���In a Fantasy Flashback with a differ- ence, we take a look at the episode of Space: 1999 which would have ended the show's second season. The story con- cluded the Alphans' search for a home, but the episode was never made... The Plot ���Moonbase Alpha is disappearing, piece by piece. While trying to solve the mys- tery, Koenig and his crew discover two young human children, who possess awe- some alien powers. ���The children are supervised by an alien adult; a complex, contemplative man who observes their every move but does not control them. ���Moonbase Alpha is at the children's mercy, as they utilize their powers over the forces of nature. Almost like Caligula ruling over Rome, they possess extremes of generosity and cruelty. ���Koenig and the crew are shocked to dis- cover that the children are their descend- ants. Three hundred years into the future, the Alphans have settled on an alien planet,

have reproduced in large numbers and their society has stabilized sufficiently for them to seek to colonize other worlds. ���This expansion is of great concern to a very advanced alien race, whose presence is unknown to the descendants of Alpha. Their chosen course of action is to examine the nature of Earth people, and have taken two of their children. They have indulged them, given them fantastic powers, and have waited for their natural instincts to show. ���The result of this experiment have now been taken back to Alpha by the alien spe- cies; back to the source of the colony that threatens them. The humans are being judged upon uncontrolled power in the hands of irrational, undisciplined children. If their behaviour reveals the true nature of the human race, Alpha will be de- stroyed, history will be changed, and the colony in three hundred years time will never even have existed. ���Does the degree of evil in human nature warrant the destruction of the species? The results so far suggest that the children are irretrievably evin, and the Humanity is beyond redemption.

���However, just as the fate of the Alphans is sealed, and the base is to be destroyed, one of the children makes an extraordinary act of self-sacrifice. The action reveals all that is positive in Humanity, and allows the alien judge to reassess the race as a force for Good. Three hundred years in the Fu- ture, the two species can now make con- tact and a peaceful coexistence will occur.