''Space Island One'' (or ''Raumstation Unity'' in German) is a British/German

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television series that ran for 26 episodes beginning in 1998. A co-production between the UK's

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channel and the German Vox channel, it starred Judy Loe as Kathryn McTiernan, the commander of the multinational crew of the

space station A space station is a spacecraft capable of supporting a human crew in orbit for an extended period of time, and is therefore a type of space habitat. It lacks major propulsion or landing systems. An orbital station or an orbital space station ...

''Unity''. Among the screenwriters for the show were Stephen Baxter, P. J. Hammond, Adrian Rigelsford and

Andy Lane Andrew Lane (born 17 April 1963), as Andy Lane, is a British author and journalist best known for the Young Sherlock Holmes series of Young Adult novels. He has written novels in the Virgin New Adventures range and audio dramas for Big Fin ...

Cast

* Judy Loe as Commander Kathryn MacTiernan *

Angus MacInnes Angus MacInnes (born 27 October 1947) is a Canadian actor. He is most famous for his role as Jon "Dutch" Vander in '' Star Wars'', and as former hockey great Jean "Rosey" LaRose in the comedy ''Strange Brew''. He also appeared in ''Witness'' a ...

as Lieutenant Commander Walter B. Shannon *Bruno Eyron as Dusan Kashkavian *

Indra Ové Indra Ové (born 14 October 1967) is a British film, television and stage actress. Career Ové was born in Westminster, London. She trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. She appeared in the 1994 film ''Interview with the Vampire'' ...

as Paula Hernandez *William Oliver as Chief Science Officer Lyle Campbell *Julia Bremermann as Harriet "Harry" Eschenbach *Kourash Asad as Dr. Kaveh Homayuni *

Sally Grace Sally Grace (born 10 September 1951) is an English actress who has worked extensively on radio and television and in animation. Life and career Grace was born in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, and trained at the Guildhall School of Musi ...

as the voice of Control *Charlie Bovenizer as the first baby born in space

Episodes

Season 1 (1998)

Season 2 (1998)

Reception

Described by Dave Bradley as “a mix of ''

Moonbase 3 ''Moonbase 3'' is a British science fiction television programme that ran for six episodes in 1973. It was a co-production between the BBC, 20th Century Fox and the American ABC network. Created by ''Doctor Who'' producer Barry Letts and s ...

'' and '' Jupiter Moon'', but more turgid than either," io9 described it as:

References

External links

* * Sky UK original programming British science fiction television shows Space adventure television series 1990s British science fiction television series 1998 British television series debuts 1998 British television series endings 1998 German television series debuts 1998 German television series endings VOX (German TV channel) original programming {{UK-tv-prog-stub