![]() ![]() Details include how it originally came to be, how the main cast ended up in their roles, information about the scripting process, how the models were made, how the sets were designed, where all that funky furniture came from, and so on. There are some great novels, both written and graphic, plus the outstanding Big Finish audio dramas, but nothing about the show. Unfortunately, there is not a lot of new product out there. Still, I continue to re-watch to this day. The second season okay, although I loved it when younger, I realized it was directed for more main stream sensibilities (And suffered because of it). Enter Gerry Anderson's big budget runaway moon epic. After UFO had concluded (Big cheer for UFO) I was desperate for some high quality Sci-fi. The Starlost had come and gone and there were some other shows kicking around, but no quality hard science fiction. There was Lost in Space, but really? Lee Majors was doing his thing, but that was not outer space fun. ![]() We had Star Trek reruns of course, but all those stories were pretty much memorized by then. When Space 1999 first premiered in Canada in 1975 I was smitten. ![]()
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