Space: 1999 — Season 1, Episode 1: Breakaway
Sci-Fi & Fantasy • 52 min • 2 seasons, 48 episodes • ★ 7.1/10
Episode synopsis
In September 1999, John Koenig reports to Earth's Space Research Centre at Moonbase Alpha as its new commander. A strange sickness is killing some of the Moonbase Alpha crew. Commander Koenig's investigation reveals that the source lies at Nuclear Waste Disposal Area 1 caused by excessive magnetic energy fields. The continuous build up of energy shortly causes massive explosion clusters that knocks the moon off orbit into deep space.
About Space: 1999
The crew of Moonbase Alpha must struggle to survive when a massive explosion throws the Moon from orbit into deep space.