Space 1999 - Series 1 Space 1999 (DVD)

...way for something else. And Space 1999 is most definitely IT! Probably best remembered for its state of the art sets, banging electric guitar music and enormous flares 1974 was the year that the creator of Thunderbirds bought his live action sci-fi spectacular to life. With Doctor Who continuing to be "THE" sci-fi series to excel all others ITC entertainment decided to get a part of the action. While the good Doctor was exiled to earth in the guise ...
...making a space spectacular. The first series of Space 1999 was a groundbreaking success and a second series was immediately drafted. Space 1999 although a British project had some American and Canadian funding this made the show a truly international piece of television history. Space 1999 was continuously shown up until around 1985 and became a crucial part of Saturday afternoon television on the ITV. Now its shown on ITV 4 but episodes are missing ...

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SPACE 1999 ========== Here we are again with another memorable sci-fi series from Gerry and Sylvia Anderson whose other 'Hits' included Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, Fireball XL5, Thunderbirds and UFO. Space 1999 was set on the Moon where a Moon base has been built and nuclear waste from the Earth was stored, but things are not well and soon the nuclear waste explodes blowing the moon out of earths orbit and sets it on a course out of the ...
...The Troubled Spirit 20. Space Brain 21. The Infernal Machine 22. Mission Of The Darians 23. Dragon's Domain 24. The Testament Of Arkadia I remember as a kid having a toy ‘Eagle’ and really enjoying each episode. You can get it on DVD or catch the repeats on ITV4, daily. At the time the sets where clever and innovative and the scripts fresh and different. The special effects where not up to much but then it was 1975, oops sorry, 1999. The acting ...

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...must have for any true Space 1999 fan. The actual video extras are a little light but given that the series is almost thirty years old, this can be forgiven as finding source material is often difficult. However the booklets that come with the set are a wonderful addition to any collection and give away many behind the scenes secrets as well as the history of how the series came to be commissioned. Text information on two episodes plus PDFs of a ...

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