UK, USA, 9 December 1975 (USA); 11 December 1976 (UK)
52m
videotape, colour, 4:3
mono, English
A British/American science fiction television special directed by Charles Crichton.
Plot Summary
The crew of the faster-than-light photon drive-equipped spaceship Altares, made up of two family units, leaves Space Station Delta on a mission to Alpha Centauri. After launching a series of navigational beacons, The crew decides to press on further into uncharted space, but are caught in the gravitational field of a black hole…
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Director: Charles Crichton
Gerry Anderson Productions for NBC/Richard Price Television
Producer: Gerry Anderson
Production Supervisor: F. Sherwin Green
Script: Johnny Byrne
Assistant Director: Gino Marotta
Continuity: Doris Martin
Director of Photography: Frank Watts
Camera Operator: Neil Binney
Editor: David Lane
Theme Music: Derek Wadsworth
Incidental Music: Derek Wadsworth, Steve Coe
Music Editor: Alan Willis
Sound Recordist: Claude Hitchcock
Sound Editor: Roy Lafbery
Wardrobe: Rosemary Burrows
Make-up: Connie Reeve
Hair: Patrick Grant
Special Effects Designer: Brian Johnson
Special Effects Lighting Camera: Nick Allder
Special Effects Camera Operator: David Litchfield
Model Maker: Martin Bower *
Production Designer: Reg Hill
Business Manager: Terry Connors
Scientific Adviser: John Taylor
Cast
Brian Blessed (Tom Bowen)
Joanna Dunham (Anna Bowen)
Martin Lev (David Bowen)
Nick Tate (Captain Harry Masters)
Katharine Levy (Jane Masters)
Don Fellows (Jim Forbes)
Ed Bishop (TV announcer)
Alternative Titles
The Day after Tomorrow
References
Periodicals
- Time Screen no.7 (revised) p.28 – credits, article
Books
- The Encyclopedia of TV Science Fiction (3rd edition) by Roger Fulton pp.656-657 – credits, review
