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Space 1999 - The Lambda Factor
episode 2.17
UK 1976
produced by Gerry Anderson, Fred Freiberger for ITC
directed by Charles Crichton
starring Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Catherine Schell, Tony Anholt, Nick Tate, Zienia Merton, Deborah Fallender, Jess Conrad, Anthony Stamboulieh, Michael Walker, Gregory de Polnay, Lydia Lisle, Lucinda Curtis, Dallas Adams
screenplay by Terrance Dicks, 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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On its way through the universe, earth's runaway moon passes a strange
phenomenon that makes several of the crewmembers of Moonbase Alpha act
weirdly, out of character - and then young Sally (Lydia Lisle) is murdered
by an invisible assailant. When station doctor Russell (Barbara Bain)
learns that the phenomenon they're passing emits lambda waves, she has a
pretty good idea what's going on, since lambda waves are known to give
people ESP powers - and in tests she can prove that a large percentage of
Alphans have freak ESP powers. But which one of them murdered Sally? So
Doc Russell, chief of security Tony (Tony Anholt), and resident
shapeshifter Maya (Catherine Schell) do some old-school detective work and
find out that Sally is the ex of Mark (Jess Conrad), who has since since
their break-up started a relationship with Carolyn (Deborah Fallender) -
and eventually all trails lead to Carolyn, who apparently is suffering
from massive jealousy, and in whom the ESP-powers are the strongest. And
this becomes a real problem when Mark wants to break up with her as she
really loses it and not only kills him but becomes a threat to the whole
moonbase, especially once she starts to mind-control others ... Despite
this being a station-bound episode with next to no miniature work (the
series' forte), this is a fun episode. Now sure, the concept's silly as
heck, but really that's part of the episode's charm, and its structure as
an old-school whodunnit within all the craziness helps letting this flow
rather smoothly. And hey, this one also has Maya turn into a gorilla to
break open a jammed door, so good times ...
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