FabSwingers.com forum: Space 1999

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Anyone remember that? I used to love it as a kid and i'm watching it right now. It's still great and a real trip down memory lane.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Oh my days! I loved that show!

Peach x

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By *ornLordMan
over a year ago

Wiltshire and London

Yep, saw a bit recently. It hasn’t aged too badly.

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By *hunky GentMan
over a year ago

Maldon and Peterborough

I see Pam Rose a couple of times a year.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Great theme tune too, i have to smile at the flares.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I remember when it premiered on TV - only had a 12" black & white, back then.

I also liked The Prisoner on Channel 4 when they first started broadcasting.

Couldnt receive it on our normal telly (no coverage) but my tiny Sinclair Microvision could just about get a watchable signal.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

I had an Eagle Transporter (with detachable passenger compartment) and an Eagle Freighter (with winch and drums of nuclear waste).

I wish i still had them, they're worth upwards of £150 each now.

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By *il FiskMan
over a year ago

sefton

I love it, Jerry Anderson should be spoken of in the same way as Spielberg or Cameron in my opinion!

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By *olly_chromaticTV/TS
over a year ago

Stockport

Met Gerry once at a science fiction worldcon. Nice guy.

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By *mmmMaybeCouple
over a year ago

West Wales

Loved it, Along with UFO with it's Shado mobiles & SkyDiver submarine with Peter Gordino as the pilot.

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By *tephTV67TV/TS
over a year ago

Cheshire

At the time I liked they'd give you a preview of what'll happen in the episode during the opening titles. Now it's ever present in programmes and it doesn't half annoy me. So I do blame Space 1999 for it, it's good but no Blakes 7

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By *andybeachWoman
over a year ago

In the middle

Yes it’s been on the Horror Chanel for ages, I have just bern watching it myself, I love the fact it’s supposed to be the future but they are in 70’s flared polyester two pieces

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By *mmmMaybeCouple
over a year ago

West Wales

"At the time I liked they'd give you a preview of what'll happen in the episode during the opening titles. Now it's ever present in programmes and it doesn't half annoy me. So I do blame Space 1999 for it, it's good but no Blakes 7

Ahhh Blakes Seven, The programme that made Dr Who look like Ben Huir production wise

Loved it!!

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By *ost SockMan
over a year ago

West Wales and Cardiff

The uniforms were awesome.

Sandra Barnes was quite possibly the person responsible for my sexual awakening

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By *ctionnotwords69Man
22 weeks ago

ENFIELD

Classic episodes from Space 1999 and Star Trek were the ones with guest appearances from Joan Collins

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By *ickyKlungespeareMan
22 weeks ago

St Leonards

Wanda Ventham.....phworrrrrr!!!

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By *ctionnotwords69Man
22 weeks ago

ENFIELD

"Wanda Ventham.....phworrrrrr!!!

Was she in Space 1999?.....she looked great in UFO (as did Gabrielle Drake

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By *ickyKlungespeareMan
22 weeks ago

St Leonards

"Wanda Ventham.....phworrrrrr!!!

Was she in Space 1999?.....she looked great in UFO (as did Gabrielle Drake

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Oops you're right.

I get a bit carried away with Wanda back then

And Erin Grey from Buck Rogers.

They both just looked so good in purple

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By *avinaTVTV/TS
22 weeks ago

Transsexual Transylvania

Ahhh Space 1999, or as I knew it - Alpha 1999! For a kid passionately into sci-fi, it was the only sci-fi series on SABC TV (and we'd only had TV in South Africa for about a year and a half when they aired it).

They dubbed it into Afrikaans ("Arend Een, Arend Een... dis Maanbasis Alpha... Ontvang jy my?"), which at 9 years old I'd only just started learning! It accelerated my learning the language, because it was the only way I could watch my show! My parents allowed me to stay up until 10 on a Friday night to watch it, and it scared the holy crap out of me. I loved it.

Ah, good memories.

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
22 weeks ago

Central

This and UFO

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By *oadsafun1960Man
22 weeks ago

Somerset & Hertfordshire

That brings back memories of Moonbase Alpha.

A series ahead of it's time with no computer generated effects.

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By *4bimMan
22 weeks ago

Farnborough Hampshire

All available on YouTube

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By *ctionnotwords69Man
22 weeks ago

ENFIELD

"This and UFO

The moonbase purple wigs and the skydiver string vest uniforms

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By *enrietteandSamCouple
22 weeks ago

Staffordshire

What if this thread is actually from 1999!

Now it’s just taking up internet space.

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By *immyGGMan
22 weeks ago

South Cheshire

Am I right in thinking the original name for the series was Moon Base Alpha?

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By *rHotNottsMan
22 weeks ago

Dubai & Nottingham

Hot brunette called Mira ? Could she turn herself into a cat?

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By *ctionnotwords69Man
22 weeks ago

ENFIELD

"Am I right in thinking the original name for the series was Moon Base Alpha? "

Originally, it was conceived to be UFO follow-on, but the financial backers thought the original premise for UFO (alien abductions) had run it's course and the backers wanted all the action to be based on the moonbase. So Gerry Anderson changed tact and devised a storyline whereby the moon would be blasted out of orbit......

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By *ctionnotwords69Man
22 weeks ago

ENFIELD

"Hot brunette called Mira ? Could she turn herself into a cat? "

Amongst other things

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By *ctionnotwords69Man
22 weeks ago

ENFIELD

Bump

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By *alcon77Man
22 weeks ago

under the sun & the moon

I'm going on deep recesses of my memory here but was there a lady with weird/ creative type eye makeup in the show?

Someone bought me the toy replica of the space ship from it.

Must have been about 3 years old or so..

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By *alcon77Man
22 weeks ago

under the sun & the moon

"Hot brunette called Mira ? Could she turn herself into a cat?

Amongst other things

I thought I remembered something like this where someone turned into an animal..(or whether it was another show.)

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By *olgateMan
22 weeks ago

on the road to nowhere in particular

UFO was my favourite

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By *ddie1966Man
22 weeks ago

Paper Town Central, Essex.

Does anyone remember Logans Run?

Or even The Tomorrow People?

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By *eacupsbearCouple
22 weeks ago

York

"Hot brunette called Mira ? Could she turn herself into a cat?

Amongst other things

I thought I remembered something like this where someone turned into an animal..(or whether it was another show.)"

The character 2as called Maya played by Catherine Schell

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By *eacupsbearCouple
22 weeks ago

York

"Hot brunette called Mira ? Could she turn herself into a cat?

Amongst other things

I thought I remembered something like this where someone turned into an animal..(or whether it was another show.)

The character 2as called Maya played by Catherine Schell

Yes and yes

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By *iberius61Man
22 weeks ago

Pontefract

For some reason my Facebook feed has been full of this and UFO, Lt Ellis and purple wigs

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By *ctionnotwords69Man
22 weeks ago

ENFIELD

"Does anyone remember Logans Run?

Or even The Tomorrow People?

https://youtu.be/xez4o1ujOPI?si=1114TChULpNtTnFE

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By (user no longer on site)
22 weeks ago

"Anyone remember that? I used to love it as a kid and i'm watching it right now. It's still great and a real trip down memory lane.

I’ve still got an Eagle transporter with the detachable pod.

absolutely loved this program. Was one episode where people would be sucked under a door and semi devoured then pushed back out. Frightened the shit out of me that one

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By *sleWightCoupleCouple
22 weeks ago

Ryde

The whole series is just being re-issued on blu-ray here in the UK, and it looks bloody amazing!

What else is there to say about a show with one of the funkiest theme tunes around, and was so cool that it had both Christopher Lee AND Peter Cushing turning up as guest-stars??

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By *achel SmythTV/TS
22 weeks ago

Farnborough

What a great series … I always wanted to grow up to be an Eagle Pilot!

Barbara Bain … the Dr, was also one of my first childhood crushes!! mmmmm

R xx

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By *ctionnotwords69Man
21 weeks ago

ENFIELD

"What a great series … I always wanted to grow up to be an Eagle Pilot!

Barbara Bain … the Dr, was also one of my first childhood crushes!! mmmmm

R xx"

She was hot in Mission Impossible too

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By *ctionnotwords69Man
21 weeks ago

ENFIELD

"The whole series is just being re-issued on blu-ray here in the UK, and it looks bloody amazing!

What else is there to say about a show with one of the funkiest theme tunes around, and was so cool that it had both Christopher Lee AND Peter Cushing turning up as guest-stars??

Not to forget Joan Collins

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By *avinaTVTV/TS
21 weeks ago

Transsexual Transylvania

I was so hooked on Space 1999. I made myself a commlock and a laser pistol out of lego, and drew my own promotional posters, lol. I've also still got a Dinky Eagle Transporter - a family member bought it in the UK and brought it back to SA as a present for me; one of my prized childhood possessions.

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