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Catacombs
of the Moon (Year 2 / Episode 12)
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ITC Press Release
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"SPACE 1999" (Series II) Episode Thirteen:
"THE CATACOMBS OF THE MOON."
Original ITC press release.
SYNOPSIS
Dr. Helena Russell wages a desperate fight for the life of a girl whose husband has
visions of Alpha being destroyed by fire....visions made all the more ominous when
a fire storm sweeps towards the Moon.
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Down in the catacombs of the moon, engineer Patrick Osgood (JAMES LAURENSON) is reaching
a state of frenzy as he leads a party in search of vitally needed titanium, the scarce
metal required for Moonbase Alpha's life support system - and even more urgently
needed to coat the valves of the artificial heart that Dr. Helena Russell (BARBARA
BAIN) is working on in a desperate effort to save the life of Osgood's wife Michelle
(PAMELA STEPHENSON).
One artificial heart after another fails to function. It is now a race against time
and Commander John Koenig (MARTIN LANDAU) has a grim decision to make. The release
of any of the fast-dwindling store of titanium that Helena is asking for could threaten
the whole of alpha. He delays his decision in the hope that Osgood will be successful
in his search.
Osgood is already showing signs of an unbalanced mind, claiming that he is seeing
visions of the Moon being destroyed by fire - visions which have an ominous ring
of truth as the temperature on the Moon rises rapidly and there is evidence of a
fire storm heading towards them.
While Helena and Dr. Vincent (JEFFERY KISSOON) meet increasing disappointments in
their efforts, Koenig is in an Eagle to trace the course of the fire storm.
Osgood is cynical about the medical efforts to save his wife, ranting about faith
being her only hope. He is determined to take her into the catacombs, wires himself
into a human bomb and forces Helena to release her. An immediate search for the missing
pair is ordered, but there is even greater drama as the fire storm strikes. The Moon
shudders under the impact. There are casualties, but Alpha still functions. The danger
recedes, and Koenig decides to risk the release of the titanium which could save
Michelle....if she and her husband can be found in the catacombs......
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NB. All spelling and punctuation as in the original.
"SPACE 1999" - SERIES II
CAST LIST
EPISODE NO. 7 - "THE CATACOMBS OF THE MOON"
DIRECTOR: ROBERT LYNN
KOENIG - MARTIN LANDAU
HELENA - BARBARA BAIN
MAYA - CATHERINE SCHELL
VERDESCHI - TONY ANHOLT
DR. BEN VINCENT - JEFFERY KISSOON
SAHN - ZIENIA MERTON
OSGOOD - JAMES LAURENSON
MICHELLE - PAMELA STEPHENSON
FIRST ENGINEER - LLOYD McGUIRE
SECOND ENGINEER - SAUL REICHLIN
NURSE - KAREN FORD
1ST ALPHAN WOMAN - NOVA LLEWELLYN
2ND ALPHAN WOMAN - FELICITY YORK
CO-PILOT - ALAN HUNTER
SECURITY GUARD - BRENDAN PRICE
ALPHAN - JAMES LEITH
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