Space:1999 - disappearing characters between Series 1 and 2/no more Barry Gray music

[Rick O'Shea]

I have not seen many episodes of Space: 1999, but I know of the series' history and the major differences between Series 1 and 2. I have always been very surprised that after a few characters (including the professor played by Barry Morse) left between series that they were never mentioned again in the script. Considering what a high-budget series Space: 1999 was, and the quality of the scriptwriters, it sems odd that they never explained the characters' disappearances.

Something I have also found disappointing is how Barry Gray's music was scrapped from Series 2. Was this decided by ITC New York and Fred "The Rules of Lu-ton" Freiberger?

[mrthunder]

The rather superb articles in recent "FAB" magazine detailing how the series was put together addresses much of this.

The Morse/Bergman non-appearance has been explained in various ways depending on which 'side' you wish to choose as being correct - Morse or Anderson...

[Rick O'Shea]

Thanks for letting me know about the article.

It was still disappoingting, though, how they never mentioned Professor Bergman in the script.

[WillPS]

Was the music not changed in a vain effort to impress a US network? NBC?

[Steve Gerard]

I can recommend a book released last year DESTINATION:MOONBASE ALPHA by Robert E. Wood is an excellent read on the subject of the entire production history (behind-the-scenes) of SPACE:1999.
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