SPACE 1999 LAST TRANSMITION…
TO EARTH!
Space: 1999is a British science-fiction television series that
originally aired from 1975 to 1977. In the opening episode, nuclear
waste from Earth stored on the Moon's far side explodes in a
catastrophic accident on 13 September 1999, knocking the Moon out
of orbit and sending it and the 311 inhabitants of Moonbase Alpha
hurtling uncontrollably into space. The series was the last
production by the partnership of Gerry and Sylvia
Anderson.
The underlying
story line of Space:
1999 centres on the
plight of the inhabitants of Moonbase Alpha, Earth's Space Research
Centre on the 
Moon, following a scientific cataclysm.
Mankind had been storing its nuclear waste in vast disposal sites
on the far side of the Moon. The accumulated waste reaches
critical mass and, on 13 September 1999, detonates in a massive
thermonuclear explosion, initiated by a build-up of an unknown form
of magnetic radiation. The force of the blast propels the Moon like
an enormous booster rocket, hurling it out of Earth orbit and into
deep space at colossal speed, thus stranding the 311 personnel
stationed on Alpha. The runaway Moon, in effect, becomes the
'spacecraft' on which the protagonists travel, searching for a new
home. During their interstellar journey, the Alphans encounter a
vast array of alien civilizations, dystopian societies, and
mind-bending phenomena previously unseen by the eyes of
mankind.
Message from Moonbase
Alpha
Filmed on 29 August 1999, Message From Moonbase
Alpha is a fan-produced mini-episode
made with the co-operation and
involvement of Space: 1999 script editor Johnny Byrne, who
penned the script. Filmed inside a private house on a remarkable working replica of a small
section of the Main Mission set and utilising the original prop of
Koenig's Command Center desk and Sandra Benes's original Year Two
Alpha uniform, the short film was first shown at the Space: 1999
Breakaway Convention in Los Angeles, California on 13 September
1999—the day the events in episode 1 of the series were
supposed to take place. With the permission of (then) copyright
owners Carlton Media International, the film included brief clips
from seven episodes to illustrate the deserted Moonbase Alpha and
the Alphans' exodus to planet Terra Alpha. Previously unused
footage shot for the Year Two title sequence and "The Last Enemy"
was used to create a sequence showing the Moon being affected by a
gravitational disturbance and thrown into an unknown solar system.
Short excerpts from 12 other episodes appeared in a montage as
Sandra Benes recalls her life on Alpha.
The seven minute film features Zienia Merton
reprising her role as Sandra Benes delivering a final message to
Earth as the only crew member left on Moonbase Alpha while a
massive exodus to a habitable planet, Terra Alpha, takes place with
the rest of the crew. This basically gave the series the finality
it never had in its initial run.
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