It was about a colony on the Moon which was somehow ejected into deep space when the Moon was stripped from the Earth’s orbit (can’t remember how I was only eight when it was on TV). In any case I’ve not been able to find this show in syndication. From my memory it seemed like the production values were really good for the time (certainly equal to Dr. Who and the original Star Trek). Where did the show go…
And speaking of shows that have disappeared what ever happened to a show called American Gothic? That show featured a character Sheriff Buck, who was one of the BEST bad guys ever!
Spiralscratch is quite correct; the show’s entire two-season run is currently available on DVD. It has a cult following these days. I don’t see it in syndication on this side of the Big Ditch too often simply because it was produced by a British production company.
I’d rent the discs first, though… I watched the show religiously when I was a puppy kid and thought it was great, whereas watching it as an adult is a WHOLE different experience…
American Gothic was, indeed, a fun show. Unfortunately, the network couldn’t decide where they wanted it, or in what time slot, and it seems like they were dead set against letting the narrative build, or letting it develop any kind of audience. My wife adored that show, and even she had trouble finding it from week to week as they hopscotched it all over the schedule.
Hey, I was just gushing about Space: 1999 last night, (prompted by Martin Landau’s appearance on Without a Trace.)
I still remember how excited I was at age six to calculate that life on the moon would be an option – even if I would be a creaky old thirty-year-old before it was possible.
I still feel ripped off.
I used to have the 10’ action figures, until I buried them in a park as “treasure.” Whoops. Had “Eagle One,” too – no idea what became of that, though.
I’d love to watch the show again – I’m sure it would be a scream. Just like Battlestar Galactica is a hoot – for a whole new set of reasons.
Well, my view of this “show” matches that of Spider Robinson in his review in the March 1976 Galaxy
And then there is a cartoon, called Space 1492, of three ships sailing over a moon with a burning fuse sticking out the nether end, with the following caption.
“Hey Columbus! I think I smell electromagnetic radiation!”
“Caramba! Then we must be sitting on the biggest bomb mankind ever made!”
Maya! She is so weird. Maybe I’ll finally get the answer here to a question I’ve been wondering for a while – Did anyone ever find her sexy? I’ve gotta think she was added to the cast to provide some sex appeal, but I don’t find her sexy at all. Maybe it’s a 70’s thing?
On the DVDs, you can see the wires lifting the Eagles really clearly.
Besides, check him out in Crimes and Misdemeanors and you’ll never go back! He is hugely talented.