Space: 1999: Season 1 Episode 1 - Breakaway (Full Episode)

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Commander John Koenig, the new commander of Moonbase Alpha, leads the investigation of a mysterious disease at the station and uncovers evidence of a far greater looming disaster.
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[@arturwittensoeltner8729]

Does anyone else notice and appreciate the silence in most scenes? The lack of annoying noise pollution and loud crapy and brain-numbing atmospheric background music and senseless effects in every second of film material! Music and sound effects only when needed and not of permanent nature.

[@kaidron507]

Reminds me of soap opera non-ambient audio. Youre right, though. The sound effects are engramed into the masses conscience.

[@rotorheadv8]

Probably saved money as well

[@Altinget]

​@@kaidron507 its SO irritating to have music that tells you how to feel/what mood to be in, when seeing a movie...😬

[@alansmithee183]

That moment when you realize you're watching a show about the future that was 24 years in the past

[@vonsauerkraut]

This is from the 70s more Like 40 years

[@alansmithee183]

@@vonsauerkraut The time of the show 1999, not when it was made is what I meant

[@telbon8869]

​@@alansmithee183 vonsauerkraut didn't get your comment!😅

[@marquiswallace9957]

Alternative timeline perhaps?

[@rev.ericlinder8264]

Yeah...um 53 now..remember this show.makes me feel ancient 😢

[@Altenholz]

That "Eagle" design still looking great!

[@zulby09]

I got one toy model of Eagle One medic design - it always remnded me of a gecko lizard😊

[@neldasmith4811]

Grew up with great enthusiasm for Martin Landau and Barbara Bain...great actors in anything they appeared in - as well as great role models. They were married for 36 years. Few remember this powerful duo who made the tv series Mission: Impossible a household name.

[@erichwise9936]

Remember, they also did the final Gilligan's Island TV movie. 😄

[@zahemi914]

Indeed they did, now in my country we have a full re-run of Mission Impossible, didnt know Landau & Bain acted together back in the days. Love many of the old tv series..

[@billmurray7473]

......and their daughter co-starred in BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER as Drusilla.

[@christianalanwilson434]

This show, the original Battlestar Galactica, Buck Rogers, etc along with Captain Kirk Star Trek was literally my childhood. No wonder I turned out weird.

[@malcolmtaylor4696]

Classic television off two serial on completely fully epsiode on dvds dont forget your game consoles off todays plays both blue ray as well dvds some television to watched its on need start socket and some tv as bulit in dvds player and remember laptops as over 1tb bites and games consoles allso have 1 tb bites thats makes 2tb bites more than your tablets and smartphones put together even 32gb 64gb or 128gb or even 256gb of os sofrware windows 7.0 from xp version or vista version and dont for get cd rom off wins98/2000/me not forget norton 360 and early ones thats you have to put its in your pc att the time what a bout a film called fame before televisions programme was showed by the bbc network and sometimes itv network before Netflix and orthers 2018/2019

[@chrish3720]

Yes you are wierd

[@Mierzeek]

You weird man! :-)

[@mike63ful]

Haha I grew up watching this too, dig those bell bottom uniform pants .

[@Ghostwolf82]

You and me both, man.

[@Keihryon]

It's amazing how big our dreams were back in the 60's and 70's. Sad how small we've made our reality.

[@frankberst9849]

A very well expressed sentiment. I'm 56 and grew up on classic Star Trek, one of the major formative influences on my life. And l loved Space:1999. AND l was convinced that by now we would have fully populated bases on the Moon, on Mars, and would be well into at least interplanetary exploration in our solar system. But instead in 2019 the pinnacle of human technology and endeavor amounts to um Facebook and uh taking selfies. SMH

[@fred5399]

well said

[@jedimindtrix2142]

@@frankberst9849 We are just getting to the point of understanding the true realities of space travel. The technology we used in the 60s and 70s was not sufficient to really do what we wanted to do. The dreams of the generations prior are still being worked on. SpaceX and various other companies along with NASA are developing amazing technologies that will get us safely into space in a way that would make SciFi writers proud. Don't get too down!

[@frankberst9849]

You know what you're absolutely right!!! And now l can't wait to hear about the uh um first selfies in space

[@greedycapitalist8590]

Everything good always seems to take longer than we hope to come about, but give it a few more years and there will be bases on the Moon. It's always been too expensive in the past, but companies like Space X and Blue Origin are developing the infrastructure. I look forward to seeing something like the Eagle transporter flying for real in 10 or 20 years.

[@1003196110031961]

Space 1999 and UFO had the greatest intro ever written. it gave me a thrill back in the 70's and still does to this day.

[@AlexandreSilva-kc6kc]

This series was so influential in my life, I was a kid and fascinated by it. Then later Space 1999 was one of the reasons to choose to be an Architect. It's still very sophisticated, all the design mainly.

[@Pablo668]

This 1999 was much more interesting than my 1999.

[@1monki]

We were promised that the moon would be blown out of earth's orbit, and the only armageddon we got was Y2K, big let down

[@carminemurphy1275]

@@1monki Y2K was no where near an Armageddon or even a bang, it was a true dud and an excuse for merchants to sell software and hardware to old institutions, Governments, still using antiquated systems, being I have always used computers, 8 months before 2000, I took 3 computers and reset the calenders to simulate the year 2000, and lo & behold, the 3 computers worked just fine. I told everyone I knew that the Y2K thing was simply a Chicken little Fairy story.

[@ETHRON1]

True

[@parapsychologist5402]

...and that 1999 is much more interesting than this 2021.

[@markusnashorn1145]

I don't know, man. I wouldn't change my Pokémon. But then, if you would explain the concept of it to someone from the 70s, or even in the 90s before it became famous, and then add, the perfect game for 11 year olds... But then at that age we were smart enough to know that we were chasing wild, free beings, beat them, captured them, enprisoned them, to be used as a tool FOR OUR GLORY AND GREATNESS, to be shaped and thrown away whenever, only to teach us that they are intelligent beings who love US and are thankful for US helping them, a sick case of Hostage syndrome towards US the 11 year old slavemasters who go on to lord over godlike beings. YEAH!

[@andrewdock7288]

There was nothing chessy about this series it was a work of art.

[@Steve20127]

Sorry, but it was, still is and always will be, corny crap.

[@yccallumgames6321]

@@Steve20127 According to you

[@DMACHOLMAN]

It was an amazing show at it's inception and still is

[@kudukilla]

Not cheesy, at least season 1.

[@DARisse-ji1yw]

Beige.....

[@frettyfrets3373]

As a kid, I watched this show and loved it. Now as an adult, after watching this, I can truly appreciate the high caliber of actors in this show. Their acting really helped make this show engaging and exciting.

[@uhtredragnarsson8961]

This tv series and Galactica from 1982 my favorite..yes as a kid love to watch..but Galactica is much better..

[@danquaylesitsspeltpotatoe8307]

If its 1999 why do they have 70s style desk lamps?

[@uhtredragnarsson8961]

@@danquaylesitsspeltpotatoe8307 tv show Space 1999 was make in early 70s..that why have desk lamp from that years..obviosly not know future style..

[@davykins]

@@danquaylesitsspeltpotatoe8307 you clown

[@TF80s]

@@danquaylesitsspeltpotatoe8307 they were back en vouge in "99...my question is, how come the technology back in 1999 was so much more advanced than it is now? They could even travel all around space back then, no problem.. 👽👽

[@peregrinec5477]

Happy Space 1999 Day!

[@mattperrin8372]

The Eagle is still one cool looking ship !

[@jaystarsky7271]

Yep. They made a real life size one. Just can't fly

[@WilfChadwick]

I had a toy one.

[@cattflap1447]

@@WilfChadwick I still got mine :)

[@WilfChadwick]

@@cattflap1447 Bastard!!!!!!!!!!!:(

[@marcosaraiva9205]

the best !

[@jaydoublegee2831]

You know you can't sleep when you're watching in 2019 a TV show made in 1975 about some shit happening in 1999.

[@ShermanM36]

made in 1973...

[@craigbunch8442]

Lol

[@wpatrickw2012]

Or more accurately: about some shit that didn't happen in 1999.

[@jaydoublegee2831]

Patrick W True lol

[@HHH-so9ro]

We were watching this series in the 1970s

[@derekseven1647]

Brian Johnson the man that that special effects for the show was hired by George Lucas to work on The empire strikes Back. That's why the effects look better in that movie than the original Star Wars.

[@nigelfowlersutton6818]

Such a thrill to watch this episode again. I watched every episode back in the 1970s. Not seen it again since. A good celebration for my 70th year!

[@stuartwald2395]

I must admit, on September 13, 1999, I kept an eye on the Moon...just in case.

[@STNeish]

I threw a house party. We watched this episode and had astronaut/moon themed food and drink. Most of my friends are actors, it was a hoot.

[@dannyv2468va2]

I DID ALSO BOTH DATES! CAMPY SHOW BUT FUN TO WATCH AS A KID!

[@chronosschiron]

google , is the moon moving away from earth ....lol

[@GeneralPadron]

I was locked up.

[@davidbarnhart6228]

August 29, 1997. Was waiting for Skynet to come online . I was sweatin a bit that day.

[@thomasfleig1184]

One of my favorite shows as a kid. Even had a toy eagle. I still think they are the most believable space ships of any show. They look like something we would build today, and would be totally functional.

[@jasond3938]

Agree Wish I still had my toys also lol

[@ruger9617]

There was a plastic kit of the eagle by Airfix in the UK it was also packaged by another company in america. They also made a very nice model of the Hawk a dedicated fighter ship that appeared in only one show.

[@ManOutofTime913]

Except for the lack of radiators to vent waste heat; Something that every scifi movie or show forgets, even 2001 (though that was a deliberate suggestion by Clarke to avoid audience confusion). Ironically, I think Avatar is one of the only films I've seen to actually have radiators on its spaceship and that ship was in the movie for, like, five minutes.

[@jimhawkins7077]

I agree with the fact that they could be mass produced, module form of space craft. They are a brilliant design for its time.

[@thenewcenturyhomeste]

I still have my lunch box!

[@ericmadsen7470]

Space:1999 should never be rebooted. Keep the classics as they are.

[@user-lw3ey8pl7z]

Space 1999 and Battlestar Galactica were my favourite tv sci fi series.

[@RBXXXX]

I hope that Hollywood don't try to remake this amazing series. Because they would fine some way to mess it up.

[@smallstudiodesign]

This show looks so brilliant because they actually filmed it ... on celluloid ... not video.

[@Cola.Cube.]

Yes. Watching this is equivalent to listening to vinyl.

[@smallstudiodesign]

@@Cola.Cube. it’s velvety

[@azzysoulbound5144]

It's hard to imagine this was made way back in 1975. It's so well done!

[@thomaselers7416]

Yes it's much better made than the moon landing by NASA.

[@Theineluctable_SOME_CANT]

1970!

[@mceltix2009]

ROFLMAO. Really. Disco-boogie intro track didn't clue you in?

[@Doggeslife]

Before that. I watched it while in jr high, and I graduated from J.H. in 1974.

[@danielkislan]

MCMLXXIV = 1974. Read the credits

[@wrh41]

Barbara Bain spinning on a lazy susan during opening credits of Space: 1999 was the pinnacle of television.

[@toddgrogg2810]

Who would want to see a big screen film version of space 1999? I would in a second.

[@ronaldreagan5535]

Absolutely as long as there is 0 CGI. Otherwise, it’s just a feature length cartoon.

[@gbweber]

The quality of the video is excellent. Impossible to watch it like this in 1975

[@eph2vv89only1way]

I used to watch this show as a young teen but never saw the explosion. I knew it was an explosion that blew them out of orbit but never knew how it happened. Now at 59 years old I finally found out!

[@bigfish4483]

Ha the exact same, 59 years old and just found out today how it all happened. Loved this show!

[@lenf2]

This show premiered in the US on September 27th, 1975. I know this because it was that day my first wife and I got married in DC. We actually left our reception to watch this show, then got ready to head out on our honeymoon the next day. In a second coincidence. the show ended on the same day she and I left the DC area and moved to Arizona.

[@erichwise9936]

Since it was a syndicated TV show, different cities had different premiere dates. In my city it was in late October.

[@midnightkitty8172]

Summer 2023 and this show is still ahead of its time. Martin Landau and Barbara Bain, and of course Barry Morse; great acting, great supporting cast, great sets, great FX, and the sum of these parts made something AMAZING~! Lately, NASA is talking about colonizing the moon, so there may be a Moonbase Alpha IRL soon...

[@michaelpettersson4919]

A lot of that is due to laziness on humanity's part. We could have permanent bases on the moon decades ago, but the will has been lacking. We got some catchup to do.

[@FreejackVesa]

And that intro music! One thing I love about 70s production, aside from the nostalgia, is the liberal use of "free-jazz" funky bongo drum rhythms.

[@LarryWhite-kw5mj]

'Space 1999' years ahead of its time,most actors there are gone now.

[@midnightkitty8172]

@@LarryWhite-kw5mj Agreed. I saw Barry Morse in a made - for - TV movie, Barbara Bain did some childrens' books reading, and Martin Landau had a bit part in the movie 'X Files: Fight The Future'.

[@LEGOpachinko]

"Forget about the people on the moon ! Think about us here back on earth, with tidal waves, floodings and complete disaster"

[@alanclarke4646]

Actually no. Tidal waves are nothing to do with tides. There wouldn't be any flooding, we would just have very much smaller twice daily changes in sea level. And "high" and "low" tides would occur at roughly the same times every day, instead of moving forward quarter of an hour per high tide as they do now.

[@zenapplejones]

U.F.O. , Space 1999, The Star Lost , Lost in Space, Dr Who and Battlestar Galactica. I was one Nerdy Kid.

[@juanpaulr]

53 years old and I'm about to get into every episode. This was one of my favorite scifi series I watched as a kid. Looking at it now I realize its better than most scifi series back then. Star trek can't touch this. Even though star trek I watched on a regular but it was cheesy but entertaining. Now this was before battle star Galactica. What's funny is if you miss the first episode or a few back then you can't go back and watch. Today you can binge it.

[@shmuli9]

Yes, I never get tired of watching the episodes from both season 1 and season 2. The one with the energy monster still freaks me out, but when I was 8, it REALLY upset me.

[@davidgerow4817]

Space 1999 should come back as a new Generation with all new cast .

[@OG21020]

Definitely agreed. This series need a reboot. The setting can be changed to a lunar base on one of a few moons orbiting a planet instead of the Earth.

[@markcoutts7750]

And use the original characters if they're still here. 🫂🇨🇦​@@OG21020

[@markcoutts7750]

No 😝,🥸, the original cast can be the Elder's 🕊️🌌👽👨‍👩‍👧‍👦🧬

[@bastidface]

The pilot episode is very strong, and sets the tone for a great season one of this show. I personally think it's one of the most visually stunning TV shows ever produced, and this was before Star Wars. It still holds up today with the HD transfers.

[@sandokan1578]

I'm sorry but there must be something wrong with your eyes...

[@bastidface]

@@sandokan1578 Nope. I can see just fine. Maybe it's just your lack of appreciation and visionary insight into the amount of work it took to produce a hi-budget TV series in the mid-1970s. I'm sure another 100 million pounds should have been added to the budget to reach the Star Wars level of FX, sets and non-existent CGI required to meet your standards of what's good. Now why don't you run along and troll the Doctor Who channels.

[@brockreynolds870]

@@bastidface This looks better than CGI crap made today.

[@stevie-ray2020]

Agree, even though I have a problem with the physics! A massive explosion on the dark-side of the moon, which faces away from Earth, would propel the moon towards Earth, not away from us!

[@brockreynolds870]

@@stevie-ray2020 Not necessarily... they never say exactly WHERE on the far side Area 2 was placed. It wasn't stated that area 2 was in the equatorial region, or even midway on the far side, longitude-wise. Explosion like that is the equivalent of hitting a pool ball with a glancing blow toward the edge of it. But yeah... many things happen on the show that are supposedly scientifically impossible... Koening and Sandra BOTH actually utter the phrase "That's impossible" in Breakaway (when the heat begins to rise without increase in atomic radiation). Many of the stories involed in the show are about the scinetifically impossible happening, and them grappling as to WHY it's occuring. Has our assumed scinetific knowledge always been wrong? Is some cosmic intelligence causing these things to occur? Is it GOD at work? The entire thrust of the series is to ponder those questions, and what is mankind's purpose in the universe, if indeed we have one. In War Games, we are told that mankind is a contaminating virus, a plague of fear to higher forms of life. fascinating stuff... even if it is a pessimistic outlook.

[@David_Beames]

I loved this show when I was a child in the 70's. As an Australian, it was great to have an Australian character in Carter. It's cool to see their video communicators. It was way past 1999 till we had that but now we do! :) And at a stretch you call the stun guns tasers. They also use an eagle as a drone.

[@JBofBrisbane]

Remotely piloted vehicles have been a thing since just after the First World War.

[@litlgrey]

My god, this remaster is clean as a whistle.

[@tactileslut]

It never occurred to me watching this as reruns in the mid 80s that it would ever have been filmed on film and been made to look crisp on the big screen.

[@aegisgfx]

@@tactileslut Sadly the clearer it gets, the more obvious it is they used tiny little models for almost everything

[@tactileslut]

@@aegisgfx That does make things easier to store: maybe some lucky collector has the aerial view set in a 2x2x0.3 ft acrylic display case.

[@theflorgeormix]

The first mainstream sci fi show that was filmed so clearly. 2001 A Space Odyssey quality.

[@oliviajohnjohnolivia8142]

You should see my wife remastered.

[@williambeasley2582]

To think we are still here to watch it on a telephone

[@chrish3720]

Yes. I perfer personal communication device

[@avengersseven7357]

But we don't have any Eagles or a base on the moon.

[@whyalwaysme2522]

Or tablet

[@JanikLitalien]

a telephone that gives us access to all the knowledge in the known world... yet we watch shows of a future that is now our past where they had less techie stuff than we did...

[@billchapel5248]

Ya, and just like Buck Rogers.

[@jvvoid]

Love this show. It's not a masterpiece, but it has its own feel and tempo. Stylistically, it's unlike any other sci-fi show, and production-wise stands up very well, now 45 years old.

[@dosmundos3830]

48 years old

[@dmholman]

Considering this show started out as a way to use the pre-production work of the second UFO series, they did amazingly well. Don't get me wrong, I wish there had been more Gabrielle Drake as Gay Ellis in UFO but S:1999 was a favorite of mine when I was a little kid.

[@thoughtsonfitness3249]

It’s a masterpiece

[@mdsf01]

Season 1 was an amazing masterpiece... dark, a certain underlying feeling of desperation throughout. Season 2 not so much; a bit too campy and more tailored for a younger audience. Lost a lot of its magic. At the time Space 1999 was the most expensive series on the air. Each episode was over 1 million dollars to produce. The sets, costumes, effects.... brilliant!

[@thoughtsonfitness3249]

@@mdsf01 not entirely sure of the exact finance behind the show? But if memory serves, season 1 reigned at about 3 million, not quite sure on season 2, definitely just as costly!

[@richardoconnor8984]

An underrated show with an interesting backstory, it was so short-lived for a number of reasons. The main one, in my opinion, is that British television and its shows are not conceived for long seasons and extensive runs. They don't have American stamina.

[@dupaul5429]

I am waiting for the reboot. Space: 2099!!

[@JohnSmith-eo5sp]

I already saw a concept trailer for that and it didn't look any good. Also 2099 is a bit far in the future

[@MrKenBJs]

@@JohnSmith-eo5sp Space: 2029... since 2019 has now passed us by. Or, Space: (something) '99? 🤔

[@JohnSmith-eo5sp]

@@MrKenBJs More like 2069 cause it sounds more plausible if it takes place half a century in the future. Close enough to our time, but far enough to be feasible in space travel

[@MrKenBJs]

@@JohnSmith-eo5sp Agreed! 👍

[@anthonyjoseph6850]

I'm waiting for the sequel to the sequel...Space 2299 !

[@paulwatson1495]

This series was way ahead of its time. Great sets, costumes and some brilliant episodes. My favourite show growing up. Mya was my favourite character. I still watch them now occasionally

[@mccommas2]

Those zippers up the left arm sleeve never caught on though... hard to figure why.

[@cartoonpete407]

@@mccommas2 LOL...was thinking the same!

[@shmuli9]

We used to "play" Space: 1999. I was Tony and my friend was Maya.

[@lezzman]

@@mccommas2 People like myself with hairy arms would keep getting them caught! 😬

[@malcolmdrake6137]

It was completely behind the times, which is why it went the "fantasy" route. I guess you're not "old" enough to remember.

[@indygo1963]

My understanding to this very day Space: 1999 had the grandest sets ever built for TV taking up 2 or 3 sound stages at Pinewood Studios. This gave the series an epic feel. The first season was filled with spectacular grand sets and lighting. This is my favorite aspect of the show. It made you feel like you were in a very special place we could actually be in.

[@joestrike8537]

They really cheaped out in the 2nd season though, getting rid of the beautiful "Main Mission" set and replacing it with "Command Center" where all you could see were like 4 consoles in a cramped close-up shot

[@barneshomestead1240]

@@joestrike8537 Yeah they blew it with that one!

[@mdsf01]

In season 1 the Command Center and the Power generating section were mind boggling big. Who can forget the door to the reactor core?

[@dalethelander3781]

@@joestrike8537 Fred Freiberger felt that a smaller control room would be more intimate and increase the drama between the characters.

[@joestrike8537]

@@dalethelander3781 not to mention saving a s***load of money over lighting and preparing the original Main Mission set for filming. I hung out with some hardcore sci-fi fans back when the series was new and I can't tell you how furious they were that Freiberger came in to do the second season; they considered him the man who killed ST:TOS.

[@patrick4625]

The Eagle is still, to this day, my favorite space ship.... 😊

[@80sftw49]

This was a cinematic masterpiece, done for TV. The sets, lighting, sound design, music and cinematography were OUTSTANDING. I'd prefer season 1 over 2, but both have their own very special places in my heart. Please - whatever happens - don't try to reboot one of the finest examples in Sci-Fi television entertainment.

[@dmk7700]

Yes - season 1 and even a few of those were so-so. I just noticed that part of Koenigs' dialogue from 31:56 - 32:05 was "sampled" by the band/artist Biosphere.

[@johnmc3862]

Your comment saved my life.

[@johnmc3862]

Cinematic masterpiece lol! It was decent enough some of the special,effects were cheap af.

[@russell5078084]

I say reboot it. But do it right and not politically correct.

[@joeboxter3635]

The premise of the show is flawed. If you going to fly nuclear waste into space, why bury it on the moon? Why not get to space and send it to the Sun for instant evaporation!!! Lol. The most consistent Sci-Fi show and most long-running has to be Star Trek. One has to marvel at how many Start Trek things have actually come to pass. I suppose the only thing that has not happened as predicted is the Eugenics War (WW III).

[@johncipriano3627]

I haven’t seen Space 1999 in years It’s such a wonderful distraction from the normal.

[@tsu8003]

Its on the Horror Channel at 8pm after Star Trek Voyager and is usually repeated on Forces TV regularly.

[@lukeflyswatter3203]

I remember the music so well! So distinctive!

[@MicheleMuir]

I still love this show as much as I did as a child. What a legendary, brilliant sci-fi masterpiece!❤❤

[@chonqmonk]

Funny this, but as a child I found it watchable and some parts of it pretty good, and I feel the same way about it now.

[@delavan9141]

Wow. For real? You haven't seen many sci fi movies and shows, have you?

[@MicheleMuir]

@@delavan9141 In actual fact, I have watched many science-fiction shows and movies, as I enjoy them very much! One of my favourites is Space 1999, and I stand firm on my previous statement, as I’m entitled to my opinion!

[@perrybabin8427]

The first season was good but the second season seemed like the writers were doing acid.

[@MatteoPrezioso]

I cannot believe they only made two seasons of this masterpiece.

[@hawkdsl]

Plus Landau and Barbra made it difficult to continue.. it's all in the wiki about the sad end of the show.

[@MatteoPrezioso]

@@hawkdsl I didn't know that, I'll check that out thanks

[@dtarmstrong6324]

The second season is very different in plots, effects, and continuity than the first. Fred Freiberger who helped produce Star Trek season 3 (1968-69) produced Space: 1999 in season 2)(1976-77).

[@dtarmstrong6324]

@Edwin Arnold I think it was just one hour... kzbin.info/www/bejne/j2eliZR9etqkrtE

[@my3dviews]

The first season was good. The second season was terrible, in my opinion. Wasn't surprised or even disappointed when it was cancelled. I was kind of ridiculous how the moon passed through a different star system every week. Must have been travelling several times the speed of light, then slowed down as it got near a planet then again jumped to warp speed. LOL But I did like the Eagles and special effects in the series. Even have a diecast Eagle that looks awesome.

[@ryandaniel4571]

I love how Koenig was willing to go out to a dangerous area himself instead of sending an underling. "I won't make you do what I won't do myself". Very admirable!

[@dcolb121]

Because that's what the script said to do.

[@personne7542]

I had a relative who did that on a dangerous mission in WW2. He made sure to include himself among several participants even though he didn't have to.

[@howardkerr8174]

The only problem with that scenario is/was an eagle was lost and they sent another out that was remotely controlled. On Star Trek the captain would have sent the remotely controlled eagle first. Then if insufficient information was relayed back he would have goon himself.

[@fuzzywzhe]

That's not how the real world works.

[@Tessmage_Tessera]

@@fuzzywzhe It's how the real world worked in 1974.

[@LauraS1]

I watched this as a teenager and wanted so much to live in that world prior to being blasted away from Earth. So clean and calm and scientific. It probably helped cement my inclinations toward going into science as a career which I did after college. I still wish I could live in that kind of world. Something clean, serene, calm, ordered, where everyone had a purpose and everyone knew their purpose. It was kind of prescient in some of the "future" technology, too. The use of video calls and of multi-purpose personal communication devices, voice-activated computers that communicated vocally, etc. The idea of storing nuclear waste on the Moon is still debated today. The hitch to doing that is getting it safely above the atmosphere without risking a rocket explosion filled with spent fission products. What a disaster that would be. I think one of the things I loved about this show was the routine-ness of near-Earth space travel. It was a matter of routine to them to travel around from various space stations and the base/outpost on the Moon. Heck, even the Moonbase had outposts scattered around the Moon. We COULD have done all this by now if our collective nations hadn't spent their time and money pursuing defense spending or gutting the space programs around the world. Maybe someday but it'll require an economic reason for developing real space travel. It's not enough any more to send up scientific or military missions. Time to start with something of economic importance, mining perhaps or something along the lines to make it "worthwhile" to the masses who would fund such a thing. Still, I want to live in this world prior to blast-off. So clean and ordered and scientific.

[@mickmickymick6927]

I wish we still had moon bases like we did back in 1999

[@mr.g1616]

I used to love this series when i was a kid. It sent me to my happy place.

[@jan-erikheimeland1049]

Same here. I was absolutely stunned watching every part of the series. Sad to see it ended, although the Star Ears was a natural extension of my fantasies of the universe which made my interest in the development and man's position in that development crucial for my studies in astrology in my younger years. Now I am 76 and still extremely interested in the place we humans have in this development

[@jan-erikheimeland1049]

Sorry, mean astronomy, of course, if you noy are talking to S Freud; slip of the tongue meaning your unconscious is talking

[@aegisgfx]

They sent me to my sleepy place since most episodes were so damned boring

[@rachaelbean1439]

I found it as scary as a child as Dr Who. Needed to hide behind the couch on occasion.

[@Chiensale]

@@aegisgfx I see the good side in it, when you sleep you not talk, beautiful deal we got there

[@singleplytech]

Loved this when I was a child along with Buck Rogers, Battlestar Galactica, Wonder Woman and The Six Million dollar man, all great albeit cheesy classics

[@9evilhater9oldskool30]

How'd you foget the Bionic Woman

[@knowledge1972]

Charlie's Angel's. Fantasy island...

[@AbdulRazak-by5sp]

Logan's Run,gemini Man,misadventures of Sherif Lobo

[@Subilon]

Don’t forget soylent green

[@1wor1d]

4:32 I love how the crazy guy's helmet briefly opens to the vacuum of space, but the editor of the show doesn't bother re-filming the scene.

[@magnetoalpha]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Kneon_Knight]

That's one of those "once you see it..." moments for sure.

[@allanallione4766]

Remember this as a teenager Love the show Was hoping that we would have a moonbase before 1999

[@joshchristian8598]

Thank you.so much.. one of my favorites. As a child of the 70's I was obsessed with all things space and lunar... It was a golden era for sci fi in both film and literature... I feel very fortunate to be in the time-line where I am. Anyone between 45-65 knows exactly what I mean too... what an explosive period of our technologic history... good bad or indifferent we are in it... and this show is part of that mid century burst... just AWESOME

[@promethiousb1489]

Im with you on that Josh,,good days,,,,and it still don't look that bad now.

[@cikgurazak2734]

When l first watched space 1999 in 1977,l was 11 years old

[@2ndEndingVintage]

Crazy, dude. You are HAPPY to be in this timeline ? We are all witnessing the end of our planet...you and I may be lucky enough to avoid a front row seat, those may well be reserved for our grandkids....I'd hardly be thrilled about that.

[@MakayevR29]

I was 5 in 1975,I still remember this opening sequence from the 1st episode,it literally blew my socks off.....and that was on an old black and white 20inch tv as well lol!

[@stingrayampeg7804]

@@cikgurazak2734 you're an old fart like me! I was the same age. XD

[@davidmaddison2628]

This show doesn't look totally out of place even today.

[@ericechols7638]

Actually this looks better than the cgi crap of today. It's realistic.

[@kenshiantrax1285]

David Maddison yes it does

[@shmuli9]

It sort of does look dated. Those ridiculously large computers with flashing lights and the 1970's plastic patio furniture are two dead giveaways. So is the newscaster. (It seems in the 1970s, people thought a "business outfit" in the future would be a tweed jacket with a turtleneck sweater. I've seen this in several films and TV shows that take place "in the future"...) But in other ways, yes it doesn't look out of place. In some ways, this is FAR more realistic than the Star Trek series (plural), where the hairdos already look VERY dated (or course, the original was, but even the ones in the 80s and 90s do), and they walked around with what essentially look like tablets (and rather klunky ones, at that), and Voyager, and ST: TNG are 400 years in the future. (We have that technology NOW, and many phones are essentially "mini-computers".)

[@0raffie0]

It looks quite seventies.

[@johntowers1213]

Can't deny the production values were top notch, from model effects to set design, it was top tear stuff for a TV show of its Age. certain thing will always age poorly but compared to contemporary shows in this genre it really knocked it out of the park I think.

[@jackalopewright5343]

I always loved that it looked exactly like an extension of the 2001: A Space Odyssey universe.

[@jefftappan3091]

It might have been cheesy,but TV since then has become Velveeta.

[@joestrike8537]

I was once chatting with Ben Bova, a noted science fiction author (don't you *dare* say "sci-fi" to him!) and editor of "Analog" sci-fi magazine.(Whoops, sorry Ben!) He had the best line on the subject: "Space: 1999, marked down from 2001"

[@allenjones3130]

There is a starship(seen in "Wargames" and "Alpha Child") that resembles '2001''s starship Discovery.

[@80sOGRE]

It's funny how this was early morning kids entertainment yet some of the episodes are creepy AF. That episode with that octopus thing with the light, that creepy shadow man episode.

[@AlphanPeter]

zienia merton passed away on September 14 2018 rest in peace

[@TIMBOWERMAN]

I remember her as Ping-Cho in an early Doctor Who - Marco Polo.

[@donboy65]

Sandra Benes is one of my favorite characters. Rest in peace.

[@pauldelagarzaundsenkel625]

I definitely liked her better than Yasko! Yasko was a terrible actress. They should have kept her and Dr. Mathias on all the 2nd season episodes! Way to go Frieberg moron!

[@StephenLToniL]

Wow never heard any news anywhere about it. RIP Zienia

[@2ndEndingVintage]

That's sad.....RIP Ziena.

[@mikeb.5039]

Funny how some of the Cheesiest Shows before 2000 are a hell of a lot better then the ones on today.

[@OldNorsebrewery]

Mike B. I Agree. Love the older movies and tv shows

[@OldNorsebrewery]

Joel Smith Re boots like Ghostbusters or ocean 8? All reboots are unwatchable and a rape of the good old originals

[@l337pwnage]

+Mike less left wing propaganda in them.

[@OldNorsebrewery]

l337pwnage What exactly do you mean? To many men in leading roles?

[@l337pwnage]

Old Norse brewery It has less to do with the who, and more to do with the why. And it's a lot more than just that. I watched that latest "Predator", and that is a _terrible_ movie. I almost walked out, and I only walked out of one movie in my life. In a nutshell, the aliens are grabbing more and more people because they know we are going extinct due to global warming. Also, autism is just the next step in human evolution. I bet you didn't know that? lol. And, of course, the cast choices are all there to push multiculturalism and degeneracy. Lots of gratuitous foul language, sexual innuendo, and the like, just like most movies push. And, of course, all the "heros" are military prisoners, because people only go to prison because they are unfairly targeted. The propaganda goes on and on. If you watch MacGyver, you should already know most of the tricks. That show was *very* left wing. I'm glad I didn't notice that stuff when I was younger or it would've ruined the show for me. The whole show was anti-gun, but they didn't really tackle it until I think Season 4, and they wanted to show one of the left wing gun violence stats at the end of the show, but the NRA pretty much told them they will be sued into oblivion, so they couldn't. Richard Dean Anderson was pissed and even whined about it on talk shows. That was the episode where he was a dumbass and tried to grab a loaded gun out of his friend's hand and he shot his other friend. Compare that to "The Rifleman" where a similar incident happened. The main kid in the show and another kid were playing around with dad's gun and the one kid got shot and killed. The main kid didn't want anything to do with guns anymore and the whole episode was about the main kid overcoming his fear of guns and that you can't run away from bad things that happen and you have to deal with them. The rabbit hole goes deep when it comes to the media.

[@borodesu8117]

That opening theme song always gave me goosebumps.

[@user-ux9uj8cj7k]

The 80s and 90s era in Tv is the most memorable, as wecwatched one best show after the other. Two thumbs up for space 1999,as it makes me remember other best shows like Star Trek, or Ark II

[@Canuckster1169]

whoever did the lighting on this show was a goddamn artist

[@billkirkham6026]

Canuckster1169 obviously the same people who lit the stage and help pull off the moon landing goal. Notice the absence of stars and multiple shadow angles all from only one light source Lmao

[@jaystarsky7271]

And on the old 60's TV Show Star Trek with Kirk and Spock

[@Argumemnon]

@@billkirkham6026 You shouldn't expect stars in the moon pictures. You'd know that if you knew anything about photography. And there aren't multiple shadow angles. You've been conned.

[@golden-63]

@@billkirkham6026 Conspiratards are hilarious! More!! MORE!!!

[@monkeyboy4746]

That was a problem with production, apparently the sets could not be broken apart and lighted and filmed individually, they had to set up the cameras/lighting inside the set itself.

[@paulpayton1348]

September 13th is Barbara Bain's birthday. She always knocked me out of orbit.

[@jeffsullivan2044]

I never forgave her for beating Diana Rigg as Emma Peel for the Emmy a few years earlier.

[@violainemorata1171]

Ah!!! C'est une anecdote que j'ignorais! Merci !

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

My Grandson's birthday is also September 13th.

[@ramongonzalez2112]

BBC Barbara Brain was hot!🥵

[@gorymarty56]

She and Martin were married

[@davidshurville3658]

"We could be sitting on the biggest bomb man's ever made". God,never a truer line!! Great to see it again after so many years. So bad,its good!

[@Dr_DeeDee]

The picture resolution is damn good for 1975

[@yusufgaridi9523]

This masterpiece is unforgettable....thank you so much for posting. I love the fact that I was born in that golden era (cheers to my fellow 70's babies)

[@Doggeslife]

I was born in 1960 at the beginning of the US space program. I was a space baby! I was just the right age to enjoy the 1970s in my teens. Would not trade it for any other time period.

[@ozziemederos]

Rest in peace Commander he also passed away this year

[@raynerstuelgalid]

Just finished watching this. Does not recall appreciating it as much watching it a young teen 40+ years ago, but now, I am pretty impressed with the tight story-telling actually. Maybe I am too bored with today's movies where the script writers write in every character's feelings into every story, not to mention their politics.

[@robertdixon7856]

I watched this show when I was a kid in Ethiopia. I didn’t speak or understand English, but I couldn’t wait for the next episode. When I moved to the states no one new what I was talking about. Thanks for posting this because now that I can speak and understand English I can’t wait to watch it. This is truly wonderful !!!

[@okidoke4822]

70's tv themes were the best! And OMG the picture clarity!

[@DjTonioRoffo]

Made on film, so yeah :)

[@mccommas2]

When we watched in off the air, there was often a lot of snow! If you were lucky enough to have a color TV!

[@juliantwyselton-fife6717]

35mm film even!!!

[@Modellbaustammtisch]

This show scared the crap out of me when I was little! But now, after half a century I got to say, it's just brilliant!

[@rickgehring7507]

Same here ,

[@tamickafryar]

Me too

[@ututura]

so true

[@Stiffd1]

Especially that tentacles monster episode that sucked you into it’s orifice! Horrid..truly.

[@Mimeniia]

Ditto. And its where my infatuation for sci-fi started.

[@bluesywalker501]

Now, THIS is a series worth re-booting !

[@ilmaio]

Please don't, we don't need another woke version of a good show. They would just ruin it for good, like everything else.

[@Chris-dz3rs]

There have been a few attempts, but they all had the same result....nothing.

[@diegoacevedo1478]

My favorite series of all time. Even better than Star Trek. For me year 2 was more fun, it had more action and included Maya and Tony. I was just 12 or 13 but I remember the huge dissappointment I had when I heard the series was cancelled.

[@eliasarndt6400]

Who else watches this on Sep. 13 2019?

[@philippemichelvidori7248]

I did this on sept 13 1999 at work ! ( 20 years ago )

[@andystreet4022]

I've just watched the episode in full. Really nostalgic having been so excited to watch it when it was first broadcast more than 40 years ago.

[@tsu8003]

Nobody here cos its been on Forces TV for a year and now the Horror Channel right after Star Trek Voyager!

[@jaystarsky7271]

Me

[@TheBrockwellBroadcastNetwork]

Really beautifully shot. Yet another "out of the park" hit from Gerry Anderson! He's maybe the most under-rated creator in television. Someone should do a documentary about him, to showcase his genius to this younger generation.

[@DavidLS1]

Never quite understood how the moon could travel faster than light (to get to other planets), but then slowed down each week for an adventure. Still, it was a fun show.

[@patrickwalls1407]

its amazing they had vision for space travel in the 60's and 70's only to find in 2019 we can't tie our shoes let alone fly to the moon.

[@stephenanderle5422]

Shoelaces?? What are those?😂

[@maldridge7630]

Look at the slow motion they used to show those people working outside in costumes...Moon landing, anyone??? This show is proof that moon landing was in Hollywood-esque basement somewhere...all they did was play it in slow-mo...boy humanity was fooled BIG time and turned to sheeple...now this pandemic, they have turned us into fools, cattle, insects, and they are planning to wipe 9/10th of the population...how did all this happen? they have blinded our third eye!

[@markdemell3717]

Speak for yourself.

[@MrBuckoP]

NEVER FORGET! 20 years today 9/13/1999

[@metalmaniacmetalhead5679]

Despite the countless scientific errors (some of them obvious even from children), space 1999 was my favorite sci - fi show along with star trek. Τhe show was released in the late 1970s in Greece. I am 52 years old , but i still remember the pleasure I felt watching the series. Every kid disappeared during the show. John Koenig was my hero , and Maya looked wonderful .I believe every boy was in love with her. I spent many hours painting eagles. Moonbase Alpha (the greek letter) seemed so real. A revival would be very interesting.

[@aldunlop4622]

Yeah the science is actually laughable, especially for a show that pretends to be scientific, it’s still fun to watch though, and I think the Eagles are actually a design that would work.

[@virtuella]

Loved to watch that show as a kid. I think it was the first long sci fi series on Danish televison. Amazing to see the old 35mm on todays higher resolution screens. As i understand it all movies/series shot on 35mm from back then can be made into 4K without to much hassle.

[@victorprocerto8025]

Best theme song ever.

[@michaelmallory2926]

Victor Procerto Better than Buck Rogers?

[@paulbeardsley4095]

@Seniku Moonjewel Space: 1999 and UFO are in the top 5 IMO. Black Beauty and Blake's 7 are in there too, but nothing beats Hawaii Five-O.

[@leilal8053]

@@paulbeardsley4095 Hawaii 5-0!

[@kyledixon8806]

yup

[@AcapulKero]

When that was on TV we still had a Black and White TV. But I went to the house of my friend to watch it in colour. I even record every episode on a cassette and bought the toys and I was building the moonbase of wood. Great to find this jewel here on youtube!

[@DavidRLentz]

I had the fortune to meet the executive producer Gerry Anderson, the lead Martin Landau, the actor Nick Tate, the score composer Barry Gray, and the guest actor David Prowse.

[@knightgold1000]

Lucky you!

[@DavidRLentz]

@@knightgold1000 , Mr. Prowse had played Lord Vader. He was twice my size! 6'7", 265 lbs (205 cm, 126 kg), with a 50" chest and a 34" waist, to my 5'11" and 132 lbs (181 cm, 60 kg). He could stride with astounding briskness! To his great surprise, this skinny, long-legged nerd--we both had a 36" inseam (93 cm inside leg) and size 12 feet!--could keep up with him, and he told me I was the first person he had met who could. He was very pleasant and gracious with me. He even took the time to show me how to keep my balance as I had ascended a nearby staircase three steps at a time. My feet and ankles are narrow, making me vulnerable to injury and falling. Momentum from great speed was the key. Decades later, I still can!

[@pavo1394]

Watched this when I was a little kid. Haven't seen it in decades. Surprised at how well a lot of the visual effects hold up. The black skies with few visible stars is very realistic. Most space based movies and shows fill the sky with stars because they think the audience will be bored with a black sky.

[@joestrike8537]

The 'few stars" were because the series didn't have a lot of $$$ for optical effects, so they had to do a lot of in-camera compositing & they didn't want the ships to seem transparent with stars shining right through them

[@AllRequired]

Yes, Star Trek, they're talking to you.

[@fredcollier3373]

I loved this series, from the sterile outfits to the Eagles and the many different species especially the beautiful shapeshifter in later episodes. This show definitely sparked a child's imagination. BRAVO !!!

[@richardacevedo280]

Star Trek was also very inspirational....I was 8 years when I knew what I wanted to do: Become an engineer and work in NASA programs. My first job out of university was as a member of the XRS-2200 Aerospike development team, followed by the Space Shuttle Main Engine, etc., Those we very fun years.

[@ArizonaWillful]

The way they went through Eagles, I think they must have had about 10,000 of them stored away in a huge hanger under the moon's surface. Seems like every week "There goes another Eagle".

[@alanclarke4646]

You mean Maya the Metamorph. Grrrrowlll!

[@peterbelanger4094]

Oh yeah, I loved it too, when I was 6. Now, so many years later, after learning a thing or two about science, it is hilariously terrible. Scientifically, nothing in the show makes any sense. "physics? nahhhhh....we don't need no stinkin physics!" ONLY a child would be able to 'suspend disbelief' and enjoy this show.

[@joestrike8537]

@@ArizonaWillful There was one episode where there was a massive explosion in that hanger that wiped out God knows how many Eagles; maybe there was a manufacturing installation also underground somewhere where they could keep manufacturing new ones

[@stevewingate3023]

This and UFO are imho the best shows Gerry Anderson ever did.

[@adriansherlockdamondark.1094]

Hell yeah!

[@hawkdsl]

UFO didn't even need a story... they had some of the hottest babes in tv history.

[@montinaladine3264]

What about Thunderbirds 1964? That whole shebang was an incredible feat of genius, a work of art.

[@zahemi914]

How I remember enjoying every imagination I could indulge with watching this when I was just 7 yrs old, (1977) and remembering it well when we got to 1999 wondering would it be the same. And Maya was always my favourite Mystique. Hope we can have a re-run today in 2023

[@tonyc.4392]

Boy howdy, Martin Landau was legit amazing. Also, this needs a Battlestar style remake so bad.

[@pauldecham6036]

I was 10 years old when this series come out. Me and my best friend Andy never missed an episode!

[@billhoskoformayorofsaintpa1295]

The show began on 9-9-99, it left Earth orbit on 9-13-99. It premiered on 9-9-75 - my 13th birthday... Still have all my 1999 toys I was given or bought in the late 70s.

[@michaeljordan9879]

I was about 10, too. But I thought it was biggest bomb ever created.

[@JulesN580]

Same with me and my best friend Paul - probably 11 or so. We were Scifi obsessed! He used to play the theme on his Stylophone...

[@S.H.A.D.O.999]

How's Andy?

[@Payne2view]

Probably the most exiting theme tune of the era.

[@tsu8003]

And then they replaced it with the worst in the second series!

[@indygo1963]

Attention to detail was amazing. At 32:10. You can see the earth outside one of the main mission windows as the camera pans to the right.

[@erichwise9936]

The details went down for the regular episodes. For example, in the pilot when someone would be seen speaking on a video monitor, the backgrounds would be of the room they were supposed to be in, but in the regular episodes there would just be a grey background.

[@MediaBuster]

It's pretty amazing that this came before Star Wars and was a TV series and still was great for its time.

[@joestrike8537]

As a boomer I remember The Great Sci-Fi TV Drought of the mid-1970s," between the end of Star Trek and the beginning of Star Wars - "Space 1999' in the middle of that period and it definitely filled a vaccum for a while, but everyone was hungry for some sci-fi to come along that would *really* deliver the goods; and then on one fateful day in 1977...

[@tedpopernack64]

I remember watching this show , what a flashback !! Great times they were back then !! I am 52 now and I still love it . Great effects . Break through models and lighting . Great show for it's time !!! Would rival some shows of today

[@nytreeman]

Barbara Bain was and always will be an absolute goddess.

[@Curas1]

Bad acting Bad science awesome music And barbra bain stuck to the floor in high Gees AWESOME!

[@GreatGooglieWooglie]

49:53 barbara bain's birthday

[@davidlafleche1142]

There are 100 actresses who were better-looking and more talented.

[@MrTwostring]

I don't know why KZbin suggested this to me but I'm glad it did. I tried looking up when it "came out" - but I was confused. I never knew this was a British show... and the articles aren't clear about when it came to the USA -- and I can't even swear that I saw it when it was first new. It was made pre-star-wars. When I was in grade school the kids were into Star Trek - and when Star Wars came out in 1977 I remember going space crazy. Someone here in the comments mentioned Battlestar Galactica, which I also watched... but that came out well after Space 1999 was made. I wonder if I caught a later wave of syndication of Space 1999 because I always thought of it as a kid's show. I do now remember the model Eagle ships -- and for sure the stun guns. I remember this as a kid's show -- like grown ups wouldn't take it seriously, or maybe it was on the TV at after school time. Hmmm. For that matter, when did Logan's Run come out?

[@brianarbenz1329]

Season 1 of Space 1999 was intelligent, fun escapism. It was respectful of its audience, non-sexist, and faithful to good sci-fi ideals. Granted, however, engine blasts and explosions don't make noise on an airless lunar surface, but Season 1 was a quality show that resisted TVs attempts to dumb sci-fi down.

[@toniomiklo2406]

"Non-sexist". Yes, that's definitely the 1st think to look for in a show. I'm sure women can't defend themselves nowadays and they need keyboard warriors like you to carry the sword.

[@Emdee5632]

Of the second season I liked Maya the female shapeshifter. There was an explanation why she was new. But who the * was this Tony guy? He spent the first season in sick bay, one internet site mentions 😏🙄... But where are the professor and the other people? Why did they move to a much smaller command centre?

[@brianarbenz1329]

@@toniomiklo2406 Notice I typed, "intelligent, fun escapism. It was respectful of its audience, non-sexist..." Non-sexist is the 5th thing I typed. Not the first thing, (I cut you some slack on the typo) I mentioned. But it sure jumped out you first. Do you have an anxious over-reaction to someone praising something because it is non-sexist?

[@williambeasley2582]

Space1999, the avengers, the prisoner,the saint were among my favorites

[@cjanon305]

That, would be telling

[@bernardoconnor1502]

Gerry Anderson was truly a creative force, while his shows didn't have the cultural impact of Star Trek, I think he was just as important to the genre as Roddenberry. His shows, beginning with the Supermarionation shows and ending with the live action 1999, UFO and the film Journey To The Far Side Of The Sun/Doppleganger took me from Kindergarten through High School, along with Star Trek and a few other shows, like The Invaders. "Cheesy" is a term I think is overused many times. To me, it means something done quickly and cheaply, slapdash, without regard, care or creativity. There is of course plenty of cheese in TV science fiction, but in a case like 1999 or Trek TOS even, budgetary constraints did have an effect, there was always care to do the best work possible with available resources, which would often result in great creativity in how to utilize those resources. This was a great show for it's time, it still holds up today. Like a lot of good television,and movies, it has flaws and can often fall victim interference from the powers that be, making short sighted decisions from positions of detachment and ignorance.

[@charlesameyer1]

There’s nothing “cheesy” about Space 1999. The Anderson(s?) work on this is remarkable, and meticulous. The pre-digital effects and sets grow only more engaging over the years, even if they date the show. The actors are certainly capable. What kept me from getting hooked on the show were I guess the scripts. Of course, the spaceships, explosions, etc, created by the Andersons are the stars of the show, but they dominate to the point that characters don’t develop and the dialogue is mechanical. Every show has its flaws, and nothing is for everybody.

[@robertthomas5736]

This Show was Way Ahead of its Time, Just Like Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica

[@allenjones3130]

The pilot episode of "Space 1999" is a classic.

[@erichwise9936]

@@charlesameyer1 Sylvia Anderson (producer) had more to do with the success of Year One than Gerry Anderson (exec producer). When they got divorced between seasons, her absence was noticeable.