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Space: 1999 :: Earthbound (01x14)

Episode Information

Title:

Earthbound

Episode #:

01x14

Production Number:

105

Original Airdate:

Friday January 23rd, 1976

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Episode Crew
Director:	Charles Crichton
Writer:	Anthony Terpiloff

Episode Summary

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Aliens heading for Earth from their dying planet stop at the Moon. They offer passage for one person to accompany them, and the Alphans must decide which of them will go.

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English Recap Available: View Here

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Guest Stars

Special Guest Stars
•Christopher Lee (3)	played	Captain Zantor
Guest Stars
•Roy Dotrice	played	Commissioner Simmonds	Recurring (second appearance)
Uncredited
•Andy Dempsey	played	Main Mission Operative	Recurring (third appearance)
•Barbara Kelly	voiced	Computer Voice	Recurring (third appearance)
•Emily Bolton	played	Operative June	Recurring (first appearance)
•Loftus Burton	played	Main Mission Operative	Recurring (4th appearance)
•Quentin Pierre	played	Security Guard	Recurring (4th appearance)
•Sarah Bullen	played	Operative Kate	Recurring (first appearance)
•Suzanne Roquette	played	Tanya Aleksandr	Recurring (4th appearance)
•Tony Allyn	played	Security Guard	Recurring (4th appearance)
•Christine Hewett	played	Kaldorian
•Joy Harrison	played	Main Mission Operative
•Rhonda Parker	played	Kaldorian

Main Cast

•Martin Landau	played	Commander John Koenig
•Barbara Bain	played	Dr. Helena Russell
•Barry Morse	played	Professor Victor Bergman
•Nick Tate	played	Captain Alan Carter
•Prentis Hancock	played	Controller Paul Morrow
•Zienia Merton	played	Sandra Benes
•Clifton Jones	played	David Kano
•Anton Phillips	played	Dr. Bob Mathias

Episode Quotes

Koenig: Simmonds, we can't afford to waste our time on something scientifically impossible.
Commissioner Simmonds: Impossible? The impossible takes just a little longer, that's all, Commander.

Commissioner Simmonds: Koenig. I think I'd better come too.
Koenig: Commissioner, right now I need a doctor and a scientist out there. Not a politician.

Captain Zantor: On Earth, you freeze food to keep it fresh, do you not?
Dr. Russell: Yes. We do here.
Captain Zantor: But the flavor fades.
Dr. Russell: The problem's the same all over the universe.
Captain Zantor: Exactly. The flavor of life itself is lost.

Commissioner Simmonds: Look, Koenig, I ought to be the one to go. I mean, I have no place here on Alpha. No function.
Koenig: Believe me, Simmonds, if I could rig that computer, it would shout out your name. But you take your chance like the rest of them.

Episode Goofs

At the 50:36 mark, as Simmonds pounds on his cell wall, one of the Kaldorians that is supposed to be in suspended animation gets up, as if the actor thinks the scene is over. A few seconds later the alien is lying down again.

Other Episode Crew

• Creator	Gerry Anderson (1) \| Sylvia Anderson
• Executive Producer	Gerry Anderson (1)
• Producer	Sylvia Anderson
• Production Designer	Keith Wilson (1)
• Editor	Mike Campbell (1)
• Music	Barry Gray (1)
• Music Editor	Alan Willis
• Costume Designer	Rudi Gernreich
• Make-up	Ann Cotton
• Camera Operator	Neil Binney
• Director of Photography	Frank Watts
• Production Management	Ron Fry
• Sound Editor	Peter Pennell
• Special Effects	Brian Johnson (4) \| Michael S.E. Downing
• Script Editor	Edward Di Lorenzo
• Sound Recordist	David Bowen (1)
• Wardrobe	Eileen Sullivan
• Assistant Director	Ken Baker (1)
• Lighting Cameraman	Harry Oakes
• Continuity	Gladys Goldsmith
• Story Consultant	Christopher Penfold (1)
• Casting Director	Michael Barnes (2)
• Supervising Editor	David Lane (1)
• Associate	Vic Elms
• Hair Designer	Helene Bevan
• Special Effects Director	Nick Allder
• Special Effects Camera Operator	Frank Drake

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