The Worst Episodes of Space: 1999

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   1.0/10(1 votes)

   #1 - Catacombs of the Moon

   S2:E1311/25/1976

   Ship's engineer Patrick Osgood believes he can obtain titanium, to make a new heart for his sick wife Michelle, from the catacombs of the moon, using dynamite. The explosion which follows gives him a vision of the future in which the ship is pursued by a fireball and this comes true. Though Helena is making a new heart for Michelle, Osgood becomes impatient and drags his wife back into the catacombs, giving Koenig a double task - to avoid the fireball and save the Osgoods.

   Director:Robert Lynn

   Writers:John Goldsmith, Anthony Terpiloff

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   Director:Robert Lynn

   Writers:John Goldsmith, Anthony Terpiloff
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   2.0/10(1 votes)

   #2 - The Rules of Luton

   S2:E810/23/1976

   Whilst Koenig and Maya are exploring a planet called Luton,which is lush in vegetation, she picks a flower and he helps himself to some fruit. As a result they are put on trial for murder by three talking trees, the Judges of Luton. The trial is by combat and the pair must face three aliens, one with superstrength, one which can render itself invisible and one which can teleport.

   Director:Val Guest

   Writer:Fred Freiberger

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   Director:Val Guest

   Writer:Fred Freiberger
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   3.0/10(1 votes)

   #3 - The Troubled Spirit

   S1:E222/5/1976

   Dan Mateo, hoping to unlock the secret of communication with plants, unleashes a killing force from the depths of his own mind. This macabre spectre seeks vengeance for Mateo's horrible death—which has not yet occurred. Bridging the span between science and the supernatural, the Alphans hope to break the cycle and exorcise the ghost without killing the man.

   Director:Ray Austin

   Writer:Johnny Byrne

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   Director:Ray Austin

   Writer:Johnny Byrne
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   3.0/10(1 votes)

   #4 - The Taybor

   S2:E1011/4/1976

   The expansive Taybor, an inter-galactic merchant arrives from hyper-space on his ship the 'Emporium'. He is offering to sell things to the Alphans. Koenig realizes that if the Taybor sold them his space-ship, it would enable the Alphans to fly back to Earth, but the price the Taybor is asking for this transaction is Maya.

   Director:Bob Brooks

   Writer:Thom Keyes

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   Director:Bob Brooks

   Writer:Thom Keyes
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   3.7/10(2 votes)

   #5 - One Moment of Humanity

   S2:E49/25/1976

   A sinister woman called Zamara materializes on the base, forcing Helena and Tony to accompany her to the planet of Vega, whose natives are anything but friendly. A servant of the Vegans, known only as Number Eight, informs the two Alphans that he and his race are the natural inhabitants of the planet and that Zamara and her race are androids, who, it turns out, want the Alphans to teach them warfare.

   Director:Charles Crichton

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Charles Crichton

   Writer:Unknown
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   4.0/10(1 votes)

   #6 - The Full Circle

   S1:E1512/11/1975

   When exploring a habitable planet, members of the Alphan survey party vanish without a trace. Are they the victims of an indigenous tribe of Stone Age humanoids? The mystery deepens when a dead caveman is found to have capped teeth. Others soon notice the primitive cave chief and his mate bear an uncanny resemblance to the missing John Koenig and Helena Russell.

   Director:Bob Kellett

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Bob Kellett

   Writer:Unknown
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   4.2/10(4 votes)

   #7 - Mission of the Darians

   S1:E910/30/1975

   Encountering a derelict spaceship, the Alphans respond to an automated distress signal. On board, they discover what remains of the once-great civilisation of Daria: an elite group which maintains control of the ship and a tribe which has descended into savagery. The Alphans are appalled when they discover what measures the Darians have taken to survive.

   Director:Ray Austin

   Writer:Johnny Byrne

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   Director:Ray Austin

   Writer:Johnny Byrne
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   4.5/10(2 votes)

   #8 - The Bringers of Wonder (2)

   S2:E198/11/1977

   People from Earth have landed on Moonbase Alpha, promising to take the Alphans back home. Commander Koenig, however, sees not fellow human beings, but aliens, and tries to kill some of them. Horrified, Helena stuns him with a laser gun and later, as he lies unconscious in the Medical Center, Koenig is approached by one of the aliens (for that is what they really are) who tries to smother him...

   Director:Tom Clegg

   Writer:Terence Feely

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   Director:Tom Clegg

   Writer:Terence Feely
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   5.0/10(1 votes)

   #9 - Missing Link

   S1:E201/22/1976

   John Koenig finds himself trapped on the planet Zenno, in the home of an alien scientist and his daughter. Advanced two million years beyond Earthmen, the aliens consider Koenig their missing link. Faced with the threat of being treated like an experimental animal for the rest of his life, Koenig uses an unexpected weapon to confound his captor: love.

   Director:Ray Austin

   Writer:Edward di Lorenzo

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   Director:Ray Austin

   Writer:Edward di Lorenzo
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    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - The Mark of Archanon

    S2:E710/16/1976

    The latest extra-terrestials to be rescued by the Moon Alpha Base crew are Pasc and his young son Etrec. They are from the usually peaceful planet of Archaron and they claim that they are victims of a rebellion, engineered by Pasc's wife Lyra. However, Helena discovers that they have both been infected with a virus which makes them considerably less friendly and more deadly than their initial claim.

    Director:Charles Crichton

    Writer:Lew Schwarz

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    Director:Charles Crichton

    Writer:Lew Schwarz
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    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - All That Glisters

    S2:E910/28/1976

    The Alpha Moonbase needs a rare ore known as Milgonite, which is detected on an extremely dry planet. Koenig leads a small landing force and discovers a glowing rock formation which comes alive and cuts off the party's links with the base. It is a trap - the planet needs water to survive and has lured the travellers there for the water in their bodies.

    Director:Ray Austin

    Writer:Keith Miles

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    Director:Ray Austin

    Writer:Keith Miles
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    5.5/10(2 votes)

    #12 - Matter of Life and Death

    S1:E1311/27/1975

    A lush Earth-type planet holds the promise of a new home for the people of Moonbase Alpha. When the reconnaissance Eagle returns, it carries an unexpected passenger: Helena's husband, who died five years ago. The mysterious Lee Russell tells the Alphans that death awaits them on the new planet. The Alphans ignore his warning and unknowingly descend into a world of antimatter.

    Director:Charles Crichton

    Writers:Art Wallace, Johnny Byrne

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    Director:Charles Crichton

    Writers:Art Wallace, Johnny Byrne
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    5.5/10(2 votes)

    #13 - Ring Around the Moon

    S1:E191/15/1976

    A technician falls under an alien influence, accessing classified information before mysteriously dying. Soon after, the Moon is stopped in space by the powerful rays of an alien spacecraft. The aliens' only interest in Alpha is the data held in its computers, information they now plan to obtain through the possessed eyes of their next agent: Helena Russell.

    Director:Ray Austin

    Writer:Edward di Lorenzo

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    Director:Ray Austin

    Writer:Edward di Lorenzo
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    6.0/10(4 votes)

    #14 - Force of Life

    S1:E29/11/1975

    The body of Anton Zoref is invaded by an unknown life force. The man soon manifests an uncontrollable ability to absorb energy. As the Alphans struggle to understand this mysterious force, Zoref's need becomes insatiable. Driven by instinct, he makes his way to the greatest source of energy on Alpha: the Nuclear Generating Plant.

    Director:David Tomblin

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:David Tomblin

    Writer:Unknown
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    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #15 - Alpha Child

    S1:E710/16/1975

    The Alphans celebrate the arrival of the first child born on the Moon. The blessed event sours when the infant grows into a five-year-old child in minutes. Trying to accept him, the Alphans do not notice that little Jackie Crawford is much more than he seems. When hostile spaceships approach the base, Koenig realises, too late, that the aliens have an agent on Alpha.

    Director:Ray Austin

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Ray Austin

    Writer:Unknown
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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - End of Eternity

    S1:E1211/20/1975

    While exploring an asteroid, the Alphans injure an alien trapped within. Bringing him to Alpha, they discover his wounds have completely healed. The indestructible Balor is a scientist whose people had discovered the secret of immortality. Balor is a psychopath, offering a drastic solution to his people's apathy; now freed of the eternal prison, he plans to spend eternity practicing the art of pain and torture, with the Alphans as his subjects.

    Director:Ray Austin

    Writer:Johnny Byrne

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    Director:Ray Austin

    Writer:Johnny Byrne
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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - Space Brain

    S1:E211/29/1976

    An Eagle and its crew are crushed to death by an enormous energy field in space. When one of Alpha's astronauts is possessed by the anomaly, he tells them the energy field is a living space brain, which responded to the 'threat' with antibodies Finding the Moon on a collision course with the Brain, the Alphans make plans to avoid the same fate as the Eagle.

    Director:Charles Crichton

    Writer:Christopher Penfold

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    Director:Charles Crichton

    Writer:Christopher Penfold
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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Journey to Where

    S2:E39/18/1976

    A transmission from Dr. Logan in Texas City leads the Alphans to believe that they can finally land back on Earth, though they have travelled through time and, when they touch down in Texas City, they will be in the twenty-second century. However, due to a hitch, they find themselves in a barren and hostile environment. It is Scotland in the fourteenth century where the Scots are at war with the English invaders.

    Director:Charles Crichton

    Writer:Donald James

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    Director:Charles Crichton

    Writer:Donald James
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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - New Adam New Eve

    S2:E610/9/1976

    The tall and imposing Magus arrives on the base. He claims god-like powers, namely that he effected the Creation. But he is now disillusioned with the way that Life has progressed and wishes to start again. He plans to mate Helena and Tony and Maya with Koenig. But of course he is not God but a renegade cosmic sorcerer, and quite an illogical one at that, who needs to be controlled.

    Director:Charles Crichton

    Writer:Terence Feely

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    Director:Charles Crichton

    Writer:Terence Feely
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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Seed of Destruction

    S2:E1111/11/1976

    Whilst he is exploring an asteroid Koenig is taken over by an alien race known as the Kalthon, who replace him with an exact double. In consequence every action ordered by the fake Koenig is solely for the benefit of the Kalthon and to the detriment of the welfare of the Alphans. Helena realizes that something is wrong when 'Koenig' is cold to the touch and needs to convince the other crew members.

    Director:Kevin Connor

    Writer:John Goldsmith

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    Director:Kevin Connor

    Writer:John Goldsmith
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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - Space Warp

    S2:E1412/2/1976

    Koenig and Verdeschi are sucked into a space warp. A feverish Maya is stricken with a fever that causes her to transform into a repulsive space monster.

    Director:Peter Medak

    Writer:Fred Freiberger

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    Director:Peter Medak

    Writer:Fred Freiberger
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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - The Beta Cloud

    S2:E1612/16/1976

    A strange cloud drifts over the base and causes most of the crew to be stricken with illness. A monster, the 'cloud creature' appears out of the cloud and runs amok on the base. A voice from the cloud explains its purpose. The base must give up its life support in order to prevent the cloud from dying. With most of the crew indisposed through illness, it is down to Maya to employ her shape-shifting skills to beat the creature.

    Director:Robert Lynn

    Writer:Fred Freiberger

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    Director:Robert Lynn

    Writer:Fred Freiberger
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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - The Seance Spectre

    S2:E208/18/1977

    Some subterranean miners start chanting for a planet that will cause the Moon to pass through a nebula deadly to those living at Moonbase Alpha.

    Director:Peter Medak

    Writer:Donald James

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    Director:Peter Medak

    Writer:Donald James
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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Devil's Planet

    S2:E229/1/1977

    Answering a distress signal, Commander Koenig is forced to crash-land his Eagle on Entra - moon of the planet Ellna - which turns out to be the planet's penal colony, and Koenig finds himself a prisoner of the beautiful Elizia and her equally beautiful prison guards.

    Director:Tom Clegg

    Writer:Michael Winder

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    Director:Tom Clegg

    Writer:Michael Winder
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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - The Immunity Syndrome

    S2:E2310/29/1977

    The arrival of the Alphans on another planet seems to cause a change in its atmosphere, setting off pollution and poisoning of the water. They meet Zoran, the sole survivor of the last exploratory force, who tells them that the planet is controlled by an immortal being - with whom Koenig must parley if he and his crew are to leave the planet alive.

    Director:Bob Brooks

    Writer:Johnny Byrne

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    Director:Bob Brooks

    Writer:Johnny Byrne