All these trivialities aside this new release is the dvd pinnacle for space. Casting by 2 production design by 1 art direction by 1 set decoration by 2 costume design by 2 makeup department 61 production management 5 second unit director or assistant director 34 art. Overall it became much less cerebral, much more actionoriented thats a nice way of saying cheesy. Space 1999 crossover fanfiction archive with over 18 stories.
The series premise was set up in the first episode, entitled breakaway. The second series gerry andersons cult scifi series is presented here as a stunning high definition restoration for the very first time. Fans of the classic british science fiction tv series space. Ride in the whirlwind western starring jack nicholson, free full movie, english youtube movies duration. With martin landau, barbara bain, catherine schell, tony anholt. With maya now a crew member the alphans discover a young couple called cantor and zova who have been in suspended animation for some while. Its 1999 and moonbase alpha has been built on the moon to safeguard the nuclear waste shipped from earth. I cant understand why the producers didnt recall the entire original cast and open series 2 with a calamity that would change everything instead of being so inconsiderately abrupt.
Moonbase alpha safeguards the nuclear waste shipped from earth and carries out research. The series 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. Some material was reused from the earlier alphacon video the anderson, bower and kellett interviews, but the fan interviews, convention footage, and hancock and parsons interviews were dropped. The philosophical first season was revamped for an actionpacked more americanized second season before it went off the air in 1977. The bringers of wonder, parts 1 and 2, the beta cloud, and the. It truly was a unique experience at the time and even more so now after these professional restorations. All episodes are listed by title on one screen instead of two. All 24 episodes, with optional original mono or new 5.
The stunning visuals captivate and transport the viewer into another dimension. Space 1999 is a british sciencefiction television series that ran for two seasons and originally aired from 1975 to 1977. Space 1999 is one of televisions most influential and hugely p. Space 1999 series 2 blu ray to be released in 2015. Click on the image below to see a list of individual sounds, or to download a zip file. I bought space 1999 first series on bluray as i never got a chance to watch all the episodes as a kid. During the first season, excerpts for each weeks episode were incorporated into the opening credits. Do note, the us complete series set has lossless audio. It fails to return and is used by psychon scientist mentor as a bait with which to entice other members of the alphan crew onto the planet. Gerry andersons massively popular scifi series is presented here as stunning restorations from original film elements, giving an exceptional level of picture quality space. In addition, a number of compilation films have been produced using material from. Review for space 1999 the complete second series 9 10 after a five year wait following the 2010 release of the first series, network have invested in a stunning new release of space 1999 the complete second series and theyve done an excellent job.
An eagle is sent onto the surface of the planet psychon, which has titanium, needed for repairs to the alpha base. They claim that they are exiles from the planet golos, following an invasion, and ask for the help of alphan crew members to recover the rest of their comrades who are. Space 1999 30th anniversary edition megasetdisc 15. Space 1999 is a landmark in science fiction television. A guide listing the titles and air dates for episodes of the tv series space. The inhabitants of the first human colony on the moon are confronted by the explosion of a nuclear waste dump that sends sends it hurtling out.
Watching it again has been a lot of fun, but as an adult, i. A news service for announcements, discoveries, revelations, points of interest and new observations in the. Nasa has nuclear plans for lunar station sound familiar. The complete series compilation set year 1 and 2 is released october 2017. Come in to read stories and fanfics that span multiple fandoms in the space 1999 universe.
The first series or season, often referred to as year one of 24 episodes began transmission in 1975, though production of the first episode began in 1973. All 8 discs 6 for episodes, 2 for extras are placed in one wide clear case instead of two like series 1. In the year 1999, the moon has become the dumping ground for all the worlds nuclear waste. Networkdvd website space 1999 year 1 bluray page year 2 complete series. Space 1999 was a british scifi television series that originally aired between 1975 and 1977, produced in two series of twelve episodes each. In the first episode of the series the adventure begins when moon base alpha is blasted into the farthest reaches of uncharted space by a cataclysmic nuclear accident. This sevendisc new dvd set includes all 24 episodes of the first season digitally remastered from high definition masters, in its original 4. Onscreen menus are better here than the series 1 release. When those dumps explode, the moon is forced from orbit and out of the solar system, falling through a series of space phenomena until the survivors dont know where, or even when, they are. Both the us complete series and the uk release feature differing and exclusive extras. Grade, aiming for a us network sale, insisted the series have american leads and. Blemishes, scratches and sparkle have all been eliminated.
In the second series commander koenig and his team are based in a gigantic underground complex located on a planet in the far flung reaches of space. Martin landau, barbara bain, catherine schell, tony anholt, nick tate directors. Spazio 1999 is a sciencefiction television programme that ran for two seasons from 1975 to 1977. Catherine schell as maya transformations space 1999. These are some sound effects that i have recorded or collected for use on my computer. Click on the image above to view some generic space. Directed by 33 writing credits 102 cast 773 produced by 34. Charles crichton, ray austin, tom clegg, bob brooks, val guest.
This will not play on most dvd players sold in the u. The images are crisp and sharp, the colours are vibrant and remarkable. The second series of the space drama again features encounters of a compelling and. Over 500 of you voted and over the course of this week we will be. Freiberger had produced the third season of star trek and went on to work. I loved everything about it until i grew up and recently purchased set 1. This playlist contains all of the episodes of the series, plus a final message from moonbase alpha video for fans. On september, 1999, disaster strikes and the nuclear waste explodes causing a chain reaction that hurls the moon out of earths orbit and into deep space. In the opening episode, set in the year 1999, nuclear waste stored on the moons far side explodes, knocking the moon out of orbit and sending it, as well as the 311 inhabitants of moonbase alpha, hurtling uncontrollably into space.
A brief, semiofficial series denouement was filmed for exhibition at the breakaway 1999 fan. Network has taken their usual care when preparing the episodes for the twentyfirst century. Also note, the network release is promoted as being encoded for playback on region b players only, but has been confirmed as region free. While most diehard fans cling to season 1 as the definitive space. But higher mastering costs for series two, and no small amount of difficulty in justifying paying those costs. The complete second series, its time to announce your top 5 episodes from the series. The new television series roswell, new mexico premieres tonight jan.
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