From: John Adams (JONADA@xtra-co.nz) Subject: Space1999: Let's Make the list more interesting Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 13:35:51 -0700 Hi Guys Have been reading the list recently, about treading on ones toes, and hurting peoples' feelings.I suppose you do have to be careful at times, what you say about people, especially if they have gone to some trouble in contributing something big to the list.But it does generate more comments and interest, and I think it is good to have a bit of debate every once in a while. As for me, being farely new to the list, how about starting a thread for where you all come from (I also did that with the Battlestar Galactica list, and it generated a huge number of entries), seeing this is a world wide list, I'm sure some of you must come from some pretty exotic places!! Also, how about some more technical questions, the questions on the Eagles' engines and Travel tubes were really interesting.You probably dealt with all these questions when the list was first started, and most of the answers are probably in the Space1999 FAQ, but hey, we want to keep this list fresh and alive, lets do it. Okay, to start off, I come from Wellington, New Zealand, and it is in the middle of winter down here at the moment, and extremely cold.I remember first seeing Space1999 around the 1980's when I was about 10 years old. I remember being absolutely terrified of the Eagle Spaceships, the reasons why, I honestly cannot remember. John Adams Wellington New Zealand
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 22:45:32 +0000 From: Mike Lynch (Mike-Lynch@big44foot.com) Subject: Re: Space1999: Let's Make the list more interesting Exotic, eh? Well, you asked for it... I currently live in Highland Park, New Jersey. I've spent the past 25 years in New Jersey (My folks and I moved here from Maine when I was 3. No, I wasn't born in Maine, I was born in Champaigne, Illinois. My dad was in the Air Force from 1964 to 1972 and his getting transferred and re-assigned kept me on-the-move for the first 3 years of my life) ...If you all really want to know (I know you don't, but here you go anyway...) I was born in Illinois, we moved to Denver, Colorado, then back to Fort Fairfield, Maine (that's where my dad was originally stationed when my folks met and eventually married), once my dad was discharged following his second enlistment we moved to New Jersey. I started watching Space: 1999 in 1975 (I was 5 years old) with my dad, and continued to watch religiously until it was canceled in 1977. I only caught episodes rarely after that as they cycled through decaying syndication (I once saw an episode at some ridiculous time like 6:00am on a Sunday when I was 10). It wasn't until I was 22 that I started to find bootleg tapes of various episodes as I started to go to Sci-Fi collectors' shows. Speaking of being scared of Space: 1999 aspects: After seeing DRAGON'S DOMAIN for the first time I was so scared that I couldn't sleep with the lights off for days. My mother actually said that I shouldn't watch the show anymore because it was too scary. ...but my father and I watched it anyway. It is still one of my favorite episodes ...if not my favorite. Mike
From: LKJ1999@aol4tag.com Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 21:56:44 EDT Subject: Re: Space1999: Let's Make the list more interesting I come from the Planet Piri! Well not really, i was born in Florida and i still live in Florida. I watched S-99 from the start, 1975 that is. It played here until, July 15, 1979. I did not see S-99 again until 1989... What a long 10 Years... Chas P. LKJ1999
From: South Central (Tamazunchale@web44tv.net) Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 19:46:12 -0700 Subject: Re: Space1999: Let's Make the list more interesting Mateo Latosa: I was born in Jersey City, NJ and raised in the NYC area. I have lived in L.A. and Santa Barbara since 1984. I have four children and one grandchild. I am 34 and now work as an instructor of English to Latino immigrants. I have worked as a public health educator, as a loader at a warehouse, in a lab analysing oil... I used to belong to a small theater group called the Teatro Mestizo, I have written a number of short stories, one opera, and lots of music. During the late '80s I wrote a quartet and gave a number of concerts on the Latino art circuit. (My brief moment of itty-bitty fame.) My only son to stay in school is going to graduate from high school in two weeks! :-) I realize this is OT, but I agree. We hardly know each other. Checking a databank of info on us is not fun. Maybe we should just label this thread OT for those who don't want to read it
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 08:08:15 +0000 From: David Chestnut (avanti@zebra4tag.net) I'm from Mobile, Alabama and started watching Space:a station from Pensacola, FL(not too far away). They aired the show Saturday nightsfrom 10:30 til 11:30 after the local 10 o'clock news. Now that I think about it, immediately after the show came "Popcorn Theater" with 1999 on some movie I rarely stayed up for... but the first thing they did was play a very old episode of Buck Rodgers! I thought it was corny compared to what I'd watched the hour before(Space:1999), but I still liked it. I was 10 when the show first aired, and I watched it with my sister who was 1 at the time. She thought Alan Carter was pretty cute but then Year 2 rolled around, and she fell madly in love with Tony. While I lamented the loss of Victor, she swooned over the new addition. So even then we had debates over which season was better! I remember, like Mike, losing sleep over the monster in "Dragon's Domain", and "Troubled Spirit" really made a wreck of me too! Overall, it was very entertaining, and the coolest thing I'd ever seen. I asked for Space:1999 toys for Christmas two years in a row, including the big Mattel Eagle. I kept it until 3 years ago when my ex-wife threw it off a moving van during an argument! Broke it into a thousand pieces! But I had my other stuff, and all the novels from year 1, so I kept my interest in the show alive. I finally got a few episodes on video 8 years ago, and the complete series earlier this year. It still hasn't lost any of it's appeal to me, although I do remember "The Last Enemy" as my favorite episode when I was 10. Funny how time changes things... I'm enjoying the list and look forward to discussing Y2 with you all! Take care! Scot
From: Atomic Possum (atomicpossum@toast4tag.net) Subject: Space1999: Re: Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 08:25:16 -0500 >I was 10 when the show first aired, and I watched it with my sister who was 1 >at the time. She thought Alan Carter was pretty cute but then Year 2 rolled >around, and she fell madly in love with Tony. While I lamented the loss of >Victor, she swooned over the new addition. So even then we had debates over >which season was better! Boy she sounds pretty advanced for a one year old.
From: Tom (tmiller@north44net.org) Subject: Re: Space1999: Let's Make the list more interesting Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 10:06:39 -0400 okay, I didn't like the show when it first premiered locally in 1975 in Plattsburgh, NY. I was in high school, and liked a few of the episodes after reading the novelizations, and eventually grew to fanaticism over it. I dragged my freinds over to watch it, and continued to wear the Moonbase alpha patch until about 1981 on my jackets. I don't think my kids appreciate it as much, but like sci fi so they say, sure dad , it was great in it's time. Tom
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 21:17:09 +0200 Subject: Re: Space1999: Let's Make the list more interesting From: Horst Noll (HNoll@t-online-4tag.de) I'm living in Germany, near the south-west border to France. I'm 33 years old and saw Space 1999 when it was first aired in 1977/78 and I didn't miss any of the 30 episodes which have been showed here. In 1996 I could see the whole episodes for the first time and you can't imagine how nice this was. I'm working as assistent doctor at an internal ward in a nearby hospital. Horst
From: CHH1999@aol4tag.com Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 15:20:48 EDT Subject: Space1999: Re: quick background... Okay, to join in: I live in Florida (which is having a heat wave) and am visiting family in New Jersey (which is having almost non-stop rain). I watched Space:1999 from the beginning as part of a wonderful Saturday of entertainment for a young teenager: starting with Mission:Impossible at 5:00 (EST), Star Trek (the original series) at 6:00 and then the grand finale Space:1999 at 7:00. My family usually joined in watching at some point (especially Space:1999). I loved it the most, but we all had a good time with it. When the show went off the air, it used to come around every now and then at 2:00 am. I would set the alarm to wake up, turn on my black and white TV (no remote) and use the antennaes to fine tune the picture. Did anyone else try to audiotape the shows? I think I still have the tapes somewhere, but their condition is so poor they'd jam up any tape recorder (I know this because they did this at the time I taped them!!). Anyway, I loved the show for a long time. When I found this list it was like visiting childhood again and looking at a wonderful series through adult eyes. The magic is still there. Unfortunately, I don't have time to re-read the books and join in on the topics as I usually have a ton of homework to do. Even on vacation now I brought a paper I'm supposed to be working on. Well, take care all. Christina
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 14:21:03 -0600 From: "Robert Gilbert" (bcpgd@shaw-wave.ca) Subject: Re: Space1999: Re: quick background... > Did anyone else try to audiotape the shows? I did!!! > I think I still have the tapes somewhere, but their > condition is so poor they'd jam up any tape recorder > (I know this because they did this at the time I taped them!!). Mine weren't quite this bad --- they were however, taped over so many times that the Audio Quality was so poor (and at the time, the system I used was a Mono TV with about a 3" speaker, into about a $10.00 Microphone, into a Tape Recorder --- the same tape recorder i'd jimmied with the speed Control so it recorded at a slower rate than it played... Ah, those were the daze). > Anyway, I loved the show for a long time. When I found this list it was like > visiting childhood again and looking at a wonderful series through adult eyes. > The magic is still there. You too, eh? > Unfortunately, I don't have time to re-read the > books and join in on the topics as I usually have a ton of homework to do. > Even on vacation now I brought a paper I'm supposed to be working on. How old are you?
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 21:56:26 +0000 From: Mike Lynch (Mike-Lynch@big44foot.com) Subject: Space1999: When I was a kid... If I may wax nostalgic for a moment... All this talk of dressing up as Koenig for Halloween, having outfits on hand for watching the show, and what characters folks would pretend to be reminds me of my own time growing up and watching the show. I would always pretend to be Alan Carter... I don't know why. I knew Koenig was the commander, but I always chose Carter. ...Maybe because we both have blonde hair... who knows. We had a pair of tall pine trees that stood along side the drive way, and I used to love to climb the one nearest the house. There were three branches about 15 feet up that were situated just right so that I could sit and have arm rests - this was my Eagle cockpit. It was perfect I was way up off the ground, I had a commanding view of the yard (and a couple neighboring yards as well), and when the wind blew the tree would sway, which fulfilled the illusion of flying all the more. I also had a stun gun that had a red light that went on when you pushed the trigger that I would always carry when I was Alan Carter. This was later replaced by a less impressive stun gun (read as: having no red light) when a friend of mine stole it... though he would never admit to it. And when it was raining, or a school night, or I was visiting my grandparents (who didn't have any trees that met my Eagle standards), I would pretend to be Alan by playing with the Dinky Eagles (which I still have, thank you very much), or the giant Mattel Eagle (...*ahem*... which I no longer have, and honestly don't know what happened to it.). I even had the Space: 1999 lunch box (my all-time favorite lunch box... but look what I had to compare it to: The Six Million Dollar Man and some western themed thing that I can't really remember much of... maybe Gunsmoke?) Sadly I no longer have the lunch box, but am in the process of finding one with the thermos. When I was a kid I was pretty much pretending to be one of three characters: Alan Carter, Captain Kirk, or Luke Skywalker. Ahhh... the simpler days... Mike
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 17:35:39 -0500 From: Jim Small (Eagle1@mb-sympatico.ca) Subject: Space1999: Another autobiography for you... Hello all! I find it interesting that most of the people who've written in to share knowledge of themselves are almost all pretty close to the same age... Early thirties. This would mean that most of us, like myself were in their "transition" period from childhood to early teens. I don't know yet what all this means, but I find it most interesting. Many of your stories mirror some of the feelings and experiences I had myself. I'm 33 years old and live in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, but lived in Montreal, Quebec when I was growing up. My parents were both sucessful commercial artists (until the political situation in Quebec turned extremely hostile to the English speaking people in that province), and they understood the need for a creative spirit. The first time I had ever seen an episode of Space: 1999 was one saturday night when a younger friend of mine had come over to play. My mother was watching (our 1950's black and white) TV when Dragon's Domain came on. My friend Eric and I were busy playing and didn't take much notice until the monster began roaring and people started getting sucked into that fiery maw. Our eyes remained glued to the set for the rest of the episode. For some reason though I had forgotten about the show until one Saturday a year or so later (maybe less, I have no recollection of how much time went by) I sat down at 5 o'clock, turned on that same old TV, switched it to channel 6 and got ready for my weekly dose of the "Bugs Bunny Road Runner Hour" which had run at that time for what must have been years, pre-empted every now and then by sports shows. (I began to develop a serious hatred for sports shows!) The now familiar opening titles for 1999's second season exploded on the screen and my disappointment in missing "Bugs Bunny" lasted only about five minutes. By the time "The Metamorph" was fifteen minutes along I was hooked forever! Thus, my introduction into the world of Moonbase Alpha was complete. Since the second season of the show was actually the first season I watched on a regular basis, the series doesn't hold the same point of dislike for me as some of the die hard season 1 fans. In fact, I'd say that the action-adventure style was more my "speed" at that age, and I'm sure that aspect was more appealing to me at that time. I began collecting all I could. I absolutely fell in love with the Eagles (Hey, gimme a break! My hormones hadn't kicked in yet or I'd have been more interested in Maya!) and most of the other hardware. Money for me was scarce so I didn't get much. That following Chrismas I got the MPC Eagle kit and treasured it immensely. I had always wanted the big Mattel Eagle toy and had seen it only once in the park as another kid played with it but it was far too expensive and could not afford it. Ironically, the cost was $19.99 at the time!!! However, thanks to my newfound friend Paul Ettinger in Nova Scotia, the long held dream of owning the prized toy came full circle at the beginning of this year. This is the one you can see in the Cybrary today. Another 1999 collectible I cherished was the book "Making of Space: 1999" by Tim Heald, which I recently found out should not necessarily be taken as gospel. However, the picture of Brian Johnson and Nick Allder holding the models of the Eagles grabbed my attention like nothing had in a long time. I almost felt (to sound a bit silly here, but remember I was just a kid!) as though my eyes had seen the forbidden fruit! It was if I was gazing at something I shouldn't see! As the illusion and magic of "real spaceships" was instantly destroyed, it was replaced with an unstoppable hunger for modelmaking and a neverending fascination with miniature special photographic effects! It's still one of my biggest passions. Although it began with my facsination with WW2 aircraft (spurned from shows such as "Baa Baa Black Sheep" and the movie "Midway"), my own artistic ability had blossomed with Space:1999 as I was constantly trying to draw and build better representations of the models from the show. I had little reference material at the time compared to what's available now (thank you Fanderson, Andrew Frampton and Chris Trice!), but some of the stuff I did was fair. In the last couple of years, since gaining access to the Information Superhighway (a very appropriate name indeed!) I have, through the contacts I have made, including on this mailing list, endeavoured to acquire as much information on the special effects and models of Space: 1999 as I can possibly acheive. It has become somewhat of an obsession with me, and has led to many long cherished dreams coming vibrantly true, with, hopefully, more to follow. -- It's not the time it takes to take the takes, it's the time it takes between the takes that take the time to take! __| _ \ | | / | __| _` | _ | | _ \ | | _ \ _ \ | ( | ( | | __/ | | | | __/ ___| \__,_|\__ | _|\___| ____/ _| _|\___| |__/ E. James Small
From: "Brian Dowling" (brian@hellion-prestel.co.uk) Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 23:50:51 +0100 Subject: Space1999: Let's make the list more interesting Hi y'all, To add to those who have spake about themselves, I humbly present something about myself. 26 years old from Birmingham, England. I'm a Brummie lad born and bred, but without the accent thanks to my time studying away at university. This can be both a curse and a blessing. I like much of the sci-fi output from Britain during its "classic" period between 1950 and 1989 - Doctor Who, Blake's 7, Space:1999, Doomwatch, Sapphire and Steel, TimeSlip, The Tomorrow People, Quatermass - seeing much of it during my childhood made great impressions on me, which still show to this very day. Add to that several other "cult" programmes from the 1970s - Callan, The Sweeney and The Professionals to name but three - and perhaps I could rightly be accused of living in a timewarp. Hey, given some of the crap on the tv these days, I'm happy to be where I am! My assorted other interests are truly varied - I think I'm the only one to have quoted the Marquis de Sade (or tried to) on list (make of that what you will) and help provide relief from my job as tech support for a magazine publishing company. As something of a gadget freak, it seems to be an almost ideal job. I do not accept political correctness as a valid concept - PC means Personal Computer in my book and always will. Respecting people's opinions is one thing, but not saying anything contrary purely because they might get a little upset is wrong. I see nothing wrong with calling a spade a spade. Sci fi fans are often stereotyped as sad, obsessive weirdos with a strange grasp of reality. I would never claim to be "normal", and I am wholehearted in everything I get involved in (as opposed to obsessive - I don't live purely for Space:1999, Doctor Who, or whatever tv series I like may be around), and I might not have the same view on reality that you, the reader, may have. But wouldn't it be boring if we were all the same? Brian Dowling - Online Alphan #144 - Birmingham, England Compiler of the Space:1999 UK Video Log - http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/hellion/
Subject: Space1999: 'Sup? Date: Sat, 13 Jun 98 18:51:12 -0500 From: Doug Giffin (dgiffin@exec44pc.com) Hey Everyone... I like the little introductory messages that people have been writing... as a very new person to this list, I suppose I'll write one too... I started watching 1999 with the second season, when I was a kid... I remember once, on my birthday, we had to structure the party around the episode that was on that day! I even dressed up as Commander Koenig for Halloween in third grade... you should have seen the elaborate costume my mom sewed, and the great commlock that my dad crafted out of wood. (I still have a picture somewhere...) Koenig was my favorite... and my best friend John would always be Tony when we played "1999." Today, I still have to say that second season is still my favorite... although I watched "New Adam, New Eve" the other day, and it was pretty putrid... : ) I've sort of rediscovered 1999 as of late, and it's a lot of fun. I have a lot of other interests as well... I love Star Trek (in fact, I was even out to Paramount to pitch some DS9 episode ideas), comic books, techno music, and a buncha other stuff. I do have a couple of questions, as long as I'm typin'... 1) Does someone have good copies of the episodes that they'd be willing to copy/sell for me at a reasonable price? There's quite a few first season episodes that I've never seen, and a few second season ones that my memory is pretty hazy on. I do have a subscription to the Columbia House series, but as I understand it, they're only releasing so many episodes. If someone has them taped EP (i.e., 6-7 episodes per tape), please let me know. I'd sure appreciate it. 2) Can someone tell me which issues of the Charlton 1999 comic feature second season stories? I remember my aforementioned friend John having one when I was a kid, but I don't know the issue number. I'd like to try to track them down. [EDITOR'S NOTE: Triggers a thread on comics.] Okay, that's it for now... Thanks!! Doug Giffin
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 18:24:47 -0600 From: Robert Gilbert (bcpgd@shaw-wave.ca) Subject: Re: Space1999: 'Sup? > I even dressed up as Commander Koenig for > Halloween in third grade... you should have seen the elaborate costume my > mom sewed, and the great commlock that my dad crafted out of wood. I used to wear the same clothes every SAturday (my beige belt, turtleneck and pants)! It was my favourite day of the week! > Koenig was my favorite... and my best friend John would always be Tony > when we played "1999." I was kinda Partial to Alan Carter, and I had a friend who was a Scientist type, who liked to play Bergman!!! > Today, I still have to say that second season is still my favorite... > although I watched "New Adam, New Eve" the other day, and it was pretty > putrid... : ) I don't know about that, as I explained to someone about two weeks ago --- I hated the Character Tony Verdeshi because he was unseen in Y1, but became second in Command (and importance) in Y2 --- even above Helena --- when in the Episode where Koenig is in a Coma on life support --- Carter comes to the Commander's rescue (when they all wanna take him off life Support) with "Who will take over the Commander's job?" If Tony had been around then why wasn't he present in this group? > I've sort of rediscovered 1999 as of late, and it's a lot of fun. I have > a lot of other interests as well... I love Star Trek Me too --- tho' I would've much preferred to have seen S99 take off like STAR TREK did --- even in place of STAR TREK. > There's quite a few first season episodes I've never seen, > and a few second season ones my memory is pretty hazy on. I'm the same way! > I do have a subscription to the Columbia House series, but as I > understand it, they're only releasing so many episodes. Will they be selling any LD/DVD's in the future? > If someone has them taped EP (i.e., 6-7 episodes per tape), please let me > know. I'd sure appreciate it. I probably have 10-12 Episodes taped, but the possibility of my finding them is highly unlikely! > Thanks!! No problem!
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 20:41:44 -0500 From: Jim Small (Eagle1@mb-sympatico.ca) Organization: Alpha Spacecraft Maintenance. Subject: Re: Space1999: Let's make the list more interesting Brian Dowling wrote: > ...Hey, given some of the crap on the tv these > days, I'm happy to be where I am! Amen to that!!!!!!!!! > I do not accept political correctness as a valid concept - PC means Personal > Computer in my book and always will. Respecting people's opinions is one > thing, but not saying anything contrary purely because they might get a little > upset is wrong. I see nothing wrong with calling a spade a spade. Another big AMEN to that!!!!!! Political correctness is just censorship, plain and simple. It was started by a bunch of ninny-nanny liberal wimps that sit around wanting to be the victim of everything but their own actions and concepts and say they're for free speech... as long as they like what's being said! Free speech ends when they disagree with what's being said by others. If you can't stand being criticized, get out of the conversation and don't tell others THEY must get out. If you're (the PC person) the one who's offended by an opinion, then YOU'RE the one with the problem!!!!! > But wouldn't it be boring if we were all the same? Yup. Absotively right!
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 20:46:08 -0600 From: Robert Gilbert (bcpgd@shaw-wave.ca) Subject: Re: Space1999: When I was a kid... > I would always pretend to be Alan Carter... You too eh? > I don't know why. I knew Koenig > was the commander, but I always chose Carter. ...Maybe because we both have > blonde hair... who knows. You wanna know the weirdest thing? My hair was more like John Koenig's! > I also had a stun gun that had a red light that went on when you pushed the > trigger that I would always carry when I was Alan Carter. I had one of these too!!! > This was later replaced by a less impressive stun gun (read as: having no red > light) when a friend of mine stole it... though he would never admit to it. Ditto! One if the ones which shot disks? > or the giant Mattel Eagle (...*ahem*... which I no longer have, and > honestly don't know what happened to it.). Your Mom probably got tired of cleaning it up! > When I was a kid I was pretty much pretending to be one of three characters: > Alan Carter, Captain Kirk, or Luke Skywalker. Ahhh... the simpler days... Ode to those Simpler times!
From: "Sean Kreck" (seankreck@fiber-net-4tag.com) Subject: Re: Space1999: Re: quick background... Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 00:55:13 -0400 I guess we are all telling our stories now ?? Great, I'll join in if it's allright.. I was in elementry school when the show first came out and my best friend Brent Smith and I would watch the show then spend all day Sunday building models of the base and ships with leggo's.. I spent the last few years looking for the show in syndication almost thinking I dreamed the show and it never really existed untill I joined the internet two years ago and found this list.. Now I have the show once again and still watch several episodes a week.. It has been almost twenty years since I last saw Brent and I had hoped maybe he too, found this list.. I now live in Florida working for a large hospital here and have actually used some designs from the show for gadgets I use.. I used to audio tape the shows too and play them back all week till the next episode.. I had an old Panasonic with the external mic that I would tape to the tv speaker.. Drove my parents nutz... >1999 as I can possibly acheive. It has become somewhat of an obsession >with me, and has led to many long cherished dreams coming vibrantly >true, with, hopefully, more to follow. I've realized the same thing as I also am 33.. My parents never got the show but my young nephew is enjoying the copies I made him. He and my 30 year old sister watch it over the Highlander now.. Sean PS We are having a heat wave here in Florida, which part of this rock do you live on ?? Sean Tampa side
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 22:17:39 -0700 From: Mark Eidemiller (skylab@e-z-4tag.net) Subject: Re: Space1999: Let's Make the list more interesting I'm from Portland, Oregon (site of the extremely famous - if anyone in the media would have known - Spacecon XII). Weather is unpredictable, as usual. Today they said it would be sunny and hot in the latter 70's or early 80's - instead it was a bit on the overcast side, sunny and hot in spots, and we even witnessed a few raindrops that got heavy enough to escape the clouds. At age 43, I think I still hold the record for the oldest one on this list. I have also been collecting posts here and there over the last couple of years, that had to do with a technical discussion we had regarding how we would rebuild Alpha if it were in our power to do so. That would be a great thread to get going again, if anyone wants to take up the mantle..... Did we cover redesigning the Eagles? I seem to remember it being done. Anyhow, later all..... Mark Eidemiller (#95) Chaplain, Online Alpha (My door's always open. Stop by and let's talk....)
From: John Adams (JONADA@xtra-co.nz) Subject: Space1999: Re: Redesigning the Eagles Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 17:52:38 -0700 Hi Mark I think that is an excellent idea, especially the idea on redesigning the Eagles.Probably in the next few years it will be possible to build a Moonbase Alpha.Here's hoping.
From: Atomic Possum (atomicpossum@toast4tag.net) Subject: Re: Space1999: Re: Redesigning the Eagles Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 08:25:34 -0500 Well, on that note, take a look at something I have been tinkering with in my spare time: http://www.toast.net/~atomicpossum/aero/aerodyne.html There's not too much there at the moment, but since it came up on the list, I thought I would give out a sneak peek...Most of the links aren't postedd yet, but the front page gives a good idea.... Jon "Mr. Wonderful" Stadter
From: CPerrins1@aol4tag.com Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 06:21:52 EDT Subject: Space1999: background Hi my name is Christina and I am from Pa. I discovered Space: 1999 almost four years ago. I've taped almost every episiode. I was so mesmorized by the whole concept of the show. I am so glad to have found this mailing list. Christina
From: South Central (Tamazunchale@web44tv.net) Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 08:39:46 -0700 Subject: Re: Space1999: background Tell us more. You are a NEW fan--and so, very rare. How did you find the show? What do you like about it? What episodes did you see first? Etc. Mateo
From: CPerrins1@aol4tag.com Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 19:05:50 EDT Subject: Re: Space1999: background Mateo, Well I discovered Space: 1999 on the Sci Fi channel. I started seeing episodes from the second season first. I believe the first episdoe I did see was "Journey to Nowhere". I really enjoyed that episode. I wanted to see more. So I started watching it. At that time it came on everyday on the Sci Fi channel at 6:00. I started taping with Brian the Brain, another one of my favorites. Took me two years to get all the episode on tape. They kept changing the schedule of Space 1999. My favorite episode from season one was The Last Sunset. It was just something about being able to live on the moon like that with an atmosphere it was unbelievable. I've been reading these posts the last couple of days and I'm wondering am I the youngest here? I'm 19. Well guess that's for it now. Christina
From: David Acheson (dkach@hot44mail.com) Subject: Space1999: 1999 in my childhood Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 06:56:49 EDT Well Alphans, Another bio: I am 33 years old (will be 34 in about 2 1/2 weeks). I was born in and grew up in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. SPACE: 1999 was the penultimate sci-fi program for me during my childhood years. Prior to its arrival I really had no interest in the genre and no "must see" TV program to follow. 1999 turned my childhood around. It ran during the first season (1975-1976) on a local U.S. station (WPTZ in Platsburgh, NY) on Saturday evenings at 7:00. I remember plainly that 1999 was the start of a great Saturday lineup that was followed by MARY TYLER MOORE, THE BOB NEWHART SHOW, and THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW. At least on those Saturday nights that my father had to work. Probably the only Canadian kid with no interest in CBC's HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA. I saw the show right from the pilot episode but had no idea when it first aired that this was to be a regular TV series. I thought it was just a special at the time. It wasn't until many weeks after BREAKAWAY that I sat down and saw another instalment of the Alphans. It was during the first season that I introduced my next door neighbour and a cousin to the show. I perhaps remember the second year more as a kid as WPTZ canned the show in August 1976 and I heard rumours that the CBC was going to pick up the show in the fall nationally. They aired year two at 5:00 pm and it became the reasons for many battles in my household. I made sure dinner revolved around SPACE: 1999. It was also during year two that we began to play 1999 as kids. I was always Commander Koenig. Sometimes I would play it with the neighbours or sometimes over at my cousin's house out in the country. When we played it there we would always use the big back yard as an alien landscape. The treehouse was always a base camp the Alphans set up on the planet. For the eagle, we would use the living room couch. It was large enough to put pilots and fellow passengers. I am sure parents were not so pleased with our antics. Strange enough but my brother who hated the show and thought STAR TREK was better preferred to play 1999 instead of TREK. Chalk one up for all the great hardware. 1999's second season was when my cousin and I began to audio tape episodes. I also had some year one episodes as the CBC was kind enough to rerun year one in the 1977-1978 season. Unfortunately most of my 1999 stuff when out in the trash in 1983 when I left for London, Ontario to go to college. The few novels I had and the Eagle, Hawk, and Moonbase Alpha models joined the audio tapes in the trash can. It was not cool to go to college and have such childhood stuff hanging around. Sometimes I miss the old stuff. I never forgot the series but rarely mentioned it publicly since the early 1980s. I guess I was somewhat embarrassed by it in the sea of people who hated it or were too young to even know of it. Yes, i became closeted. I now work full time as an accountant in downtown Toronto and live in Brampton which is a suburb to the megacity as we locals affectionately call it. My interest in the series has returned thanks to a fairly recent airing by YTV in the early 1990's and my new found involvement in the internet. I have the Derek Wadsworth CD and must admit its one of the best CD's I bought in years. The only other thing I am waiting for is an official video release of the series here in Canada. My out-of-the closet fandom has led to my own little website. Today, I shoot back whenever my brother decides to use the series to pick on me. Well now that everyone is asleep I will end here. I can only say I have eclectic tastes. My favourite series in the 1980's was KNOTS LANDING (loved Donna Mills as Abby) and in the 1990's I would have to say THE SIMPSONS. 1999 has some strange company for sure. David Acheson Site Administrator, Return to Moonbase Alpha http://www.geocities.com/WestHollywood/Heights/4376/moonbase.html
Subject: Space1999: waxing nostalgic Date: Sun, 14 Jun 98 09:12:35 -0500 From: Doug Giffin (dgiffin@exec44pc.com) Good Morning... I'm sitting here lamenting the loss of my stun gun... I sure loved that thing, even though it was a little "off." (That dang top barrel was so HUGE!) And I sure wish I had the commlock that my dad made for me. You shoulda seen it -- even though it was carved out of wood, it was perfect! It had raised buttons, and my picture on the side! One of these days I'll post a picture of 3rd grade Doug in his Alpha uniform on my website... I also had the huge Eagle... and man, do I wish I still had that!! But, I do have a 1999 lunchbox that my significant other bought me (I had one in 3rd grade, too)... and I just got an unassembled Alpha model that is on my list of "to do" projects. I also recently got a Captain Zantor Palitoy doll... he is COOL! You know, I've been thinking about why I like second season better than the first, and one of the factors is the music. Season Two had much better music, to my mind... it's amazing how the themes stuck in my head over the "1999-less" years. I especially love the "chase" music... you know, the music featured as Maya activates the Eagle laser in "The AB Chrysalis." I've been trying in vain to find the promo Derek Wadsworth CD... can anyone make me an audio tape? (Yeah, yeah ... I've only been on the list a couple weeks and I'm making all these demands. I'm a jerk, what can i say!) : ) Oh, and I LOVED the second season uniforms and all those cool jackets that kept appearing on everyone (especially the red ones). To me, the first season outfits were so bland... which is weird, considering the wack clothes that Gernreich designed throughout his career! And I think I might be in the minority, but I liked Command Center better than Main Mission (although I liked Koenig's office thingie). It seemed more intimate to me... and I liked the consoles better. And although I can appreciate him to a certain extent now, Bergman put me to sleep as a young'un. Okay, enough of my rambling! Discuss amongst yourselves! : ) Doug
From: djlerda@juno4tag.com Subject: Space1999: Autobiography Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 14:51:42 EDT I am 35 years old and first heard of Space: 1999 in the summer / fall of 1975. I had always been a science fiction fan and at that time the only true "space" show on the air in the US was Star Trek so I was on the lookout for something new. My mother showed me the Washington Post article about Space: 1999 and I immediately began chomping at the bit for the new tv season to start. I think that article is in the cybrary. Anyway, I saw "Breakaway" and I was blown away! The special effects, the music, the premise all got their hooks into me. The next episode shown in my viewing area was "Dragon's Domain" which scared the hell out of me. As time went on the more "cerebral" episodes were the ones I hated as a kid. Now they are some of my favorites while the ones I liked the most such as "War Games" have lost their appeal. I watched the show on Sunday nights on WBFF, channel 45, the independent station in Baltimore. Sundays were great - 1999 at 7pm, Six Million Dollar Man at 8. I could also watch the show on WJLA-TV,. channel 7 (the Washington, DC affiliate of ABC) at 7 pm on Saturdays. The show started airing a week later than on channel 45 but for some reason followed the same schedule. So if I liked an episode, I could watch it again the following week. I eagerly anticipated the second season and was somewhat disappointed that they had replaced the Year 1 music and opening ("This Episode"). I found "The Metamorph" a decent story so I tuned in the next week and got "The Exiles." Again, not bad but not great either. Over the course of the year I lost interest in the show. The combination of being 13 and, IMHO, the weaker scripts played a part. As for memorabilia, I had two of the MPC Eagles, two Hawks, the Moonbase Alpha model kit, the Dinky Eagle nuclear waste eagle, the Milton Bradley boardgame, the Centuri Eagle model rocket, all of the Year 1 novels, most of the Year 2 novels, "The Making of Space:1999", the Moonbase Alpha Technical Notebook, the Topps trading cards, the two Power records voice novelizations (ugh), and the Year 1 soundtrack. After we moved to Illinois in 1978, one of the stations there was rerunning 1999 on Saturday nights. The syndicator's cuts were horrendous but it was better than nothing. I taped my favorite episodes (I taped 14, only 12 have survived). Well, get out the cattle prods and wake yourselves up! David J Lerda "Just because we haven't experienced something doesn't mean it doesn't exist" - John Koenig
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 12:55:51 -0600 From: Robert Gilbert (bcpgd@shaw-wave.ca) Doug Giffin wrote: > Good Morning... > I'm sitting here lamenting the loss of my stun gun... I sure loved that > thing, even though it was a little "off." (That dang top barrel was so > HUGE!) And I'm still regretting selling all my S99 memorabilia (such as the highlyunderscaled "3 ft. long Eagle" with John and Helena standing, but Alan Seated (WHICH MADE for some rather odd away missions --- luckily, perhaps --- i discovered it was possible to disconnect the tops from the bottoms --- although this spelled Death for the toy as an interactive plaything). as the tops and bottoms refused to reconnect after a period, which reduced the toy to a mere "hang in the corner and look at it --- and remember the good times. > And I sure wish I had the commlock that my dad made for me. You > shoulda seen it -- even though it was carved out of wood, it was perfect! > It had raised buttons, and my picture on the side! what ever happened to it? > One of these days I'll post a picture of 3rd grade Doug in his Alpha > uniform on my website... go for it!!! > You know, I've been thinking about why I like second season better than > the first, and one of the factors is the music. Season Two had much > better music, to my mind... it's amazing how the themes stuck in my head > over the "1999-less" years. I especially love the "chase" music... you > know, the music featured as Maya activates the Eagle laser in "The AB > Chrysalis." right --- however i like the Y1 opening theme above all else! Picture this: atthe climax of the opener -> drum roll -> picture of Martin Landau with the caption "...As Commander John Koenig" -> picture of Barbara Bain -> Screen shot of "the base" with Larger than life "Space: 1999" lettering -> This episode -> Scenes from the "this Episode!" Why did the Uniforms Change between Y1 and Y2? Someone bored in the"Sewing Department?" You know --- in all the listing of the Moonbase personell I never saw "Taylor" listed as a job description! > And although I can appreciate him to a certain extent now, Bergman put me > to sleep as a young'un. Victor only twice really took me as a "good guy" instead of the crustyscientist type. Once was in the Episode "Space Brain" where he was telling John about the Make-up of the Meteor "...and a small amount of Human tissue." The second was in the Episode (I think) where the Moon came between two planets which were at war --- and at the end of the Episode he exclaims "...Waste, utter waste!"
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 14:25:29 -0600 From: Robert Gilbert (bcpgd@shaw-wave.ca) > SPACE: 1999 was the penultimate > sci-fi program for me during my childhood years. Prior to its arrival I > really had no interest in the genre and no "must see" TV program to > follow. 1999 turned my childhood around. AS with myself! > Probably the only > Canadian kid with no interest in CBC's HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA. Wrong-o! I used to hate when Space: 1999 would be "pre-empted"because of some Stoopid Sports Show! > I now work full time as an accountant in downtown Toronto and live in > Brampton which is a suburb to the megacity as we locals affectionately > call it. My interest in the series has returned thanks to a fairly > recent airing by YTV in the early 1990's and my new found involvement in Have you heard if YTV still has the rights to air the Series? It would beultimately better than "Catwalk" --- which ran 4+ consecutive times through the entire show --- whose sole reason for longevity was its Canadian Heritage. I loved CAtwalk when it first came out (as it dealt with live music and bands (however, it quickly outgrew any fascination by its short-livedness (and long runningness). > Today, I shoot back whenever my brother decides to use the series to pick on me. Right on! > I can only say I have > eclectic tastes. My favourite series in the 1980's was KNOTS LANDING > (loved Donna Mills as Abby) and in the 1990's I would have to say THE > SIMPSONS. 1999 has some strange company for sure. Simpsons you say? I, too, love the (Bart's my hero) Simpsons!!!
From: Akerman@aol4tag.com Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 17:07:08 EDT Subject: Re: Space1999: 'Sup? Hello, John, 28, from CT. I am new to the list, 3 weeks, and this is my first post. I used to watch 1999 when I was 6. While I do not remember much from the original episodes, you can add me to the list of people who lost sleep over Dragon's Domain, and I do have vivid memories of looking at the Eagle spaceship in the Sear's Wishbook, and the let down on X-mas when I got a 24" Shogun Warrior figure. When playing as a kid, while my friends would have revolvers and pistols, I would take my fathers staple gun because it looked just like a 1999 stun gun. My interest in the show was rekindled in the mid 80's when the show was on channel 11 WPIX in NY. We could barely get it with the antenna, but I watched and taped every episode that I could through the snow. While I consider myself formost a sci-fi fan, Gerry Anderson in particular, 1999 will always be my favorite show. I also have subscribed to Columbia House because I would like clean copies of all of the episodes. However, given the fact that CH is only going to release 20 episodes, there was a huge gap I wanted to fill. I found a place in NY that has a huge list of movies, TV shows, ect. that has a large selection of 1999 episodes, along with other Gerry Anderson shows. I recently purchased Space 1999 ITC episode # 14 (Brian the Brain / Rules of Luton) for $19.95. The tape quality was good, not as good as CH, but more than acceptable for me. I make no claims for the store, other than I am satisfied enough to have since ordered more episodes to complete my collection. If your were to order all episodes available, between CH and this store you could have 40* of the 48 episodes. (*NOTE: I think the true number is 42 because for the online catalog they have a tape listed as Space 1999 pilot, however in their true catalog the tape is listed as Destination Moonbase Alpha, which would be Bringers of Wonder 1 and 2. I have ordered the tape and will post if my theory is correct.) The web address is www.cinemaclassics.com
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 19:10:10 -0400 From: Patricia Embury (Patriemb@sprint44mail.com) Subject: Space1999: memories I'm 34, soon to be 35, born and raised in Rochester, NY. I remember watching the show on Saturday mornings during the second season, and seeing reruns of the first season. It must have aired sometime around Emergency +4, which was the real reason I was watching a lot of Saturday morning television. I was more into Emergency than 1999 at the time, and had the biggest crush on Randolph Mantooth. Anyway, I found I liked the show, especially Carter and Verdeschi. I appreciated Maya's talents, and her strong female presence. I remember Breakaway, Beta Cloud and Space Warp most prominently. I found the show again a few years ago when I saw a couple of tapes in a local Blockbuster Video store. Then the Sci-Fi channel put the show back on, along with UFO. I didn't have any of the toys or collectables, I never really knew they existed. Although I have found several comics and toys in the past couple of years. I guess I was more into baseball and sports rather than other toys. I was a bit of a tomboy back then.
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 19:24:02 -0500 From: Mike Lynch (Mike-Lynch@big44foot.com) Subject: Space1999: a GREAT Space:1999 day (or: Hanna Barbera?) I just wanted to share with everyone a rather great find I made today... and the great part is: I didn't have to buy anything! :-) Let me start with the boring background material: My folks are on vacation until next weekend, and as with every year when they're on vacation I stop by and watch their house, get the mail, feed the family cat, spend a few nights there (how I ever slept in that tiny twin bed is beyond me!). They left yesterday morning, and I decided to swing by today and get yesterday's mail out of the box, and such. To my delight my folks had left me a "thank you" gift on the kitchen table: both Dinky Eagles (in amazingly great shape), A UFO Interceptor (minus the nose missile), and SHADO 2, along with some great glassware for myself and my fiancee (more on this in a second). The Eagles are in excellent condition... better than my own. Which probably means that whoever had them as a kid didn't appreciate them as much as I did mine. :-) Though I don't collect UFO memorabilia, my folks figured that I would enjoy having them since they were in better condition that mine (my original SHADO 2 is missing a tread, the missile has seen better years, and the Interceptor suffers from the same type of wear from years of play as the Eagles). Evidently my folks found them at a flea market, that I also frequent, last weekend. As it works I am able to go to Flea markets about every other weekend - which is usually the weekends my folks are not able to go... and vice versa. ...However, I rarely find any S99 material. My fiancee and I generally go looking for glassware circa 1960's and 70's (hence the glassware along with the Dinky toys). Actually our apartment almost resembles a living quarters from Alpha given the design of glass we have. Anyway, the recent threads in this group regarding our childhoods (combined with the new Dinky Eagles) made me rather nostalgic - so I wandered into the basement and started going through the old toys of mine that my mother had boxed-up about ten years ago after I moved out. I had been down there about two hours when I came across something mixed in with my old Matchbox cars that I had completely forgotten about: two small Eagles. Now, some of you may be familiar with these, and know instantly what I'm talking about, but for the benefit of those who don't know I'll describe them... They are roughly the size of a Matchbox car (which is probably why they were where they were); the body and command module are die-cast metal painted dark blue, the view ports on the CM are painted flat black; the landing gear are replaced with small metal wheels; the superstructure is a gray plastic piece that can be taken off; the primary engines are also gray plastic, but do not resemble the actual engines at all (one big cylinder in the middle with two small cylinders on either side); and the ship is very noticeably missing a service module. In all: it looks like a cartoon rendering of an actual Eagle. After finding these two Eagles I instantly remembered when I got them, various times playing with them, and even the time that the late family dog got a hold of one as a puppy and chewed the plastic parts to the point that one of the Eagles now looks like Eagle 1 on a particularly bad day (It's still intact... but it looks pretty sad). Out of curiosity I turned one of the little treasures over to see what year it was made, and who made it. The year: 1976. Now, I had been anticipating the company to be Corgi, but instead I found "LJN TOYS HONG KONG. ©1976 HANNA BARBERA PROD. INC."! Hanna Barbera...? all I could think about was the recent thread dealing with Fred F. and Hanna Barbera. I actually found it to be rather amusing... Hanna Barbera... That would explain the rather cartoonish rendering of the ship. Does anyone have any information on these toys - such as their current value, and why they are copyright Hanna Barbera? Well that's it, I just wanted to share. Mike
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 19:34:06 -0500 From: Mike Lynch (Mike-Lynch@big44foot.com) Subject: Space1999: Airings in New Jersey, USA from 1975-1977 Everyone seems to remember what channel Space: 1999 was on when it first aired in 1975 except me. Does anybody know what channel/station showed the series for central New Jersey? Was it CBS? I thought it was either NBC or WPIX. I don't even remember what night of the week it was on. I guess when I was 5 I really didn't care about such things. I remember watching the show every week, but I just can't remember day, time, or station. Mike
From: jcg@vh4tag.net Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 20:41:40 -0400 Subject: Re: Space1999: Airings in New Jersey, USA from 1975-1977 WPIX channel 11. They were a major station, and I remember reading that they were instrumentall in the show getting off the ground, because they were willing to buy it. The only draw back was they were butchers and cut five or six minutes out of every episode even when they were brand new. (For instance, I never saw the love test in "Brian The Brain" until the 90's, when I saw the episode on a PBS station in Albany, NY. With 48 episodes, I figured there was over an hour of the show I had never seen, until I saw the episodes in other cities, or on laser disc. I also seem to remember that at least for the first year, they ran two different episodes, one on Saturday night, and one on Sunday night.
From: "jhon" (jhon@pottsville-infi.net) Subject: Space1999: Space1999 and Knots Landing Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 21:12:33 -0400 Someone on the list mentioned that they really enjoyed S99 in the70's and Knots Landing in the 80's. Quite a combination. Hmm, could we be soul-mates? I never had any of the Space1999 toys and only one comic book. None of my friends enjoyed the show as I did. However, I would still get into the space game. There was a sliding door in our kitchen. This door was the link between main Mission and the commander's office. My Eagles were constructed from an erector set. And, the rail yard looked like the landscape from Testament of Arkadia. I was pretty lucky here in Frackville, PA when it came down to watching the episodes. The show came on television at least 3 times on Saturday and twice on Sunday. Too bad we didn't have a VCR (were they standardized yet?). jhon http://mh101.infi.net/~jhon click for links to space:1999 and knots landing.
From: "jhon" (jhon@pottsville-infi.net) Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 21:48:04 -0400 Check this out. I threw it together last year. http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/7973/knots99.html and visit www.geocities.com/Vienna/7973/s99.html jhon
From: Sean Kreck (seankreck@fiber-net-4tag.com) Subject: Re: Space1999: Re: quick background... Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 00:59:13 -0400 My best friend and I would make models of the show every Sunday out of leggo's while I played my tape of it.. I also had a speaker between my mattress and box springs and would goto sleep to them.. We went so far as to get our parents super 8 movie camera and act out the show.. It was great being a kid and I sure wish I still had all those toys.. Sean.. 33 as of yesterday..
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 23:22:26 -0600 From: Robert Gilbert (bcpgd@shaw-wave.ca) I wonder if he [Sean Kreck, above] had Nightmares about being sucked into the "eye of Hell" in "Dragon's Domain?" > > I think we are also all in the same age group. I'm 34. Am I right? Nope, I'm 28!
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 01:14:14 -0500 From: Floyd Resler (floydresler@earth44link.net) Subject: Space1999: Space1999 Memories I remember seeing advertised in the Indianapolis version of TV Guide this new showing premiering on Channel 13 called Space:1999. In the adds, they mentioned a date: September 13, 1999. Silly me, I thought I was going to have to wait until that date to see this new show! I first watched it on my parent's black and white TV. I loved it! Of course, there always seemed to be something preventing me from watching it. Namely, my sister. No matter when it was on, there was always something else on she wanted to watch. I remember telling her that the episode "Alpha Child" had a baby in it, so she said we could watch it. A lot of times, it would air on Sunday afternoons right after a football game and the game would almost always run over so it got preempted alot. Thankfully, several years ago, Channel 19 in Cincinnati (where I live now) ran some episodes. However, the description in TV Guide described Breakaway, but the episode that aired was The Metamorph. I was disappointed and called the station to tell them the error, but I also thanked them for running the series again. Now, as I'm sure do many others, I feel left out. There was a "Lost In Space" movie, I recently saw "Gilligan's Island" trading cards, and "Battlestar Galactica" has a new comic book series (which is excellent). When is it going to be Space:1999's turn? Floyd
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 23:34:30 -0600 From: Robert Gilbert (bcpgd@shaw-wave.ca) Subject: Re: Space1999: Space1999 Memories Floyd Resler wrote: > I remember seeing advertised in the Indianapolis version of TV Guide > now) ran some episodes. However, the description in TV Guide described > Breakaway, When CBC ran the 2-hour film "The Bringers Of Wonder" they said it was called "Alien Attack"! Go figger!
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 00:52:17 -0500 From: Floyd Resler (floydresler@earth44link.net) Subject: Re: Space1999: Re: quick background... Sean Kreck wrote: > I used to audio tape the shows too and play them back all week till the next > episode.. I had an old Panasonic with the external mic that I would tape to > the tv speaker.. Drove my parents nutz... I used to audio tape them as well. I would then use the sound to create my own episode of my own "base lost in space" called Asteriodbase Centauri. It was a lot of fun! jhon wrote: > I think we are also all in the same age group. I'm 34. Am I right? Yep. I'm 35. Floyd
From: John Adams (JONADA@xtra-co-4tag.nz) Subject: Space1999: Fellow Kiwis Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 14:21:18 -0700 Hi guys Am I the only New Zealander on the list, if there are any other Kiwis here, send an email and say hi? Thanks John Adams Wellington New Zealand
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 23:31:32 +0200 Subject: Space1999: Re: Audio Tapes From: Ekmar Brand (Ekmar.Brand@t-online-4tag.de) 1977 I recorded audio tapes, too. Now, I'm 32 years old and have all episodes on video. Ekmar
From: LKJ1999@aol4tag.com Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 17:53:42 EDT Subject: Re: Space1999: Re: Audio Tapes I to taped S-1999 on audio tape. From 1977 to 1979. Then in July 1979 it went off the air for good! I did not see S-1999, until Feb 1989! TEN LONG YEARS!!! I found a video Journey through the Black Sun, at Block Busters, Boy was i happy. I then met Ellen Lindow, How made S-1999 copys for me on June 10 1989. I will never forget Ellen Lindow, for all Her help... Chas P. LKJ1999
From: Atomic Possum (atomicpossum@toast4tag.net) Subject: Re: Space1999: Re: Audio Tapes (veering off-topic for a moment) Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 20:27:37 -0500 The audio taping thing is a pretty interesting thing amongst fans of SF. Back in the early sixties, certain people in Britain taped "Doctor Who" in its early years. Now, following the BBC stupidity (don't be surprised at their poor scheduling of 1999, they're morons) in the mid '70's when they actually BURNED EPISODES (!!!!!) they thought no one would want, some episodes exist only in these fan-produced audio tapes! For fans of Dr. Who who are interested in getting some of these (as well as the videotape 'reconstructions'), check out: http://www.eskimo.com/~tegan/dw/ccaudios.html Jon "Mr. Wonderful" Stadter
From: Jjmittler@aol4tag.com Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 23:06:35 EDT Subject: Space1999: Viewing Space I remember the first time I saw Space 1999 was late at night in my apartment. I was trying to get some sleep. The first program I saw was Beta Cloud. Thought it was very interesting and hoped other showings of Space would be on. I have no preference over Year 1 or Year 2. Since we do not know what space really holds for us, I viewed each show as a possible happening in space, and wondering if I was in that position would I do the same thing or different. We can never answer the question until it happens and this we may never see in our life time. But who is to say...... I have a collection of Space 1999 items. May be small by standards, but I keep trying to add to it. Large selection of pictures. Letter head paper with Tony's picture in upper left corner. Galaxy Time Meter. Check book cover and book cover to fit paper back books/brown vinyl/with Alpha Moonbase log on it. Swiss arm knife/fork spoon different knives made in plastic form the Gooble Gang. Some Scripts. Tec. Manual. Series One & Two Books--white covers and black covers. Dinky Eagle Model (metal). Moonbase Alpha model. Complete series on tape and now purchasing from Columbia House. A couple of shows on audio tape. Record (this I have to find to see when it was recorded. Probably have more items but can not think of what right now. I think I am the oldest on the list. 54. Talk to all later. Space is forever. JJMittler@aol.com
From: "Brian Dowling" (brian@hellion-prestel.co.uk) Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 19:56:07 +0100 Subject: Space1999: Re: Audio Tapes (veering off-topic for a moment) Hi folks, Jon wrote: > The audio taping thing is a pretty interesting thing amongst fans of SF. Yup, I did it with the Flash Gordon serials, Blake's 7, Doctor Who and (don't ask me why) Monkey. The BBC's junking policy is well documented and lamented by fans of many of the BBC's programmes from that era. One person has been identified as the prime culprit, but I cannot recall her name. I have two of the video "reconstructions" - The Tenth Planet and The Web Of Fear - both recent purchases and I enjoyed them immensely. There has obviously been a lot of effort put into these tapes - if the rest are as good as the two I have then they will be worth getting. I found my way to the reconstructions by way of this URL in response to a question about early Cybermen - there are links to the recon distribution sites from this page: http://members.aol.com/dwundergrd/ Time to go watch The Metamorph...
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 08:24:21 -0400 (EDT) From: allan@i44quest.net Subject: Space1999: my background My name is Faith, and I also am 33 years old. As far as exotic locations, I can't really contribute. As I live in Indiana, have always lived in Indiana, and am currently residing next door to the house I grew up in. My memory isn't nearly as precise as some of yours. I have no idea which episode I first saw. I wasn't really interested in televisionin the mid 70's. I do remember my Dad talking to a friend while watching the show. He said something along the lines of liking the show because the people were more realistic than (star trek?). As this is the only time I remember his commenting on a tv program, I started to pay more attention. Sometime later the show aired on Sundays at 11am. That's when I remember watching it. We went to church on Sunday mornings and usually didn't get home until 11:15 or 11:30, so I missed the first half of the episode. I remember trying to get my mom to skip sunday school after church, so that I could watch Space:1999. (not one of my proudest momemts, but hey, I was a kid). For a few years it was on and off in this time slot (replaced in turn with Star Trek and Battlestar Gallactica) then seemed to disappear. I used to hang around used book stores searching for the paperbacks. When I went to college, I traded in all the books in some misguided effort to appear "grown up" and "past all that". But 6-7 years ago, I ran across some of the paperbacks and started my collection all over. I read and reread the novelizations until I couldn't be sure what I remembered seeing on the screen and what my imagination visualized. After finding this list almost 2 years ago now, I have finally been able to see the episodes again. There are nuances to this program that I either didn't catch before or forgot. And there are scenes missing that I could have swore existed (I was sure there was a scene with Prof. Bergman and Dr. Russell looking at plans for a house in his lab or quarters). Apparently it existed only in my mind and the novel. My family thinks this reawakened interest in Space:1999 is a bit odd. My husband never saw the show - and doesn't have time now. My kids (11 & 12) watched with me when I first got my tapes. But I must have went a little overboard, evidenced by the moans of "not Space:1999 again" whenever I pull the tapes out. However with the recent arrival of my new baby girl, I have another chance to interest at least one other person in this household. As she is only 6 weeks old, I may have to wait a bit. This turned out a lot longer than I intended, so I'll leave it at that. I don't post often, but when I do, I do. Faith
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 15:31:23 -0300 From: Monica Maria Chagas Pereira (nick@msm4tag.com.br) Subject: Space1999: My turn Hi, Gang. I get a kick out of this list! Yes, I also audio taped S1999. I was 13-14 then. I suffered from a major teenager crush on Martin landau...I feel better now...but I still love him. ;) I'm 35, Brazilian, live in Rio.I just love the show. I think it got better in Y2. Unfortunately, I could not find any of the pocket books on S99 here in Brasil... wish I had. I video-taped Alien Attack and Breakaway from TNT... I bought MoLaD from Tony Winn, and thanks to "Akerman@aol.com" (sorry I didn't get your name...) I'm already wainting the arrival of The Exiles, All that Glisters, One moment of Humanity and Journey to Where( probably my favorite ep)... 2 decades after watching the show on TV... I'm excited! I'm crazy about Fan Fiction... we should have much more ... NEW ONES!!!... it keeps the show alive. EMMA's hpg should be on 'The Ring around the Moon'... Oh, I'm married, majored in Marine Biology... and finishing Psychology this year, I hope! I'll try to be at Marty's tvgen chatroom tonight...I'll be NICK_S1999. LET'S GET TOGETHER THERE!! See you. Take care. Monica ICQ #7120401
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 00:11:35 +0000 From: David Chestnut (avanti@zebra4tag.net) Just some late-night pondering... I'm 32, almost 33, and my wife is 21. Which season does she prefer? Year 1, which was the opposite of what I would have expected. She says Y-1 one is "smart and cool" most of the time, and when I've been able to get her to watch Y-2 with me, she usually says it's "silly" or "corny". I personally see examples of "cool" AND "corny" in BOTH seasons. But overall, nothing in the world compares to Space:1999. It's simply the best show ever! My kids? Year 2 all the way! My 10 year old likes some of Y-1, but they all agree on loving Maya! My sweet 10 week old daughter will watch anything with me without complaint :) Check us out at: http://members.tripod.com/~avanti/easter.jpg Do your kids watch the tapes with you? How do they feel about it? Just wondering... Scot
From: "Ariana" (ariana@ndirect4tag.co.uk) Subject: Space1999: Maya, memories etc Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 22:44:15 +0100 First of all, my intro (in case anyone missed this when I joined). I'm 25, born and bred in Paris, though presently living in England. I first discovered Space:1999 during my holidays in Britland as a child circa 1977, and was subsequently given the opportunity to see all the episodes over and over again thanks to reruns on French television (in French, but I still enjoyed it!). I was interested to read about how other people "played Space:1999" as children. Several fellows mentioned that they were always Koenig or Carter, right? Well... I used to play the *Computer*!!! I had drawn some controls on the box my rabbit's cage came in and punched a hole in it. Then my friend and I would take turns sitting in the box with my father's typewriter and a clock -- the person on the outside would ask the cardboard box... er, "computer" a question, and after much kerchunking, the answer would come out typewritten on a piece of paper. The computer was best at giving the time... Guess what line of business I'm in now?Well, OK, so it wasn't the most rivetting game I ever thought up. Most of the time, I must admit I played Maya, or some character like her, at least. I wasn't one for playing with other people's characters -- I liked to make up my own, even though they were sometimes almost identical to the others. My friends in France hadn't seen Space:1999 when I was about 7-9, so I suppose I could get away with it without getting howls of "but Maya can't do that!" Someone else mentioned Maya as a strong female presence and I agree. She was smart and didn't work in a stereotypical "caring" profession, and more often than not, she was the one who saved Koenig and Co -- a refreshing change from the usual cowering-female-is-saved-by-big-strong-man depicted in a majority of TV shows. "Beta Cloud" was the episode that stuck in my mind after I saw it as a child -- I remember being *delighted* when it was shown on French television, because I had such clear memories of it, and I was pleased to find it just as exciting the second time around! (I hope the Beeb gets around to showing it so I can judge it now) Ah what fun it all was... Emma For Star Trek and Space:1999 Fan Fiction: http://www.alpha.ndirect.co.uk