Who Is Your Favorite Alphan?

From what I remember, comparing her acting to wood means that wood deserves an apology.

And plays acoustic guitar to seduce the ladies.

Always thought "Breakaway" should either have been a 2-parter or a TV-movie, as there were so many aspects that could've been explored, such as crowds of Alphans rushing to the launch pads once they'd discovered the moon had blasted away, only for the overcrowded ships to crash due to residual magnetic radiation.

I would hope that wasn't the case, but you are probably right. I think Martin Landau still cared otherwise he wouldn't have been as pissed as he was about the shoddiness of season 2. Unfortunately Landau's pleas fell on deaf ears.

Well then you're going to have to level that same assessment on Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" because both stars Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood said that Kubrick directed with a minimalist of instruction. Rather both Bowman and Poole according to Dullea had discussed everything in the months it took to get The Discovery from Earth to beyond Jupiter. Dullea said it was only after the AE-35 unit "malfunctioned" and they had to find out what was happening. For the most part "Space: 1999" was an extension of or possibly a forerunner to "2001" in that possibly Koenig could have been a peer of Bowman and Poole. To say that the acting was bad in 1999, is to say the same thing about"2001". The reason the actors "bailed" wasn't due to the notion they thought the show was bad for their CVs, it had to do with how much time had passed between the end of season one and beginning of season two. By the time season two was in production many of the actors had been fired by Friedberger. Those included Prentis Hancock, Nick Tate, Zienia Merton, Clifton Jones, and Suzanne Roquet. The only one who came back was Anton Phillips. However, Gerry Anderson had to point out to Friedberger that he couldn't get rid of Nick Tate as Alan Carter was the most popular character on the show and received the lion's share of the fanmail. By the time Friedberger realized that Zienia was needed on the show and who she was, Zienia had already signed on to something else and managed to wrangle her schedule around to accomodate season two. The only actor who'd left of his own accord it appears was Barry Morse, but then that was over a salary dispute. But all the actors recall the show fondly. They loved working on it.

And "The Taybor".

It was a travesty that they picked Fred Freiberger to replace Sylvia (and the script editors).

Dr. Helena Russell.

Good choice. I found it annoying how he was overshadowed by the newcomer Tony on season two. Another move by Freiberger.