Space 1999 Return of the Aliens

Over 25 years ago I remember reading in Starlog magazine about Gerry Anderson's original hopes for a second series of UFO which would have featured an enlarged moonbase. We know that design work was commissioned and that the new moonbase would probably have resembled what became Moonbase Alpha. This got me thinking, and wondering what a UFO attack on the new moonbase could look like. Back in the mid 1990s, with my Panasonic video recorder (which acted like a VERY basic editing suite) I used my then prized video collection of Space 1999 and UFO episodes to combine the two series to simulate the first part of an episode that would show the Alphans stumbling across the planet where the aliens came from.

Of course, without any of the computer gimmickry several of you clever people use today (not to mention the hi definition quality you can produce) the result was fairly low tech as I could only use video footage that had actually been shot, and lift it from various episodes with a certain amount of sound re-dubbing.

I thought my video tape with this compilation was lost for over a decade, but I recently discovered it in a box in my attic and have converted it to MP4 to upload it here.

Just assume, for one moment, that the old SHADO base was left abandoned on the moon when the aliens mysteriously stopped coming to Earth in the late 1980s. Let's assume the moon tanks were still on the Moon and available for the Alphans to use if necessary. And let's assume that as commander of Alpha, Koenig had been briefed on the existence of the aliens and their attacks on Earth during the 1980s. Hence, in this version, you can understand why he instantly recognises the threat and sends Alan Carter straight up to counter any possible UFO attack on the base.

Of course, I would never be able to find sufficient footage to continue much beyond what I managed to achieve, so you will have to use your own imagination to dream up how the episode could have played out.

Enjoy.

No copyright infringement intended. This is a low quality 15 minute fan-edited mash-up of various episodes from both UFO and Space 1999 series which are available on DVD and Blu-Ray which fans are urged to purchase.