Space: 1999
Breakaway
TV Flash files “Breakaway” as a desk essential hour — Space: 1999 (1975–1977) on ITV / Syndicated, season 1, episode 1, aired 1975-09-04, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E01: listed hour 1 of 48 in the Space: 1999 guide, first listed hour of season 1. It aired 1975-09-04 (60 min). No earlier hour is listed in this guide. Next is “Force of Life” (S01E02).
Essential hour: “Breakaway”. Breakaway is the premise in one word. Moonbase Alpha blown from Earth orbit; Landau and Bain in tailored space chic. Gerry Anderson's live-action swing: British design, gloomy metaphysics.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
On Moonbase Alpha, the strange deaths of workers is being investigated which leads to the discovery of energy leaks at 2 different sites where Earths atomic waste is being stored. A race ensues to move waste at the second site before a catastrophic event occurs.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Breakaway sit in the Space: 1999 guide?
S01E01 is listed hour 1 of 48 — first listed hour of season 1, season 1 episode 1.
When did Space: 1999 S01E01 air?
Breakaway aired 1975-09-04 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Season one gloom or season two action?
Season one is the metaphysical colony-adrift hour. Season two adds Maya and more action. Start with Koenig and Russell either way.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Moonbase Alpha gets blown out of Earth orbit, and Martin Landau plus Barbara Bain try to manage the colony in tailored space chic. Gerry Anderson's live-action swing after the puppets: British design, gloomy metaphysics, model-shop spectacle. International syndication sci-fi that wanted 2001 on a weekly budget.
So about last night's group chat: someone said Breakaway is the whole premise in one word (correct), someone else dropped a Landau/Bain still captioned *Mission: Impossible but make it tailored space chic*, and a third person announced that season two is a different show like that is a personality. This is not new discourse. This is Moonbase Alpha with better lighting and worse sleep. A nuclear accident hurls the Moon out of orbit; Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's Space: 1999 (1975–1977) sells the colony as travelers…
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