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Brian C.
For the benefit of our U.K.-based forum members this Friday, July 31st, 2009 two back-to-back special screenings of the Gerry Anderson Century 21 Television produced SPACE: 1999 (Syndicated 1975-77) pilot episode "Breakaway" (17/10/1975) and the UFO (Syndicated 1970-71) episode "Survival" (06/01/1971) have been scheduled at the BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE, 21 Stephen Street, Soho, London commencing at 6:20 p.m. G.M.T. in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the first U.S.-mounted Lunar landing.
Provided is a weblink to the BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE online weblink to the "One Giant Leap" SPACE: 1999 and UFO special screenings for more information:
http://tinyurl. com/gerryanderso nsftvseriesevent
SPACE: 1999
"Breakaway" (17/10/1975) teleplay by George Bellak and Christopher Penfold (uncredited) , directed by Lee H. Katzin. September 9th, 1999: Commander John Koenig (Martin Landau) arrives at Moonbase Alpha to supervise a manned probe mission to the newly discovered planet Meta. Nine astronauts have beenkilled by a mysterious illness and Dr. Helena Russell (Barbara Bain) is convinced that radiation is the cause. An investigation of the Moon's nuclearwaste disposal areas reveals no sign of radiation leakage but intense heatis registered and Professor Victor Bergman (Barry Morse) suggests that increased magnetic output is the real threat. One of the nuclear waste areas explodes and the only way to avert a major disaster is to disperse the remaining nuclear waste canisters, but a sudden increase in magnetic radiation sets off a chain reaction which alters the Moon's gravitational field and throws the satellite out of Earth orbit. This episode has always been
one of the most popular, if not the most popular, episodes of any Gerry Anderson series.
UFO
"Survival" teleplay by Tony Barwick and directed by Alan Perry.
Colonel Paul Foster (Michael Billington) proves that the sudden decompression of the Leisure Sphere, which killed astronaut Bill Grant (Robert Swann),was caused by a alien bullet fired by a lone intruder extraterrestrial (Gito Santana) at large on the lunar surface. Leading a team to track down theAliens' UFO, Foster's investigations lead to disaster when he is cut off from Moonbase, believed dead!
As a titillating foretaste of this exciting BFI special screening provided are two weblinks to an online videoclips of the main opening titles from the first season (1975-76) of SPACE: 1999:
http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=8DF9nDJZrdA
and the UFO tv series:
http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=Y8RfzkhqBLY
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