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Instant Guide To Space 1999

Cult Times was a spin-off from the magazine TV Zone, starting in 1995.

Instant Guide To Space 1999

Cult Times Number 1 (October 1995, p45)

The essential facts, figures and trivia in an easy page

The Premise:

When atomic waste dumps on the dark side of the Moon explode, the satellite is blown out of Earth orbit. The crew of Moonbase Alpha are forced to journey through unknown Space, forever hoping to find a world they can call home.

Background:

Created by Gerrv and Sylvia Anderson (Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet)

First Run:

1976/77 Actually 1975-1978

Number of Episodes:

48

The Good Guys:

Commander John Koenig (Martin Landau). Doctor Helena Russell (Barbara Bain). Professor Victor Bergman (Barry Morse, Season 1). Alan Carter (Nick Tate). Sandra Benes (Zienia Merton). Paul Morrow (Prentis Hancock, Season 1). Dr Mathias (Anton Phillips), David Kano (Clifton Jones, Season 1). Maya (Catherine Schell, Season 2), Tony Verdeschi (Tony Anholt, Season 2)

Famous Guest Stars:

Joan Collins. Christopher Lee. Peter Cushing. Billie Whitelaw. Ian McShane. Julian Glover

And isn't that...

Blake's 7's Gan appears in Rules Luton as a monster. Doctor Who's Patrick Troughton is a dying ruler in The Dorcons. Survivors Carolyn Seymour is an Alphan in The Seance Spectre. Stuart Damon from The Champions and Tomorrow Person Nicholas Young are aliens in disguise in The Bringers of Wonder: Shane Rimmer, voice of Scott Tracey in Thunderbirds, appears in the flesh in Space Brain; Dave Prowse (Darth Vader in Star Wars) is title creature in The Beta Cloud. [Scott Tracy, not Scott Tracey]

Best of the Bunch:

Breakaway (first episode). Death's Other Dominion (immortals on an ice world), Dragon 's Domain (deadly monster living in a spaceship graveyard). The Metamorph (scientist drains the brains of aliens). Dorzak (renegade from Maya's home planet wreaks havoc)

Bottom of the Barrel:

The Rules of Luton (vegetation gets miffed on alien planet). New Adam New Eve (bloke claiming to be God pops up on Alpha), The Beta Cloud (talking green cloud in Space sends monster to steal Alpha's life support system)

Overdone clichés:

Season Two stories invariably featured green clouds in Space

Fashion Statements:

The humongous '70s flares

Space: 1999, Bravo

Tuesdays and Thursdays 20.00
repeated Saturdays and Sundays 13.00