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Episode Studies by Clayton Barr
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Space: 1999
"Space Traitor"
Illustrated short story
Space: 1999
Charlton Press mini-book
Writer and artist unknown
1976 |
The Alphans receive a suspicious signal
regarding the planet Kayll.
DIDJA KNOW?
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"Space Traitor" is an original illustrated short story published in the
1976
Space: 1999 mini-book published
by Charlton Press. |
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The art for this story, particularly the aliens, is largely
borrowed from
"A Lonely Emperor", a story
published in the
Space: 1999 #4
B&W comic magazine. The story is also
similar, but with different characters and motivations and
swapping the original hypnosis plot for telepathic mind control.
CHARACTERS APPEARING OR MENTIONED IN THIS STORY
Commander Koenig
Glarb
Dr. Russell
Professor Bergman
Kayllians
Jane Brady
Jim Carver
DIDJA NOTICE?
On page 2 of the story, Main Mission is called Central
Control instead. Perhaps this scene is meant to take place
in the underground Command Center (first seen on TV in
Season 2), using an alternate name? This same designation is
used in the Charlton short stories
"Live Warhead",
"The Carrier", "Space
Emperor", and
"Doom Dust".
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story, Alphans have to take a "Rover" over the surface of
the Moon to board a waiting Eagle to investigate the planet
Kayll. Of course, in the TV series the Alphans do not need a
surface vehicle to reach the Eagle launch pads. The "Rover"
appears to be an enclosed moon buggy. |
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| Alphan
enclosed moon buggy |
Alphan moon buggy
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The Eagle lifting-off illustration on page 5 of the story is
lifted from "Spores" in
Space: 1999 magazine #3.
On page 6 of the story, "unbelievable" is misspelled
"unbelieveable".
UNANSWERED QUESTIONS
How did the Alphan who used the alien alias Glarb take
control of the minds of the Kayllians? And, for that matter,
how did he get to Kayll? Did he stow away on the Eagle that
brought Koenig, Russell, Bergman, Brady, and Carver to the
planet?
Back to Space: 1999 Episode
Studies
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