On the ice world of Ultima Thule the Alphans encounter members of lost earth expedition who have achieved immortality- but at a price!On the ice world of Ultima Thule the Alphans encounter members of lost earth expedition who have achieved immortality- but at a price!On the ice world of Ultima Thule the Alphans encounter members of lost earth expedition who have achieved immortality- but at a price!
Glenda Allen
- Thulian
- (uncredited)
Barbara Bermel
- Thulian
- (uncredited)
Sarah Bullen
- Main Mission Operative Kate Bullen
- (uncredited)
Adrienne Burgess
- Revered One
- (uncredited)
Loftus Burton
- Main Mission Operative Lee Oswald
- (uncredited)
Andy Dempsey
- Main Mission Operative
- (uncredited)
Jenny Devenish
- Thulian
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis episode was almost scrapped due to the fumes given off by the liquid used to coat the ice cave set. Martin Landau initially refused to work within the set, so experts had to be sent for to run tests. After that problem had been sorted out, the caustic soap used for the fake snow almost took the skin off of Landau's face.
- GoofsIt seems out of character for Carter to decide against searching the planet's surface for the others after lifting off in the Eagle.
- Quotes
[last lines]
Cmdr. John Koenig: Is it death that gives meaning to life in the end?
Capt. Jack Tanner: [voice over] If there is an end.
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The denouement was shocking to some of us!
In the US, where I lived at least, 1999 was shown as a weekend daytime show, so I saw this when I was well under 10 years old. Mostly I recall the show being very boring for sci-fi, then they pull something like that smoking corpse at the end. Holy cow, that was terrifying. (For the show as a whole, the "dragon" monster was the most terrifying.)
Yikes. This should have been on at 9pm not 3pm.
Watching as an adult, meh. Looks pretty good, and really the snow looks ok to me. I just checked again- it might depend on how much snow you've seen. Sometimes it is wet and gloppy. Likely not at the reported temperatures, though it likely wouldn't snow at all at such low temps, but, alien planet, so whatevs.
But what a contrived plot.
The opening scene is just weird. The word "eye" comes up twice. Maybe I'm missing a reference? But the behavior of these people is bizarre. And once they know it's apparently Earth's moon, Blessed calls them on the radio. I guess it's worth a shot, but the expectation this would work is silly considering how much subjective time has passed for these people. Oh, that, and the strange fact that Earth's moon is flying through space sans Earth.
A little less of the goofy talk and a bit more "how the hell is the moon flying by?" would have helped.
More annoying is when they switch to the Main Mission perspective, the Jack characterization markedly changes. "Stay awaaaaaaaay...".
Yikes. This should have been on at 9pm not 3pm.
Watching as an adult, meh. Looks pretty good, and really the snow looks ok to me. I just checked again- it might depend on how much snow you've seen. Sometimes it is wet and gloppy. Likely not at the reported temperatures, though it likely wouldn't snow at all at such low temps, but, alien planet, so whatevs.
But what a contrived plot.
The opening scene is just weird. The word "eye" comes up twice. Maybe I'm missing a reference? But the behavior of these people is bizarre. And once they know it's apparently Earth's moon, Blessed calls them on the radio. I guess it's worth a shot, but the expectation this would work is silly considering how much subjective time has passed for these people. Oh, that, and the strange fact that Earth's moon is flying through space sans Earth.
A little less of the goofy talk and a bit more "how the hell is the moon flying by?" would have helped.
More annoying is when they switch to the Main Mission perspective, the Jack characterization markedly changes. "Stay awaaaaaaaay...".
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