Space 1999 - (I - 03) Black Sun avi

Screenplay by David Weir

Directed by Lee H. Katzin

Edited by Mike Campbell



"Do you have any idea what'll happen to us inside the black sun?"

"Whatever it is, I just hope it's interesting."



The Moon is drawn inexorably towards a black sun, an area of intense gravitational pull that is the remains of a collapsed stellar mass. A reconnaissance Eagle is torn apart by the phenomenon and Koenig estimates that the Alphans have only three days before they suffer the same fate! Bergman designs a force shield which offers a slim chance for those on the base but Koenig also elects to launch a survival Eagle with a crew of six, in the hope that they might escape the pull of the sun and find a planet to live on. As the Moon plunges into the sun, Koenig and Bergman become discorporeal and meet an omnipotent being who reveals the secrets of the universe...



Filming Schedule: Thursday, January 31st - Thursday, February 21st, 1974





Original UK Airdate: Thursday, November 6th, 1975 (ATV Midlands)