Space: 1999 Catacombs- What's New

4 April 2008	Johnny Byrne, who wrote eleven Space: 1999 episodes, has died.

3 February 2008 Updated 9 February	Barry Morse, who played Professor Bergman in the first series, has died after a short illness. UPDATE (Feb 9): Obituaries have now appeared: BBC (UK) Independent (UK) Times (UK) Guardian (UK) New York Times (US) CBC (Canada) has a nice photo section Blogs: Phil Plait Phil Merkel includes Barry Morse 1999 speech The Science Of Breakaway article added, plus Celestial coordinates section, thanks to Marcus Lindroos. UK readers should look out for the EDF Energy TV commerical featuring a short clip of Landau and Bain in War Games; see it on youTube. (Updated Feb 9) Comics International magazine is starting a 6-part Gerry Anderson series which will discuss the Space 1999 comics strips. There is a special subscription offer for Anderson fans. (Updated Feb 9)

19 December 2007	News: the latest edition of Action TV has part one of a very detailed article on Space 1999 Year 2, and a great cover. You can order it from StarTrader.co.uk Italian DVD updated. La Repubblica, the second largest newspaper in Italy, is selling 12 DVDs of Space 1999 Year One: see their website. Two weekly news magazines, Il Venerdì di Repubblica and L'Espresso, contain flyers (here and here) promoting the new DVDs. Thanks to Andrea Gualco. Eagle pod model photos added, thanks to Tom Ketzer. Medical monitors updated with infomation on the oscilloscopes used in early Year 1 (thanks to Ville Laustela). South Africa Year 1 episodes added with Afrikaans titles and translations, thanks to Shaqui. Continuity Guide and Episode Guide updated with numerous small updates thanks to Marcus Lindroos, Elliot Pavelin, Wes Carr and others.

14 October 2007	Elegy by Michael Elliott added (thanks to Michael). Kay's wallpapers added (thanks to Kay). Compilation movie publicity added (thanks to Jaz). New French DVDs added. Main Mission panel configurations added. Sylvia Anderson book review added. Medical Area guide added and Black Park guide revised with new photos (thanks to Marcus Lindroos). HD21 convention report added

1st July 2007	Alternate SFX footage added. Thanks to Chris Dale. Toy Catalogues updated with a JC Penny page (thanks to Gordon Moriguchi). Plus many small updates throughout the site thanks to Gordon, Marcus Lindroos, Dana Lubich, Douglas Nicol, Simon Frend and others. News: the Network Year 2 DVD set is due in September 2007. Product Enterprise will produce a commlock and stun gun, and a 23 inch Hawk, Lab Eagle and Winch Eagle all due in 2008.

4th March 2007	SpaceCon V model photos added. Thanks to Phil Cook. Italian movie DVDs updated with new cover images (thanks to Pierfilippo Siena) Observations for Mark Of Archanon, Brian The Brain and New Adam New Eve added. Thanks to Thomas, Michael Thompson and others. Continuity Guide to the Computer and Communications updated and expanded. Thanks to Marcus Lindroos. News: Fanderson have announced the HD21 convention at Pinewood Studios for September 2007. And check out this trailer for a UK comedy film (thanks Chris Moore).

15th January 2007	Eagle 3 model photos added. Thanks to Peter Tyler. Seed Of Destruction Observations added and others updated. Thanks to Thomas and many others. UFO and Doppelganger guides updated. Thanks to Marcus Lindroos.

April 1998-December 2006	See all the previous changes

20th April 1998	The Catacombs are opened.

17th March 1998	The Catacombs are born.

Thanks to the following people who have helped with this site:
Paulo Jorge Morgado, who has provided much information, advice, pictures and the Portuguese pages
Remco Admiraal, Kai Baer, Roberto Baldassari, Chantal Battiston, Andre Beauchamp, Richard Bendell, David Bobzien, Brian Boskind, Johnny Byrne, Ryan Case, Kyle Clark, Ros Connors, James C., Martin Daoust, John Day, Marylou Draps, Mathew Dunne, Pierre Fageolle, Angelo Finamore, Dennis Gonzales, Andrea Gualco, Stefano Guizzardi, Keld R. Hansen, Robert Korzeniewski, Marcy, Shaqui Le Vesconte, Marcus Lindroos, Jenny Lobb, Tim Mallett, Wilson Maffetano, Marc Martin, David McLaughlin, Gordon Moriguchi, Valérie Neveu, Petter Ogland, Leonidas Papadopoulos, Mark Passmore, James Poll, Mike Prendergast, Rob Pritchard, Steven Reder, Robert Ruiz, Wes Sargent, Jerry Scott, Mark Shaw, Otto Solin, Erwin Stank, Raja Thiagarajan, Steven van der Merwe, David Welle, Patrick Zimmerman, Angelo Zumbo.

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