Destination Moonbase Alpha
Film Compilations
Film 1 (1978)
- There are additional shots in the title sequence from Breakaway, The Metamorph and The Exiles. At the end there is a shot from Space Brain.
- The poster (by movie artist Tom Chantrell) features a Hawk (from War Games, which does not appear in this movie), and Koenig cuddling Maya (in her One Moment Of Humanity dress).
- Although designed with a cinema release in mind (and film posters and trailers to support it), the main target was cable and satellite TV, and home video. The only known theatrical release seems to have been in Denmark.
The tag line for this Super Space Theatre Press Kit was "Man's Quest For Extraterrestrial Contact Ends Here!"
The title music is an ATV library track by Mike Vickers (erroneously credited as "Mike Vikkers"), former guitarist from the 1960s band Manfred Mann (also a member was Paul Jones, who appeared in Black Sun). His other compositions include the opening music for the long running US sports series "This Week In Baseball" since 1977 (it was also used by ABC news in the 1970s). The tracks appear on the 1984 Bruton music LP Points of Impact (BRJ 29) as "Moonbase part 1" (the opening narration until the nuclear waste explodes), "Moonbase part 2" (the TV announcer) and "Moonbase part 3" (the main titles). Thanks to Chris Dale.
The end title song, titled "Space", is composed by Guido and Maurizio de Angelis (mis-spelled on the end credits as "Maurizo De Angalis"), lyrics by Hilary Harvey, sung by "Oliver Onions". Oliver Onions is a pseudonym used by the de Angelis brothers. They also performed the Italian song "S.O.S. Spazio 1999" as "Oliver Onions", a spin-off single in Italy.
1. An introductory narration, with scrolling text as in Star Wars. The narration is spoken by Mark Smith (the voice of the Cloud in
Beta Cloud).
2. Helena's recap of part 1 is cut
3. The epilogue in Command Centre is cut (the alien ship disappears, Tony asks Maya about the larren, Koenig asks Helena when everyone will wake up and falls asleep).
There are no other cuts.
- The narration states the year is 2100, not 1999. A little later it states "For the survivors of the doomed Moonbase Alpha, the date time is now well into the twenty first century." 2100 would be (according to your preference) the last year of the 21st century or the start of the 22nd century.
- The Moonbase life support system is "fed by nuclear waste from Earth"; when a nuclear plant on the far side of the Moon malfunctioned, the Moon was blasted out of orbit.
- UK Video: Precision (UK, 1980), Channel 5 (UK, 1986), Polygram (UK, 1992)
- US Video: CBS Fox (US, 1985).
- Germany Video: CBS Fox
- Japan Video: CBS Fox Far East Co (as Space: 2100)
- DVD: Prisvideo Editions (Portugal, 2004)
- DVD: Passworld (Italy, 2006)
- DVD: House of Knowledge (Netherlands, 2006)
- DVD: Laser Paradise (Germany, 2011)
Narration: "Far out into the galaxy of the universe is the Moon, Earth's great natural satellite, revolving round man's planet in an orbit as fixed and rigid as that of the sun." The "galaxy of the universe" is nonsense, the Moon is not "far out" in either, and the sun does not go round the Earth.
Narration: "This existence is made possible by a specially developed nuclear support system fed by nuclear waste from Earth." This is not mentioned anywhere in the episodes, including The Bringers Of Wonder, which state the nuclear waste is merely dumped.
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