Earth's Moon is the site of Moonbase Alpha, a scientific research colony nestled in the crater Plato. Staffed by over 300 men and women from Earth, it is the operations center for several space expeditions. It is also a watchdog for vast amounts of atomic waste from Earth stored in silos on the Moon's far side. Magnetic radiation builds up and causes the wastes to explode with such force that the Earth's centripetal pull on the Moon is overcome, and the Moon is broken free of Earth's orbit to drift at incredible speed out of the Solar System off the plane of the ecliptic. The survivors on Moonbase Alpha are unable to return to Earth and must survive in unknown space on their wandering Moon. They encounter a planet whose advanced people project an illusion of a devastating attack on Moonbase. This TV movie was edited from scenes of two episodes ("Breakaway" and "War Games") of "Space: 1999" (1975).

Directed by: Charles Crichton & Lee H. Katzin
Written by: George Bellak & Christopher Penfold
Release date: 1980-09-04
Runtime: 104 minutes
Tagline: The ultimate space-age disaster ... and a desperate struggle for survival
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Cast:
Martin Landau Martin Landau
Commander John Koenig 
Anthony Valentine Anthony Valentine
Male Alien 
Isla Blair Isla Blair
Female Alien 
Roy Dotrice Roy Dotrice
Commissioner Gerald Simmons 
Clifton Jones Clifton Jones
David Kano 
Philip Madoc Philip Madoc
Commander Anton Gorski 
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  • Mondbasis Alpha 1 - Alien Attack - Die Außerirdischen schlagen zurück