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Big Sci Fi and Space 1999 fan here. I've just finished watching this and can say without doubt it's one of the best old Sci Fi Bluray transfers I have ever seen. The first 24 episodes took over a year to complete, starting in late 1973 with the pilot episode and finishing up in early 1975 with the last one. The first episode alone took nearly a month to film, indicating a significant amount of time and money was spent on this program.
Quick rundown of what you get-
Seven-disc set (5 BDs, 2 DVDs)
Original Airing - 1975-1976
Length - 24 episodes (20 hours, 48 mins)
BD Resolution - 1080p (4:3 Aspect Ratio)
Subtitles - none
An interesting 46 page booklet
Each of the episodes has the audio option of listening to them in either original mono or Dolby 5.1 mix created from the original triple-track audio tracks.
The set here is very nice, clean and crisp looking given the full 1080p transfer. The colour saturation and the blacks (which there's a lot of in space!) look brilliant! The landscapes and miniature models look fantastic. Alien worlds that are sometimes visited by the Alphans look so much better than they did in the 70's. Sharpness and clarity are very good indeed. This is a very clear quality picture.
Audio wise this is not a DTS-HD master audio mix but a standard DTS 5.1 so you won't get a lot of surround sound but special effects sequences definitely sound better especially explosions and eagle sound effects! I still have a boxed Dinky transporter eagle in good condition myself! Great space craft :)
I've listed the episodes with a short description/extras on the discs if anybody if interested at exactly what you're getting here and the extra stuff on discs 6 and 7.
Disc 1 Episodes -
Breakaway - A strange sickness is killing some of the Moonbase Alpha crew. Commander Koenig's investigation reveals that the source lies at Nuclear Waste Disposal Area 1 caused by excessive magnetic energy fields. The continuous build up of energy shortly causes massive explosion clusters that knocks the moon off orbit into deep space.
Matter of Life and Death - A lush Earth-type planet holds the promise of a new home for the people of Moonbase Alpha. When the reconnaissance Eagle returns, it carries an unexpected passenger: Helena's husband, who died five years ago. The mysterious Lee Russell tells the Alphans that death awaits them on the new planet.
Black Sun - The travelling Moon drifts within range of a black sun. Pulled toward certain destruction by its inescapable gravitational force, the Alphans employ desperate measures to stay alive. As a lifeboat Eagle carries six persons to safety, the Moon plunges into the black sun, with only an experimental force-field protecting Alpha.
Ring around the Moon - A technician falls under an alien influence, accessing classified information before mysteriously dying. Soon after, the Moon is stopped in space by the powerful rays of an alien spacecraft. The aliens' only interest in Alpha is the data held in its computers, information they now plan to obtain through the possessed eyes of their next agent:
Earthbound - An alien spacecraft crash-lands on the Moon, its passengers refugees from a dying world. As their destination is Earth, they generously offer to take one person with them when they depart. The scheming Commissioner Simmonds takes steps to ensure that he is the lucky individual chosen, even if it means destroying Alpha.
Disc 1 extras -
- Galleries for all episodes including PR and behind the scenes
- Gerry Anderson's commentary on Breakaway
- Music only tracks for all episodes (except Breakaway)
Disc 2 Episodes -
Another time Another place - After an encounter with a space-time anomaly, the Alphans find their Moon back in the Solar System on a course to re-enter Earth orbit. The celebration ends when it becomes apparent Earth is an inhospitable wasteland. The mystery deepens when they discover a duplicate Moon already in orbit and a duplicate Moonbase Alpha lying empty and deserted
Missing Link - John Koenig finds himself trapped on the planet Zenno, in the home of an alien scientist and his daughter. Advanced two million years beyond Earthmen, the aliens consider Koenig their missing link. Faced with the threat of being treated like an experimental animal for the rest of his life, Koenig uses an unexpected weapon to confound his captor: love.
Guardian of Piri - Strange events befuddle the Alphans as they approach the planet Piri. When exploring its lifeless surface, Koenig encounters the seductive servant of the mysterious Guardian of Piri. She offers the wayward Alphans a life of peace and perfection. Realising the deadly truth behind the peace of Piri, Koenig struggles to free his people from the Guardian's influence
Force of life - The body of Anton Zoref is invaded by an unknown life force. The man soon manifests an uncontrollable ability to absorb heat. As the Alphans struggle to understand this mysterious force, Zoref's need becomes insatiable. Driven by instinct, he makes his way to the greatest source of heat on Alpha, the Nuclear Generating Plant.
Alpha Child - The Alphans celebrate the arrival of the first child born on the Moon. The blessed event sours when the infant grows into a five-year-old child in minutes. Trying to accept him, the Alphans do not notice that little Jackie Crawford is much more than he seems. When hostile spaceships approach the base, Koenig realises, too late, that the aliens have an agent on Alpha.
Disc 2 extras -
- Galleries for all episodes
- Generic and portrait galleries
- Music tracks for all episodes
Disc 3 Episodes -
The Last Sunset - Anonymous alien benfactors provide the wandering Moon with a breathable atmosphere. The Alphans rejoice as they realise they have a wonderful new home in their own backyard. Preparations are made to settle and begin building a new civilisation on the Moon's surface. Koenig is suspicious of the aliens' motives, wondering how long this generous gift will last.
Voyager's return - The automated Earth space probe Voyager One is approaching the Moon. With the radioactive exhaust from its engine certain to extinguish all life on Moonbase, the Alphans try to gain control and shut down the drive. Help comes when the probe's designer is found living on Alpha under an assumed name. However, Voyager is being followed by alien ships seeking revenge.
Collision Course - The Moon is on a collision course with an enormous planet. On a scouting mission, Koenig encounters Arra, the Queen of Atheria. The aged monarch proclaims the collision is a preordained event and must occur for her people to evolve to a higher plane of existence. Now Koenig must convince his staff to have faith and do nothing in the face of apparent destruction.
Deaths other dominion - On a frozen planet, the Alphans encounter shipwrecked humans from a lost expedition. The expatriates from Earth enjoy an idyllic existence: they have been made immortal and have lived there for over 880 years. They invite the Alphans to join them in paradise, but dissidents reveal all is not at it seems, teaching Koenig that immortality comes with a price.
The Full Circle - When exploring a habitable planet, members of the Alphan survey party vanish without a trace. Are they the victims of an indigenous tribe of Stone Age humanoids? The mystery deepens when a dead caveman is found to have capped teeth. Others soon notice the primitive cave chief and his mate bear an uncanny resemblance to the missing John Koenig and Helena Russell.
Disc 3 extras -
- Galleries for all episodes
- Behind the scenes
- Text commentary for The Last Sunset
- Music tracks for all episodes
Disc 4 Episodes -
End of Eternity - While exploring an asteroid, the Alphans injure an alien trapped within. Bringing him to Alpha, they discover his wounds have completely healed. The indestructible Balor is a scientist who has discovered the secret of immortality. Also a psychopath, he plans to spend eternity practicing the art of pain and torture, with the Alphans as his subjects
War Games - Approaching an inhabited planet, the Alphans are suddenly pounced upon by warships. In an unprovoked attack, Moonbase Alpha is devastated by Earth-style Hawk fighters. With 128 dead and Alpha unable to sustain life, Koenig and Helena appeal to the aliens for mercy. The aliens proclaim the Earthmen to be an invading virus, with no right to exist.
The Last Enemy - The Moon approaches a solar system with two planets on opposites sides of its sun. The Alphans are trapped in an interplanetary conflict when warships from both worlds trespass on the Moon to fire missiles at their opponents' planets. After taking in a refugee from a destroyed gunship, the Alphans discover they have drifted into the middle of a literal war of the sexes.
The troubled Spirit - Dan Mateo, hoping to unlock the secret of communication with plants, unleashes a killing force from the depths of his own mind. This macabre spectre seeks vengeance for Mateo's horrible death--which has not yet occurred. Bridging the span between science and the supernatural, the Alphans hope to break the cycle and exorcise the ghost without killing the man.
Space Brain - An Eagle and its crew are crushed to death by an enormous energy field in space. When one of Alpha's astronauts is possessed by the anomaly, he tells them the energy field is a living space brain, which responded to the 'threat' with antibodies Finding the Moon on a collision course with the Brain, the Alphans make plans to avoid the same fate as the Eagle.
Disc 4 extras -
- Galleries for all episodes
- End of Eternity delete scene gallery
- Model, model making and storyboard galleries
- Text commentary for Space Brain
- Music tracks for all episodes
Disc 5 Episodes -
The infernal Machine - The Alphans are visited by a bizarre spacecraft, whose request for supplies hides a deeper purpose. The ship, Gwent, is found to be sentient, the attempt of a vain alien genius to live forever. Powerful, unstable and craving companionship, Gwent intends for Koenig, Helena and Bergman to replace its aged, dying creator.
Mission of the Darians - Encountering a derelict spaceship, the Alphans respond to an automated distress signal. On board, they discover what remains of the once-great civilisation of Daria: an elite group which maintains control of the ship and a tribe which has descended into savagery. The Alphans are appalled when they discover what measures the Darians have taken to survive.
Dragons Domain - n 1996, Tony Celllini commanded a high-profile space mission which ended in disaster. The sole survivor, he told an outrageous tale of an spaceship graveyard and the alien 'dragon' which devoured his crew. Believed by no one, he was left a broken man. Five years later, the truth is revealed when the runaway Moon approaches the same deadlySargasso in space
The Testament of Arkadia - The wandering Moon suddenly changes course and comes to a halt in the vicinity of a dead world. As Alpha's power fails, the only hope for survival is to evacuate to the planet, which was ravaged by a nuclear war in the distant past. Searching for answers, a team is sent to the surface, where they discover the shocking truth of the origin of Mankind.
Disc 5 extras -
- The Metamorph (the first episode of the second season in HD)
- Gerry Anderson's commentary on Dragons Domain
- Galleries for all episodes
- Bassett sweet cigarette and Donruss bubble gum card galleries
- Restored full and wide screen series one textless titles
- Music only tracks for all episodes except Dragons Domain
- Unfinished generic textless opening titles
- Textless episode material (muted)
- Textless end titles
Disc 6 extras -
This documentary features selected individual episode analysis.
- Memories of space. The creators of Space 1999 share their memories of the show.
- Sylvia Anderson on live action. Sylvia discusses her involvement in making Space 1999, UFO, The Protectors and Doppelganger.
- Horizon behind the scenes (1977) Brian Johnson discusses the special effects
- Concept and creation
- Special effects and design
Disc 7 extras -
- Clapperboard. Presented by Chris Kelly (1975)
- Guardian of Piri remembered.
- Barry Gray's theme demo
- Alternative opening/closing tiles
- Barbra Bain and Martin Landau US premier intro and outro
- SFX plates and deleted SFX scenes with music
- Alien attack trailers
- Journey Through The Black Sun trailer
- Ad bumpers
- Lyons Maid Ice Lolly advert
On Disc 7 you will also find selected scripts and Space 1999 annual pdf's but you can only access these on your computer!
You are getting a hell of a lot of stuff here! Some work and time has gone into this set and it shows.
An absolute treasure trove for Space 1999 or sci fi fans.
I can't recommend this set enough
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