The Critics
| Isaac Asimov (1975) | Is `Space 1999' More Fi Than Sci? A very influential article by Isaac Asimov (New York Times, 1975) |
| Isaac Asimov 2 (1975) | An Expert's Verdict- Trek Wins The second Asimov article. (Cue, 1975) |
| Gary Gerani (1977) | Fantastic Television (Harmony, US, 1977); A very influential series review from a major book on sf tv |
| David Houston (1976) | STARLOG Number 1(Aug 1976) p12-14 Influential series review |
| David Houston 2 (1976) | "Recovering from the Mysterious Unknown Force" STARLOG Number 2 (Nov 1976) p32-35 First use of the term MUF, introducing Year 2 |
| David Hirsch (1980) | David Hirsch reviews the Mysterious Unknown Force- definitive articles from Starlog magazine |
| Ben Bova (1976) | Science fiction writer Ben Bova echoes Asimov's comments (American Film Review vol 1 nbr 4, 1976) |
| Bill Warren (1976) | 1999: A Space Oddity by Bill Warren. Scathing attack on the series by a notable science fiction fan and writer. |
| John Brosnan (1976) | A Look at Space: 1999 by John Brosnan. A critical but intelligent review of the series by a British film writer. (Science Fiction Monthly, 1976) |
| Brian Stewart (1975) | It's really disco, lost out there by Brian Stewart. A sometimes bizarre, very critical review. (Cinefantastique, 1975) |
| Edward J Zagorski (1975) | In Star Trek's Tracks. Review following the tone set by the Asimov reviews above. |
| Daily Variety (1976) | Review of The Metamorph. |
| Mare Ganea Fitzgerald (1978) | Television's Giant Step. 1978 series profile by a fan who explains what's right with the series. (Questar, 1978) |
| Carol Burton Terry (1976) | Article at the start of Year 2. (Newsday, 1976) |
| James D. Denney (1976) | A positive look at the series previewing of Year 2. (Art and Story, 1976) |
| R Allen Leider (1977) | Circus, 1977 |
| Bob Bassi (1975) | A look at Year 1. (Triad , 1975) |
| Richard Geis (1975) | "The Moon Is A Harsh Spaceship". (Science Fiction Review, 1975) |
| James Van Hise et al (1977) | Rocket's Blast Comicollector, 1977 |
| Hugh James (1977) | Trek Times, 1977 |
| Patrick Daniel O'Neill (1976) | Trek Times, 1976 |
| Arielle Emmett (1975) | Science Digest, 1975 |
| Baird Searles (1976) | Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, 1976 |
| Ruth Glick (1976) | Creative Computing, 1976 |
| David Scott (1992) | DWB, 1992 |
| Marcus Berkmann (1997) | DreamWatch, 1997 |
| Magazine reviews (1998+) | Short magazine and press reviews |
| Book critics | A compendium of criticism in various books. Much of it is hostile. |
| James Van Hise (1993) | From "SCI FI TV From Twilight Zone to Deep Space Nine" chapter 13 "SF Failures" |
| War Games review | Insightful Carsten Andresen review from Intercom One |
| Wernher von Braun | A letter from the noted rocket scientist to Abe Mandell of ITC. |
| Star critics | William Shatner, Gene Roddenberry and Tom Baker on where Space 1999 went wrong. |
| Episode critics | An episode breakdown of critics comments |
Last updated June 2015, May 2002, 15th July 2001, 20th October 1998