Episode Guide: In-between
Year One and Year Two
Within this page: Overview | Backplot | Unanswered Questions | Comments
Overview
Between the first season (Year One) and the second (Year Two), there were significant changes to the Space: 1999 universe. What occured?
Production Number: n/a
Backplot
- A devastating chain of nuclear explosions at Nuclear Disposal Area #2, encited by magnetic radiation, have blasted Earth's moon from orbit, sending it hurling into deep space.
- The inhabitants of Moonbase Alpha, Earth's permanent lunar colony, are stranded. The Alphans are forced to look for a new home, while facing the unknown challenges of surviving in unexplored deep space. The Alphans have limited resources, including a fragile life support system which must accomodate the current population. No new births are permitted, save Cynthia Crawford's pre-existing pregnancy (see "Alpha Child").
- Outer space has proven to be an exceptionally hostile and adversarial alien environment, as witnessed in the events of Year One.
- The fates of various space missions from Earth have been revealed/confirmed. (Examples: "Matter of Life and Death", "Voyager's Return", "Death's Other Dominion", and "Dragon's Domain.")
- The Alphans have taken numerous casualities over the events of the past year.
- A Mysterious Unknown Force (M.U.F.) [a term used by Space: 1999 fandom, originating from David Houston in Starlog magazine (article: "Recovering from the Mysterious Unknown Force" in Starlog #2). Starlog writer David Hirsch would later expound on the M.U.F. in other articles] appears to be guiding the actions of the Moon (and the Alphans) -- and may be guiding them on an odyssey without end. The Moon is able to defy conventional laws of science in reaching/departing solar systems, avoiding destruction from space phenomena (see "Black Sun"), etc.
Unanswered Questions
- At what point did uniform changes take place?
- What was the catalyst to migrating the command structure/base operations from Main Mission to Command Center?
- What became of Paul Morrow? Professor Victor Bergman? Tanya Alexander? David Kano? Various other base operatives and technicians?
- What other relationships were formed? Ended?
- What other adventures did the Alphans encounter?
- Was further construction completed to Moonbase Alpha? (Were new sections/constructs added elsewhere, such as was seen in the Year Two episode, "The Exiles"?)
Comments
- Producer Sylvia Anderson and Executive Producer Gerry Anderson began divorce proceedings at the end of Year One. Sylvia had been very involved on the creative side of Space: 1999.
- The Powys Media book, "The Forsaken" by John Muir, describes what might have happened between Years One and Two.
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