 The special effects like this bolt of radiation hitting a space ship are what make Space: 1999 really exciting! | |
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Right now, the cast and crew of Space: 1999 are in London working on next sea- son's shows. Dynamite's spies sneaked around until we found out there are quite a few changes planned! Starting this fall, Moonbase Alpha is tak- ing on a new resident. She's a strange alien who can change herself into a bird, or any other animal or creature. (Eat your heart out, Mr. Spock!) To make room for the newcomer, Space: 1999 is losing one cast member. Say good-bye to Professor Victor Bergman (Barry Morse). He will be killed off in the first epi- sode this fall. The learned professor is go- ing to die of mechanical heart failure. It's too bad, but let's face it, the new alien does sound like a lot more fun! Of course, the start, Martin Landau and Barbara Bain, will be back this season. The husband and wife team told Dynamite that they're an enthusiastic as ever about the show. "Most science fiction deals with peo- ple running around in Buck Rodgers suits looking silly," Landau told us. "Our shows are more involved and imaginative. The shows aren't set that far in the future, so the characters still have today's viewpoints and |
emotions. And yet the adventures take us into far-out worlds. Sometimes we come into contact with civilizations that are a million years ahead of us!" For those of you who aren't yet fans of Space: 1999 maybe we'd better fill you in on some of the background. The series takes place on the moon on Moonbase Alpha. The base was set up to do research and is staffed by over 300 men and women from all over the world. They were sent there to study. They didn't plan to stay there the rest of their lives. However . . . Back on Earth, getting rid of atomic waste had become a major problem. So the Earth- lings decided to store it on the moon. Unfor- tunately, as the waste built up reactions started. Finally a series of explosions blasted the moon (with the base on it) right out of the Earth's orbit. Space: 1999 tells the story of the people who are marooned on the base, drifting through space, never to return! "We never get back in touch with Earth as we know it." Landau explained. "There we are, headed further out into space. We're not prepared for the journey. We didn't plan to spend the rest of our lives together. We |
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