Commander JOHN KOENIG
Doctor HELENA RUSSELL
Chief Medical Officer
Doctor VICTOR BERGMAN
Professor of Technology
MAYA
Science Officer
PAUL MORROW
Controller
Chief pilot ALAN CARTER
Chief of Reconnaissance
SANDRA BENES
Coordinator of Data System
TONY VERDESCHI
Chief of Security
ROBERT MATHIAS
Assistant Medical Officer
DAVID KANO
Chief of Technical Section
Imagine, if you will, an Earth where history did not write that we pulled back after the Apollo missions to the Moon; that we did not turn giant leaps forward into tiny, hesitant, almost backwards crawling motions. Instead, imagine history wrote that after we took those first few steps, we continued taking more, even bolder leaps, expanding lunar exploration, sending ever-increasing numbers of missions--robotic and human-crewed--into the rest of the solar system.
Disasters only increased our international resolve, especially after a brief but nearly catastophic war that vividly reminded us of the value of life, and prompted unprecedented multi-cultural, international cooperation that sped up humanity's progress into space.
By the year 1999, humanity had invented new and more powerful spaceships (including one type named in honor of the first manned lunar lander--"Eagle"), partially domesticated the forces of artificial gravity, taken up permanent residence on the Moon, and was on the verge of launching the first people beyond the confines of our solar system. We were also dealing with the difficult problem of what to do with massive amounts of nuclear waste. Years before, we had begun storing it in special dumps on the far side of the Moon.
This is where Space: 1999 begins.
As the countdown to the launch of humanity's first extra-solar spaceship continues, a new commander is sent to Moonbase Alpha to deal with a deadly situation threatening the launch; while no one is aware that another, more sinister countdown is already underway, one that is set to reach zero much sooner, and affect far more than the mission. People have been dying on Moonbase Alpha, and the new commander quickly finds the very adminstrator who assigned him to deal with the situation has also been obscuring its severity.
Once it becomes clear that the warning signs point to an overlooked form of chain reaction building up in the nuclear waste dumps, they try to stop it. The futility of their attempts becomes horrifyingly clear in the light of a sudden false dawn of an enormous nuclear explosion, which in its minute-long burn acts as a tremendous engine, propelling the Moon out of the solar system, to begin an incredible--however unexpected and involuntary--journey of discovery. They become castaways on a fast-floating island--a Moon they can rarely control--encountering alien beings and forces, as well as other human or no longer quite-so-human castaways.
The Alphans have only their wits, hope, and limited resources to use as they try to survive in a sometimes friendly, but often indifferent or hostile universe; one that is filled with a bewildering array of aliens ranging from the near-human, to the bizarre or even horrifying, to the virtually incomprehensible. The Alphans are told by one alien that their "odyssey shall know no end" and that they "will prosper and increase in new worlds"; while others tell them they "have no future", and are "a contaminating organism--a fatal virus." Is there any truth to be found?
Almost completely cut off from an Earth which itself is dying, they struggle to find a hospitable planet to settle on; trying to escape their confined, almost sterile moonbase where survival is on a knife's edge. The wearying damage they continue to take--physically, mentally, and emotionally--threatens to drive them to madness or extinction. The survivors increasingly draw together; and they even welcome an intelligent, beautiful, alien shape-shifter orphaned when the Alphans are forced to destroy her world.
The choices they make are often surprising and even shocking. In often perilous times, there are no easy answers. It is often important and even vital to find the right way: the way the Alphans will not only survive, but avoid devolving into some insane, brutal semblance of themselves. There must always be hope.
This, then, is Space: 1999, the story of the strong-willed people of Moonbase Alpha, fighting to survive overwhelming odds in an unpredictable, often dangerous yet beautiful universe, learning about it and themselves--growing in unexpected ways as they struggle to find their place in the universe.
Please help Walter Koenig, "Chekov from Star Trek TOS", Get His Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame! Walter has been nominated for his star and waltersstar.com has raised the money to manufacture and install the star (Thanks!). All Walter needs now is the votes of the Walk of Fame Committee. Write to the Walk of Fame Committee a polite letter in your own words, why you think Walter should have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. These NEED to be letters from each individual fan in the fan's own words. Not copies, Not form letters, Not chain letters. Walk of Fame Committee c/o Hollywood Chamber of Commerce 7018 Hollywood Boulevard, 2nd Floor Hollywood, CA 90028
Hey Space 1999!!! Classic show! One of my all time favorites! Thanks for adding me to your cool page here! Have a great week and welcome to my dark corner of musical doom.
*Note: The bottom right of the box reads [ENTER CONTEST] [VIDEOS] Click on [Videos] The top right of the box reads [MOST RECENT] [HIGHEST RATED] Click on highest rated. You will see me in a Star Trek TOS yellow shirt shaking hands with Danny Bonaduce. Click on that small picture to the right of me and Danny. My video will start playing to the left.
My video is listed as: Star Trek is my... Gary B.
To vote: just go to the top of my video and it reads: Rate video ^^^^^ (click on the 5th delta shield and it will come up "SUPERB"
That's me Gary (a.k.a.) Mr. Spock, Chekov,Sulu,Captain Kirk,Uhura,Scotty and Spock 2004 LA.
That's me, Captain Gary Barclay Starbase 06 CO accepting Starbase of the year award from Fleet Admiral Andy Sams.
Back row: Nana Visitor "Major/Colonel Kira Nerys Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, me "Gary (a.k.a.) Mr. Spock", Star Trek club "Starfleet Command" Chief of Information Technologies Admiral Mark Williams (a.k.a.) Admiral Kirk & Rene Auberjonois "Odo chief of security Star Trek: DS9. Front row: ADM Stacy Mulder, Chief of Membership Services, SFC & ADM Roy Jackson, Deputy Fleet Commander Starfleet Command, Q1
Greetings and salutations,
My best friend Mark Williams (a.k.a.) Admiral Kirk needs your vote to win a Star Trek: TOS Captain's Chair in the final round of the Roddenberry. com's 2008 Member of the Year contest. Mark and I "Gary (a.k.a.) Mr. Spock" are best known for our "Kirk And Spock" shows that we put on at conventions. The 2008 STARBASE INDY convention on Thanksgiving weekend featured us as part of their main entertainment. We had performed "Spock's Brain". I hope that we can get the video of our performance on YouTube in the near future. Another great reason to vote for Mark is that I only live a few miles from his house! After all, I have been and always shall be his friend.
