Wouldn't the Earth be in peril with no Moon?

The Earth's tides would be next to nothing and its orbit around the sun would become less uniform resulting in variations in the length of the seasons.
But the worse effect would be the act of the moon having been ripped out of orbit. The newscaster at the end of "Breakaway" mentioned that it triggered earthquakes, but the pull on the oceans would've flooded many shoreline cities and towns across the globe. And then there could've been unforeseen results such as the Earth being knocked several degrees off its axis which would've been devastating (mentioned as having happened to the future Earth on "Another Time, Another Place").

No more werewolves either :(

I saw a science special on what would really happen if we lost our moon.Cannot recall all of the repercussions but they were serious & severe.

The only beneficial thing would be a lessening of earthquakes and volcanoes, as there would no longer be a moon to tug on the earth's crust as it revolved around it.
Eventually the ecosystem would get used to there being no moon but it would take thousands of years.

Lawrence Talbot would be happy.

Of course.

Just the absence of the Moon, should it suddenly vanish, would not only nearly eliminate tides, but it would destabilize the rotation and axis of the Earth. It would "wobble", which would create all kinds of dramatic weather effects.

Of course, Fox news and the like would probably still be around denying there would be any climatic change at all 

But worse would be the Moon getting blasted out of orbit by a tremendous force would have gravitational effects the likes of which would be hard to predict. As the broadcast indicated, there were earthquakes after the loss of the Moon. It would get much, much worse.



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I watched this as a kid in the 70s when it was first broadcast. I used to beg my parents to let me watch it even though they weren't interested. I got my way. So I was a genuine fan.

It's recently been repeated and I have to say, it's terrible. The models and practical effects are up to the usual Gerry Anderson standard, but everything else is pretty silly.

The premise of the moon being blown out of orbit doesn't hold up under any scrutiny. Worse though, our suspension of disbelief can't be sustained when we think about the speed the moon must be traveling at to get to new star systems on a weekly basis, yet the Eagles can easily travel to planets in those star systems while the moon remains close by. Are we meant to believe that Koenig has a gas pedal and brake that he can use to slow down, halt and then accelerate the moon to many times the speed of light? It's a horrible conceit.

I get a kitschy, nostalgic feeling when I watch it, but it's not science fiction, and it's not particularly good TV.

Conversely, what would happen to the Moon without the Earth to orbit around? It always struck me as odd that the usual laws of physics still applied as though the Moon were still orbiting the Earth. That is, even though the Moon was hurtling through space, gravity appeared to remain consistent and constant.