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Synopsis[]

On 13 September 1999, the Earth's moon is torn from its orbit when a nuclear explosion occurs on a radioactive dump site, sending moon base Alpha and its crew on a journey through the galaxy.[1]

Trivia[]

  • Benjamin Ouma was meant to be a series regular but people disliked working with Lon Satton so he was fired.
  • Filming began at Elstree Studios. As it was under threat of closure, the entire production moved to Pinewood Studios one weekend. All the sets had to be rebuilt. As a result they were blacklisted by the unions.
  • Nick Tate was originally cast as Collins. Another actor was originally cast as Nordstrom but became sick after the special milky contact lens had been made - it had to be used for the replacement actor Roy Scammell.[1]

Year One[]

Season Synopsis[]

Episode Order[]

 
Number Production IMDB List Andrew Kearley suggestion Kevin McCorry Suggestions
01 Breakaway Breakaway Breakaway Breakaway
02 Matter of Life and Death Force of Life Earthbound Matter of Life and Death
03 Black Sun Collision Course Black Sun Ring Around the Moon
04 Ring Around the Moon War Games Missing Link Earthbound
05 Earthbound Death's Other Dominion Voyager's Return Black Sun
06 Another Time, Another Place Voyager's Return Matter of Life and Death Missing Link
07 Missing Link Alpha Child Ring Around the Moon Guardian of Piri
08 Guardian of Piri Dragon's Domain The Last Sunset Another Time, Another Place
09 Force of Life Mission of the Darians Alpha Child Force of Life
10 Alpha Child Black Sun Death's Other Dominion Alpha Child
11 The Last Sunset Guardian of Piri Force of Life The Last Sunset
12 Voyager's Return End of Eternity Guardian of Piri Voyager's Return
13 Collision Course Matter of Life and Death The Troubled Spirit Collision Course
14 Death's Other Dominion Earthbound The Last Enemy Death's Other Dominion
15 The Full Circle The Full Circle Collision Course The Full Circle
16 End of Eternity Another Time, Another Place Dragon's Domain End of Eternity
17 War Games The Last Sunset The Full Circle War Games
18 The Last Enemy The Infernal Machine Mission of the Darians The Troubled Spirit
19 The Troubled Spirit Ring Around the Moon End of Eternity The Last Enemy
20 Space Brain Missing Link War Games Space Brain
21 The Infernal Machine Space Brain The Infernal Machine The Infernal Machine
22 Mission of the Darians The Troubled Spirit Another Time, Another Place Mission of the Darians
23 Dragon's Domain The Testament of Arkadia Space Brain Dragon's Domain
24 The Testament of Arkadia The Last Enemy The Testament of Arkadia The Testament of Arkadia

Year Two[]

Season Synopsis[]

Episode Order[]

 
Number Production IMDB List Andrew Kearley suggestion Kevin McCorry Suggestions
01 The Metamorph The Metamorph The Metamorph The Metamorph
02 The Exiles The Exiles The Exiles The Exiles
03 One Moment of Humanity Journey to Where One Moment of Humanity Journey to Where
04 All That Glisters One Moment of Humanity All That Glisters The Taybor
05 Journey to Where Brian the Brain The Mark of Archanon One Moment of Humanity
06 The Taybor New Adam New Eve Journey to Where All That Glisters
07 The Rules of Luton The Mark of Archanon The Taybor The Mark of Archanon
08 The Mark of Archanon The Rules of Luton The Rules of Luton The Rules of Luton
09 Brian the Brain All That Glisters New Adam New Eve New Adam New Eve
10 New Adam New Eve The Taybor Brian the Brain Brian the Brain
11 The AB Chrysalis Seed of Destruction Catacombs of the Moon Catacombs of the Moon
12 Catacombs of the Moon The AB Chrysalis The AB Chrysalis The AB Chrysalis
13 Seed of Destruction Catacombs of the Moon The Beta Cloud The Beta Cloud
14 The Beta Cloud Space Warp Seed of Destruction Seed of Destruction
15 A Matter of Balance A Matter of Balance A Matter of Balance A Matter of Balance
16 Space Warp The Beta Cloud Space Warp Space Warp
17 The Bringers of Wonder - Part 1 The Lambda Factor The Bringers of Wonder - Part 1 The Bringers of Wonder - Part 1
18 The Bringers of Wonder - Part 2 The Bringers of Wonder - Part 1 The Bringers of Wonder - Part 2 The Bringers of Wonder - Part 2
19 The Lambda Factor The Bringers of Wonder - Part 2 Dorzak Dorzak
20 The Seance Spectre The Seance Spectre The Seance Spectre The Seance Spectre
21 Dorzak Dorzak Devil's Planet Devil's Planet
22 Devil's Planet Devil's Planet The Lambda Factor The Lambda Factor
23 The Immunity Syndrome The Immunity Syndrome The Immunity Syndrome The Immunity Syndrome
24 The Dorcons The Dorcons The Dorcons The Dorcons

Notes[]

  1. Originally conceived as a new season of UFO. The plot would have had the aliens from that series trying to destroy SHADO's moon-base by knocking the moon out of orbit.

Sources[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 IMDB entry tt0072564
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