The Dorcans demand that Moonbase Alpha hand over Maya so that the use of her brain stem can continue their immortal existence.The Dorcans demand that Moonbase Alpha hand over Maya so that the use of her brain stem can continue their immortal existence.The Dorcans demand that Moonbase Alpha hand over Maya so that the use of her brain stem can continue their immortal existence.
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Deadly aliens (the Dorcons) want Maya.
After The Beta Cloud, this is the second best episode of season two.
With the exception of the very ending, there are none of those forced attempts at comedy we often got in year two. Also, this is perhaps the most dramatic hour of the second year.
The acting from the whole cast, even Maya, is outstanding. The Dorcan race is interesting and "Malic" (Gerry Sundquist) seems like an early version of Malcolm McDowell in Caligula (1979).
As stated in my previous reviews, this season has a few lesser hours, so if you only wish to invest two hours into watching season two - I would go with The Beta Cloud and The Dorcons.
After The Beta Cloud, this is the second best episode of season two.
With the exception of the very ending, there are none of those forced attempts at comedy we often got in year two. Also, this is perhaps the most dramatic hour of the second year.
The acting from the whole cast, even Maya, is outstanding. The Dorcan race is interesting and "Malic" (Gerry Sundquist) seems like an early version of Malcolm McDowell in Caligula (1979).
As stated in my previous reviews, this season has a few lesser hours, so if you only wish to invest two hours into watching season two - I would go with The Beta Cloud and The Dorcons.
Very good episode. Other reviews explain why.
It's bittersweet for me knowing that this was the very last episode of the series. I love this show, even when it was it is at its worst. It's easy to bash S1999, especially through the lens of what we've gotten since it went off the air. There's been a lot of great space based science fiction including "Star Wars", "Battlestar Gallactica" TOS and reimagined, many iterations of "Star Trek", and . . . Well, you get the idea.
But S1999 rose from the primordial ooze which was 1970s programming. It's amazing it even aired at all let alone for 2 seasons. Maybe it will come back one day. Perhaps some eager beaver will reimagine a scenario where the moon, along with its inhabited base, is blasted from its earth orbit. Perhaps there will be a "Space 2099". I'll hold out hope. I'll also hope if it does get made that the Alphans will be the ones kicking butt.
It's bittersweet for me knowing that this was the very last episode of the series. I love this show, even when it was it is at its worst. It's easy to bash S1999, especially through the lens of what we've gotten since it went off the air. There's been a lot of great space based science fiction including "Star Wars", "Battlestar Gallactica" TOS and reimagined, many iterations of "Star Trek", and . . . Well, you get the idea.
But S1999 rose from the primordial ooze which was 1970s programming. It's amazing it even aired at all let alone for 2 seasons. Maybe it will come back one day. Perhaps some eager beaver will reimagine a scenario where the moon, along with its inhabited base, is blasted from its earth orbit. Perhaps there will be a "Space 2099". I'll hold out hope. I'll also hope if it does get made that the Alphans will be the ones kicking butt.
Maybe my negative opinion of this episode is because it's the final official episode Message from moonbase alpha is a much better ending to the series) but when compared with the care and quality shown in season 1, this apparently rushed effort shows that the series was filling the gaps with certain episodes of season 2. The story itself is ok. Certainly leagues above the low point of Space Warp (two sub par episodes glued together) but the sets look cheap and hurried and most of the time is spent watching Koenig roam around the Dorcon corridors. Landau looking somewhat awkward as well. It's a watered down, hurried re-tread of Mission of the Darians and feels so too.
Although this episode, Space: 1999 "The Dorcons" was the Space: 1999 TV series finale episode, it has been found that writing did continue the series, as described next.
In the year 2001, author Gemma Lloyd wrote "The Psychon High Command". It is scroll down readable on the (w..) space1999fiction (dot com) site. Second, in 2010, author David A. McIntee published the Powys Media book titled "Space: 1999 Born for Adversity", foreword by Catherine Schell.
These are key, valid stories that continue beyond the Space: 1999 TV series, although there was nothing filmed.
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In the year 2001, author Gemma Lloyd wrote "The Psychon High Command". It is scroll down readable on the (w..) space1999fiction (dot com) site. Second, in 2010, author David A. McIntee published the Powys Media book titled "Space: 1999 Born for Adversity", foreword by Catherine Schell.
These are key, valid stories that continue beyond the Space: 1999 TV series, although there was nothing filmed.
That is all I can mention, as there is no URL allowed to post hereon.
The dorcons is more action orientated than we are used to from year two, with a bit of the space war vibe that marked out some of year one's more dramatic episodes like war games or the last enemy. there is a fair bit of excitement throughout and it is well maintained, this ends the show in a fair manner but it some ways it would have been better to see something else with a bit more ambition ending the show; the immunity syndrome, which came just before this episode, would have been a better choice. patrick troughton is a strong presence in this episode and the other actors are just as good, catherine schell in particular manages to convince you of the danger which she is in at all times, some of the best acting of the entire season. the dorcons is as intense as space: 1999 can get without bringing in any horror elements as some other (and quite good) stories did.
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- TriviaITC had initially planned a 13-episode third season of the show (solely for the purpose of increasing the show's syndication package from 48 to 61 episodes, with some reports indicating it to have been running concurrently with a spin-off starring Catherine Schell as Maya). Unfortunately, not enough stations had placed renewal orders for the following season. It was rumored that had the show continued into a third season, Tony Anholt would've passed it up (after this episode finished filming, Anholt hired a new agent and went back to theater work where casting agents could see him in roles other than Tony Verdeschi). In a 1986 Starlog interview, Martin Landau expressed his belief that the real reason the show's third season failed to materialize was due to head of ITC Lew Grade's interest in branching out into motion pictures, which absorbed most of his finances. Schell confirmed this, stating that their third season was sacrificed to provide advertising budgets to support three different ITC films to prevent them from failing at the box office (The Cassandra Crossing (1976), March or Die (1977), Circle of Iron (1978)); the three films failed anyway at this series' expense. The only TV series Grade had funded after this show's second season (besides The Muppet Show (1976)) was Return of the Saint (1978), which only lasted one season due to its budget also being diverted toward Grade's film projects. Grade lost control of ITC in 1982; apparently, his film Raise the Titanic (1980) ended up sinking him.
- GoofsMaya states that she is the last living Psychon, but Dorzak (1977) featured another surviving member of her race, Dorzak, who was a prisoner of the Crotons.
- Quotes
Malic: So you got the Psychon?
Consul Varda: Yes, Malic.
[Varda begins to walk away]
Malic: Wait! You will carry out the brain stem transfer?
Consul Varda: [laceratingly sarcastic] No. No, Malic, we went to all that trouble for no reason.
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