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From: Ian Wheeler <ian@ianjames.demon.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 1997 10:23:42 +0000
Subject: Re: Space1999: where are they now?
In message <970314234702_1018894845@emout03.mail.aol.com>,
ARIMMR@aol.com writes
>I was going through some brithtish tapes tonight and came across the end of
>an epidode of a series i believe was called"only fools and horses"(it stars
>the actor from the frost mytsteries on a&e)anyway to my surprise tony
>anholt(tony from space 1999) was in the episode .I think he played a mafia
>type guy(THIS TAPE IS 4 YEARS OLD)he looked about the same .Anyone in britain
>remember this.(it can't be my imaginatoin it's on tape,but i don't have the
>credits to this episode)
>
>******************
The series you refer to, "Only fools and horses", was one of the
most successful British sitcoms ever. It finally ended last year after
several special episodes broadcast over the years since the end of the
series.
Also, the "Frost Mysteries", called "A Touch of Frost" over here
ended a couple of months ago. I don't know whether there's going to be
another series, but I do hope so. They're riveting. Both series starred
David Jason. If you like his work, he has also made another hilarious
comedy, "The Darling Buds of May".
Finally, to answer your question, YES, it is Tony Anholt. I can't
remeber the episode name, but I remember jumping out of my seat, and
saying "LOOK! It's Tony!" Look pretty good, doesn't he?
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From: DAllard422@aol.com
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 1997 08:01:42 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Space1999: re: stress of being alphan who's resented
I wonder what the anti-depressent drug consumption was on Alpha. Or maybe
they sent people on vacation by hooking them up to that brain wave machine.
Do you think they gave vacations? Where could you go? Off to mine rock?
I think Koenig would have come in to being resented very soon. It was his
decision not to return to Earth. Even faced with facts there would have been
those who decided he had been wrong. And He was the one who decided about
other worlds.
And his circle of friends and advisors would come into it next.
Tony would have been resented because he was second in command. There must
have been other qualified people who thought it should have been them.
Alan - as pet pilot he was off of the moon more than almost anyone else.
Everyone must have wanted a holiday.
Helena - Lambda Factor - she was the head of Medical, resentment comes with
the job. She also had the Commanders ear.
Victor - I don't know how anyone could resent him. Ditto for Sandra.
Maya - I think fear would come in on this. Some would fear her because she'
s different. People are made nervous by something different (just try
standing in an elevator facing the people and not the door - smiling. You'll
make people nervous.) Then between what they know of Mentor, and their
experience with Dorzak, there would be talk of lynching. And then here she
is new girl on the block and she gets not only the hunk, but the second in
command hunk.
just my opinion,
Lynn Allard
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From: Deborah Capuano <magneto@bc.seflin.org>
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 1997 08:15:33 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: Space1999: re: stress of being alphan who's resented
> Maya - I think fear would come in on this. Some would fear her because she'
> s different. People are made nervous by something different (just try
> standing in an elevator facing the people and not the door - smiling. You'll
> make people nervous.) Then between what they know of Mentor, and their
> experience with Dorzak, there would be talk of lynching. And then here she
> is new girl on the block and she gets not only the hunk, but the second in
> command hunk.
There was a little of this in "The Dorcons"....the scene where the two
crewmen stagger into Command Center during the bombardment, and one of them
suggests handing Maya over (how did they know that was what the attackers
wanted, anyway? they hadn't been in CC when the message came in) and nearly
gets punched into next week by Tony?
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From: Ian Wheeler <ian@ianjames.demon.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 1997 14:18:03 +0000
Subject: Space1999: EURO ALPHANS! PLEASE READ!
MESSAGE TO ALL EURO ALPHANS, OR ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED!
I'm going online for some IRC chat at 7:30 pm GMT tonight on John Ward's
irc channel on Havenet, #space1999.
If I'm not there, using the name JackieC, I'm probably watching TV or
something, and have forgotten.
Still, go ahead, chat without me!
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From: "Gregory L. Wilcox" <greggw@infinet.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 1997 17:31:10 GMT
Subject: Space1999: Eagles made out of LEGOS
Thanks to the list member who beamed me the pictures of the eagles.
They were impressive. Sorry I didn't reply privately, but my decoder
program deleted your E-mail after it strip out the JPG file.
Gregg Wilcox
Brown Sleeve #159
AWET (Alpha Water Equipment Technician)
Reply to: greggw@infinet.com
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From: NicStepro@aol.com
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 1997 12:33:18 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: Space1999: Where did the Alphans end up?
One thing that the Y2 novels bought out more
was their absolute NEED to colonize somewhere.
In year 1, they would encounter hostile outside forces-
but the food/life support necessities were shelved
into the background. Y2 had more of a sense of
desperation (making the humor a bit incongruous) as
the threat of total depletion of 'tiranium'/titanium loomed
ever-present in the background.
They really can't float out there forever;
even a motherload of essential minerals
will eventually run out...
Nicolette
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From: NicStepro@aol.com
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 1997 12:33:38 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: Space1999: Sybil Danning
Hmm. It seems the old reply format is back...
I picked up this wonderful tape at an auction/flea market.
There was no one there at the time and it was on a shelf
w/ no price tag, but the ones around it had a $4.75 tag.
I left $5 and my name/address/phone # - JIC!
It rekindled my interest in Space 1999.
After that I found the 4 commercial (EP)tapes on
the discount rack at Suncoast Video!
I wonder if Sybil even saw a portion of the program;
her comments seemed so unrelated to the actual
show.
Nicolette
In a message dated 97-03-13 00:31:53 EST, brian.dowling@drugnet.co.uk (Brian
Dowling) writes:
<<
>This particular version was part of "Sybil Danning's Adventure Series"
>Before the actual "movie" came on, there was this extreme tasteless
>(not to mention suggestive) opening where actress Sybil Danning dressed
>in a short short mini-skirt gave an overview of the series. After th
>movie was over she returns to deliver more lame dialogue.
Heck! I nearly choked on my coffee when I read that! Anyone know
anything about this? I'm intrigued!!!
Later, >>
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From: StarParty@aol.com
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 1997 12:59:09 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: Space1999: Kinda OT- Six Million Dollar Man on da moon
In a message dated 97-03-13 07:36:57 EST, you write:
<< So it was Freddie that produced the show you said was so goofy--and he
produced it after the 2nd season of 1999....you'd think he would have had
more experience getting the moon scenes right, wouldn't you?
>>
This man killed more shows than Carter has pills! I've mentioned before, but
we probably have new list members since then, that Freddie was brought on as
producer of "Nurse" in the early 1980s. Of course, that was for the third
and FINAL season of that show. So, sorry, Michael Learned....
Tony Wynn
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From: StarParty@aol.com
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 1997 13:32:12 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: Space1999: Re:Re:The Stress of Being an Alphan
In a message dated 97-03-14 19:51:45 EST, you write:
<< Actually, I always thought that Simmonds' fate was pretty much what
Zantor had planned. He had referred to Simmonds as 'diseased' and a few
other things, when Simmonds was threatening to kill the entire base if he
didn't get to go. I always thought Zantor just thought, well, the best
thing to do is get him out of here where he can't hurt anybody ever again,
and that'll be it for him.... >>
It seems to me that Zantor had reservations about Simmonds going because he
was not properly prepared, or some such. However, Simmonds had everyone at
laser-point and insisted... But yes, Zantor did not have any stenuous
arguments about not letting Simmonds go. Am I recalling this correctly?
Tony Wynn
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From: StarParty@aol.com
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 1997 13:39:32 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Space1999: Re:Barry Morse in Tekwar
In a message dated 97-03-14 23:32:20 EST, you write:
<< I caught the end of a Tekwar tape from last night (thurs sci/fi chn)and I
swear Barry Morse (Victor) played Pro. Kittredge. >>
You are absolutely correct - Barry did appear in Tekwar. Not the series, but
I believe the movie that preceeded it. Barry has been quoted as saying:
"An actor who doesn't act isn't an actor."
Therefore, he has never had plans to retire and continues to accept various
projects in order to continutally hone his skills. However, he did sort of
dismiss this one as "a piece of fluff" as I recall! He filmed it in Toronto
when he and his wife Sydney were still living there. So it was convenient to
him, and paid the bills too!
Feel free to check out the Barry Morse HomePage at:
http://members.aol.com/starparty/bm_index.html
Tony Wynn
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From: StarParty@aol.com
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 1997 13:49:29 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Space1999: Fwd: Returned mail: User unknown
<< To: Chris.E.Halladay@globecomm.net
Subject: Re: Space1999: Greetings Fellow Alphans!! :-D >>
My email to Chris in San Francisco came back to me via the mailer daemon, so
I'm sending my welcome to him to the list in hopes that he's still with us!-
Hi!
Welcome to the 1999 list! My name is Tony and I live in Portland, OR. I
just wanted to let you know about the Barbara Bain HomePage which I maintain,
as you mentioned in your post that you are a fan of Barbara's. It can be
found at:
http://members.aol.com/starparty/bain_index.html
It is updated periodically with the latest info on her, and currently
includes stuff about her current play in Los Angeles "The Chairs" and her new
film, "Animals" with Rod Stieger, Tim Roth, and John Turturro.
We're also hosting SpaceCon XII here in Portland this September, with Barry
Morse, Nick Tate and Grace Lee Whitney. Barry Morse will be performing his
one man show "Merely Players" in Portland during the convention, then a
couple of days later in Eugene, Oregon as well. You can find info on the Con
at:
http://members.aol.com/starparty/spacecon_index.html
Enjoy! And welcome aboard -
Tony Wynn
StarParty@aol.com
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To: Chris.E.Halladay@globecomm.net
Subject: Re: Space1999: Greetings Fellow Alphans!! :-D
Hi!
My name is Tony and I live in Portland, OR. I just wanted to let you know
about the Barbara Bain HomePage, as you mentioned in your post that you are a
fan. It can be found at:
http://members.aol.com/starparty/bain_index.html
It is updated periodically with the latest info on her, and currently
includes stuff about her current play in Los Angeles "The Chairs" and her new
film, "Animals" with Rod Stieger and John Turturro.
We're also hosting SpaceCon XII here in Portland this September, with Barry
Morse, Nick Tate and Grace Lee Whitney. You can find info on this event at:
http://members.aol.com/starparty/spacecon_index.html
Enjoy! And welcome aboard -
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From: Brian Dowling <brian.dowling@drugnet.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 21:39:00 GMT
Subject: Space1999: Stress (2)
Greetings all,
Going parallel to the Alphan stress discussion, and bought on by John's
comments about stress and the problems it causes, I thought I'd chip in
a bit as well.
As many of you know, I lost my grandfather in November, and there were
problems with the supposed "health care" provided by the local hospital,
which I found out about rather later than I would have liked. My family
looked to follow certain courses of action, and I unhesitatingly acted
on their behalf for a full two months, giving my all and trying as hard
as I could to get the task in hand done.
Within the context of my family I was fine, doing what I like to do -
stand up, make the perceived offender's life a misery until I win, and
believing 100 per cent in what I was doing. It was a fight, and like
all Irish, when things get a bit rough, so do we. And things got a bit
nasty, so I did.
Outside of my family, I was still carrying the whole lot with me. I
must have been an absolute {insert expletive here} to work with, because
the thing was starting to consume me. I lost weight, paled visibly, and
became incredibly intense. It didn't help that matters went a different
way than I hoped, and I was not able to explode, and let it all go in
the direction that it needed to.
This may sound bitter, but I cannot forget what happened, and neither
can I forgive. There is still some of that stress left in me to this
day, because of certain issues which I fervently believe need
addressing. I'm sure we all have issues we feel strongly about.
I've never relaxed easily, and since that dark time, I have often
wondered if there is one all-encompassing way to relieve stress and help
bring on relaxation. Massages are nice, but I have to wait for
university holidays or go to Wales for one of those, and blowing away
posters of Manchester United doesn't cut the mustard, even though it has
its appeal.
So, does anyone out there have any advice on stress handling and
release?
I'm off to play Dark Forces...
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Brian Dowling - Birmingham, England
Alphan #144
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From: Brian Dowling <brian.dowling@drugnet.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 20:42:00 GMT
Subject: Space1999: Stress
Hi y'all,
Marshall commented on Alphan stress thus...
>>And what about everyone else? Fewer people around to do the same amount of
>>working, taking on new duties without necessarily being able to release
>>their old duties to anyone else. More stress, exhaustion, burn-out, even
>>psychological problems leading down the road to outright insanity?
All that on top of being wrenched away from home, and losing various
friends as well.
>I really appreciated David bringing up this point. I think that's why Year
>2's "Seance Spectre" is such a great one: a few Alphans go nuts from being
>cooped up. It was bound to happen.
And, for me anyway, should have happened sooner. I think I would have
been climbing the walls within a few weeks, never mind months or years.
>In fact, it would have been nice to see the effects of that stress pop
>up more often in the character's interactions with each other.
That's a great point. Carter smashing up stuff in the Eagle hangar
after losing another co-pilot... Any suggestions how Maya would have
handled the stress?
>I think that the producers and writers had so much potential to make Space:
>1999 a drama that viewers would really be able to identify with: if these
>people were facing and overcoming stress, depression, disappointments,
>death, etc., in a smaller version of our society (on a moonbase flung far
>into space), why couldn't we draw inspiration from them to do the same here
>on Earth?
Well, they succeeded with us, didn't they?
>It just occurred to me that perhaps Space: 1999 would have been better
>suited to the culture of the 1990s than the 1970s. Yes, there were societal
>problems back in the '70s, too, but wasn't there more a mood of optimism
>then than there is now? (Help me out here, older members of the list. I was
>only 10 in 1977.) There seem to be more TV shows today that are darker and
>grittier, with fewer "happy endings."
Can't say much about other places, but England's hardly the brightest
place to be right now. And I'm not sure I believe in "happy endings"
any more.
Methinks your point about year 1 being better received than year 2 might
generate some discussion, but I agree with it. Year 2 would have fared
better during the mid 80s, I think.
Later,
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Brian Dowling - Birmingham, England
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From: David Welle <dwelle@online.dct.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 1997 14:51:57
Subject: Re: Space1999: Where did the Alphans end up?
Hello everyone!
At 12:33 PM 03/15/97 -0500, Nicolette (NicStepro@aol.com) wrote:
>One thing that the Y2 novels bought out more
>was their absolute NEED to colonize somewhere.
>
>In year 1, they would encounter hostile outside forces-
> but the food/life support necessities were shelved
>into the background.
>Y2 had more of a sense of desperation
I agree. I always thought that they seemed closer on the edge.
>(making the humor a bit incongruous)
Maybe not so incongruous after all, at least in the sense that from a
psychological viewpoint, humor and other feelings of community were
absolutely needed to stave off those same feelings of desperation, loss,
pain, etc.
I have a saying that I most often use at work: "I'd rather laugh than cry
or pound the desk or scream obscenities." I program computers, and bugs
(errors) in a programs can make it do very strange things. Bugs are
inevitable: the more carefully you program, the fewer bugs you'll have,
but they'll always be a few--and some will be hard to eliminate (even
taking days on some occasions). It can be real easy to get frustrated,
especially with the persistent ones; but when I get random characters on
the screen, or it blows up and automatically reboots the computer, or
prints a diagonal line of characters instead of my report, or rotates every
character individually 90 degress, etc., I just kind of smile and/or laugh
at how funny/silly it looks as I start to debug the problem. I'd rather do
this than pound my hand sore in frustration, or bother others with
obscenities.
A sense of humor is a valuable thing, and is often useful in coping with
tragic or troublesome situations. This is what I saw in Y2: that they
were diffusing and/or masking their pain and fears with humor. This, and
other means of drawing together and lightening the mood and providing each
other support, made plenty of sense to me. Not that I didn't like the
philosophical ending of Y1--but each incident only seemed to leave the
Alphans more and more depressed, IMO; and I wondered how they could keep
such shells around them without eventually cracking wide open.
> as the threat of total depletion of 'tiranium'/titanium loomed
> ever-present in the background.
If not that, then it was some other mineral. They were constantly looking
for things.
>They really can't float out there forever;
>even a motherload of essential minerals
>will eventually run out...
I always pictured the Alphans as eventually finding a home, though I've
never really made up my mind exactly when (or whether it's even within the
same generation), since there are SO MANY interesting possibilities to
consider. But by the time they settled, out of desperation (accumulated
damage, dwindling resources, declining population--assuming they didn't
find some ways of reversing these factors), the Alphans would have been
wandering for so long that they'd simply retain a measure of "wanderlust."
After all, the original Alphans had come to the moon to explore; even most
of the caretakers of the nuclear facility or other non-astronomical
pursuits probably had some desire or interest to head into space to pursue
their interests.
For all the knocks that the Alphans took, they seemed reasonably
well-suited for space travel. They'd have never survived that long if they
hadn't been. So the desire to explore--first out of curiosity (while still
in the Earth/Moon system), then curiosity AND necessity (got to check out
this new planet we're crusing by) was essentially ingrained in Alpha as a
whole, even if some individuals eventually gained a phobia to space flight.
Travel obviously was part of Alpha, and became part of its culture. Even
if they settled on a planet, I always pictured them retaining some sense of
this, as well as some of the space flight technology. I figured that given
what we saw in later Y2 episodes, that they were figuring out how to
maneuver the Moon to some degree, but didn't want to do that often for the
chance of destroying Alpha or even shattering the Moon.
One new part they may have added during Y2 to the Operation Exodus master
plan is some contingency that once they committed themselves to Exodus,
that they'd make some plans to set off some portion of whatever nuclear
material remained.
As a key side note, I always figured there were *several* nuclear waste
storage areas developed over time before Breakaway, each one closed when
decisions to relocate or use new methods were made. There were not just
two. Area One was the initial, essentially experimental (IMO) site, closed
early and moved to Area Two. A2 accumulated a much larger amount before
new storage methods were employed for an Area 3 (my name) seen in "Seance
Spectre" (those hole-like pits), or then the new dome technology used in
Area 4 (again, my name), later seen in "Bringers of Wonder." All had to be
monitored carefully. The older storage areas may have been the absolute
worst ways to store the waste, eventually leading to the first "small"
pre-Breakaway explosion and then Breakaway itself. The storage technology
in the newer areas (which I'm assuming were already being built before
Breakaway) was likely better from human terms, but also (perhaps
coincidentally) from the standpoint of making a Breakaway-like explosion
more unlikely than in the older areas.
Now the area seen in "Bringers of Wonder" was never exploded, and the
aliens intended such a large that it would have killed all of the Alphans.
So perhaps this area wasn't good for course change attempts. But say there
was a fifth area just under construction--or even a fifth or sixth area
that the Alphans were dumping their *own* post-Breakaway nuclear waste at
(carefully of course :-).
Now Operation Exodus, as we came to know it, was the complete evacuation of
Alpha along with as much material and equipment as possible--total
abandonment of Alpha, with the Moon still cruising into space and out of
reach. But even under the best of circumstances, by the time the
determination was made that some planet was habitable and safe enough, the
actual time of Exodus would have been quite limited before the Moon went
out of range. Quite a lot would have gotten left behind, especially all
the large power generation and manufacturing abilities.
I'd suggest that a new modifying contingency was added after the "Seance
Spectre." The course seen in that episode was made out of desperation to
avoid colliding with something that would have destroyed Alpha (there was
no hint of intelligent force /a la/ Arra of Astheria in "Collision Course"
to suggest a mitigating factor).
But though forced into that decision in that incident, it may have
suggested something new that could be added to Operation Exodus plans:
once everyone was evacuated along with everything they could take in the
limited time, and were safely away--set off some remaining nuclear store,
attempting to keep the Moon within the same star system. What would they
have to lose? Alpha, the Moon, and all the remaining nuclear waste stores
would have gone sailing out into the galaxy again, wasted as far as the
Alphans were concerned (well, maybe the waste part would have been seen as
"good riddance once and for all", but what about the rest of the Moon and
particularly Alpha?)
But if the plan worked, the Moon was not shattered, and it stayed within
reach (I'm not at all suggesting around the actual planet of settlement
itself, just within the star system), they Alphans would have the best of
both worlds: all of what they had before; plus a new world.
Imagine if the Alphans had keep some space flight capacity, and a mostly
shut-down but still accessible Alpha, with all of its bigger, unmovable
capacities: power plants, essentially all manufacturing capabilities, and
whatever else couldn't be moved (can anyone think of any other examples?).
Most people would of course have to be on the planet, settling, learning to
farm, putting down roots, etc., much as seen in "Another Time, Another
Place." Few people could really be spared to keep the old Alpha going; but
even if mostly shutdown (or entirely shut down for awhile), it could still
serve some uses, and perhaps be slowly repaired/restored/reactivated/etc.
as the population grew on the new planet.
Likewise, while some Eagles might get cannabilized (maybe the ones that had
always had some problems, and were considered the most unsafe), others
could be put in cold storage on Alpha or the planet, while a few were
actively maintained. This would free up more people for
settlement/farming/whatever, while not totally removing their atmospheric
and space flight capabilities.
In this way, they would not have to go as completely agrarian as seen in
"Another Place, Another Time."
Then, over the generations, as population increased, greater attention
could be given could be given to the capabilities that old Alpha presented,
and the resources they'd still have available on the Moon.
The stories of space travel would be told and written, firing the
imaginations of Alphan descendents, keeping the interest in space
alive--not only in the sense of maintaining a connection to the old Moon
still orbiting their new star, but perhaps the memories of deep space itself).
Later, with greater population (and having maintained a grasp on
technology), the people could afford to re-expand back to Alpha's old
capacity, repair stored Eagles, reactivate more of Alpha. They'd have far
greater population, resources, and time than Alpha did--and would have
probably been free (for that time at least) of any threats from space.
Now, with more resources and population available, and with the
technological expertise having remained in the population, it would not be
so hard to reactivate Alpha, repair any accumulated damage, reclaim all the
Eagles that were keep in storage, and resumed a degree of space flight
capacity, and started developing new techniques, even *expanding* Alpha and
even adding new types of ships, and perhaps resuming deep space exploration.
Best of both worlds?
Alphan technology, some brought to the new world, some too big to be moved
and left on an Alpha that was kept around. Alphan technology, partially
maintained on the new world by some portion of the population. Old Alphan
technological methods, being put to use on the new planet over time.
Alphan technology, with some new developments added over time--syntheses of
bits of alien technologies from projects started back on Alpha itself and
continued on the planet and perhaps later old Alpha again: the crashed
ships, Jim Haines (and others?) decyphering the information in black boxes
from "Voyager's Return", Maya or her children eventually figuring how to
bridge--in some small ways--the *huge* gap between Earth technology and the
tech of Psychon, other aliens who may have been welcomed to Alpha after Y2
but before they settled, etc.
The Alphans (or whatever they'd be calling themselves by this time) would
have been like some of the cultures in Earth history that were exposed to
many things, and eventually came up with their own synthesis and new ideas
that went even further than any of the cultures around them. Over
centuries, having kept and expanded the technology and having keep the
dream and love of space (people often forget the worst over time, or are
selective in what they listen to) they could have started exploding out
into space from their new world and old, now expanded Alpha (and any bases
built on other planets or moons within their star system).
Having been nearly driven to extinction on Alpha, with a member (Maya)
whose world was destroyed, the rest having known of an Earth that was dying
itself ("Another Time, Another Place" *and* "Journey to Where"--two
different realities showing devastated Earths), and having settled on a new
world that they undoubtedly struggled to learn, adapt to, and later thrive
on (and it might not have even been that easy! :-), one could imagine the
Alphan descendents not wanting to be confined to the vagaries of fate on a
single world.
And imagine something on top of that: that a couple hundred years down the
line, because orbits are chaotic, or something heavy cruised through the
new star system somewhere near the orbiting Moon, or an unexpected
explosion of a now hundred-year-old tachyon generator that suddenly
generated a whole bunch of massive bosons that pushed the old Moon out of
its orbit, or a space warp opened up and swallowed the Moon--that the Moon,
with say nineteen hundred residents on a very expanded Alpha and/or new
lunar settlements, is sent back into deep space, to become a seed once
again, while leaving behind a now stable settlement that really no longer
needed the Moon *that* badly anyway. Corny, perhaps; but maybe not so
much, considering all we/they saw.
Either way (or better yet, *both* ways), Arra's prophecy for the Alphans
(from "Collision Course") would be fulfilled.
(From "Collision Course", one of my favorite Y1 episodes:)
Arra: Oh poor John Koenig.
How you belittle yourself in the scheme of things.
And yet how small you all to be so great.
[....]
Koenig: On this... question of the destiny of man.
Please be more specific.
What will happen to us?
Arra: You shall continue on.
Your odyssey shall know no end.
You will prosper and increase in new worlds, new galaxies.
You will populate the deepest reaches of space.
More specific, maybe; but it *still* explained little. How would the
Alphans have been able to fulfill the final statements if they were so
close to the edge of doom? Well, this was one idea.
[A 'Brief' "History" of Alpha *After* Exodus? (Another in what's becoming
for me a series of "'Brief' Histories? :-) ]
So, whatcha all think? Make any sense? Nonsense?
It's my 1.999 cents, anyway...
(A saying borrowed from a year-old post--I *love* this saying, and don't
know why it never caught on).
Eagle Four Out....
- ----
David Welle
dwelle@online.dct.com
http://www.dct.com/~dwelle/s19.html
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From: Ermes Mercury <marzo83@iol.it>
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 1997 21:34:21 +0100
Subject: Space1999: Hello, Alpha!
Dear friends of Alpha!
How are you? I shall always love you and I hope to return soon!
With sympathy and gratefulness!
Ermes
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From: j.hunter@netmatters.co.uk (John Hunter)
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 1997 20:53:01 +0000
Subject: Re: Space1999: where are they now? etc.
In message <970314234702_1018894845@emout03.mail.aol.com>,
ARIMMR@aol.com writes
>I was going through some brithtish tapes tonight and came across the end of
>an epidode of a series i believe was called"only fools and horses"(it stars
>the actor from the frost mytsteries on a&e)anyway to my surprise tony
>anholt(tony from space 1999) was in the episode .I think he played a mafia
>type guy(THIS TAPE IS 4 YEARS OLD)he looked about the same .Anyone in britain
>remember this.(it can't be my imaginatoin it's on tape,but i don't have the
>credits to this episode)
>
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i also remember seeing tony anholt in this, and in another long running
series on bbc television in the late eighties, called howards way. in
this he played a mega rich dirty dealing property tycoon, his character
name was charles something, i think.
does anyone have any other 'where are they now?' recollections
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