Logo of the moonbase
Moonbase Alpha is an upcoming television series that follows the inhabitants of a moonbase on the Earth's Moon that is inexplicably pulled out of orbit by an unknown extrasolar source and taken on a journey throughout the cosmos.
This series is a remake of the British television series Space: 1999 that ran from 1975-1977.
Lunar Space Research Organization
Characters
- Commander John Koenig (USA/NASA/LSRO), newly assigned commander of MBA. Cool calm, wity, uses intelligence.
- Doctor Helena Russell (USA/NASA/LSRO), head of Medical Section.
- Captain Alan Carter (AUS/New Commonwealth Space Agency/LSRO), third-in-command, chief pilot.
- Paul Morrow (UK/New Commonwealth Space Agency/LSRO), second-in-command, Main Mission controller and base executive officer.
- Tony Verdeschi (EU/Italy/ESA/LSRO), head of security and Command Center controller
- Sandra Benes (UK/NCSA/LSRO), data analyst
- Tanya Alexander (RU/RFSA/LSRO), base operations officer
- David Kano (UK/NCSA/LSRO), computer operations officer
- Bob Mathias (UK/NCSA/LSRO), Helena's deputy at Medical Section.
- Professor Victor Bergman (UK/NCSA/LSRO), chief science advisor on Moonbase Alpha.
- Pilot Bill Fraser (USA/NASA/LSRO), co-pilot with Carter
- Commissioner Gerald Simmonds (UK/NCSA/ILFC), chairman of the International Lunar Finance Committee.
- Commander Anton Gorski (RU/RFSA/Russian Space Force/LSRO), former commander of MBA.
Episode Guide
(Use different episode titles)
Season 1
- "Out of Orbit." 2 hour pilot. New commander, Patrick Osgood mining in the catacombs discovers alien object, Moon pulled out of orbit by space warps. Tony/Koenig navigate ahead. Meta probe. Encounter WAR GAMES. Near a black hole, what wonders lie out there?
- "INFERNAL MACHINE" Gwent, Companion. "lonely, blind creature looking for death"
- "FORCE OF LIFE" Body snatcher, wants heat, nuclear reactor
- "RING AROUND THE MOON" Aliens want info, non corporeal, use Helena
- "MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH" Lush earth-like world, Astro 7 mission, lost 5 years ago, Lee Russell returns, he's an apparition, not real just a machinazations of the planet.
- "SEED OF DESTRUCTION" Koenig duplicate on a crystal asteroid
- "BRIAN THE BRAIN" Star mission, 300 Swifts, lost 4 years ago, Planet D, Capt. Michael, for 88 years.
- "SEANCE SPECTRE" Group wants to inhabit new earth-like world without the moon personnel. Coup!
- "EARTHBOUND" Alien refugees from a dying world, offer 1 person in a lotto, Simmonds forces himself to go, the lotto picked him anyway, irony. Mid-season finale.
- "MISSING LINK/FULL CIRCLE" 2 million years ago, Stone Age 40,000 years ago, Missing Link in planets evolution. Zenna/Retha designation. Koenig captured. Paul/Sandra breakup, she's seeing Alan now.
- "LAST SUNSET" Alien benefactors terraform the Moon epheramally.
- "ANOTHER PLACE, ANOTHER TIME" Space-time anamoly. Re-enter sol sys, double moons, Future Alphans (10 years from now?) Alpha Child, 9 months since leaving Earth orbit, 250 days ago.
Season 2
- "COLLISION COURSE" Crash into an alien world, designated Atheria.
- "MISSION OF THE DARIANS" 20 square km starship. 50,000 crew. 14 senior staff. Lie! 1 year since leaving Earth orbit (360 days).
- "TAYBOR" The trader, introduce the Dorcons, S.S. Emporium.
- "VOYAGER'S RETURN" Radiation exhaust. Killed lots. 15 years ago. Queller Drive. Pursuit of knowledge. Voyager probes, rename!
- "TESTAMENT OF ARKADIA" Ancient astronauts. Leave 2 people and some others behind with a couple Eagles. Finale of S2. Getting closer to whatever pulled them from orbit.
Season 3
- "JOURNEY TO WHERE" Transmission from Earth on an interstellar ansible from Texas City 2200 (2120 in '70s version) Accidentally sent back to 13xx.
- "DRAGON'S DOMAIN" Tony Cellini. Ultra probe launched 3 years prior to leaving Earth orbit for a 7 month trip. Interplanetary spacecraft. Mission mystery, think he killed his crewmates. 877 days since leaving orbit.
Season 4
- "BRINGERS OF WONDER" Super-Swift with friends and family aboard. Hideous telepathic entities. 2 part?
Later seasons
- "METAMORPH" Encounter Maya, Psycon
- "DORZAK" Other survivors of her planets collapse
- "DORCONS" Archenemy of the series
List of Moonbases
- Moonbase Alpha (1st built, international/ILFC/LSRO) 311 personnel
- Moonbase Beta (United States/NASA/Dept. of Defense) 47 personnel
- Moonbase Gamma (Russian/RFSA/Russian Space Force) 96 personnel
- Moonbase Delta (China/CNSA/Chinese Air Force) 10 personnel
- Moonbase Epsilon (India/ISRO) 4 personnel
- Moonbase Zeta (Brazil/AEB) 1 personnel
- Moonbase Eta (European/ESA) 22 personnel
- Moonbase Theta (Under construction-Japan/JAXA) 10 personnel
- Moonbase Sigma (Recently completed-Private corporation) MANY...
(Total number of lunar personnel: 501 people)