Alien Attack
“The ultimate space-age disaster ... and a desperate struggle for survival”
Synopsis
Earth's Moon is the location of Moonbase Alpha, a scientific research colony situated in the crater Plato. The base is staffed by more than 300 individuals from Earth and serves as the operational center for various space expeditions. It also monitors large quantities of atomic waste from Earth, stored in silos on the Moon's far side. A buildup of magnetic radiation causes the waste to explode with enough force to overcome Earth's gravitational pull, freeing the Moon from its orbit and sending it drifting through space at high speed, out of the Solar System and off the plane of the ecliptic. The survivors at Moonbase Alpha are unable to return to Earth and must endure the unknown conditions of deep space aboard their now-wandering Moon. They encounter a planet inhabited by an advanced civilization that projects an illusion of a devastating attack on the base. This TV movie was compiled from scenes of two episodes, "Breakaway" and "War Games," from the series *Space: 1999* (1975).
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Principal cast & crew: 22
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Edited by Alan KillickShot by Frank WattsScored by Barry GrayDesigned by Keith Wilson
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Cast & Crew
22 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Martin Landau
as Commander John Koenig
Barbara Bain
as Dr. Helena Russell
Barry Morse
as Professor Victor Bergman
Roy Dotrice
as Commissioner Gerald Simmonds
Anthony Valentine
as Male Alien
Isla Blair
as Female Alien
Prentis Hancock
as Paul Morrow
Zienia Merton
as Sandra Benes
Anton Phillips
as Dr. Bob Mathias
Nick Tate
as Alan Carter
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