'The Metamorph' and Many Related Topics
From: "Gina L. Prosch" (glprosch@cs1.presby44.edu)
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 1996 10:30:23 -0700
Subj: Uniform Patches in Metamorph
Hi all,
So I'm watching Metamorph on the Sci-Fi Channel today, noting all the
changes from Season 1 to Season 2 and a couple questions come to mind.
First, for how long did the photo-I.D. badges on the breast of the
Alphan's "new" uniforms last. I don't remember these from any other episode.
Second, Sandra and some of the others have a patch on their tunics that
says LSRO or LSAO. What does this stand for? At first I thought it was
like the International Lunar Finance Commission, but that obviously would
by ILFC. Along the same lines, what does the SAT on Alan and Koenig's
orange landing party jackets stand for?
Richie
From: Ronald Dudley (dudleyrd@expert.cc.purdue44.edu)
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 1996 11:47:11 -0700
Subj: LSRO
> First, for how long did the photo-I.D. badges on the breast of the
> Alphan's "new" uniforms last. I don't remember these from any other episode.
I remember them in some other Season 2 episodes. The first appearance
of photo ID's on the uniforms was in Dragon's Domain, on the orange and
blue coats worn by Koenig, Bergman, & Cellini in Commissioner Dixon's
office. The 2 orange coats were reused in Testament of Arkadia, worn by
2 security guards, and in the early Season 2 episodes. In Metamorph,
Alan was wearing the blue coat worn by Victor in Dragon's Domain, and
the science guy Lou Piccard was wearing one of the orange coats, before
he zapped himself. Alan wears the blue coat again in All That Glisters.
It has been reported that in the 1999 comic books, LSRO stands for something
like Lunar Scientific Research Organization. This seems likely. In the late
1960's, several european nations formed a counterpart to NASA called ESRO,
European Space Research Organization, which eventually became the ESA, the
European Space Agency.
> Along the same lines, what does the SAT on Alan and Koenig's
> orange landing party jackets stand for?
Don't know. In Season 1 there were also unknown letters on the sleepware,
and on some of the orange space suits.
Metamorph: Koenig at what Koenig does best: SMASH SMASH SMASH
Ronald
From: gwr@easy44net.co.uk (Gareth Randall)
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 13:25:01 -0700
Subj: Re: LSRO
>> First, for how long did the photo-I.D. badges on the breast of the
>> Alphan's "new" uniforms last. I don't remember these from any other episode.
I seem to recall that they're in virtually every episode!
>> Second, Sandra and some of the others have a patch on their tunics that
>> says LSRO or LSAO. What does this stand for?
>> Along the same lines, what does the SAT on Alan and Koenig's
>> orange landing party jackets stand for?
Officially they mean nothing. I have a a copy of an interview with Gerry
Anderson in which he is asked precisely this question, and he replies that
all the initials on the patches were added simply as a bit of extra detail,
and no-one on the production actually worked out meanings for them.
Gareth
From: MMeskin@aol44.com
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 14:41:15 -0700
Subj: Re: LSRO
>Metamorph: Koenig at what Koenig does best: SMASH SMASH SMASH
Perhaps SAT stands for Super Alien Trasher!
-Mark
From: brian.dowling@drug44net.co.uk (Brian Dowling)
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 22:00:20 -0700
Subj: Badges & photos
Methinks the photos on the breast were consistent through the whole of
the second season, but do strike me as kind of irrelevant for two
reasons: a) In a small community like Alpha, it's pretty likely that
everybody knows everybody else. It's only like a smalll village, after
all.
And b) There's already a photo on the commlock! Perhaps it was one of
the first ideas Tony Verdeschi had when he got the job, trying to make
his mark on the place and all that kind of thing. Okay, I retract the
word "ideas" from that previous sentence. I didn't mean to suggest that
he could actually *think*. It does seem to fit my idea that Tony is a
raving paranoid who's totally out of place on a base full of scientists.
As far as the clothing goes, the season two jackets are similar in
material to the winter kit the Alphans were wearing in Death's Other
Dominion; those blue things, while the orange ones appeared as Ronald
says above. The letters on the blue silk nightwear are UIC if I'm not
mistaken, though I have no idea what it might stand for.
There are two badges I've seen which intrigue me: The badge on the left
arm of the space suit, a sort of rainbow stripes affair, and the one on
those awful jackets worn mostly by Helena, Alan and Ed Spencer, which
looks like some kind of sun section or something. Suggestions?
Peace, love and be careful in the kitchen
From: mpoindexter@class44train.com (Marshall Poindexter)
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 06:27:05 -0700
Subj: Re: Verdeschi chest badges & photos
>And b) There's already a photo on the commlock! Perhaps it was one of
>the first ideas Tony Verdeschi had when he got the job, trying to make
>his mark on the place and all that kind of thing. Okay, I retract the
>word "ideas" from that previous sentence. I didn't mean to suggest that
>he could actually *think*. It does seem to fit my idea that Tony is a
>raving paranoid who's totally out of place on a base full of scientists.
In "The Immunity Syndrome" and later confirmed in the S1999 Technical
Manual, Tony Verdeschi, the supposedly "unthinking" Chief of Security, has
a Ph.D., earned from MIT in 1994!
From: Amardeep_Chana@xn.xerox44.com (Chana,Amardeep)
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 08:02:27 -0700
Subj: Re: Verdeschi chest badges & photos
No doubt this was a result of outcome based education.
From: brian.dowling@drugnet44.co.uk (Brian Dowling)
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 12:03:37 -0700
Subj: Re: Verdeschi chest badge
>In "The Immunity Syndrome" and later confirmed in the S1999 Technical
>Manual, Tony Verdeschi, the supposedly "unthinking" Chief of Security, has
>a Ph.D., earned from MIT in 1994!
Yes, it is so. He also graduated from Cambridge, if my recall serves.
Doesn't really behave like a guy with the supposed kind of intelligence
and academic qualifications many people would sell their souls for...
But, saying that, I have a degree. And if Matt B hangs around long
enough, he might get one too :-) , and we don't exactly behave like
intelligent technical subject graduates! I just don't think he fits in
with the rest of Alpha.
Peace, love and put it in the curry,
From: Gary Girouard (GGirouard@rihosp44.edu)
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 12:08:49 -0700
Subj: Re: Verdeschi chest badge -Reply
enought about TONY, he did a great job saving alpha in The beta cloud,
and was always loyal to john!!!!! gary
From: Steve Wilson (wilsons@howa44.lib.md.us)
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 13:32:41 -0700
Subj: Re: Verdeschi chest badge
Okay, the Tony-bashing is gettin' thick here. Bill Clinton went to
Yale. Does he strike you as intelligent? (Maybe he does some people --
he just reminds me of salesmen in my native South.)
Stupid people can attend presitigious schools, and geniuses can work in
garages for the rest of their lives. And very intelligent people don't
always spout mathematical lingo.
Why DOES everyone think Tony is stupid and paranoid? What did he DO?
--Steve (Who likes everyone on Alpha but Simmonds and can't stand
politicians of any flavor!)
From: atomicpossum@usa.pipeline44.com (Mr. Wonderful)
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 14:11:48 -0700
Subj: Re: Verdeschi chest badge
(Be glad I don't add my support to this part--we would see a battle
that would make the 'Holy War' look like a birthday party.) :)
I think MOST of the Verdeshi (sp?) bashing is a response to disdain
for the second season, and a few of the things like the incessant 'Tony's
Beer' stuff. All in all, I think that Tony was a fairly good character,
perhaps better than Frieberger's treatment intended him to be.
--
Jon "Mr. Wonderful" Stadter
From: PatriEmb@aol44.com
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 1996 16:20:25 -0700
Subj: RE: Metamorph, collectibles
As I watched "The Metamorph" today, I couldn't help notice how drastic the
changes really were from season one to two. Maybe its because I'm older, and
haven't seen the episodes in 20 years. I was impressed by the shots of the
eagle hanger and the increased flying scenes. I was also pleasantly suprised
to see Dr. Mathias.( I thought his character was eliminated, also) What was
that monster Maya turned into at the end? I think they were trying for a
gorilla, but she looked like a short, discolored wookie (like Chewbacca). I
noticed her dress was grey on my set.
I have a question for all you collectors. I was at a flea market today,
and found a record with the episodes: Breakaway, Death's Other Dominion and
Mission of the Darians on it, and an unopened Eagle One Transporter model
kit, made by "Fundimensions" a division of General Mills. The model is still
in its wrap, and the record appears to be in decent shape, but missing an
inside sleeve and liner notes.
Any idea what they're worth. I thought I paid a reasonable amount for them.
An interesting note... ON the rear cover of the album, it says: " We are
pleased to report that Space: 1999 won a recommended viewing commendation
from Dr. Wernher von Braun, president of the National Space Institute
From: "Gina L. Prosch" (glprosch@cs1.presby44.edu)
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 06:38:17 -0700
Subj: RE: Metamorph, collectibles
I've seen that record, but have never purchased it. I do have the second
full 33 &1/3 LP of stories though. Maybe we could swap recordings
sometime. As for what that first record is worth, I've seen two copies in
two different antique stores. One in Nebraska and one in Kansas City.
They wanted $12 for the first one (record & inner sleeve intact, but
cover had water damage) and $8 for the other which was also pretty banged up.
Richie
From: Petiepry@aol44.com
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 1996 19:05:49 -0700
Subj: Additional questions about The Metamorph
I had additional questions about The Metamorph
1. At the beginning, Helena says they have been gone from Earth's orbit for
300+ days. I could have sworn an episode from Season 1 said they had been
gone for over 900 days. What is happening.
2. This reminded me that Bill is a regular in Season 2. However, I have not
heard anyone speak of him. OR am I wrong and he is not on other episodes.
3. Now that I am working on getting my own VCR copies of all the episodes,
Did I see it right that the SCI FI channel is taking it off the air?
From: Ronald Dudley (dudleyrd@expert.cc.purdue44.edu)
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 09:14:32 -0700
Subj: Bill Fraser, cast member ?
> 1. At the beginning, Helena says they have been gone from Earth's orbit for
> 300+ days. I could have sworn an episode from Season 1 said they had been
> gone for over 900 days. What is happening.
Freddie erased 1999 history. 2/3 of Season 1 wasn't good enough for him.
> 2. This reminded me that Bill is a regular in Season 2. However, I have not
> heard anyone speak of him. OR am I wrong and he is not on other episodes.
Fraser returns. I would (nonseriously) categorize roles as:
1. Stars: Koenig, Helena
2. Also-stars: Victor, Maya
3. Regulars: Tony, Alan, Paul, Sandra, Kano
4. Punching Bags: Matthias, Fraser
5. Miscellaneous: screamers, expendable copilots, expendable security guards,,,
6. Guest stars: Aliens and other lost humans
7. Weirdies: Rubber Monsters, possessed zombies, balls of light, etc.
8. Cool hardware: Spaceships
> 3. Now that I am working on getting my own VCR copies of all the episodes,
> Did I see it right that the SCI FI channel is taking it off the air?
Yes, they did the same thing last year. There was no 1999 from August-December
of 1995, except for showing the complete, unedited Breakaway for Pilot
Playhouse, somethime aroun October. They probably recycle everything within
18months. Hopefully.
Ronald
From: Steve Wilson (wilsons@howa44.lib.md.us)
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 11:46:11 -0700
Subj: Re: Bill Fraser, cast member ?
I would put Mathias down as a regular. He was in every Season One
episode, I believe, and also two or three Season twos.
Along with Fraser in the not-so-regular category, I would put Tanya, Ed
Spencer, Alibe, and Yasko.
From: PatriEmb@aol44.com
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 17:53:36 -0700
Subj: Re: Bill Fraser, cast member ?
I would probably classify Alan and Tony as a punching bag, also. He and Tony
did get beat up a few times (Alan in Metamorph, and Space Warp- when Maya
went bonkers, Tony in the episode where everyone got sick except him, and he
had to save Alpha from
a space monster.)
From: mpoindexter@classtrain44.com (Marshall Poindexter)
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 06:23:57 -0700
Subj: Re: Additional questions about The Metamorph
>1. At the beginning, Helena says they have been gone from Earth's orbit for
>300+ days. I could have sworn an episode from Season 1 said they had been
>gone for over 900 days. What is happening.
Apparently the new producer Freddie Freiberger wanted to standardize the
log entries. Since he'd seen only 8 episodes of Season 1 before stepping
aboard as producer, it's obvious that he didn't know what he was talking
about when he approved the 300 days reference for Helena in "The
Metamorph." The S1999 Technical Manual, produced by Starlog Magazine,
doesn't try to rectify it. Shane Johnson, a former member of this list, did
try to reconcile it in some fan fiction by explaining that Alpha had just
gone through a space/time warp before the beginning of Season 2 episodes
and had to reset its chronometers.
>2. This reminded me that Bill is a regular in Season 2. However, I have not
>heard anyone speak of him. OR am I wrong and he is not on other episodes.
Bill Fraser isn't truly a regular in Season 2. But he does pop up from time
to time, particularly toward the end of the season. I remember him
appearing in "The Beta Cloud," and "Devil's Planet" among others.
From: "Gina L. Prosch" (glprosch@cs1.presby44.edu)
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 07:06:57 -0700
Subj: Re: Additional questions about The Metamorph
That Shane Johnson had attemped to fix this obvious continuity problem
in his timeline was unknown to me until I downloaded his timeline from
the Cyber Museum. What Shane did was to say that the space warp Helena
mentions threw Alpha back in time. They were able to establish this from
known stellar positions or something. So Koenig decided to set back the
clocks by a couple years to more correctly reflect Earth/Galactic time.
At first, I thought this kind of hokey, but the more I think about it, it
lends itself to some neat possibilities.
For instance, everything that happened to Alpha after their first year in
space hasn't "really" happened yet in Season Two time. So they could run
into themselves (First Season meets Second Season) in the middle of an
adventure and affect the outcome. Maybe they could save Tony Verdecci
from dying?
I think there's some great potential for fiction here. Thanks to Shane.
Richie
From: Steve Wilson (wilsons@howa44.lib.md.us)
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 12:25:55 -0700
Subj: Re: Additional questions about The Metamorph
Um... When did Tony die?
From: David Weis (dweis@indiana44.edu)
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 13:43:48 -0700
Subj: Re: Additional questions about The Metamorph
Maybe this was meant to be Tony CELLINI? (Dragon's Domain)
From: brian.dowling@drugnet44.co.uk (Brian Dowling)
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 22:00:13 -0700
Subj: Re: Additional questions
>Maybe they could save Tony Verdecci
>from dying?
You mean he's dead? Where? When? How?
>I think there's some great potential for fiction here. Thanks to Shane.
Maybe what I'm going to mention is part of Shane's work. Whatever, I'd
still like to see/hear about it.
In my dim and distant memory I can see myself reading something in a
record store. Methinks it's either Time Screen or a similar UK-based
sci-fi magazine, and this particular one has a full episode guide and
chronology for all of the episodes. Anyone got it or seen it? Is it
any good?
Talking of episode guides (I can hear you all going "Oh no, not
*another* one!"), UK cable channel Bravo's web pages have episode guides
for all of the episodes, as well as a few stills. Okay, the pictures
aren't much, but the episode guides are complete transcriptions of the
original ITC press releases. I'm half asleep and can't remember the
URL, but they might be worth checking out. No reply about the info bits
from their teletext pages, though. Also got similar guides and pics for
UFO and Sapphire and Steel.
Nighty night
________________________________________________________________________
Brian Dowling - Birmingham, England
* OLX 2.1 TD * "Looking at them all it feels good to be a freak..."
From: "Gina L. Prosch" (glprosch@cs1.presby44.edu)
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 06:41:00 -0700
Subj: Re: Additional questions about The Metamorph
Ooopss! My brain must be floating in that time warp somewhere. I meant
Tony Cellini.
Richie
From: Amardeep_Chana@xn.xerox44.com (Chana,Amardeep)
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 06:19:25 -0700
Subj: The Metamorph: Alternate Universe
I wonder if the lion, jackal, dove, etc. were all indiginous to
Psychon. Maya did not have a chance to study earth animals yet.
Also, 340 days after leaving orbit they were already in Command Center?
What were Paul, Kano, and Victor doing in Main Mission 870 days after
leaving orbit during Dragon's Domain?
This just validates that Season I and Season II were not in the same
universe. Sort of like Star Trek's Mirror, Mirror. There never *was*
a Victor or a Main Mission in the FF universe. Perhaps the storyline
switched contexts when they fell into that space warp Helena
mentioned. The real Alpha with Victor, et al. continued on in the
real universe, while this imperfect duplicate went into a universe
filled with rubber monsters, ID badges, freon-spewing eagles, laser
turrets, and automatic doors.
Helena's behavior in the eagle after leaving Psychon was also out of
character. In the real universe, she had seen dozens of Alphans meet
horrible deaths without getting all remorseful. I wonder if she
should have gotten a gotee like they gave Spock in his alternate version.
Amardeep
From: "Gina L. Prosch" (glprosch@cs1.presby44.edu)
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 07:13:13 -0700
Subj: Re: The Metamorph: Alternate Universe
Hi Amardeep!
This explains everything. Whew. I don't know about the gotee, but I sure
can see everybody doing that stand/thump your chest/Sieg Heil thing for
Koeing the way the mirror-universe crew did for Kirk.
Richie
From: Amardeep_Chana@xn.xerox44.com (Chana,Amardeep)
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 07:41:28 -0700
Subj: Re: The Metamorph: Alternate Universe
Sure beats trying to explain it using conventional means, doesn't it?
It would be very hard to devise an explanation for how they shortened
the eagle interiors and things like that. I am now going to *enjoy*
season II based on this alternate universe premise.
Regards,
Amardeep
From: brian.dowling@drugnet44.co.uk (Brian Dowling)
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 22:00:17 -0700
Subj: Alternate Universe
>This just validates that Season I and Season II were not in the same
> universe.
Now that's a *really* cool idea, and one I can really handle. Plenty of
potential for fan fiction too... If Alpha can split into two temporal
ones like "Another Time Another Place" once, why not twice? Or
there's the old parallel universe theory. Some of the changes are
rather stark, are they not?
Suddenly Koenig and Helena are all over each other, there's a paranoid,
gun-happy, foul potion-brewing nutter as second in command, Alan's now a
singing stereotypical Aussie (I know a few Aussies, and not one of them
has ever said "cobber". Ever.), probably after having one to many of
Tony's potions and doesn't even come anywhere near wasting any of his
co-pilots, the security guards are as useless as in Star Trek... hey,
anyone else want to add to the list? :-)
These new season two characters may exist in a season one context, but
that probably discounts Maya. They should have gotten Joanna Lumley
for that part! (whoops, Freudian slip there...)
While I'm thinking about it, Brian the Brain. Yeah, crap episode and
all that, but: Why didn't Koenig remember the Swift mission of 1996
under Captain Michael? Wasn't it around the same time as the Ultra
probe mission? Maybe they didn't happen in this parallel universe...
Boy, this could get heavy...
Another informal vote: Are season 1 and season 2 alternate/parallel
universes? I say yes.
Peace, love and watch out for the sweetcorn
________________________________________________________________________
Brian Dowling - Birmingham, England
* OLX 2.1 TD * All you need is onions...
From: "Gina L. Prosch" (glprosch@cs1.presby44.edu)
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 06:47:09 -0700
Subj: Re: Alternate Universe
For fan fiction, I also like the idea of Alpha going back in time, but
yes, in the end, I think we're seeing two different universes. Why not?
It sort of fits in with the series' complete understatement of
space-time-warps.
Richie
From: Steve Wilson (wilsons@howa44.lib.md.us)
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 11:39:42 -0700
Subj: Re: Alternate Universe
> Another informal vote: Are season 1 and season 2 alternate/parallel
> universes? I say yes.
I've thought so for a long time. Interesting question: How would some of
Season Two's events (such as finding Maya), have happened in a Season One
universe?
From: dwelle@online.dct44.com (David Welle)
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 21:33:21 -0700
Subj: Re: The Metamorph: Alternate Universe
Amardeep (Amardeep_Chana@xn.xerox.com) wrote:
>I wonder if the lion, jackal, dove, etc. were all indiginous to
> Psychon.
I hadn't thought of that angle. Could you elaborate? Something like
Arkadia in the first season?
>Maya did not have a chance to study earth animals yet.
I always figured perhaps some traveling culture collected some specimens
from Earth--among other planets--at some point, and Mentor grabbed that ship
and its crew (using Psyche), or that earlier Psychons had perhaps bought or
bartered for the animals at some earlier point. Before their environmental
disaster, the Psychons apparently weren't big on traveling too far into
space themselves, but it would certainly have served their metamorphic
abilities to acquire a large variety of animals to "study" (in a metamorphic
sense).
But even then, why would Maya happen to use Earth's creatures as
transformation targets, especially in "The Metamorph," when she had only
just met the first Earth person? Seems rather coincidental.
Maybe not. Perhaps in "studying" John Koenig in his cell before he awoke,
Maya abruptly recognized how he was related to that other group of creatures
she had already studied, and decided to pick a nice, very furry (and thus
friendly? she perhaps thought) creature that he would recognize, but was not
yet talented enough to realize the creature she chose--a lion--was actually
one of the largest predators of his planet. After that point (and despite
the Koenig's less than amused reaction), she had other Earth creatures on
her mind, and thus more quickly thought of them through the rest of the
episode. (Which wouldn't change all that much in the rest of the series,
when she was living amongst.
Maybe a little far-fetched, but this was what I always figured. Make any sesne?
>Also, 340 days after leaving orbit they were already in Command Center?
> What were Paul, Kano, and Victor doing in Main Mission 870 days after
> leaving orbit during Dragon's Domain?
I never picked up on that 870 days. Was this perhaps something the Sci-Fi
Channel cut, or is that where you saw it?
>This just validates that Season I and Season II were not in the same
> universe. Sort of like Star Trek's Mirror, Mirror. There never *was*
> a Victor or a Main Mission in the FF universe.
The alternate universe explanation for the seasons is a rather interesting
one; curiously, I think this is the first time I've heard it posited. (I
haven't had the time to explore all of Marcy Kulic's wonderful Museum, and
she does kept adding to it.)
> .... The real Alpha with Victor, et al. continued on in the
> real universe, while this imperfect duplicate went into a universe
> filled with rubber monsters, ID badges, freon-spewing eagles, laser
> turrets, and automatic doors.
Imperfect duplicate? :-) Oh well, I still see your main point.
>Helena's behavior in the eagle after leaving Psychon was also out of
> character. In the real universe, she had seen dozens of Alphans meet
> horrible deaths without getting all remorseful.
Actually, I do remember one earlier occasion where she looked pretty
remorseful: in first season's "Mission of the Darians," where when they
returned from the Darian ark, Helena stared at the empty seat of Lowry (?),
and remembered some his voice or some other sound associated with him
(sorry, can't remember what). More subtle and inward, but still there.
Can't remember any other case offhand, though.
> I wonder if she
> should have gotten a gotee like they gave Spock in his alternate version.
<shudder>
----David Welle
From: Amardeep_Chana@xn.xerox44.com (Chana,Amardeep)
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 06:13:38 -0700
Subj: Re: The Metamorph: Alternate Universe
>>I wonder if the lion, jackal, dove, etc. were all indiginous to Psychon.
>
>I hadn't thought of that angle. Could you elaborate? Something like
>Arkadia in the first season?
I was just wondering how she had seen the shape of the Earth animals at
that point and wasn't suggesting that they might have originated on
Psychon. As you mention later, they were not a particularly space
faring people. Of course, if the Psychonians appearance was not all
too different from humans then it is not out of the realm of
possibility that their animal life strongly resembled that from Earth.
>I never picked up on that 870 days. Was this perhaps something the Sci-Fi
>Channel cut, or is that where you saw it?
This was in the Sci-Fi version, in the very first line of dialogue.
Helena was writing about the incident on her mechanical typewriter and
started off saying something like "It was our 876th day since leaving
Earth orbit when Tony Cellini..."
>Imperfect duplicate? :-) Oh well, I still see your main point.
Just think of it as editorial slant <bg>. Actually I'm beginning to
enjoy certain episodes of Season II on their own merit. I'll never
like what Fred Frieberger wanted to do with the show, but despite him
some of the writers let their talent sneak through.
>Actually, I do remember one earlier occasion where she looked pretty
>remorseful: in first season's "Mission of the Darians," where when they
>returned from the Darian ark, Helena stared at the empty seat of Lowry (?),
>and remembered some his voice or some other sound associated with him
>(sorry, can't remember what). More subtle and inward, but still there.
>Can't remember any other case offhand, though.
Yes, but her reaction was not proportional to the horror. In MotD
Lowry was dragged kicking and pleading for help into a chamber where
he looked helplessly at Helena who was powerless to do anything. If
it didn't affect her I'd have thrown her out an airlock. The two guys
in Metamorph met quick, violent deaths and neither really knew he was
going to die even 1 second before he did. She showed more remorse for
them than all the people she lost on the operating table!
>> I wonder if she
>> should have gotten a gotee like they gave Spock in his alternate version.
>
><shudder>
Funny, although I didn't think much of it when writing it (one track
mind and all) I made a mental picture after reading your reply and it
made me shudder also. I take it back and offer an apology to anyone
who sees her as a sex symbol.
Amardeep
From: "Jeff Godwin" (JGODWIN@CLEMSON44.EDU)
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 07:56:47 -0700
Subj: a blinding flash...
[EDITOR'S NOTE: Part that's relevant to this thread:]
Another note: A gotee on Helena might be enough to make one shudder,
but a gotee on Koenig would be pretty cool. Martin Landau wore a gotee
in at least one Mission Impossible episode and it was very becomming.
For that matter, Catherine Schell had a gotee in one of the "Pink
Panther" movies that wasn't too bad.
Blasting off again,
Jeff Godwin
From: Petiepry@aol44.com
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 16:12:12 -0700
Subj: The Metamorph
Does anyone know from The Metamorph or other Space 1999 episodes what happed
to the planet Psychon? Just curious.
From: PatriEmb@aol44.com
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 17:53:33 -0700
Subj: Re: The Metamorph
It blew up at the end of Metamorph. During the episode, Mentor mentioned
that there had been an environmental disaster that killed part of the planet,
and the volcanic activity took over.
From: balinson@inch44.com
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 11:49:43 -0700
Subj: Re: The Metamorph
>Does anyone know from The Metamorph or other Space 1999 episodes what
>happed to the planet Psychon? Just curious.
It fall down, go BOOM!!!
From: NicStepro@aol44.com
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 14:35:17 -0700
Subj: Re: The Metamorph: Alternate Universe
>Helena's behavior in the eagle after leaving Psychon was also out of
> character. In the real universe, she had seen dozens of Alphans meet
> horrible deaths without getting all remorseful. I wonder if she
> should have gotten a gotee like they gave Spock in his alternate version.
Oooh, don't do that! . <Shudder> I just got this image of Helena in a gotee
and Koenig with blonde 'Helena' hair...
Nicolette
From: Amardeep_Chana@xn.xerox44.com (Chana,Amardeep)
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 1996 06:37:11 -0700
Subj: Hairy Helena (was: Metamorth etc.)
I also have a vivid imagination, and after reading my post later I
almost lost containment. If you look back you will find that I
apologized to the list for this horrible imagery. :)
Amardeep