Category:Space 1999

Space 1999 was a TV series produced by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson between 1975 and 1977.

Premise

Set on the Moon, the premise of the series was that the Moon had been blown out of Earth's orbit by a freak accident, leaving the occupants of Moonbase Alpha trapped and subject to various adventures as the base (and the Moon) encountered various alien civilisations and forces.

Notable vehicles

The Eagle Transporter was the workhorse of Moonbase Alpha. An excellent piece of intelligent designwork, the Eagles were modular craft designed for use in a vacuum, where corrosion and wind resistance weren't factors. While the craft had a smoothly streamlined pressurised cabin with two window slots (inspired by an insect head), the rest of the craft body consisted of a longish lightweight defiently functional scaffolding-type framework connecting the cab to four heavy-duty stumpy shock-absorbing legs, and to a set of rocket engines bolted to the back.

The central section was a space designed to take a detachable, roughly Portacabin-sized module that might be a passenger compartment, or a goods bay, or a nuclear material transport bay. The Eagles were exactly the sort of general-purpose vehicle that you'd need if you were trying to run a moonbase.