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Moonbase 3

  • TV Series
  • 1973
  • 50m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
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Ralph Bates, Fiona Gaunt, Donald Houston, and Barry Lowe in Moonbase 3 (1973)
DramaSci-Fi

Scientists and technicians of five European powers gather 250,000 miles from Earth to probe secrets of the universe.Scientists and technicians of five European powers gather 250,000 miles from Earth to probe secrets of the universe.Scientists and technicians of five European powers gather 250,000 miles from Earth to probe secrets of the universe.

  • Stars
    • Donald Houston
    • Ralph Bates
    • Fiona Gaunt
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    6.8/10
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    • Stars
      • Donald Houston
      • Ralph Bates
      • Fiona Gaunt
    • 8User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    Donald Houston
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    • Dr. David Caulder
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    • Dr. Michel Lebrun
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    • Dr. Helen Smith
    Barry Lowe
    Barry Lowe
    • Tom Hill
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    • Technician
    Christine Bradwell
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    Garrick Hagon
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    John Hallam
    John Hallam
    • Dr. Peter Conway
    Tom Kempinski
    • Dr. Stephen Partness
    John Moreno
    • Juan Benavente
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    Jonathan Sweet
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    • Trivia
      After the series ended, the BBC wiped the master tapes, common practice at the time. There were no known recordings of the show at all until 1993, when relatively low-quality NTSC copies of the episodes were found at an American TV affiliate (the show was a co-production between the BBC and the "Twentieth Century Fox Television Division in association with the ABC Owned Television Stations" and the latter had retained copies). All examples in existence of the programme are taken from these tapes.
    • Quotes

      Sir Benjamin Dyce: I've always held that the last words of mankind will not be the secret name of God, but "What is this knob for?"

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      Moonbase 3
      Composed by Dudley Simpson
      Realised by Dick Mills and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
      [series theme tune]

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    A Surprisingly Good Series

    I watched this series on the sci-fi channel and it was quite a pleasant surprise. I'd never heard of this 70s sci-fi series before but it was british and done by some of the same people who also worked on Doctor Who. This series was most definitely influenced by Doctor Who and other films and tv series but it was unique in it's own vision of the future and man's future of the colonization of space. The series ended on a wonderful episode and should have been brought back for at least another. This is definitely a massively underestimated classic.
    • CharlesD-2
    • May 31, 1999
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    • Release date
      • September 1, 1973 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Production company
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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    • Runtime
      50 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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