Events Scheduled at
Breakaway Con
(Unofficial)

This is an unofficial timetable, based on events as scheduled on
the daily sheets, modified somewhat based on some known changes,
additions, and unveiled surprises. This, however, may not reflect
last-minute schedule changes not known by the creator of this page.
Still, this chart should be pretty close to accurate.

(Lunar Time is actually Pacific Time.)


Day 1: Friday, September 10, 1999

Lunar
Time
Landing
Pad
Command
Center
Alpha
Cinema
Recreation
Room
Collectibles Other
Locations
9:00 AM Registration
9:30 AM
10:00 AM The Protectors Alpha
Pictionary
Art, Models,
Collectibles,
and Props
Display
Dealer's
Room
Open
10:30 AM
11:00 AM Guest
Speaker:
John Muir
11:30 AM
12:00 PM
12:30 PM
1:00 PM Registration Opening
Ceremonies
"Journey to
the Far Side
of the Sun"
1:30 PM
2:00 PM
2:30 PM
3:00 PM "Great Moments
in Space"
Art, Models,
Collectibles,
and Props
Display
3:30 PM Fanderson's
Space: 1999
Documentary
(Part One)
1975 Interview:
Gerry Anderson
Barbara
Bain's
Fan Club
Meeting?
4:00 PM 1975 Interview:
Brian Johnson
Collectors Toy
Tour w/Chris
4:30 PM Space: 1999
Episodes
Guest Star
Autographs
5:00 PM
5:30 PM
6:00 PM
6:30 PM
7:00 PM Reception &
Social Mixer
Space: 1999
Episodes
7:30 PM
8:00 PM
8:30 PM
9:00 PM
9:30 PM
10:00 PM Space
Colonies
10:30 PM

Day 2: Saturday, September 11, 1999

Lunar
Time
Landing
Pad
Command
Center
Alpha
Cinema
Recreation
Room
Collectibles Other
Locations
9:30 AM Registration
10:00 AM Guest Star Q&A
Prentis Hancock
Guest
Speaker:
John Muir
Dr. Ruehl
Nuclear
Physicist
& UFOlogist
Collectors Toy
Tour w/Chris
Dealer's
Room
Open

(Nonstop
through
6:00 PM)

10:30 AM
11:00 AM Guest Star Q&A
Zienia Merton
Captain
Scarlett
Martin
Landau's
Fan Club
Meeting
Art, Models,
Collectibles,
and Props
Display
11:30 AM Joe 90
12:00 PM
12:30 PM
1:00 PM Registration Guest Star Q&A
Barry Morse
Day After
Tomorrow
Alpha
Match
Game
Art, Models,
Collectibles,
and Props
Display
1:30 PM
2:00 PM Guest Star Q&A
Anton Phillips
Space: 1999
Episodes
Mars Society
Presentation
2:30 PM
3:00 PM Guest Star Q&A
Nick Tate
3:30 PM Alpha
Pictionary
Barbara Bain
Fan Club Meet
4:00 PM Guest Star Q&A
Johnny Byrne
4:30 PM Fanderson's
Space: 1999
Documentary
(Part Two)
5:00 PM Guest Star
Autographs
48 Minutes
Space
Debate
v v v v
v v v v

Dealer's
Room

5:30 PM
6:00 PM
6:30 PM
7:00 PM Reg. and
"Letters"
Tickets
7:30 PM (Seating)
8:00 PM "Love Letters"

Played by
Barry Morse
and
Barbara Bain

8:30 PM Not from
Alpha
Comedians
9:00 PM
9:30 PM
10:00 PM Space: 1999
(or Movie)
10:30 PM
11:00 PM
11:30 PM

Day 3: Sunday, September 12, 1999

Lunar
Time
Landing
Pad
Command
Center
Alpha
Cinema
Recreation
Room
Collectibles Other
Locations
9:30 AM Registration
10:00 AM Announcements
and Updates
UFO Art, Models,
Collectibles,
and Props
Display
Dealer's
Room
Open
10:30 AM Space: 1999
Documentary
(Special Edition)
11:00 AM Space: 1999
Episode
11:30 AM
12:00 PM
12:30 PM
1:00 PM Registration Guest Speaker:
John Muir
Art, Models,
Collectibles,
and Props
Display
1:30 PM Space: 1999
Games
2:00 PM Space: 1999
Episodes
2:30 PM
3:00 PM Barry Morse
Talk w/
Tony & Bob
3:30 PM Catherine Schell
Audio Interview
4:00 PM Charity Art &
Collectibles
Auction
Alphan
Pictionary
4:30 PM
5:00 PM
5:30 PM
6:00 PM Guest Star
Autographs
Guest Star
Autographs
6:30 PM
7:00 PM
7:30 PM
8:00 PM Space: 1999
Episodes
8:30 PM
9:00 PM Breakaway
Dance

(with a
special
toast at
midnight)

9:30 PM Mystery
Science
Theatre
1999
10:00 PM
10:30 PM
11:00 PM
11:30 PM Movie
or 1999
12:00 AM
12:30 AM

Day 4: Monday, September 13, 1999

Lunar
Time
Landing
Pad
Command
Center
Alpha
Cinema
Recreation
Room
Collectibles Other
Locations
9:00 AM Registration
9:30 AM
10:00 AM Breakaway
Brunch w/
the Stars
By Request
Videos
10:30 AM
11:00 AM Registration
and Alliance
Sale Table
11:30 AM
12:00 PM Special
Surprise?
(Remaining)
Art, Models,
Collectibles,
and Props
Display
12:30 PM Space: 1999
"The Metamorph"
1:00 PM Space: 1999
Games
1:30 PM Surprise Guest
Speaker Q&A:
Fred Freiberger
2:00 PM
2:30 PM
3:00 PM Closing
Ceremonies,
"Message From
Moonbase Alpha"
3:30 PM
4:00 PM Space: 1999
"Breakaway"
4:30 PM
5:00 PM Official End of Breakaway: The Convention

Some impromptu activities continued long after.

5:30 PM
6:00 PM Casual
conver-
sations
Command
Center
Set slowly
dismantled
More videos,
including a
reshowing
of "Great
Moments
in Space"
and some
Space: 1999,
MST3K style.
6:30 PM
7:00 PM
7:30 PM
8:00 PM
8:30 PM
9:00 PM
9:30 PM
10:00 PM
10:30 PM
11:00 PM
11:30 PM
12:00 AM
12:30 AM
1:00 AM
1:30 AM
2:00 AM
2:30 AM

KEY:

  • ? = Possibly moved to later date/time.
  • (bold) = Special Events
  • v v v v = Probably went longer
  • (empty) = Lunch or dinner breaks, closed for day, closed for seating changes, practice, etc.

OTHER NOTES

  • "Alpha Cinema" was one designation used for Pacifica Ballroom C&D, throughout Breakaway.
  • "Recreation Room" was used for Playa Vista on the first day
    (which I simply used in the rest of the schedule as reproduced above).
  • Just for fun, I also renamed (just for this chart) two other locations in a more Alphan vein as well:
    • "Command Center" is named for the set that dominated Pacifica Ballroom A&B
      (and for the fact that it was the primary event location);
    • "Landing Pad" sounds more fun than Entry Foyer (Registration).
  • The "Collectibles" room was the Manhattan Beach room.
  • The Dealer's room was Marina room.
  • A couple events took place in the Redondo Beach room.
  • "Landing Pad" and the "Solarium" (others' nickname for
    the hotel's outdoor Terrace adjacent to the Entry Foyer)
    also tended to be a favorite place to flop in chairs and talk
    to others, including, at frequent times, the guests of honor.
  • The dealer's room was not open on Monday simply because most dealers have other jobs,
    and it is not typical for a science fiction convention to run through a Monday!


1999/09/LL: original (unposted?).
2009/09/13: minor reformatting/correction.

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