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Moonbase alpha songs attack on titan3/10/2023 The Bringers Of Wonder to give it its episodic title is written by Terence Feely and directed by Tom Clegg DESTINATION has a coherence missing from ALIEN ATTACK and involves the crew of Moonbase Alpha being visited by an expedition from Earth which strangely is entirely populated by people that the Moonbase crew knew from Earth. At least someone somewhere had the common sense to stick a two part story together instead of two random episodes that composes ALIEN ATTACK. Between season one and season two of SPACE 1999 a new producer was brought in and out went the pretentious 2001 inspiration and in came camp concepts similar to that seen in STAR TREK which from an entertainment point of view was certainly more entertaining DESTINATION MOONBASE ALPHA is the follow up to the compilation theatrical release of ALIEN ATTACK and like the first release is two episodes from the show stuck together. Not only was it an episode that didn't feature the Doctor and his companions but it's the only episode from the show not called Doctor Who and instead is called Space 1999 " Sarcasm aside ( Sorry Ange ) it's an episode people can be forgiven for confusing the memory with that of DOCTOR WHO. You remember that one ? " Never one to miss the opportunity of sarcasm I replied " Aye that was a unique episode. A throughly excellent movie!ĭuring a conversation with my friend Ange she mentioned a classic episode of DOCTOR WHO that struck out in her mind " I don't what one it as but it was about someone who was sick and he could see all these people but they were really horrible slimy monsters. Because this film is so faithful to the original material, I would recommend it to Gerry Anderson purists. The film ends with a speech from Commander Koenig, speaking to the hostile aliens, "It is better to live as your own man, than a fool in someone else's dream". The aliens look excellent, and the last few minutes are sensational. Martin Landau, Barbara Bain give excellent performances, as do Tony Anholt, Catherine Schell and Stuart Damon. Other than this the film is superb, and the episodes that it is edited from are undoubtedly some of the classics from Season 2. The other annoyance is the end of the movie, when the end credits are scrolled over an awful tune sung by someone called Oliver Onions. The only downsides to the movie is the general silliness in it, but this isn't the movie makers fault, Season 2 of Space: 1999 was incredibly zany, and not half as good as Season 1. ![]() The new opening titles and music by Mike Vikkers are very good, and they are incredibly faithful to the original material, edited only certain parts that needed to be removed to create that 'movie' feel. Produced in 1978 by ITC London's offices, this movie combines the two parts of the Space: 1999 season 2 epic 'The Bringers of Wonder', which was edited to form a feature length film. This was the first movie of a Gerry Anderson production, to be produced by editing together old episodes from certain series, in this case Space: 1999.
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