Space 1999 - 2x05 - Brian the Brain

Original Air Date—1 October 1976
The Alphans encounter an eccentric and intelligent robot who is known as Brian the Brain. Brian's creator Captain Michael and his crew have all died in mysterious circumstances and Brian asks for the help of Koenig and his crew. However, it soon becomes very apparent that Brian is anything but harmless and was in fact responsible for the deaths of Captain Michael and his colleagues. And he is ready to do the same to the Alphans.

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Film & Animation

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[PASCHDigiMedia]

Minus the bushes, the planet surface artwork has an uncanny if not prescient resemblance to the surface of Titan courtesy of Cassini/Huygens probe.

[PASCHDigiMedia]

This was the very first time I ever heard of Heebie-Jeebies. I know it came from the 1920's jazz era slang. However, in our day, I am not surprised that no one calls it a double ethnic slur: Heebie - Hebrews - Jews and Jeebie - SanJIV/RaJIV - Indians. What a gag considering Martin Landau is Jewish and the late Mark Zuber was born in India although raised in the UK. Go figure, the PC police fell asleep on this one.

[PASCHDigiMedia]

@crazeeborg I distinctly remember that the "love test" scenes were not broadcast in the New York City area in its initial run. I remember recording the audio on a Saturday evening in November 1978 and the reference to the "love test" intrigued me. It was only when I viewed the DVD did I see the edited scenes.

[baraxor]

@orchidtender

I believe that the ID badges were supposed to be linked with the commlocks to separate those like the Commander and the command center personnel with "all access" privileges from others with more restrictive privileges ( say, a hydroponics specialist wouldn't have access to the nuclear core area or weapons control)

[orchidtender]

I always wondered why they continued to wear ID tags after the Moon broke free or Earth and completely isolated the Alpha crew. I mean it's not as if you were going to run into someone you didn't know.

[MrChristian326]

Good episode. I liked Brian, even though he was a pain at times. I also enjoyed the music soundtrack when Koenig was walking around the Blue Planet.

[crazeeborg]

"Don't touch my antenna!" lol

Brian's dark humor broke the monotamy of this show's seriousness.

The "love test" between Koenig and Helena was hilareous.This was the first time Koenig and Helena showed feelings for each other. The "love scenes" must have came natural for both actors since they were married at the time.. btw Barbara Bain is 80 years old and still beautiful

[baraxor]

The sequence where Koenig goes over to the mothership, discovering the bodies of the crew on the ground and with the softly wailing muscial accompaniment, was one of the more effectively unsettling ones of the series.