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Alien Attack

Alien Attack (1980)

09/04/1980 (GB)
01h 44m

The ultimate space-age disaster ... and a desperate struggle for survival

Overview

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).

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Martin Landau

Martin Landau

Commander John Koenig

Barbara Bain

Barbara Bain

Doctor Helena Russell

Barry Morse

Barry Morse

Professor Victor Bergman

Nick Tate

Nick Tate

Captain Alan Carter

Prentis Hancock

Prentis Hancock

Paul Morrow

Zienia Merton

Zienia Merton

Sandra Benes

Roy Dotrice

Roy Dotrice

Commissioner Gerald Simmons

Isla Blair

Isla Blair

Female Alien

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Space:1999 - Alien Attack trailer

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