Space: 1999

1975 - 1977 TV-14 50m 7.3

The crew of Moonbase Alpha must struggle to survive when a massive explosion throws the Moon from orbit into deep space.

In 1999, Moonbase Alpha, nestled in the Lunar crater Plato, is a scientific research colony and watchdog over silos of atomic waste from Earth stored on the Moon's far side. On September 13, 1999, magnetic energy builds to cause an explosive chain-reaction of the waste, blasting the Moon out of Earth's orbit and off the plane of the ecliptic, out of the Solar System. The inhabitants of Moonbase Alpha are unable to return to Earth and must survive on their wandering Moon as it is displaced further into unknown space by freak space warps. Along the way, they are joined by an alien woman with the ability to change herself into any living creature at will.

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Episodes:

Episode 1 Breakaway

1. Breakaway

Aired: Sep 4, 1975

Commander John Koenig, the new commander of Moonbase Alpha, leads the investi...

Episode 2 Force of Life

2. Force of Life

Aired: Sep 11, 1975

A wandering energy force inhabits the body of Alpha technician Anton Zoref, t...

Episode 3 Collision Course

3. Collision Course

Aired: Sep 18, 1975

After destroying an asteroid on a collision course with the moon, an even lar...

Episode 4 War Games

4. War Games

Aired: Sep 25, 1975

Moonbase Alpha is attacked and devastated by warships from a nearby planet. W...

Episode 6 Voyager's Return

6. Voyager's Return

Aired: Oct 9, 1975

The Alphans encounter the Voyager space probe that has been wandering the cos...

Episode 7 Alpha Child

7. Alpha Child

Aired: Oct 16, 1975

The Alphans' joy turns to horror when the first child born on the Alpha matur...

Episode 8 Dragon's Domain

8. Dragon's Domain

Aired: Oct 23, 1975

Discredited eagle pilot Tony Cellini is beset by recurring nightmares in whic...

Episode 10 Black Sun

10. Black Sun

Aired: Nov 5, 1975

The moon is approaching a black hole. Professor Bergman is a able to rig up a...

Episode 11 Guardian of Piri

11. Guardian of Piri

Aired: Nov 12, 1975

Contact is made with the planet Piri, where the main computer created an idyl...

Episode 12 End of Eternity

12. End of Eternity

Aired: Nov 19, 1975

While exploring a cavern in an asteroid, the Alphans release Balor, a sadisti...

Episode 14 Earthbound

14. Earthbound

Aired: Dec 3, 1975

A vessel of alien pacifists, bound for Earth, lands on the moon. They are gre...

Episode 15 The Full Circle

15. The Full Circle

Aired: Dec 10, 1975

While exploring an Earth-type world several Alphans, including Commander Koen...

Episode 17 The Last Sunset

17. The Last Sunset

Aired: Dec 31, 1975

As the Alphans are planning to explore the planet Ariel, a 'missile' attaches...

Episode 18 The Infernal Machine

18. The Infernal Machine

Aired: Jan 7, 1976

The Alphans encounter Delmer Plebus Powells Gwent, a huge spacecraft which de...

Episode 19 Ring Around the Moon

19. Ring Around the Moon

Aired: Jan 14, 1976

Maintenance technician Ted Clifford is possessed by an eerie yellow glow, whi...

Episode 20 Missing Link

20. Missing Link

Aired: Jan 21, 1976

After Commander Koening's Eagle crashes on the planet Zenno, his soul is capt...

Episode 21 Space Brain

21. Space Brain

Aired: Jan 28, 1976

Alien glyphs appear on all of Alpha's screens. Koenig sends an Eagle to inves...

Episode 22 The Troubled Spirit

22. The Troubled Spirit

Aired: Feb 4, 1976

Dan Mateo, one of Alpha's botanists, believes that he can increase their food...

Episode 24 The Last Enemy

24. The Last Enemy

Aired: Feb 18, 1976

The Alphans find themselves caught up in a long-running war between two rival...

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Info about Space: 1999

Current Status: Ended

Network: ITV1

Genres: Drama, Adventure, Sci-Fi