SPACE: 1999 Story Record #4 “Return to the Beginning" (1976)

In the mid 1970s, POWER Records an imprint of Peter Pan Industries, long-time maker of records for children since the late 1940's, produced Story Records based on the UK television series SPACE:1999 which ran from 1975-1977. The first record set was a 12-inch 33-1/3 RPM LP record which included three different stories and was released in 1975. In 1976, four additional stories were released on LP for a total of seven total stories. That same year, two of the stories "Breakaway" and “Return to the Beginning" were released as a Book & Record set which was a 7 inch 45 rpm record and a read along comic book.
"Return to the Beginning" is Space: 1999 Story Record #4 and features an original story in which, after the Moon passes through a violent space storm, the Alphans discover that they have returned to Earth. Arriving on the surface, however, Koenig and company find themselves in Biblical times.

[@eldergroan]

this is crazy - nothing remotely like this could be produced today - thanks so much for sharing!

[@CHDanhauser]

You're very welcome!

[@matambale]

What the...

[@aaronatherton7431]

No. I'm not doing Noah's Ark episode thank you very much

[@silverwoodchuck47]

This story is so bad. I mean, what's more preposterous--A flood that we have overwhelming evidence didn't happen, or the Moon being pushed out of Earth's orbit by nuclear waste explosion?

[@MrThehellyousay]

There's actually a lot of evidence that a worldwide flood happened. Fact: Just about every civilization has a flood story including Native American tribes. My personal theory (not a scientist, just an interested party) that all the continents were together at some time in the past. A massive flood would very nicely explain why the continents have drifted apart. Did it happen the way the Bible depicts it? No way to know for sure, but to my mind very feasible. I am a Jesus follower, but this is not a hill I'm willing to die on. I just find the idea of a worldwide flood very plausible. As to the second idea, seems to me that anything is possible with a large enough nuclear explosion. Either way, an intriguing concept from a very well done 70's sci-fi show