Moonbase Alpha Technical NotebookSeason 1
Moonbase Alpha Technical Notebook
21. The Infernal Machine
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22. Mission of the DariansScreenplay: JOHNNY BYRNEDirector: RAY AUSTIN |
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 His name was Delmer Powys Plebus Gwent; a genius from the planet Zemo and |
 Neman and Kara offer the Alphans the chance to leave Moonbase and live |
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| A strange craft is sighted over the lunar horizon shortly before Alpha's computer malfunctions. A voice from the craft asks permission to land, but makes it clear that it has total control on the computer system and it will not accept "No" for an answer. Koenig agrees to the landing re- quest and reluctantly accepts an invita- tion for Bergman, Helena, and himself to go out and greet their mysterious visitor. They arrive via Moonbuggy and meet an old man who calls himself "Companion." He tells them that Gwent is in need of sup- plies. When Koenig asks to see Gwent, Companion informs him that the entire spacecraft is Gwent. But Gwent needs more than supplies, for Companion is dying and a new one must be found. Soon, the old man dies and Gwent delivers his ultimatum: unless both the supplies and a new Com- panion are given to him, he will destroy Moonbase Alpha. Koenig finds himself with little choice. Companion/Gwent: LEO McKERN |
Alpha answers a plea for help from the colossal spaceship Daria. The craft is at least fifty miles long and two miles wide! Aboard, they discover the remains of the once-great Darian civilization now in a state of primeval barbarism. However, a small group of Darians have escaped the nuclear catastrophe that devestated most of the ship. They explain to Koenig that they have been in space for 900 years and hope to reach the new planet they set out to colonize in another 100 years. Kara and Neman offer to take the Alphans on so that their children's children may have a home, but Bergman discovers that Kara and her people are the same 14 true Darians that survived the disaster hundreds of years earlier. They keep alive through transplant surgery and food recycled from human bodies! Meanwhile, Helena, who has been given to the barbarian's "god," a- waits, sedated, in the recycling plant to become human fodder! This is the fate that awaits them all. Kara: JOAN COLLINS Neman: DENNIS BURGRESS Petros High Priest: AUBREY MORRIS Lowry: PAUL ANTRIM Hadin: ROBERT RUSSELL Male Mute: GERALD STADDEN Female Mute: JACKIE HORTON |
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