"Space: 1999 - Dragon's Domain"
Just finished listening to "Space: 1999 - Dragon's Domain," released by Big Finish Productions.
When Big Finish Productions first announced that they were going to launch "Space: 1999" as a new, original series of ongoing audio adventures based on the original television series, they also announced that their version of "Space: 1999" would be set in a different universe - such as the fact that Watergate never happened and President Richard Nixon authorized the construction of Moonbase Alpha - than the original series and there would be some character and canonical changes as well - such as keeping Space Commissioner Simmons as a dramatic foil to Commander John Koenig and the re-imagining of the Series/Season One Episode saw the departure of Paul Marrow instead of Simmons.
Big Finish Productions also stated that they would be re-imaging classic episodes of the televised series for the new audio series.
And one of the more intriguing episodes of Space: 1999 first season/series does show an alternative version of how the Alphans survived the departure of the Moon from Earth's orbit, while another episode from that first series/season shows aliens providing the moon with a sustainable atmosphere to prevent the crew of Moonbase Alpha from making landfall on their world.
The first episode in the "Dragon's Domain" audio sequence is an odd combination of those two first series/season episodes from the original television series.
In "Skull In The Sky" a weird rift in the local space/time seems to be causing a thunderstorm in space and provides the moon with an breathable atmosphere, generating plant growth - but causes the loss of Eagle pilot Alan Carter - who after six years, suddenly returns to now "Planet Alpha" along with the deluge/thunderstorm hot on his heels. Only "Planet Alpha" is not the only Moon in the sky and only one Moonbase Alpha may survive in this breech of the Multiverse.
In "The Godhead Interrogative," Kano, who has been gender swapped from the original television series, is trying to decipher the language/code on an alien artifact that was left behind on Moonbase Alpha when a derelict spacecraft with a dead crew has been discovered after 100 missiles/spacecraft engines embed themselves in the Moon and speed it to a dead world broadcasting a message capable of killing everyone on Alpha.
"Dragon's Domain" is a complete reworking of the haunting and classic horror/ghost story episode of the televised Season/Series One episode. Alan Carter is now the pilot of the ill-fated Ultra mission which is now an attempt to return the crew of Alpha back to Earth. Originally, Carter was supposed to be the pilot of the Ultra show in the television episode, but actor Martin Landau, who played Commander John Koenig in the television series supposedly voiced objections because he was jealous of actor Nick Tate, who played Eagle Pilot Alan Carter. So the original script was allegedly rewritten to accommodate Landau's ego. What make's this re-working interesting is that it takes place over a four-year period, so time in this series progresses.
I suspect that this audio adaptation by Big Finish Productions has equally divided the fans of the original television series of Space: 1999 who love the first season of the show, but hate the second season, and vice-versa. And I fall into the camp that any Space: 1999 is better than no Space: 1999 and Season/Series Two had it's moments and all fans of the show did like the introduction of Maya.
Currently, Big Finish Productions is focused on the first televised season of Space: 1999 in it's re-imagining of the series. I am curious as to how they are going to introduce Maya into the series. Despite him nearly destroying Moonbase Alpha, Commander Koenig did make an honest attempt to save Mentor - Maya's father - and Big Finish does like changing up Space: 1999. Though Big Finish Productions could take a different route and ignore Season/Series Two of Space: 1999 - after all, they have already established that this version of Space: 1999 is set in a different universe from the original series.
Yet, if they take that route, Space: 1999 might go the route of their versions of "The Tomorrow People" and "Sapphire & Steel" - long running but eventually ended before any resolution.
Strongly Recommended!
Five Stars!
https://www.doctorwhostore.com/space-...
When Big Finish Productions first announced that they were going to launch "Space: 1999" as a new, original series of ongoing audio adventures based on the original television series, they also announced that their version of "Space: 1999" would be set in a different universe - such as the fact that Watergate never happened and President Richard Nixon authorized the construction of Moonbase Alpha - than the original series and there would be some character and canonical changes as well - such as keeping Space Commissioner Simmons as a dramatic foil to Commander John Koenig and the re-imagining of the Series/Season One Episode saw the departure of Paul Marrow instead of Simmons.
Big Finish Productions also stated that they would be re-imaging classic episodes of the televised series for the new audio series.
And one of the more intriguing episodes of Space: 1999 first season/series does show an alternative version of how the Alphans survived the departure of the Moon from Earth's orbit, while another episode from that first series/season shows aliens providing the moon with a sustainable atmosphere to prevent the crew of Moonbase Alpha from making landfall on their world.
The first episode in the "Dragon's Domain" audio sequence is an odd combination of those two first series/season episodes from the original television series.
In "Skull In The Sky" a weird rift in the local space/time seems to be causing a thunderstorm in space and provides the moon with an breathable atmosphere, generating plant growth - but causes the loss of Eagle pilot Alan Carter - who after six years, suddenly returns to now "Planet Alpha" along with the deluge/thunderstorm hot on his heels. Only "Planet Alpha" is not the only Moon in the sky and only one Moonbase Alpha may survive in this breech of the Multiverse.
In "The Godhead Interrogative," Kano, who has been gender swapped from the original television series, is trying to decipher the language/code on an alien artifact that was left behind on Moonbase Alpha when a derelict spacecraft with a dead crew has been discovered after 100 missiles/spacecraft engines embed themselves in the Moon and speed it to a dead world broadcasting a message capable of killing everyone on Alpha.
"Dragon's Domain" is a complete reworking of the haunting and classic horror/ghost story episode of the televised Season/Series One episode. Alan Carter is now the pilot of the ill-fated Ultra mission which is now an attempt to return the crew of Alpha back to Earth. Originally, Carter was supposed to be the pilot of the Ultra show in the television episode, but actor Martin Landau, who played Commander John Koenig in the television series supposedly voiced objections because he was jealous of actor Nick Tate, who played Eagle Pilot Alan Carter. So the original script was allegedly rewritten to accommodate Landau's ego. What make's this re-working interesting is that it takes place over a four-year period, so time in this series progresses.
I suspect that this audio adaptation by Big Finish Productions has equally divided the fans of the original television series of Space: 1999 who love the first season of the show, but hate the second season, and vice-versa. And I fall into the camp that any Space: 1999 is better than no Space: 1999 and Season/Series Two had it's moments and all fans of the show did like the introduction of Maya.
Currently, Big Finish Productions is focused on the first televised season of Space: 1999 in it's re-imagining of the series. I am curious as to how they are going to introduce Maya into the series. Despite him nearly destroying Moonbase Alpha, Commander Koenig did make an honest attempt to save Mentor - Maya's father - and Big Finish does like changing up Space: 1999. Though Big Finish Productions could take a different route and ignore Season/Series Two of Space: 1999 - after all, they have already established that this version of Space: 1999 is set in a different universe from the original series.
Yet, if they take that route, Space: 1999 might go the route of their versions of "The Tomorrow People" and "Sapphire & Steel" - long running but eventually ended before any resolution.
Strongly Recommended!
Five Stars!
https://www.doctorwhostore.com/space-...
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