Back in the 1970s, Gerry and Sylvia Anderson created the syndicated sci-fi series Space:1999. His main storyline revolved around his on and off relationship with Suzanne Collins's character Nikki Shadwick. Sonja Sohn, Clarke Peters and Dominic West in 'The Wire.'. I might as well work less hard in all of them. "[7] Years later, Byrne and Penfold would agree that the process they worked under made "good scripts less than they had been" and forced them to waste time re-writing "bad scripts to make them acceptable". 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]. The full-network English CBC airing began with the series opener, "Breakaway", on 11 September 1976, then "The Metamorph", the Year Two opener, on 18 September. [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. "[6], The producers and studio intended to continue the show with a third series. Space: 1999 Cast List "Space: 1999" Actors and Characters! This release also contains a restored version of the feature length Destination: Moonbase Alpha film. In the 2022 Space: 1999 Moonbase Alpha Technical Operations Manual he is revealed to be in a year-long coma following an accident. They can pretty much do that [with a medical device] nowadays. There were times that we were playing with props that didn't read anything I just had a bunch of dialogue to say after. 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". "[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. I don't really know. "Seed of Destruction" aired on 27 November, and then with December there came a month of repeats. 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. Group Three's commitment to its financial partner, RAI, to include Italian actors in the cast also had to be addressed. 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. One weekend, the company secretly relocated sets, props, costumes, etc., to Pinewood Studios at Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, resulting in a union blacklisting of the production.[7]. [30] London Weekend Television (LWT) and Anglia screened the first episode two days later on Saturday, 6 September at 5.50pm. The same thing happened when MTV tried to air the second series in 1978. Other changes included the main titles and theme music. Maddox is kidnapped for an interview with the aliens. He engaged British writer Donald James to develop his first-series format story "The Exiles". Alien Attack, though the second of these films to be released, was an expansion of the show's pilot episode. This box set also included two booklets and a new set of extra features that were not on the Carlton DVD releases, including featurettes on "Concept & Creation" and "Special Effects & Design" (edited from an earlier "Fanderson" documentary made in 1996), textless and alternative opening and closing title sequences, a two-part Clapperboard special on Gerry Anderson from 1975, and also a brand new 70-minute documentary entitled "These Episodes" in which Anderson, Christopher Penfold, Johnny Byrne, Zienia Merton and David Lane reflect on the making of key episodes from the first series. Drama, Action & Adventure, Science Fiction. We had the Commlock. 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. Also, her character was conceived to be able to provide "outside observation of human behaviour" as had been provided by the character of Mr. Spock on Star Trek. Maya had an impish sense of humour. Even the title Space: 1999 evoked comparison with Kubrick's film. Immediately after Space: 1999 he would go on to produce what would be the final season of The Six Million Dollar Man. By what name was Space: 1999 (1975) officially released in India in English? Because, we have learned many things, but most of all, we have learned we still have much to learn. 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 premise of Space: 1999 centres on the plight of the inhabitants of Moonbase Alpha, a scientific research centre on the Moon. It has a style and mood that is so unique. Bellak also set up a writers' guide defining the three leads, the facilities of the Moonbase and potential storylines. ABC affiliate WCVB in Boston, as well as NBC affiliate KPRC in Houston both aired the first series in prime time, bumping the network shows to other time slots. For example, Helena no longer used a stethoscope, but a little beeping, all-purpose medical scanner similar to Dr McCoy's whistling medical "tricorder" on Star Trek. Released in 1976, the Eagle 1 is over 2.5-feet long and a foot wide. We came from planet Earth, and we built this base, called Alpha, to learn more about space. A compilation film was also produced in Italy, titled "Spazio 1999" (the series's Italian-language title) to launch the series. 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. The original Space:1999 show was first aired on ITV in 1975, running for two series before it was cancelled. 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. 1975 -2020. [citation needed]. Their work was then shelved for the foreseeable future. Ratings were sufficient for a full additional year's transmission of Year One in the English CBC Saturday programming slot in 1977 and 1978. The series premise was set up in the first episode, entitled "Breakaway." In the distant year of 1999,. 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! 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. A ninth episode, "The Beta Cloud", was intentionally scripted with only one day's worth of work for Landau and Bain to allow their planned holiday to the French Riviera not to delay the series' production; the four supporting cast members (Schell, Anholt, Tate and Merton) were the recipients of much greater than usual exposure. Part of it's charm is how 70s it is. 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. Freiberger was very budget-conscious and, despite press releases to the contrary, the production team was working with less money this series. The female characters tended to wear skirts and knee-high boots throughout the second series, rather than the flared trousers used in Year One. When the Robinson family becomes lost in space, every episode becomes some wild misadventure. in 2000 and 2001, and later on MTV3 Scifi in 2008. STV started to screen the series on 9 April 1978 on Sunday afternoons. The characters seem aware of the apparent implausibility of their situation. Watchlist. Footage of a spacecraft flying over Moonbase Alpha from the series 1 episode "The Last Enemy" was later reused to depict a future civilisation in the Wonder Woman episode "Time Bomb," first broadcast on 10 November 1978. [29] It was released on 14 January 1975, a year before the series was broadcast in the country, and compiled scenes from the episodes "Breakaway", "Ring Around the Moon" and "Another Time, Another Place", accompanied by scores from noted soundtrack composer Ennio Morricone. Now we're way past it. Some missed the mystical plotlines, feature-film ambiance and the "British-ness" of the first series. 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. Originally, all the episodes had been adapted in novelisations, except for "Earthbound" and "The Taybor" (from Year Two). 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". The networks were uninterested in a project over which they had no creative control, being presented with twenty-four completed episodes. In the early 1980s, and due to the booming home video rental market, the four compilation films were released on the VHS format. 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]. 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. The base must give up its life support in order to prevent the cloud from dying. Loving / The City-- Where Are They Now? Space: 1999 is a British series that began running in the U.S. on October 17, 1975. Reviewing the show as a whole, science fiction historian John Clute described Space: 1999 as "visually splendid" but criticised what he regarded as the show's "mediocre acting" and "rotten scripts". 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. 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. For instance, they knew that sound up there wouldn't travel, and it would just be quiet up there. 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. Dozens of models for the various alien spaceships and the Mark IX Hawk from the "War Games" episode were built by model maker Martin Bower, often at several different sizes to account for the intended use. The crew of Moonbase Alpha must struggle to survive when a massive explosion throws the Moon from orbit into deep space. 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. Anthony Rapp was a journeyman actor before landing the role of video artist Mark Cohen in "Rent," and a journeyman actor he remains. 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". In the months leading to the beginning of the autumn 1975 series, Landau and Bain participated in special preview screenings in select cities. Moviestore/Shutterstock. Space:1999 was an epiphany for sci-fi fans in the mid-70s, appearing sporadically on TV worldwide 6 years after Star Trek but before Star Wars and Battlestar Galactica took over in 1977-1978. At this point, the staff seemed to make creative changes that brought the series closer in concept and appearance to 2001: A Space Odyssey. Verdeschi, who assumed the base's second-in-command role, neither appeared, nor was ever mentioned, in Year One. Fortunately, they had a solid rock of support, compassion, and reason in the form of Dr. Maureen Robinson. Following the completion of the first series, the production team prepared for a second series to commence production in the autumn of 1975. The scenes re-mounted for "The Last Enemy" concluded principal photography on 28 February 1975. 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). His character was replaced by several recurring physicians. He nods, and she sits down with him. Roy Dotrice appeared in the first episode as Commissioner Simmonds and at the end of the episode it appeared that he would be a regular character; by the second (transmitted) episode the character vanished, reappearing partway through the first series in the episode "Earthbound", his only other appearance on the show, in which it is implied that he dies from asphyxia inside an alien spacecraft. See what the cast of this classic have been up to since the film premiered 38 years ago By Stephanie Sengwe Published on January 20, 2023 02:44 PM 01. The first series was co-produced by ITC Entertainment and Italian broadcaster RAI, while the second series was produced solely by ITC. 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. The project continued forward. 21. Some of his most notable roles were in films like Gravity , Up in the Air, Syriana, Ocean's Eleven triology, The Descendants, Money Monster (and more). The disadvantage was that the number of possible angles was more limited. 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. [6] Freiberger failed to appreciate the value of the supporting characters to the show and its fans. As filming on Year Two came to its conclusion, it became apparent that there would be no third series, and the second series ended with the episode "The Dorcons". Short excerpts from 12 other episodes appeared in a montage as Sandra Benes recalls her life on Alpha. Company Credits The second series used simpler action-oriented plots. Stage M was the "swing stage" used for planet exteriors, spaceship interiors, and whatever else was needed for a given episode. Its only goal was to make its audience laugh, and it did just that for an astounding 9 seasons. [3] Also appearing as regular cast members were the Canadian-based British actor Barry Morse (as Professor Victor Bergman in the first series) and Hungarian-born, US-raised Catherine Schell (as the alien Maya in the second series). HBO has released plenty of hit series . After the 197677 broadcast year (in which second-series episodes were run and rerun), the show's ratings were sufficiently high for CBC Television to give the first series a full-network airing and with further repeats from 1977 to 1978. A number of syndicated and video-released TV movies were created by editing together assorted episodes. The movie is set in a fascist future where fearless teens enlist in basic training to fight off giant bugs that are trying to destroy Earth. 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. 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. The first film would have picked up the story several years after the series ended, and would have featured a heavily redesigned Moonbase Alpha. Thruster and engine sounds were similar to those previously used in Fireball XL5, Thunderbirds, and Captain Scarlet. In Canada, CBC Television was the broadcaster of Space: 1999 from 1975 into the 1980s. "Martin Landau, Barbara Bain and all your other favorites are getting back together for more thrilling . He left the show in season 2 for personal reasons, returning in 1999 for its sixth season . In early episodes, Maya's eyebrows are much longer. Well none of that really panned out but all these years later, this show is still great fun to watch. 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. The largest stumbling block for the staff had been having all material vetted by ITC's New York office. 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. Landau and Bain were high-profile stars in America after three years in the popular CBS espionage series Mission: Impossible. Security Chief Tony Verdeschi also joined as a new character, played by Tony Anholt. In addition, colourful jackets (generally red, blue or green) became part of most characters' ensembles. 1,561 views Sep 13, 2019 Space: 1999 has been reimagined in this two part audio drama from Big Finish Productions.. George Clooney George Clooney is no doubt the most famous actor to have come from ER. The Moonbase interiors were also upgraded for the second year, with the existing stock of wall panels, doors, and computer panels (along with some bits from other Anderson productions) being assembled for the first timeon Stage Linto a standing complex of interconnected sets (the first series' sets had been assembled as needed and the size of the Main Mission/Command Office complex was prohibitive for the construction of a lasting series of rooms. Space: 1999 drew a great deal of visual inspiration and technical expertise from the Stanley Kubrick film 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). ITV. It's embarrassing to me if I am not the star of it and in the way I feel it should be. 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. The "Maya" series was also intended to run for 13 episodes a year.[6]. Lee Katzin was a perfectionist and demanded take after take of scenes; even coverage of reaction shots of the background extras required running a whole scene from beginning to end. The second series eliminated this montage. Mandell countered that this concept might be off-putting to viewers, to which Anderson replied he would "blow up the Moon".[7]. This is essentially the same as the 2002 "mega set" release (and does not use the 2005 hi-def remasters), but does includes a special bonus disc full of extra features. [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". [6][7][23] If there had been a budget increase, the 'stagflation' economy of the 1970s would have cancelled it out. Then came lines like 'We're sitting on the biggest bomb ever made.' On 31 July 2007, A&E released Space: 1999 Complete Series, 30th Anniversary Edition. He also. [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. February 24, 2023; INTERVIEW: Andrew E.C. The series has been translated into other media. Gaska on Space:1999 To Everything That Was February 22, 2023; Unfilmed scripts & failed pilots - the lost worlds of Gerry Anderson! [6] Lee H. Katzin, a highly respected American television director with a speciality for pilot episodes, was selected to direct the opening segment and brought into the fold as a primary director for the remainder of the series. During the first season, excerpts for each week's episode were incorporated At this time, Sylvia Anderson left her role as producer when she and Gerry Anderson formally separated (and subsequently divorced). By Eliza Thompson. 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. 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]. Ultimately, the project failed. August 10, 2022. 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. 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. Rudi Gernreich's minimalist costume was considerably modified from the original unisex design to include an optional skirt and leather boots for women and much more detail work on the tunic portion, including turtleneck collars, coloured stitching, patches and photo-ID badges. However, Moonbase Alpha personnel treated Verdeschi as if he had been in their midst since "Breakaway". The two-part episode, "The Bringers of Wonder", was shown on 19 and 26 February. Mattel created a line of Space: 1999 toys to tie into the TV series, including the Eagle 1 Spaceship. Mumy was an in-demand child actor before signing up to . One scene in "The Metamorph" mentioning Bergman's death was scripted and filmed, but cut from the final edit. In the first show I did, I stressed action as well as character development, along with strong story content, to prove that 1999 could stand up to the American concept of what an action-adventure show should be. Space 1999 Volume 01 - Space 1999 - Big Finish", "Space: 1999: The Bringers of Wonder Pre-buy", "Space: 1999: The Complete Series 2 [BLU-RAY] Pre-buy", "Space: 1999 30th Anniversary Edition DVD Information", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Space:_1999&oldid=1141665313, Alan Carter, third in command, chief pilot, Paul Morrow, base second in command and Main Mission controller, Tony Verdeschi, second in command, head of Security and Command Center controller, This page was last edited on 26 February 2023, at 05:17. In early episodes, Maya has brown ears; later she has pink ears and less dramatic sideburns. Space: 1999 Cast Birthdays List; Space: 1999 Episode Guide; Space: 1999 Store; Space: 1999 Main Page; . Moonbase Alpha is staffed with crew members. )[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". Much of this music was reused in other episodes. Other Anderson shows influenced the Space: 1999 spacecraft and elements. Comparisons with Star Trek were used by both camps to show how the series had been either saved or destroyed by the format change. Gadgets and equipment with a futuristic appearance typical of contemporary science fiction were also more evident. He left the New York cast of "Rent" to star in the . And then "Dorzak", "The Immunity Syndrome", "Devil's Planet", and "The Dorcons" followed in March. 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. In a later interview, Johnny Byrne stated that "one episode they (New York) would ask us to speed things up, forcing us to cut out character development; then the next episode, they asked for more character moments, which would slow down the action; then they would complain there weren't enough pretty girls in another. To fulfil the scheduling requirement and cut production costs, Freiberger used the "double-up script" solution. He had gotten them a second year after the cancellation, but the changes he made did not benefit the show. Eaglemoss SPACE 1999 Die Cast Plastic EAGLE TRANSPORTER 10" Long Stand Magazine. Schell had previously guest-starred as the Servant of the Guardian in the Year One episode "Guardian of Piri". 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. 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 Moonbase Alpha Technical Manual produced by Starlog magazine picks up this explanation, stating Bergman died due to a faulty spacesuit per the scripted scene. 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. Paul plays his guitar in his quarters. February 21, 2023 It was the mid 70s and we didn't even have a space shuttle yet. The Moon enters the black sun. (The audio for Year One had already been digitised prior to Network's restoration, but Year Two's had not). 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