Space 1999 Season 2 Intro 

My childhood comes flooding back from 1978 when I used to watch this at 9:30am on UK TV and remember that theme tune.

First season a little more low key and epic sounding. But this one had a certain spacy action feel to it. Both good I think but in different ways.

I don't know anything about this show, but the way that girl turns around with her ponytail is the coolest thing I've ever seen.

Back in the day, before focus groups existed. They could have asked anyone, season 1 theme music was far better.

Whole family with the exception of my little sister use to watch this show together on the weekends,brings back alot of memories of my bratty little sister who was terribly afraid of Maya and use to distance herself as far from the TV as possible.

I was in mourning for 20 years after this show ended thinking "it will be back next year, right?" :(

i remember this show being on TV as a small kid (i was born in 72) and Star trek was also on at that time...and by the time i was 10 years old or so, there would later be Battlestar Galactica and Buck Roger (with Gil Gerard playing Buck Rogers)

The first season opener was better for me.

I could watch this one movie series day and night... Forever :)

Of the intro's, I remember this one best! Thanks for the memories!

Almost 40 years ago this was the amasing future for a teenager like me. Now is something amasing to show our children and make them see that "we made magic" with so few comparing to them

I'm 45, too, and I loved this show as a kid! It was a mind-blowing concept that the moon could be torn from its orbit around the Earth. I always thought this intro was by far the best.

As a kid watching Barbara Bain, "she made me feel funny, like when we used to climb the ropes in gym class." Catherine Schell was the show's version of Spock.

Great tune, really great tune.

First season was more dramatic and always gave me goosebumps as a child.

SPACE 1999 one of Gerry Andersons master pieces...loved this as a kid. Still bloody waiting for SPACE 2099 which should have been 2199 with a base on an asteroid rather than a moon as it would make more sense to be blown adrift via a nuclear explosion.

I remember having a toy version of the space staple gun. That thing was fun!

Mr. Gerry Anderson RIP :(

Remember how Futuristic 1999 or 2000 was back in the 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s.

BEST SCIENCE FICTION SERIES EVER MADE

I just went back to 1978

When I was a Kid I was in Love with the Shapeshifting Alien Chick.....Still am.

This was what gave proof to an ongoing, intergalactic / cosmic vouyaging adventure - yes, "Star Trek" was 1st . . . but it led up to an American "Lost in Space" all the way to "Battlestar Galactica" & all of the sci-fi series cliff-hanger/penny dreadfuls that followed through television studios reaping profit from a culled fan base. At the time, Maya may have been exotic, but every teen boy wanted a shot with Barbara Bain (formerly of "Mission Impossible" TV series). I am glad that Martin Landau went from the western classic "The Nevada Kid" (with Steve McQueen) to co-starring with Jim Carey in "The Majestic"...his career has been a kaleidoscope of coolness.

This is season 2 . With Maya and Tony .

@sosidecop64 It does, in the pilot episode the moonbase crew watches a news report about gravity disruptions as well as earthquakes in California, Southern France and the Balkan peninsula after the moon has left Earth's orbit. Furthermore, the tides will cease and the Earth's axis will start to destabilize, so yes, humanity is in for a rough ride.

@Internetizen02 - actually, it was just an action shot filmed for the credits. The scene in The Exiles took place in Koenig's quarters and he was standing. When he turned, it was slowly.

It seems I belong to minority (maybe) that liked more the music theme of season 1

I remember that space gun too. I don't remember if I had one myself but I know one of my school mates did. It was so long ago...

I love this theme song. I like it way better than the first season one which I find a bit dark, brooding, and psychedelic. This one is more bright and upbeat in tone with a nice dynamic kick and swing and a touch of pizazz. On the other hand it could be made into a dance, especially for a comic dance gag act or something hilarious.

this needs to be my ringtone! but the only ones they have on itunes are a symphony that isn't close enough or a synth version

Classic TV Sci-fi always ends tragically.

I remember this from my childhood. It looks fantastic even now. So much more interesting and visually intriguing than much of today's forgettable crap. I wish I still had my Eagle 9 :(

Drinking game: slam back a shot every time an Eagle crashes, Koenig barks at someone, or Maya turns into another creature. (I loved the series.)

Although apparently the Moon was flung into space, they obviously had a big stash of Harmony Hairspray for Barbara Bain's hair-don't at 0.23. Bouncy barnet.

I just realized that if you reorder the scenes in reverse, you get a short story that kind of makes sense. The first scene would be Maya. Helena sees Maya (THE OTHER WOMAN). In a jealous rage she storms down the corridor to Cmdr Koenig's office. Almost taken by surprise, he shoots her in self defense.

back when tv was fun and great

Why did they change the theme song? The 1st season theme is so much better!

@IWannabeJew It was on in prime time here (on ABC)... I used to have all the episodes on DVD. Some of the episodes form the 1st season were VERY scary as kid, and some of them still give me the chills as an adult...

I think there's a lot to like in both seasons of Space: 1999. I've never watched an episode I didn't enjoy. Fun show!

I just realized this song is perfect for doing the Carlton Dance.

This theme music sounds exactly like what you would get if you mixed the theme music from the first and second series of Starsky & Hutch :-P

Legendary title theme tune by Derek Wadsworth! :D From what I know, there isn't a 'clean' version of the theme WITHOUT the 'futuristic' sound quality.... :( The sound of this memorable music performance was captured by microphones, then 'processed' by electronic means BEFORE it got to the tape recorder to be saved for use/posterity. Perhaps it could be re-recorded 'clean' and by copying this performance as much as possible. Just imagine a CD-quality 'clean' version of this! :D

@LordZontar Eagle Transporters: the Ultimate Space Winnebago!

wow, a guy who randomly shoots people in his office, a woman who winsomely wanders the walkways (say THAT three times fast!) and an alien girl who turns into... terrestrial animals? this show had everything!

So, at 0:20, Koenig just spins around in his chair for no explicable reason and fires his laser staple-gun -in the Command Centre. What are we to gather from this? That Koenig eventually took to randomly gunning down members of his staff whenever he got bored?

@RAYMOND96195 I agree. When Fred "The Series Killer" Freiberger came on board, Space: 1999 turned into a joke. He was also responsible for killing the original "Star Trek" series in the third season.

@LordZontar Exactly what I was thinking... This is Season 2. It's the "Americanized" and "Actiony" Space: 1999. If you want a philosophical debate BEFORE vaporizing someone, you'll have to turn to Season 1.

both themes are good season two is how i discovered the show while flipping through channels i saw a beautiful woman transform herself into a mouse and from there i was hooked.

Barbra Bain is the bane of my existence

Those hand held laser blasters look like those squeezy hand exercisers.

@LordZontar "Here's that report you ordered Mr. Koen...AAAAAh!"

@shmuli9 It was on at 1 PM Eastern time in America in the late 70's and very early 80's. Frequency of broadcast slowly decreased until you only saw the odd "movie" (both parts of a To Be Continued episode) until is was no more. A part of me died that day.

when your stuck in 1999, all you can see is "Prince" on the walls, so u pull out your staple gun laser, and have at it ok?

I can't wait to see if it shows up on Encore Action soon

Também me lembro, aliás, num ataque de nostalgia, há uns anos comprei um pack em dvd com as duas séries, mas fiquei horrorizado com a fraca qualidade de algumas histórias e das intrepretações dos atores. Não era assim que eu me lembrava das séries, mas eu só tinha 10 ou 11 anos nessa altura, e vibrava com todos os episódios. Ainda assim é bom recordar.

Dr. Russell was heading to the nearest Eagle to get off that rock once and for all, when she saw the latest script.

@LordZontar Isn't that his desk from Season 1? Maybe he was commencing redecoration for Season 2?

She is a shape changer..the animals are supposed to be some of the shapes she can change into

season 1 was a lot better but did enjoy season 2 good old maria.

Somebody took Koenig's red stapler...he's gonna burn the place...down.

@LordZontar I guess that explains what happened to Victor, but where did Tony come from in season 2? Much better character, and yes I know why they added him, but they never explained it. Where was he all through season 1 (cleaning bathrooms like Chekov)?

@baraxor It probably was a real basketball back then it was using models and puppets/costumes instead of comp graphics! I do miss these days!

The great UK sci fi before Star Wars I love 70s sci Fi shows

@manzi71 Yup, Season 1's intro was far superior. Brings back memories of saturday mornings watching it as a kid when I hear it and fits the program, season 2 just sounds like some cheesy disco.

It looks like there's a massive basketball floating in space at the beginning...

The only problem with season is that they turned the command center into something like a bridge of a ship.

@rocketshipstud6 I'm sure you know this already, but she also had a great roll in "Return of the Pink Panther" (1975).

I LIKE BOTH OPENINGS FOR SEASONS 1 AND 2. THOUGH SEASON 2 WAS A BIT OF A DISAPPOINTMENT STORY WISE.

@UrgentementeUK Interesting... It was never on Sat mornings, but it WAS on American/Canadian TV on Sat eves in 1975 and 1976...

0:19 OUCH! *Sobs*, what did I ever do to you?

@daiklaive She turned into various alien beasties, too.

Somebody called him 'John' instead of Caommander I reckon.... probably Paul, or may Victor was hassling him as to why he was written out of the second series...

I would to see it would show on Encore Action in the future

@LordZontar Maybe he thought he was stapling some forms...

@LordZontar, SPACE MADNESS !!!!!!

People will be shitting if Comet Elenin tears the moon from Earth's orbit.

@1962space Much more dramatic that score was than this was. Why change it?

Yes

@baraxor Perhaps it was as you say a massive basketball hanging in space. I mean the special effects weren't Hollywood in this not by a long shot.

Its like disco 1999.

@LordZontar Koenig was trigger happy, He vaporized Cano, Paul, and Victor!!! LOL

@sunlightguy75 Thank you.

If the moon goes tear-assing out into space, doesnt that spell doom for the inhabitants of Earth?

@daiklaive And that was what made this show so funny, yet so successful. =D

this is fantastic, but this (to me) doesn't hold a candle to season 1.

The only better thing from this season compared to the first

@WC3POchannel10A Don't think I didn't try. I sat and watched the pilot when it first aired. Had high hopes for a new space series since Star Trek was canceled. I watched every week, but...

Will see a remake

Always thought Catherine Schell was hot. Loved the way she turned into things every week.

Too bad they had such a small budget & lousy producers - it could have been a better show. I still liked it - great cast. Maya was always my favorite.

@rocketshipstud6 Catherine Schell is also one of Blofeld's babes in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service".

Back in the 1970's I visited South Africa were I saw this and they called it Alpha 1999 also they showed some of the episodes in Afrikaans could someone confirm this to me please

Totally outlandish show. A nuke big enough to blow the moon out of orbit would blow it into itty bitty pieces. And they would have to be moving at a pretty good clip to, not only break Earth orbit, but to encounter so many planets in so short a time. It's only redeeming elements? Martin and Barbara. Not to mention Cathrine Schell and Barry Morse. Kudos to the special efx folks, too. Other than that, crap.

Season 1 had a far more dramatic theme music. They shouldn't have changed it.

@gunterd she turns into those animals in the series. Watch the second series then your know.

Would it be Warner Bro's, for instance, who has the rights to SPACE 1999 these days?

why are there animals in someones eye?

Barely audible

Err ... low budget? This was the most expensive tv series ever made at the time! I think it cost £3m per season. The special effects on the hardware was always great I think- especially Season 1. The scripts were where the money was obviously saved!

@LordZontar No, he's shooting Lew Grade for making the decision to spend the mooted season 3 budget on the god awful film Raise The Titanic!