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It's a quiet day on moonbase Alpha on earth's runaway moon, when all of a
sudden crewman Ted (Max Faulkner) goes berserk, hammers something into the main
computer like crazy, then dies. But his hammering into the main computer
doesn't go without effect, as soon an alien voice (that of the Tritonites)
threatens the moonbase, then an orange sphere appears not far off & takes
the moon captive in an energy ring. Alpha's commander Koenig (Martin Landau)
sends up crack pilot Alan (Nick Tate) in a scoutship, but the sphere seems to
be prepared for everything & shoots the ship out of the sky. Alan though
seems to have survived the crash onto the moon, so Koenig assembles a team to
rescue him ... among them Alpha's head-physician Helena Russell (Barbara Bain) -
who is abducted by the Tritonites. All attempts to get to the sphere to
rescue her fail, but eventually she is beamed back aboard the moonbase unharmed
... well, except for the fact that she is periodically taken over by the
Tritonites to hammer data into & collect data from Alpha's main computer
like nobody's business - which seems to eventually strain her nervous system
enormously. But Koenig & his main scientist Victor (Barry Morse) find out
quite a few things abut the Tritonians: That they inhabited a solar system that
blew up long ago, & the sphere actually seems to be a computer-controlled
scoutship that is looking for a new solar system for them, & need the
information of Alpha's main computer to find such a solar system. & when
they - through doc Russell - browse the station's computer, they are distracted
& thus unable to properly guard the sphere. So the next time doc Russell
is possessed, Koenig leads an expedition to the sphere, & once there proves
to the sphere's computer that its mission is futile since Triton was blown up
long ago & no Tritonians exist anymore who could/would need a new solar
system. The sphere agrees to Koenig's reasoning & blows itself up. A
very silly story, space-uniforms in best 1970's style & great miniature
effects paired with cheapish light effects make up for quite a bit of fun, even
if this episode (like so many of the Space 1999 tv series) tends
to be a tad talky.
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