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Death's Other Dominion
'' Space: 1999'', a British science-fiction television series, ran for 48 episodes broadcast between 1975 and 1977. The first series (or season, often referred to as Year One) of 24 episodes began transmission in 1975, though production of the first episode began in 1973. In addition, a number of compilation films have been produced using material from multiple episodes, some containing additional footage. A brief, semi-official series denouement was filmed for exhibition at the Breakaway 1999 fan convention, held in Los Angeles, California in September 1999. Overview Individual episodes are intended to be broadcast in a progressive order so that, for Year One, " Breakaway" should be broadcast first, with "Black Sun" and "Earthbound" being broadcast at an early stage to present the Moon entering a new and different part of space and the Alphans encountering their first aliens. However, many stations in the United States aired " Dragon's Domain" (production number 23) as the second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999
1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launched by NASA. * January 25 – The 6.2 Colombia earthquake hits western Colombia, killing at least 1,900 people. February * February 7 – Abdullah II inherits the throne of Jordan, following the death of his father King Hussein. * February 11 – Pluto moves along its eccentric orbit further from the Sun than Neptune. It had been nearer than Neptune since 1979, and will become again in 2231. * February 12 – U.S. President Bill Clinton is acquitted in impeachment proceedings in the United States Senate. * February 16 ** In Uzbekistan, an apparent assassination attempt against President Islam Karimov takes place at government headquarters. ** Across Europe, Kurdish protestors take over embassies and hold hostages after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Penfold
Christopher Penfold (9 March 1941 – 29 July 2024) was a British scriptwriter and editor. Life and career Penfold was born in Bristol, England on 9 March 1941, to Leonard and Kathleen Penfold. His father was a local vicar, and his mother worked as a lab technician. Television shows on which he worked on included '' Pathfinders'', '' One by One'', '' All Creatures Great and Small'', ''EastEnders'', ''Casualty'', ''The Brack Report'', the second season of John Christopher's ''The Tripods'', and thirteen series of ''Midsomer Murders''. He also wrote the film ''Take Me High''. Penfold is perhaps best known for being one of the brains behind Gerry Anderson's science fiction series '' Space: 1999''. He worked as story consultant for the original series (first 16 episodes of the 24-part series) and is credited for writing " Guardian of Piri" (based on a script by David Weir), " Alpha Child" (based on a script by Edward di Lorenzo), " The Last Sunset", " War Games", "Space Brain" a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Full Circle
"The Full Circle" is the fifteenth episode of the first season of '' Space: 1999''. The screenplay was written by Jesse Lasky, Jnr and Pat Silver; the director was Bob Kellett. The final shooting script is dated 17 September 1974. Live-action filming took place Tuesday 24 September 1974 through Tuesday 8 October 1974. Plot An Eagle crew fail to return from a survey mission to a forest planet codenamed "Retha" (an anagram for Earth). The ship is flown back to Moonbase Alpha by remote control. Its only occupant is a dead humanoid who resembles a caveman. The incident reduces the Alphans' chances of colonising Retha before the Moon travels out of range. Commander John Koenig and Captain Carter lead two Eagles in a rescue mission. Landing where the survey team set down, Koenig and Dr Russell's crew follow their trail into a ravine containing a wall of mist. As night falls, neither Carter nor Moonbase can raise Koenig's team. Carter lands and he and crewmate Sandra Benes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antimatter
In modern physics, antimatter is defined as matter composed of the antiparticles (or "partners") of the corresponding subatomic particle, particles in "ordinary" matter, and can be thought of as matter with reversed charge and parity, or going backward in time (see CPT symmetry). Antimatter occurs in natural processes like cosmic ray collisions and some types of radioactive decay, but only a tiny fraction of these have successfully been bound together in experiments to form antiatoms. Minuscule numbers of antiparticles can be generated at particle accelerators, but total artificial production has been only a few nanograms. No Macroscopic scale, macroscopic amount of antimatter has ever been assembled due to the extreme cost and difficulty of production and handling. Nonetheless, antimatter is an essential component of widely available applications related to beta decay, such as positron emission tomography, radiation therapy, and industrial imaging. In theory, a particle and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Wallace
Art Wallace was an American television writer best known for his work on the gothic soap opera ''Dark Shadows''. He began work in television in the 1940s, on the anthology series '' Studio One'' and '' Kraft Television Theater''. Over the years, Wallace wrote for '' Tom Corbett, Space Cadet'', '' Combat!'', ''Star Trek'', and many other shows. The teleplay on which Dark Shadows was based was called "The House" and was an episode of the anthology series '' Goodyear Playhouse'' in 1957. When Dan Curtis had the idea for ''Dark Shadows'', he offered the job of producer to Art Wallace, who declined the job. Wallace offered to write the show and recommended Robert Costello for the job of producer. In 1966, working with Dan Curtis he wrote the bible and first eight weeks' worth of early episodes of ''Dark Shadows''. He wrote the next nine weeks of shows alternating with film writer Francis Swann. Wallace was also a story consultant for the soap opera ''All My Children ''All My ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psychopath
Psychopathy, or psychopathic personality, is a personality Construct (psychology), construct characterized by impaired empathy and remorse, along with boldness, bold, disinhibited, and egocentrism, egocentric traits. These traits are often masked by superficial charm and Psychopathic Personality Inventory#Factor structure, immunity to stress, which create an outward appearance of apparent normalcy. Hervey M. Cleckley, an American psychiatrist, influenced the initial diagnostic criteria for antisocial personality reaction/disturbance in the ''Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders'' (DSM), as did American psychologist George E. Partridge. The DSM and ''International Classification of Diseases'' (ICD) subsequently introduced the diagnoses of antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) and dissocial personality disorder (DPD) respectively, stating that these diagnoses have been referred to (or include what is referred to) as psychopathy or #Sociopathy, sociopathy. The c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asteroid
An asteroid is a minor planet—an object larger than a meteoroid that is neither a planet nor an identified comet—that orbits within the Solar System#Inner Solar System, inner Solar System or is co-orbital with Jupiter (Trojan asteroids). Asteroids are rocky, metallic, or icy bodies with no atmosphere, and are broadly classified into C-type asteroid, C-type (carbonaceous), M-type asteroid, M-type (metallic), or S-type asteroid, S-type (silicaceous). The size and shape of asteroids vary significantly, ranging from small rubble piles under a kilometer across to Ceres (dwarf planet), Ceres, a dwarf planet almost 1000 km in diameter. A body is classified as a comet, not an asteroid, if it shows a coma (tail) when warmed by solar radiation, although recent observations suggest a continuum between these types of bodies. Of the roughly one million known asteroids, the greatest number are located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, approximately 2 to 4 astronomical unit, AU ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Hole
A black hole is a massive, compact astronomical object so dense that its gravity prevents anything from escaping, even light. Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity predicts that a sufficiently compact mass will form a black hole. The boundary (topology), boundary of no escape is called the event horizon. A black hole has a great effect on the fate and circumstances of an object crossing it, but has no locally detectable features according to general relativity. In many ways, a black hole acts like an ideal black body, as it reflects no light. Quantum field theory in curved spacetime predicts that event horizons emit Hawking radiation, with thermal radiation, the same spectrum as a black body of a temperature inversely proportional to its mass. This temperature is of the Orders of magnitude (temperature), order of billionths of a kelvin for stellar black holes, making it essentially impossible to observe directly. Objects whose gravitational fields are too strong for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Weir (writer)
David Weir (11 February 1934 – 25 June 2011) was a British writer, whose work was used primarily in television and film. Early life and career Born on 11 February 1934, Weir attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in the 1950s, and began writing scripts for television in the 1960s and 1970s, including ''The Plane Makers'' (1963–64) and '' The Troubleshooters'', (1966–69; known in the US as ''Mogul''), as well as '' The Lotus Eaters'' (1972). Weir also wrote occasional scripts for many other British TV series, such as ''Danger Man'' (US: ''Secret Agent'', 1964), ''A Family at War'' (1970–72), ''The Onedin Line'' (1971–80), ''Crown Court'' (1972–84), and '' Space: 1999'' (1975–78). ''The Water Margin'' and ''Monkey'' Weir's scriptwriting credits include English-language adaptations of '' The Water Margin'' (1976–78, based on the Chinese story ''Water Margin'') and ''Monkey'' (1978–80, based on ''Journey to the West''). These two series were produced in Japa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mission Of The Darians
"Mission of the Darians" is the ninth episode of the first series of '' Space: 1999''. The screenplay was written by Johnny Byrne; the director was Ray Austin. The original title was "Mission of the ''Darya''". The final shooting script is dated 7 January 1975. Live-action filming took place Friday 10 January 1975 through Friday 24 January 1975.''Destination: Moonbase Alpha'', Telos Publications, 2010 Plot The Moon is passing a colossal spaceship, Daria. Moonbase Alpha picks up a recorded distress call from the ship, telling of heavy damage and casualties. A rescue team headed by Commander Koenig flies to Daria in an Eagle, but no one greets them at the airlock. The party split up to explore the ship. Koenig and Professor Bergman are captured by men in radiation suits. Dr Russell and security officer Lowry encounter a pair of mute dwarves, then a band of cavemen-like savages. The savages abduct Russell, Lowry and one of the dwarves while the other dwarf hides in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sargasso
The Sargasso Sea () is a region of the Atlantic Ocean bounded by four currents forming an ocean gyre. Unlike all other regions called seas, it is the only one without land boundaries. It is distinguished from other parts of the Atlantic Ocean by its characteristic brown ''Sargassum'' seaweed and often calm blue water. The sea is bounded on the west by the Gulf Stream, on the north by the North Atlantic Current, on the east by the Canary Current, and on the south by the North Atlantic Equatorial Current, the four together forming a clockwise-circulating system of ocean currents termed the North Atlantic Gyre. It lies between 20° and 35° north and 40° and 70° west and is approximately wide by long. Bermuda is near the western fringes of the sea. While all of the above currents deposit marine plants and refuse into the sea, ocean water in the Sargasso Sea is distinctive for its deep blue color and exceptional clarity, with underwater visibility of up to . It is also a bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Kellett
Robert Ryerson Kellett (25 December 1927 – 27 November 2012) was a British film director, film producer, screenwriter, television director and television writer one of British cinema’s and television's most prominent comedy directors in the 1970s, working with many of the big names of the era, including Ronnie Barker and Frankie Howerd. Biography Born in Lancaster, Lancashire, on 25 December 1927, the son of a British Army officer, Bob Kellett was educated at Bedford School, where he was captain of boats. He became a writer with the advertising agencies FCB (advertising agency), Foote, Cone & Belding and Notley, and in 1950 he moved to Wessex Films, working as script editor for the film producer Ian Dalrymple on Thomas Hardy adaptations such as ''Far from the Madding Crowd''. He joined the ITV (TV network), ITV franchise holder Associated-Rediffusion in 1956 and contributed scripts to the first series of the detective drama ''Shadow Squad'' and to ''Jim's Inn'', starring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
