some other way.

[gamewizard]

@disguizer

It's easy to explain. She doesn't actually wear clothing. Her skin looks like whatever clothing is required at the time, if any. She's actually nude. That's why she can transform to look like animals or other people without worrying about what happens to her clothes.

[disguizer]

@gamewizard That makes sense. Fortunate that Maya had a clipboard handy to carry into the laboratory or the guard might have been suspicious ;-)

[kaferere]

I remember an interview with Gerry Anderson where he said that an American producer was forced on him following a channel takeover and it was said producer that forced the character Maya onto the show. G.A. himself thought the character ruined his show. Also an episode about the planet "Lu-Ton" which G.A. protested but couldn't stop was aired much to his embarrassment. Anyone else remember the interview?

[disguizer]

The one thing I can recall is that the title of that episode came from someone (either the writer or the producer) driving along a road in England and seeing a sign for a town called Luton!

[jefzebel]

Look at the sideburns...Elvis ain't got nothing on this girl.

[marcobagut]

bloody hell...I was so in love with Maya...i must have been 6 or 7!

[kisssexxx]

*A Hot! Sexy! Female Shape Shifter could fulfill All of My Lustful Fantasies!(lol!)

[LoopyWolf]

@kaferere I adore Maya, and at the same time I know exactly what you mean. You can sum it up by saying "If she could fly an eagle, we can get rid of the rest" She was for me the epitome of the "magic alien" (re Spock) who could solve any problem they encountered because [MAKE UP STUFF HERE] No matter whether it was alien hi tech, monster, strange environment, your alien can solve it. In both shows they were not so much the alien as THE alien. On the other hand, as one fan said: ...GOOD MOVE!

[mindprism]

Nice cellphone

[Datleco]

@disguizer Hide it in your hair, you never know when a clipboard can come in handy

[357223308]

Maya has got to be one of the hottest babes in the realm of Sci-Fi. Can you imagine having a girl friend like her. She is already a very sexy woman and she can change her form into... another sexy woman!

[baraxor]

@jennyinthepark

In the original script for the season 2 opening episode ("Metamorph") it was reported that Professor Victor Bergman had died from a faulty spacesuit.

[tanarus77]

Hologram

[jennyinthepark]

I loved Maya as a kid. Rewatching, I still like the character but I also miss VICTOR. Did he ever come back?

[patsaxon]

I love all of the electronic sound effects of Space: 1999! Much better than the sound effect used on Star Trek. I am a big fan of the second series as I did not like the first season. This show along with all the electronic computer and sound effects got me so interested in electronics and synthesizers.

[Goodiesfanful]

I always loved the sound effect when Maya transformed; it was my favourite part of the show.