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Alien Attack (1980)
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).
Updated May 20 2020
Cast
Nick Tate
Captain Alan Carter
Barbara Bain
Doctor Helena Russell
Barry Morse
Professor Victor Bergman
Zienia Merton
Sandra Benes
Prentis Hancock
Paul Morrow
Crew
Charles Crichton
Director
Brian Johnson
Special Effects
Lee H. Katzin
Director
Sylvia Anderson
Producer
George Bellak
Screenplay
Christopher Penfold
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