The Exiles

The second season of Space:1999 had to be improved in the writing, not totally turned upside down. Apart from the disappearance of Kano, Paul and Victor already seen in the first episode, this second sets the mood: more action, but more romance, too. I have found particularly irritating the two scenes in this episode, albeit an evolution of the relationship between Koenig and Helena could have been foreseeable. The character of Tony must have been created mainly for flirting with Maya. All these changes surely alienated the viewers remained and brought the show to an end.

Following on from a strong season opener, the exiles sets up the shape of things to come. to be honest, it's a lot better than many of the episodes which follow, but far from the best, which came towards the very end for the most part. the fx are good as always. we get to see new sections of the moonbase including a laboratory, which is used quite well. there are spacewalk scenes, which are nice. peter duncan's dubbed voice is very obvious. the two aliens work well but better threats would come. the alien planet set is very good, nice bit of design there. the aliens get what they deserve and there are some nice aging fx makeup in the climax. beyond that it's not much more than an adventure, but it works.