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'''Merein Gerard''' (1916–1995) was an American writer, [[Radio producer|producer]], and director for [[radio]] and [[television]]. The majority of his career was as a writer of [[radio program]]s, including [[Burns and Allen]], [[Ozzie and Harriet]], and [[Blondie (radio)|Blondie]]. |
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{{Infobox television episode| |
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Title = Space Warp |
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| series = Space: 1999 |
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| season = 2 |
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| episode = 15 |
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| writer = [[Peter Medak]] |
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| director = [[Fred Freiberger|Charles Woodgrove]] |
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| production = |
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| airdate = 2 November 1976<ref>Fanderson - The Official Gerry Anderson Website. Original ATV Midlands broadcast date.</ref> |
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| episode_list = [[List of Space: 1999 episodes|List of ''Space: 1999'' episodes]] |
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| image = |
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| prev = [[The Beta Cloud]] |
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| next = A Matter of Balance |
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"'''Space Warp'''" is the fifteenth episode of the second series of ''[[Space: 1999]]'' (and the thirty-ninth overall episode of the programme). The screenplay was written by [[Peter Medak]]; the director was [[Fred Freiberger|Charles Woodgrove]]. |
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Taylor made his radio debut on [[KZY]] on May 11, 1922, where he shared the microphone with [[Stanford University]]'s first president, [[David Starr Jordan]].<ref>''Before Television: The Radio Years'' by Glenhall Taylor, 1979, page 15.</ref> |
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== Story == |
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1807 days after leaving [[Earth]] [[orbit]], [[Moonbase Alpha]] encounters a derelict spaceship. [[John Koenig|Commander Koenig]] and [[Tony Verdeschi]] have taken [[Eagle (Space: 1999)|Eagle 1]] to investigate. "The question is, could it's sudden appearance be connected with the fact that our science officer, [[Maya (Space: 1999)|Maya]], has developed a high fever of unknown origin which has so far resisted all medication." Maya is having "terrible visions" of Mentor, her father, and exploding volcanoes, seemingly memories of the destruction of her homeward Psychon which we saw in Series 2, Episode 1: [[The Metamorph]]. She wants Tony to return to comfort her. Doctor [[Helena Russell]] contacts [[Alan Carter (Space 1999)|Alan Carter]] in [[Moonbase Alpha#Main_Mission.2FCommand_Centre|Command Centre]] and requests that Eagle 1 return. Koenig explains that they will return after they board the derelict ship. |
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Taylor also wrote a history of "radio's heyday", titled ''Before Television: The Radio Years'' (1979).<ref>[https://articles.latimes.com/1998/jan/10/news/mn-6827 Glenhall Taylor, ''Los Angeles Times'' (January 10, 1998)]</ref> |
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Just then, something goes very wrong back on the moon. Command Centre is thrown into spinning disarray, and from the Eagle view-screen, Koenig and Tony see the moon recede out of sight. Dr. Russell tries desperately to calm Maya who cries out to Mentor that "it's happening again!" Finally the violent disruption ends, and [[Sandra Benes|Sahn]] tries to locate Eagle 1. Not only is there no sign of the Eagle, but she determines their position as five light years from their previous position. The moon has passed through a space warp. "I know it's a long shot, but if they can find that space warp, then they're going to need refueling to get back to Alpha," says Alan as he orders the launch of a refueling Eagle. |
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Back on the Eagle, Koenig and Tony realize what must have happened, and that they don't have the fuel to return, even if they did know where to go. |
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Maya's nightmares indicate that she is unable to maintain "molecular control" and demands Dr. Russell put her in restraints. Russell agrees but demands to speak to Eagle 1, and learns what has happened to the Eagle and Koenig. |
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Tony and Koenig have navigated the Eagle to the point in which they think the space warp formed, and begin looking for it. |
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Helena asks Alan about Koenig's chances, and Alan offers up luck as their best hope. Sandra offers to comfort her, but Helen is too distraught, and leaves Command Centre, returning to [[Moonbase Alpha#Medical Section|Medical Section]]. The restraints can't hold a morphed Maya, and the creature she has become attacks Helena and knocks her unconscious. The Maya Creature wreaks havoc on several Alphans, and Alan, unaware of the identify of the creature, orders security to kill the creature. They have the creature trapped in an elevator, ready to kill it when the doors open, but Dr. Russell explains the situation to Alan, and the kill order is rescinded just in time. They attempt to stun the Maya Creature, but their efforts are ineffective. |
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Back on the Eagle, Koenig and Tony decided to explore the derelict space ship in the hopes they may find something to aid them in returning to Alpha. |
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Dr. Russell prepares tranquilizer darts but asst doctor Ben is concerned about the danger of the concoction. Maya/Creature makes it way toward the [[Moonbase Alpha#Travel tubes|travel tube]], and Dr Russle surmises she is attempting to return to her home planet in an Eagle, something of course she cannot do. The fire a dart at her but she enters a travel car and heads for launch pad four. Alan and Russell return to Command Centre and watch her progress on the main screen, then take an alternate travel tube to the launch area. |
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The Maya/Creature rips it's way into the ;launch area and after knocking the guards out of it's way, enters Eagle 4. It shambles to the pilot's seat and begins the launch process as Alan and Russell arrive. Alan lowers the platform, and the Maya Creature finally appears to be affected by the anesthetic. Alan cranes the Eagle into the storage bay as the creature fires up the engines. The Eagle crashes off the ceiling and crashes in a ball of flame. Fire crews are sent to extinguish the blaze and rescuer the maya Creature, and they do, but Dr Russell announces the creature is dying and there's nothing she can do. "I've never seen this species before! It's anatomy and vital functions are unknown to me!" |
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In Medical Section, Russell pleads with the unconscious creature to change back to her normal form, to no avail. Alan explains that she can only hold the form for 15 more minutes, they can just wait and operate then, but Dr Russell says "she doesn't have 15 minutes." Dr. Ben pleads: "If you operate, you could kill her." But it is Maya's only chance. The Maya Creature weakens, heart fibrillates, and finally seems to understand that she needs to metamorphic to save herself. She does... and becomes Mentor! He attacks the staff, is stunned, and metamorphose again into yet another creature who leaves Medical Section. |
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Meanwhile, Koenig and Tony dock the Eagle on the derelict ship and enter it. Tony checks for fuel they can use while Koenig explores, finding an alien sort of computer. From it, he learns how they can save themselves. A visual log reveals that the former Captain and crew fell through the same Space Warp and become trapped. The original crew of the ship finally understood where the entrance to the Warp was, but suffered too much damage to return through it, leaving only the log as a record of the events and a means for any others who may have suffered their same fate to save themselves. Koenig and Tony must connect a piece of equipment, the Space Warp Locator, to the Eagle and link the two computer systems, Finally, by entering a provided formula, the route back to the Space Warp, and home can be discovered. |
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The refueling Eagle is almost to the hoped for rendezvous point and security has corned the new Maya/Creature at Airlock 7. Alan and Dr Russell hurry to the location. If the creature can break through the airlock, "explosive decompression will wipe out everybody in this section of Alpha." Dr Russell commands the computer to let the Creature into the airlock, and traps the creature in the lock. She has Ben deliver anesthetic, hoping the enclosed space will finally incapacitate the creature, but it does not work, and the Creature breaks out to the surface of the moon. Exposure to the vacuum of space does not harm her though, and it runs off into the darkness. They must return her to the base before Maya is forced to abandon her current form, in just under an hour. |
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Tony successfully connects the equipment needed, and the Eagle receives the necessary coordinates. |
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Alan and Russell take a buggy out onto the surface and track there Creature with the help of Sahn at Command Centre. The creature fights with Alan and Russell, striking Russel with a rock, but is finally knocked unconscious by a flying kick delivered from Alan. Helena has to scramble Alan because his air pack has been damaged by the scuffle. They all return to Alpha and Helena pleads with the creature to change back into Maya just as Tony and Koenig locate the space warp, and though it's a rough trip, they have found their way back. San first sees them on her sensors, and finally they get a visual. Helena, in Medical Section, is pleased, both because Koenig has returned and Maya has finally returned to normal. The fever has gone. |
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Koenig and Tony disengage from the derelict ship they used to make the return trip possible, and Koenig requests that Maya get ready to help them decipher the science behind the derelict ship. Helena lets them know that she will as soon as she wakes up. Tony comments that with all they'd been through, he might be a little annoyed that everyone on Alpha has essentially been on vacation. Helena replies: "Absolutely nothing has been going on down here on Alpha. We have been all perfectly relaxed." |
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== Cast == |
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=== Starring === |
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* [[Martin Landau]] — Commander [[John Koenig]] |
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* [[Barbara Bain]] — Doctor [[Helena Russell]] |
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=== Also starring === |
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* [[Catherine Schell]] — [[Maya (Space: 1999)|Maya]] |
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=== Featuring === |
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* [[Tony Anholt]] — [[Tony Verdeschi]] |
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* [[Nick Tate]] — Captain [[Alan Carter (Space 1999)|Alan Carter]] |
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* [[Zienia Merton]] — [[Sandra Benes|Sahn]] (formerly Sandra Benes) |
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=== Guest stars === |
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* Peter Porteus — Petrov |
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=== Also featuring === |
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* [[Jeffery Kissoon]] —Dr. Ben Vincent |
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* [[Tony Osoba]] — 1st security guard |
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* [[John Judd (actor)|John Judd]] — 2nd security guard |
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* [[Trevor Thomas (actor)|Trevor Thomas]] — Refuel Eagle Pilot |
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* Andrew Lodge — Grasshopper |
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== Music == |
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The music of Space Warp. |
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== Production notes == |
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* Space Warp |
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== Novelisation == |
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Was this made into a novel? |
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== References == |
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==External links== |
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*[http://bayarearadio.org/pages/glenhall-taylor_before-tv_1.shtml Bay Area Radio Museum] |
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*[http://catacombs.space1999.net/main/epguide/t40sw.html ''Space: 1999'' - "Space Warp" - The Catacombs episode guide] |
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*{{IMDb name|2596213|Glenhall Taylor}} |
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*[http://moonbase99.space1999.net/spacewarp.htm ''Space: 1999'' - "Space Warp" - Moonbase Alpha's ''Space: 1999'' page] |
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* {{IMDb title|id= tt0706336 |title=Space 1999: Space Warp}} |
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Revision as of 20:18, 21 October 2021
Merein Gerard (1916–1995) was an American writer, producer, and director for radio and television. The majority of his career was as a writer of radio programs, including Burns and Allen, Ozzie and Harriet, and Blondie.
Taylor made his radio debut on KZY on May 11, 1922, where he shared the microphone with Stanford University's first president, David Starr Jordan.[1]
Taylor also wrote a history of "radio's heyday", titled Before Television: The Radio Years (1979).[2]
References
- ^ Before Television: The Radio Years by Glenhall Taylor, 1979, page 15.
- ^ Glenhall Taylor, Los Angeles Times (January 10, 1998)
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