Space 1999

Original title : Breakaway
First Aired : 04.09.1975 (UK) - 17.10.1975 (USA) - 13.12.1975 (FRANCE)
Director : Lee H. Katzin
Writing credits : George Bellak & Christopher Penfold
Cast : Prentis Hancock (Paul Morrow), Zienia Merton (Sandra Benes), Anton Phillips (Dr. Mathias), Nick Tate (Alan Carter), Philip Madoc (Commander Gorski), Lon Satton (Ouma), Eric Carte (Collins), Roy Dotrice (Commissioner Simmons)

The Story : September 9th, 1999: Commander John Koenig arrives at Moonbase Alpha to supervise a manned probe mission to the newly discovered planet Meta. Nine astronauts have been killed by a mysterious illness and Dr. Helena Russell is convinced that radiation is the cause. An investigation of the Moon's nuclear waste disposal areas reveals no sign of radiation leakage but intense heat is registered and Professor Victor Bergman suggests that increased magnetic output is the real threat. One of the nuclear waste areas explodes and the only way to avert a major disaster is to disperse the remaining nuclear waste canisters, but a sudden increase in magnetic radiation sets off a chain reaction which alters the Moon's gravitational field and throws the satellite out of Earth orbit.
Note : Breakaway was originally scripted as a 90-minute episode by George Bellak who takes sole on-screen writer's credit, although his script was completely re-written by Christopher Penfold.
Original titles for this episode were also "Zero G", "The Void Ahead" and "Turning Point".

Original title : Matter of Life and Death
First Aired : 27.10.1975 (UK) - 16.01.1976 (USA) - 08.01.1977 (FRANCE)
Director : Charles Crichton
Writing credits : Art Wallace & Johnny Byrne
Cast : Prentis Hancock (Paul Morrow), Clifton Jones (David Kano), Zienia Merton (Sandra Benes), Anton Phillips (Dr. Mathias), Nick Tate (Alan Carter), Stuart Damon (Parks), Richard Johnson (Lee)

The Story : A man returns from the dead and promise of a new civilization on a planet resembling earth opens for those stranded on the runaway moon. But there is drama ahead.
Note : Original title for this episode was "The Siren Planet".

Original title : Black Sun
First Aired : 06.11.1975 (UK) - 19.12.1975 (USA) - 05.02.1977 (FRANCE)
Director : Lee H. Katzin
Writing credits : David Weir
Cast : Prentis Hancock (Paul Morrow), Clifton Jones (David Kano), Zienia Merton (Sandra Benes), Anton Phillips (Dr. Mathias), Nick Tate (Alan Carter), John Laurimore (Smitty), Paul Jones (Ryan)

The Story : Terror in Outer Space confronts the breakaway moon personnel when on a collision course with an asteroid which suddenly burns out and becomes all-devouring "black sun".

Original title : Ring Around the Moon
First Aired : 15.01.1976 (UK) - 20.02.1976 (USA) - 10.04.1976 (FRANCE)
Director : Ray Austin
Writing credits : Edward Di Lorenzo
Cast : Prentis Hancock (Paul Morrow), Clifton Jones (David Kano), Zienia Merton (Sandra Benes), Anton Phillips (Dr. Mathias), Nick Tate (Alan Carter), Max Faulkner (Ted Clifford)

The Story : The moon becomes a prisoner of an alien planet as an eerie new menace grips Alpha in a ring of light and turns Dr. Helena Russell into an involuntary informer with death as her threatened reward.

Original title : Earthbound
First Aired : 04.12.1975 (UK) - 23.01.1976 (USA) - 03.04.1976 (FRANCE)
Director : Charles Crichton
Writing credits : Anthony Terpiloff
Cast : Christopher Lee (Captain Zantor), Prentis Hancock (Paul Morrow), Clifton Jones (David Kano), Zienia Merton (Sandra Benes), Anton Phillips (Dr. Mathias), Nick Tate (Alan Carter), Roy Dotrice (Commissioner Simmonds)

The Story : Representatives from a dying planet land on the moon. Their spacecraft has been programmed to take them to Earth. Is this an opportunity for key Moonbase personnel to return to Earth? Commander Koenig is faced with unexpected drama.

Original title : Another Time, Another Place
First Aired : 18.12.1975 (UK) - 06.02.1976 (USA) - 20.12.1975 (FRANCE)
Director : David Tomblin
Writing credits : Johnny Byrne
Cast : Prentis Hancock (Paul Morrow), Clifton Jones (David Kano), Zienia Merton (Sandra Benes), Anton Phillips (Dr. Mathias), Nick Tate (Alan Carter), Judy Geeson (Regina Kesslann)

The Story : An eerie phenomenon grips the moon. Moonbase Alpha Personnel become duplicated and come face to face with their future selves on Earth again. But for how long?

Original title : Missing Link
First Aired : 22.01.1976 (UK) - 22.02.1976 (USA) - 23.08.1980 (FRANCE)
Director : Ray Austin
Writing credits : Edward Di Lorenzo
Cast : Peter Cushing (Raan), Prentis Hancock (Paul Morrow), Clifton Jones (David Kano), Zienia Merton (Sandra Benes), Anton Phillips (Dr. Mathias), Nick Tate (Alan Carter), Joanna Dunham (Vana)

The Story : Commander Koenig finds himself in another world and another time. It is a world of light and beauty. He has to choose between life back again among his companions on the moon and the love of a beautiful girl. Love is the only weapon he can use.

Original title : Guardian of Piri
First Aired : 13.11.1975 (UK) - 26.12.1975 (FRANCE) - 26.02.1977 (FRANCE)
Director : Charles Crichton
Writing credits : Christopher Penfold From a Story by David Weir
Cast : Prentis Hancock (Paul Morrow), Clifton Jones (David Kano), Zienia Merton (Sandra Benes), Anton Phillips (Dr. Mathias), Nick Tate (Alan Carter), Michael Culver (Pete Irving), Catherine Schell (The Guardian), John Lee-Barber (Edward Davis)

The Story : A mysterious power from an alien planet takes control of the moon, luring its inhabitants to a paradise of eternal peace but living death. Only one man has the will to resist - Commander Koenig.
Note : Original title for this episode was "Nobody's Perfect"

Original title : Force of Life
First Aired : 11.09.1975 (UK) - 24.10.1975 (USA) - 28.02.1976 (FRANCE)
Director : David Tomblin
Writing credits : Johnny Byrne
Cast : Ian McShane (Anton Zoref), Prentis Hancock (Paul Morrow), Clifton Jones (David Kano), Zienia Merton (Sandra Benes), Anton Phillips (Dr. Mathias), Gay Hamilton (Eva)

The Story : A terrifying force from Outer Space brings freezing death to Alpha personnel. One man has been chosen as the instrument of destruction.
Note : The original title for this episode was "Force Of Evil"

Original title : Alpha Child
First Aired : 16.10.1975 (UK) - 28.11.1975 (USA) - 14.02.1976 (FRANCE)
Director : Ray Austin
Writing credits : Christopher Penfold, Edward di Lorenzo
Cast : Prentis Hancock (Paul Morrow), Clifton Jones (David Kano), Zienia Merton (Sandra Benes), Anton Phillips (Dr. Mathias), Nick Tate (Alan Carter), Wayne Brooks (Jackie Crawford), Cyd Hayman (Cynthia Crawford), Julian Glover (Jarak)

The Story : The first baby is born on the moon.......but terrifying events follow with an outer space battle between spaceships deciding the fates of hundreds.

Original title : The Last Sunset
First Aired : 01.01.1976 (UK) - 05.03.1976 (USA) - 19.02.1977 (FRANCE)
Director : Charles Crichton
Writing credits : Christopher Penfold
Cast : Prentis Hancock (Paul Morrow), Clifton Jones (David Kano), Zienia Merton (Sandra Benes), Anton Phillips (Dr. Mathias), Nick Tate (Alan Carter)

The Story : The prospect of a normal life dangles tantalizingly for the occupants of the runaway moon. Real air and sunshine/ A new existence, similar to that on Earth. But there is drama behind the dream.

Original title : Voyager's Return
First Aired : 09.10.1975 (UK) - 21.11.1975 (USA) - 15.01.1977 (FRANCE)
Director : Bob Kellett
Writing credits : Johnny Byrne
Cast : Jeremy Kemp (Dr. Ernst Linden), Prentis Hancock (Paul Morrow), Clifton Jones (David Kano), Zienia Merton (Sandra Benes), Anton Phillips (Dr. Mathias), Nick Tate (Alan Carter), John Hamill (Dominix), Eva Rueber-Staier (Jane), Barry Stokes (Jim Haines)

The Story : Grim danger emerges from the past. Moonbase is threatened with destruction from an unmanned spacecraft sent up from Earth many years earlier, with tragedy in its wake. Even worse lies ahead from outer space victims seeking revenge.

Original title : Collision Course
First Aired : 18.09.1975 (UK) - 31.10.1975 (USA) - 31.01.1976 (FRANCE)
Director : Ray Austin
Writing credits : Anthony Terpiloff
Cast : Margaret Leighton (Arra), Prentis Hancock (Paul Morrow), Clifton Jones (David Kano), Zienia Merton (Sandra Benes), Anton Phillips (Dr. Mathias), Nick Tate (Alan Carter), Alex Scott (Aarchon), Lawrence Trimble (Pilot Abrams)

The Story : Who is Arra? She is old - older than Earth itself - with a beauty that only age can bring. Commander Koenig's encounter with her is also an encounter with destiny. It all happens when the Moon is on a collision course with a planet many times its size.

Original title : Death's Other Dominion
First Aired : 02.10.1975 (UK) - 14.11.1975 (USA) - 19.06.1976 (FRANCE)
Director : Charles Crichton
Writing credits : Anthony Terpiloff & Elizabeth Barrows
Cast : Brian Blessed (Dr. Cabot Rowland), Prentis Hancock (Paul Morrow), Clifton Jones (David Kano), Zienia Merton (Sandra Benes), Anton Phillips (Dr. Mathias), Nick Tate (Alan Carter), Mary Miller (Freda), John Shrapnell (Captain Jack Tanner)

The Story : Commander Koenig and his colleagues speed through space and time into a chilling world of ice - and meet former inhabitants of earth.

Original title : The Full Circle
First Aired : 11.12.1975 (UK) - 30.01.1976 (USA) - 23.12.1975 (FRANCE)
Director : Bob Kellett
Writing credits : Jesse Lasky Jr. & Pat Silver
Cast : Prentis Hancock (Paul Morrow), Clifton Jones (David Kano), Zienia Merton (Sandra Benes), Anton Phillips (Dr. Mathias), Nick Tate (Alan Carter), Oliver Cotton (Spearman)

The Story : The centuries roll back for the occupants of the moon through a time warp of 40,000 years to the Stone Age and meeting up with themselves as cavemen.

Original title : End of Eternity
First Aired : 20.11.1975 (UK) - 09.01.1976 (USA) - 17.01.1976 (FRANCE)
Director : Ray Austin
Writing credits : Johnny Byrne
Cast : Prentis Hancock (Paul Morrow), Clifton Jones (David Kano), Zienia Merton (Sandra Benes), Anton Phillips (Dr. Mathias), Nick Tate (Alan Carter), Jim Smilie (Baxter), Peter Bowles (Balor, Humanoid Alien)

The Story : The Alphans unleash a terrifying power when they free a killer who can't be killed. How can you deal with a psychopath who is immortal?

Original title : War Games
First Aired : 25.09.1975 (UK) - 07.11.1975 (USA) - 10.01.1976 (FRANCE)
Director : Charles Crichton
Writing credits : Christopher Penfold
Cast : Anthony Valentine (Male Alien), Prentis Hancock (Paul Morrow), Clifton Jones (David Kano), Isla Blair (Female Alien)

The Story : Moonbase Alpha finds itself at war with an unnamed planet. The outcome is disastrous. Everything is wrecked. But can there be a future for the survivors on the aggressor planet?

Original title : The Last Enemy
First Aired : 19.02.1976 (UK) - 02.04.1976 (USA) - 05.03.1977 (FRANCE)
Director : Bob Kellett
Writing credits : Bob Kellett
Cast : Prentis Hancock (Paul Morrow), Clifton Jones (David Kano), Zienia Merton (Sandra Benes), Nick Tate (Alan Carter), Maxine Audley (Theia), Kevin Stoney (Talos), Caroline Mortimer (Dione)

The Story : Moonbase Alpha finds itself caught up in war between two planets - and the wiles of a beautiful women.
Note : Original titles for this episode were "The Second Sex" and "The Other Enemy".

Original title : The Troubled Spirit
First Aired : 05.01.1976 (UK) - 19.03.1976 (USA) - 29.01.1977 (FRANCE)
Director : Ray Austin
Writing credits : Johnny Byrne
Cast : Zienia Merton (Sandra Benes), Anton Phillips (Dr. Mathias), Nick Tate (Alan Carter), Giancarlo Prete (), Hilary Dwyer (Laura Adams), Anthony Nicholls (Dr. James Warren)

The Story : A ghost stalks the moon - the ghost of a living man - bringing horror and death in its wake.

Original title : Space Brain
First Aired : 29.01.1976 (UK) - 12.03.1976 (USA) - 22.01.1977 (FRANCE)
Director : Charles Crichton
Writing credits : Christopher Penfold
Cast : Prentis Hancock (Paul Morrow), Clifton Jones (David Kano), Zienia Merton (Sandra Benes), Anton Phillips (Dr. Mathias), Nick Tate (Alan Carter), Derek Anders (Wayland), Shane Rimmer (Kelly), Carla Romanelli (Melita Kelly)

The Story : Alpha encounters an intangible mass as it heads though space ..... and towards disaster. Whatever the mysterious energy field might be, it possesses a strange and frightening power.

Original title : The Infernal Machine
First Aired : 18.01.1976 (UK) - 13.02.1976 (USA) - 17.02.1977 (FRANCE)
Director : David Tomblin
Writing credits : Anthony Terpiloff & Elizabeth Barrows
Cast : Leo Mckern (Ancient Man), Clifton Jones (David Kano), Zienia Merton (Sandra Benes), Nick Tate (Alan Carter), Gary Waldhorn (Winters)

The Story : Machine or man? Alpha encounters one of the strangest mysteries of the universe - a living machine.

Original title : Mission of the Darians
First Aired : 30.10.1975 (UK) - 12.12.1975 (UK) - 03.01.1976 (FRANCE)
Director : Ray Austin
Writing credits : Johnny Byrne
Cast : Joan Collins (Kara), Prentis Hancock (Paul Morrow), Clifton Jones (David Kano), Zienia Merton (Sandra Benes), Nick Tate (Alan Carter), Paul Antrim (Lowry), Robert Russell (Hadin), Gerald Stadden (Male Mute), Jackie Horton (Female Mute), Aubrey Morris (), Dennis Burgess (Neman)

The Story : A call for help from the survivors of a dying world ...... an incredible world that has been flying through space for 900 years, with contrasting inhabitants. Some have never changed; others have reverted to barbarism. But can this offer new hope for the Alphans?

Original title : Dragon's Domain
First Aired : 23.10.1975 (UK) - 05.12.1975 (USA) - 12.03.1977 (FRANCE)
Director : Charles Crichton
Writing credits : Christopher Penfold
Cast : Michael Sheard (Dr. Darwin King), Gianni Garko (Tony Cellini), Douglas Wilmer (), Prentis Hancock (Paul Morrow), Clifton Jones (David Kano), Zienia Merton (Sandra Benes), Anton Phillips (Dr Mathias), Nick Tate (Alan Carter), Barbara Kellermann (Dr. Monique Bouchere), Micheal Sheard (Dr Darwin King), Susan Jameson (Professor Juliet Mackie)

The Story : A macabre monster in outer space ... an eerie graveyard of lost spaceships. Real or imaginationation? Years of mental torment reach a terrifying climax.

Original title : The Testament of Arkadia
First Aired : 12.02.1976 (UK) - 26.03.1976 (UK) - 27.12.1975 (FRANCE)
Director : David Tomblin
Writing credits : Johnny Byrne
Cast : Orso Maria Guerrini (Luke Ferro), Lisa Harrow (Anna Davis), Prentis Hancock (Paul Morrow), Clifton Jones (David Kano), Zienia Merton (Sandra Benes), Anton Phillips (Dr. Mathias), Nick Tate (Alan Carter)

The Story : Is it the end for the Moon - or the beginning of a new life? In far-off outer space are found the origins of life on Earth itself as the Moon's random progress comes to a sudden, inexplicable halt.