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Space 1999 - The Taybor
episode 2.10
UK 1976
produced by Gerry Anderson, Fred Freiberger for ITC
directed by Bob Brooks
starring Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Catherine Schell, Tony Anholt, Willoughby Goddard, Jeffery Kissoon, John Hug, Yasuko Nagazumi, Laraine Humphrys, Rita Webb, Mel Taylor, Sarah Bullen, Jenny Clare
screenplay by Thom Keyes, created by Gerry Anderson, Sylvia Anderson, music by Derek Wadsworth, special effects by Brian Johnson
TV-series Space 1999
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Moonbase Alpha on earth's runaway moon is invaded - by Taybor
(Willoughby Goddard), an eloquent and loud-mouthed but also very charming
and amusing intergalactic trader ... normally not someone
serious-as-a-heartattack moonbase commander Koenig (Martin Landau) likes
on his moon - but then, Taybor's larger-than-life stories offer a bit of a
diversion to the Alphans, as do the things he trades ... and his ship has
a hyperspace drive Koenig desperately wants to get his hands on. Taybor
agrees to hand over the hyperspace drive - in exchange for the moonbase's
pretty science officer/metamorph Maya (Catherine Schell), whom he regards
as the epitomy of beauty. Koenig refuses, naturally, but offers a robot in
Maya's likeness instead. Taybor pretends to be satisfied by that, but then
kidnaps Maya behind Koenig's back. But being a metamorph, Maya just
transforms into an ugly mirror image of Taybor, which makes him make a
quick getaway - without Maya but unfortunately with the hyperspace drive. An
episode that relies way too little on its special effects (the series'
main strength) and way too much on the characters (one of the series'
weaknesses), that is overburdened with dialogue, has everything buried
under the (intentionally) hammy performance of Willoughby Goddard (who
often enough comes across as a not all that funny version of W.C. Fields),
and doesn't even try for buildup of suspense, narrative structure and the
like. Sure, there are a few giggles here and there, but overall rather
silly and forgettable.
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