Space: 1999 (1975-1978)

Country of Origin: UK/Italy
Dates of Original Broadcast: 17 October 1975 - 1 May 1978
Number of Seasons: 2
Total Number of Episodes: 48
Average Episode Running Times: 50 m
Format: 35mm
Colour Format: colour
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Sound:

PLOT SUMMARY

In the year 1999, a massive explosion at a nuclear waste dump on the far side of the moon wrenches the satellite out of orbit and sends it hurtling through space. The surviving crew of Moonbase Alpha find themselves light years from home, encountering strange alien races in their search for a new home.

A disappointing follow-up to Anderson's U.F.O. (1969). The design and effects work are excellent but the stories were often derivative and frequently silly and the cast always looked stiff and uncomfortable. The second season is some of the worst science fiction ever seen on the small screen.

SEASON ONE (1975-1976)
Breakaway (17 October 1975)
Force of Life (24 October 1975)
Collision Course (31 October 1975)
War Games (7 November 1975)
Death's other Dominion (14 November 1975)
Voyager's Return (21 November 1975)
Alpha Child (28 November 1975)
Dragon's Domain (5 December 1975)
Mission of the Darians (12 December 1975)
Black Sun (19 December 1975)
Guardian of Piri (26 December 1975)
End of Eternity (9 January 1976)
Matter of Life and Death (16 January 1976)
Earthbound (23 January 1976)
The Full Circle (30 January 1976)
Another Time, Another Place (6 February 1976)
The Infernal Machine (13 February 1976)
Ring Around the Moon (20 February 1976)
Missing Link (27 February 1976)
The Last Sunset (5 March 1976)
Space Brain (12 March 1976)
The Troubled Spirit (19 March 1976)
The Testament of Arkadia (26 March 1976)
The Last Enemy (2 April 1976)

SEASON TWO (1976-1978)
The Metamorph (4 September 1976)
The Exiles (11 September 1976)
Journey to Where (18 September 1976)
One Moment of Humanity (25 September 1976)
Brian the Brain (1 October 1976)
New Adam, New Eve (8 October 1976)
The Mark of Archanon (15 October 1976)
The Rules of Luton (22 October 1976)
All That Glisters (29 October 1976)
The Taybor (5 November 1976)
Seed of Destruction (12 November 1976)
The AB Chrysalis (19 November 1976)
Catacombs of the Moon (26 November 1976)
Space Warp (3 December 1976)
A Matter of Balance (10 December 1976)
The Beta Cloud (17 December 1976)
The Lambda Factor (24 December 1976)
The Bringers of Wonder Part 1 (4 August 1977)
The Bringers of Wonder Part 2 (11 August 1977)
The Seance Spectre (18 August 1977)
Dorzak (25 August 1977)
Devil's Planet (1 September 1977)
The Immunity Syndrome (8 September 1977)
The Dorcons (1 May 1978)

Like many Anderson productions, episodes of Space: 1999 were later repackaged as "movies" consisting of several episodes (or even fragments from episodes) spliced together. These include: Alien Attack; Journey Through the Black Sun; Cosmic Princess; and Destination: Moonbase Alpha.

Australia
Video Distributor: CEL

France
Video Distributor: Sony Music Video

Japan
Laserdisc Distributor: Emotion
DVD Distributor: Pioneer

UK
Video Distributor: ITC; WH Smith Exclusive Video
DVD Distributor: Carlton

USA
Video Distributor: A&E
Laserdisc Distributor: Image Entertainment
DVD: A&E

Cosmos 1999 - French title

space travel; moonbases; aliens; the moon; spaceships

Last Updated: 30 January, 2010