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Space: 1999
Knowledgebase

Introduction

The Space: 1999 Knowledgebase (KB) is a webpage which is comprised of numerous entries about any S19-related subject the Editor/Author has chosen to add. It is intended as a sort of combination dictionary / encyclopedia / notes / reference page of just about anything related to the series, to varying levels of detail. The information is presented on a single page (albeit in different versions, each containing more detail), which may make for a slow initial download (350-500KB at this time) but fast browsing within the page. It is heavily cross-referenced via internal links, and also links outwardly to other pages within Metaforms or to other websites altogether.

It is a work in progress, as the Editor makes observations from the episodes and finds or is given other information of note. Thus, many entries may have incomplete lists, so please keep that in mind. It will probably in progress for some time, and at this point, is relatively small and very incomplete at this time, but will hopefully prove interesting or useful to others nonetheless. Enjoy!

= Less Details = = More Details = = Plus Fan Work =

Each level is a superset of the one before, meaning each one adds more entries and further details, never removes any. The versions range in size from 350-500KB.

  • Less Details: Baseline version, filters out a lot of smaller details, but still contains (or will contain) a lot of detail.
  • More Details: Superset of prior version. Adds much more detail to many entries, as well as adding more entries.
  • Plus Fan Work: Superset of prior version, but adds mentions of fan fiction, websites, fan discussion threads, conventions, and other fan-driven efforts. For fan fiction, there are no spoilers, just titles, authors, and perhaps some non-spoiler summary information.

This Knowledgebase section is dedicated to the memory of Barry Morse, who played Professor Victor Bergman in Space: 1999.
The KB's editor first read of Barry Morse's passing only hours before this section was to be officially released for the first time.
I met him briefly a few times at S19 conventions, and attended several discussion panels and a play which featured him,
and he always seemed like not only a fine actor, but a very genuine, kind, and interesting person.
= Barry Morse, 1918-2008. Rest in Peace. =

Disclaimer/Copyright
This not-for-profit amateur/fan publication is designed for entertainment purposes only, and is not intended to infringe upon the rights of Gerry Anderson, Granada Ventures, or any other copyright holders of Space: 1999. Except where other sources are noted, and except for quotations excerpted from the series itself, the specific original text in this section is copyright ©2008, David Welle.

History
The Editor is also a fan fiction author, and a fan of having verbose yet very compact forms of reference of his own making very handy, and created this knowledgebase format some years ago for non-S19 purposes, eventually various ones. Yet the KB form has an indirect origin with Thread Pages, which I have been creating in various places, but which I first developed for S19 email. Thus, besides just wanting (and for story writing, needing) this handy form of reference, I sort of feel it is poetically appropriate there is now a KB for S19. :) Okay, end of rather pointless story. Just a couple of stats to finish.
The S19 KB was started in August 2007, first officially released on 2008/02/03, and will be subject to relatively frequent expansions for the foreseeable future.