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Line 9: * [[Nightmare Fuel]]: The first season featured several examples: The tentacled monster in "Dragon's Domain" The fate of {{spoiler\|Commissioner Simmonds}} in "Earthbound". The fate of {{spoiler\|Dr. Rowland}} in "Death's Other Dominion". The titular "Troubled Spirit": {{spoiler\|Dan Matteo's "ghost"}}. * [[Our Vampires Are Different]]: Anton Zoref is transformed into a heat-craving one in "Force of Life". * [[Special Effects Failure]]: Largely thanks to the low budget; inevitably, it was nicknamed ''Space: £19.99'' At the time, it was the most expensive TV series ever made and the effects still stand up today, so this is probably an indication that critics [[Did Not Do the Research]]. * The spaceship fxF/X are extremely high quality, and usually achieved using double-exposure rather than blue screen. This means the images are captured on the original negative and don't suffer from extra grain, although this does limit the angles that can be used. On the other hand the show does have some extremely poor matte paintings. * [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks]]: Fred Freiberger - the man who produced the oft-maligned third season of ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series\|Star Trek]]'' - was brought in as the script editor and producer for the second season of ''[[Space: 1999]]''. His influence shows: out with the thinking-man's scf-fi, in with the [[Monster of the Week]]. * [[What the Hell, Casting Agency?]]: They hired [[Brian Blessed]] to be the guest star in "Death's Other Dominion", then had ''somebody else'' be the [[Large Ham]]. ---- :<small>Back to ''[[{{ROOTPAGENAME}}]]''</small> {{reflist}} [[Category:~~Space 1999~~{{ROOTPAGENAME}}]] [[Category:~~YMMV~~{{SUBPAGENAME}}]]