• John Koenig (Martin Landau, who recently won an Oscar for 'Ed Wood')
  Steely-willed commander of the base, determined to keep Moonbase Alpha alive--but at what cost?

  Helena Russell (Barbara Bain, who starred w/Landau in Mission: Impossible)

  No-nonsense doctor who must now battle hitherto unknown maladies on an almost weekly basis.

  Victor Bergman (Barry Morse, who starred in The Fugitive [TV])

  Very philosophical scientist who wonders what the meaning of their journey really is.

  Maya (Catherine Schell, who starred in 'Return of the Pink Panther')

  Beautiful, intelligent, shape-shifting alien taken aboard after the Alphans are forced to destroy her planet.

  Alan Carter (Nick Tate):

  Personable and talented spaceship pilot who pulls everyone out of more than a few close calls.

  Tony Verdeschi (Tony Anholt):

  Wise-cracking security officer who has an eye for Maya and a flair for making truly undrinkable beer.

  Sandra Benes (Zienia Merton):

  An officer quietly coping with the almost unimaginable terrors encountered in the depths of space.

  David Kano (Clifton Jones):

  Talented computer officer with an almost single-minded faith in the machines he supervises.

  Paul Morrow (Prentis Hancock):

  An organized and efficient, but often emotional, first officer.

• Catherine Schell as the Servant of the Guardian of Piri

  Before she became a series regular, she had a wonderful guest role in 'Guardian of Piri', embodying the quiet madness of a planet too utopic to survive in.

• Brian Blessed in two roles:
  • Dr. Cabot Rowlan in "Death's Other Dominion": an obsessed scientist determined to find the secret of unexpected immortality, and discovering sudden mortality instead; and
  • Mentor in "The Metamorph": as an alien scientist with two faces, the loving one which faces his daughter Maya, and the one as he schemes to capture victims for his biological computer, in the name of restoring a dying planet.
• Joan Collins as Kara in 'Mission of the Darians'

(List still being written, and is thus incomplete.)

The Moon is blasted out of Earth orbit by a mysterious nuclear explosion. As the Moon careens rapidly through space, the 310 people of Moonbase Alpha encounter strange aliens and unusual forces, forcing the marooned culture to reevaluate its own philosophies about the universe they are unexpectedly exploring, even as they fight to survive against the powers they meet and their own constant shortage of vital resources.

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