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The Beta Cloud
"The Beta Cloud" is the 16th episode of the second series of ''Space: 1999'' (and the 40th episode overall of the programme). The screenplay was written by "Charles Woodgrove" (a pseudonym of producer Fred Freiberger); the director was Robert Lynn (director), Robert Lynn. The final shooting script is dated 11 June 1976. Live action filming took place Monday 26 July 1976 through Friday 6 August 1976. A two-day remount was scheduled for Tuesday 21 September 1976 through Wednesday 22 September 1976 during production of the two-part episode "The Bringers of Wonder".''Destination: Moonbase Alpha'', Telos Publications, 2010 Plot It is 1503 days after leaving Earth orbit, and Moonbase Alpha (Space: 1999), Moonbase Alpha is suffering a massive epidemic. Lassitude, depression and loss-of-will have incapacitated the majority of the population. Only a few dozen remain healthy to nurse the sick and keep essential services running. Seven days previously, the Moon encountered a massive ... [...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] |
CCTV
Closed-circuit television (CCTV), also known as video surveillance, is the use of closed-circuit television cameras to transmit a signal to a specific place on a limited set of monitors. It differs from broadcast television in that the signal is not openly transmitted, though it may employ point-to-point, point-to-multipoint (P2MP), or mesh wired or wireless links. Even though almost all video cameras fit this definition, the term is most often applied to those used for surveillance in areas that require additional security or ongoing monitoring ( videotelephony is seldom called "CCTV"). The deployment of this technology has facilitated significant growth in state surveillance, a substantial rise in the methods of advanced social monitoring and control, and a host of crime prevention measures throughout the world. Though surveillance of the public using CCTV is common in many areas around the world, video surveillance has generated significant debate about balancing its us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darth Vader
Darth Vader () is a fictional character in the ''Star Wars'' franchise. He was first introduced in the original film trilogy as the primary antagonist and one of the leaders of the Galactic Empire. He has become one of the most iconic villains of cinema. The prequel trilogy chronicles Vader's childhood as a precocious human slave named Anakin Skywalker, liberation by the Jedi Order, and young adulthood as a morally conflicted Jedi Knight, under the mentorship of Obi-Wan Kenobi. Skywalker is secretly lured into the Sith warrior cult by the Galactic Republic politician Palpatine. When Palpatine seizes control of the galaxy as its Emperor, Skywalker abandons the Jedi Order and, during a duel with Kenobi, is severely mutilated and thereafter transformed into a cyborg whom Palpatine rebrands as the Sith lord Darth Vader. He serves the Emperor for over two decades, hunting down the remaining Jedi, including Kenobi, and attempting to crush the rebels who oppose the new Empire. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrods
Harrods is a Listed building, Grade II listed luxury department store on Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, London, England. It was designed by C. W. Stephens for Charles Digby Harrod, and opened in 1905; it replaced the first store on the grounds founded by his father Charles Henry Harrod in 1849, which burned down in 1881. The store spans of selling space, making it the largest department store in Europe and one of the largest in the world. Harrods is one of the most famous department stores worldwide, attracting 15 million visitors annually . The original holding company, Harrod's Stores Limited, was formed and began trading on the London Stock Exchange in 1889. It was acquired by and merged into the House of Fraser in 1959, which itself was acquired by the Mohamed Al-Fayed, Fayed brothers and became a privately held company in 1985. When the House of Fraser was relisted on the stock exchange, the Harrods business was split off to remain privately held in 1994. The present-day ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zienia Merton
Zienia Merton (11 December 1945 – 14 September 2018) was a British actress born in Burma. She was known for playing Sandra Benes in '' Space: 1999''. Early career Merton was the daughter of Minny and Cecil Burton. Her mother was Burmese, and her father was a half-English, half-French merchant. She was raised in Singapore, Portugal and England. She was educated at first in Portugal, but was later sent to Arts Educational school (today the Tring Park School for the Performing Arts) in Hertfordshire. Her first stage performance was as a dancer (playing a rat) in a Christmas 1957 production of ''The Nutcracker'' ballet at the Royal Festival Hall. Merton's first significant science-fiction credit was as Ping-Cho in the 1964 ''Doctor Who'' story ''Marco Polo'', long since lost in its original form. Her other early television appearances included ''Strange Report'' (1968), '' The Six Wives of Henry VIII'' (1970) and '' Jason King'' (1971). She was a lead actress as Christina in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Tate
Nicholas John Tate (born 18 June 1942) is an Australian actor. He is known for his extensive film work as well as roles as pilot Alan Carter (Space: 1999), Alan Carter in the 1970s science fiction series ''Space: 1999'' and James Hamilton in the 1980s soap opera ''Sons and Daughters (Australian TV series), Sons and Daughters''. He has also had a successful voiceover career in movie trailers, animation and video games. Early life Tate was born on 18 June 1942 in Sydney, New South Wales. His parents were the actors John Tate (actor), John Tate and Neva Carr Glyn. His maternal grandparents were also actors, originally from Ireland and Great Britain, who performed in vaudeville. His father, of Russian descent, also had a connection to the works of ''Space: 1999'' creator Gerry Anderson, being a secondary voice actor in ''Thunderbirds (TV series), Thunderbirds''. Tate grew up amongst parties and opening nights and was often backstage while his parents performed in the theatre. He a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Anholt
Anthony Anholt (19 January 1941 – 26 July 2002), was a British television actor, known for several television roles over several decades. he is perhaps best known as Charles Frere in the BBC drama series ''Howards' Way'' (1985–90). Early life Anholt was born 19 January 1941 in Singapore to an Anglo-Dutch family. They moved to Australia before the end of the Second World War, then to South Africa for a brief time, eventually settling in the United Kingdom, where Anholt was educated at Cranleigh School in south Surrey. His father had been taken prisoner by the Japanese, was forced to work on the Burma Railway, and died when his son was three. His mother remarried five years later. Career Anholt was originally a continuity announcer for the BBC World Service. He was a regular in two series produced by Gerry Anderson - ''The Protectors'' (1972–74) as Paul Buchet and '' Space: 1999'' (1976–77) playing the role of Security Chief Tony Verdeschi in the second series. In 1974 h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Schell
Catherine Schell (born Katherina ''Freiherr, Freiin'' Schell von Bauschlott, 17 July 1944) is a Hungarian-born British actress who came to prominence in British film and television productions from the 1960s. Her notable roles include the Bond girl Nancy in ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service (film), On Her Majesty's Secret Service'' (1969), Lady Claudine Litton in ''The Return of the Pink Panther'' (1975), Countess Scarlioni in the ''Doctor Who'' serial ''City of Death'' (1979), and a regular role as Maya in Year Two of the television series ''Space: 1999'' (1976-1977). Early life Schell's father, Baron Pál Schell von Bauschlott (Nagyida, 5 September 1898 - Munich, 20 October 1979), was a Hungarian diplomat of three-quarter Hungarian ancestry; her mother (m. Budapest, 28 January 1940) was Count, Countess Katalin Mária Etelka Georgina Erzsébet Teleki de Szék (Budapest, 11 November 1917 - ?).https://genealogy.euweb.cz/hung/teleki2.html "Schell" is the family name, while "von Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Bain
Barbara Bain (born Mildred Fogel, September 13, 1931 See also: * ) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Cinnamon Carter Crawford on the action television series '' Mission: Impossible'' (1966–1969), which earned her three Primetime Emmy Awards, as well as a Golden Globe Award nomination. She also starred as Dr. Helena Russell on the British-Italian coproduction science-fiction television series '' Space: 1999'' (1975–1977). Bain has also appeared in the films ''Animals with the Tollkeeper'' (1998), ''Panic'' (2000), '' Forget Me Not'' (2009) and '' On the Rocks'' (2020). Early life Bain was born Mildred Fogel in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Russian-Jewish immigrants. She graduated from the University of Illinois with a bachelor's degree in sociology. Developing an interest in dance, she moved to New York City, where she studied alongside Martha Graham. Dissatisfied with her career as a dancer, she went into modelling; jobs with '' Vogue'', '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Landau
Martin James Landau (; June 20, 1928 – July 15, 2017) was an American actor. His career began in the 1950s, with early film appearances including a supporting role in Alfred Hitchcock's '' North by Northwest'' (1959). His career breakthrough came with leading roles in the television series '' Mission: Impossible'' (1966–1969) and '' Space: 1999'' (1975–1977). Landau earned Academy Award nominations for his performances in '' Tucker: The Man and His Dream'' (1988) and Woody Allen's '' Crimes and Misdemeanors'' (1989). He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor as well as the Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe Award for his portrayal of Bela Lugosi in ''Ed Wood'' (1994). Other notable roles include in ''Cleopatra'' (1963), '' The Greatest Story Ever Told'' (1965), '' Rounders'' (1998), '' Sleepy Hollow'' (1999), and '' Remember'' (2015). He headed the Hollywood branch of the Actors Studio until his death in July 2017. Early life and education Landau was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robot
A robot is a machine—especially one Computer program, programmable by a computer—capable of carrying out a complex series of actions Automation, automatically. A robot can be guided by an external control device, or the robot control, control may be embedded within. Robots may be constructed to evoke Humanoid robot, human form, but most robots are task-performing machines, designed with an emphasis on stark functionality, rather than expressive aesthetics. Robots can be autonomous robot, autonomous or semi-autonomous and range from humanoids such as Honda's ''Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility'' (ASIMO) and TOSY's ''TOSY Ping Pong Playing Robot'' (TOPIO) to industrial robots, robot-assisted surgery, medical operating robots, patient assist robots, dog therapy robots, collectively programmed Swarm robotics, ''swarm'' robots, UAV drones such as General Atomics MQ-1 Predator, and even microscopic Nanorobotics, nanorobots. By mimicking a lifelike appearance or automating mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Power Cable
A power cable is an electrical cable used specifically for transmission of electric energy, electrical power. It is an assembly of one or more electrical conductors, usually held together in a single bundle with an insulator (electricity), insulating sheath, although some power cables are simply rigged as exposed live wire (electricity), live wires. Power cables may be detachable portable cords (typically coupled with adaptors), or installed as permanent electrical wiring, wirings within buildings and non-building structure, structures, underground power line, buried in the ground, submarine power cable, laid underwater or overhead power line, run overhead. Power cables that are bundled inside thermoplastic-sheathed cable, thermoplastic sheathing and that are intended to be run inside a building are known as NM-B (nonmetallic sheathed building cable). Small flexible power cables are used for electrical devices such as computers and peripherals, mobile devices, home appliances, l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
