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  • Actors: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Nick Tate, Zienia Merton, Catherine Schell
  • Writers: Gerry Anderson, Sylvia Anderson
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: ITV DVD
  • DVD Release Date: 30 April 2001
  • Run Time: 200 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000056NVH
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 33,803 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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For the time, there had never been a more lavishly produced science fiction TV series than Space: 1999, which was British-made on a first-season budget of 3.25 million pounds--an astounding amount--and ran for two seasons from 1975 to 77. What keeps fans enthralled after all these years has only partly to do with the first-rate production values, the plausibly constructed spaceship models and expert special effects. The tone of the show is one of scientific dispassion, setting it apart from its TV SF predecessors such as Star Trek in which the mood is more generally convivial. Our heroes here are in dire circumstances that require cool heads as a survival trait. Those circumstances are: the moon and the 311 crew members of Moonbase Alpha experience a cataclysm that causes the moon to break away from its orbit and travel endlessly through space, making our heroes into unintentional explorers. No TV series has created a more palpable feel of hard science fiction than this. Of course the show is not without its detractors, having been soundly lambasted for its many scientific errors. No less august a figure than Isaac Asimov criticised the show for its premise in the opening episode "Breakaway", which had nuclear explosions on the "dark side of the moon" somehow propel it out of orbit and sent it flying through space without regard for any physical laws. In "Earthbound", aliens travelling to Earth state it will take them 75 years to reach their destination, making one wonder why it didn't take the moon that long to encounter the aliens. While these are serious complaints, fans tend to remember the scientific seriousness of the series and the sense of awe created by the many strange creatures and phenomena they encounter on their journey through the galaxy. --Jim Gay, Amazon.com


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51 of 51 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars SPACE 1999 AS IT SHOULD BE SEEN by Mark Hevingham, 30 April 2001
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This review is from: Space: 1999 [DVD] [1975] (DVD)
This highly ambitious - if scientifically implausible -series has blasted onto DVD in three volumes - also collected as a box set - from Carlton video. Each disc carries four remastered episodes in production order.

I am hard to impress, but, having viewed the discs, I am literally stunned. The prints are faultless, bursting with a vibrancy unseen since the original transmissions. Colours are solid and natural, and it is now time to burn those shoddy drop out ridden VHS copies that we all bought in the 90's! This is Space 1999 as it should be seen.

Not even the BBC's remastered prints can hold a candle to these newly refurbished copies - which could have been filmed last week, let alone over a quarter of a century ago!

Obvious love and attention has gone into all three volumes and whilst brief the extras are worth a look too. Be prepared for nifty animated menus and a fantastic "this disc" parody of the "this episode" title cards.

If I could I would give these discs - Carlton's best yet - six stars!Buy these discs immediately!

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67 of 69 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Science fiction at its best..., 17 Sep 2001
This review is from: Space: 1999 [DVD] [1975] (DVD)
Ratings are always personal, but objectively Space 1999 has represented one of the greatest (and sadly enough, less imitated) science fiction series of all time.

Some episodes may now seem a bit dated, but this does not render things less fascinating.

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91 of 94 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Treatment It Deserved!, 4 May 2001
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I remember getting totally hooked when Space:1999 first aired. 4 is a very impressionable age, you know? Until now I had to make do with ever deteriorating video copies and out of the blue - this! The extra-features are classy, funny, easy to navigate through, the sound is better than I ever thought possible and all the grainy image I had learned to live with is gone! Truly shows you what DVD can do with 'old' material - helps that the material was bloody excellent to start with. A must for fanatics, in fact, a must in every DVD owner's collection
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