There is a truly terrible movie in which Hercules (played by Lou Ferrigno) battles Science in the person of an evil scientist. At one point the scientist puts the Moon on a collision path with Earth, and Hercules changes into King Kong to deflect it.

Yes, that premise required a generous helping of WSD (willing suspension of disbelief.) It’s just lucky for our side that the waste dump was on the near side of the Moon.

I would put those productions on a par with the “Quatermass” serials, possibly due to the fact that one of the collaborators was a certain Fred Hoyle.”

It’s good to know those are serials. In addition to being a good scientist*, Hoyle (with help) wrote some good novels. I’ve always been partial to Ossian’s Ride with its blend of SF and mystery.

* cf. Chown, Marcus, The Magic Furnace

I would put those productions on a par with the “Quatermass” serials, possibly due to the fact that one of the collaborators was a certain Fred Hoyle.

The serials begin – I hope I am not spoiling anyone’s future enjoyment with the detection of a signal from outer space, and then continues with the release into the oceans of genetically engineered organisms designed to absorb the oxygen from the atmosphere.

I have had second-hand paperback versions of the two serials, written by Fred Hoyle and Stephen Eliott, for some time. It will be fascinating to see how they compare with the orginal.

I once came across a review of one of the two serials , in an American magazine, so they presumably reached America at some point.

As the BIS motto has it “From imagination to reality” – except possibly the part about the oxygen loss.

It costs about $100 retail (suggested),

For just Season 1? And I thought Battlestar Galactica was expensive.

We used to build Eagles on the peaks of little sand dunes where we engaged in space battles. No inertial dampeners. And my kid heart would always skip a beat whenever Maya came on the screen.

Oh darn, who am I kidding, YES I AM!

An explosion of a nuclear stockpile on the moon’s surface throws the ENTIRE MOON not only out of Earth orbit, but out of the Solar system entirely? At a speed that causes it to pass through a NEW STAR SYSTEM every week? (Even if we assume that’s due to the time dilation experienced by Moonbase Alpha’s inhabitants, that would still require 99.999% of the speed of light, and that’s assuming this week’s star system is only 4 light-years away from last week’s.) And yet they’re able to hang out in that new star system for a while, shoot the bull, meet the local inhabitants, play around with the star system’s space monsters, etc., while the moon is zipping through the star system at that speed?

It’s a sad day when you have to say that the premise of _Lost In Space_ was more believable….

The one thing (that I remember–it was a long time ago!) that clunked a little about the series. They always used those Argos for lunar excursions. It just didn’t seem, well, spacey and futuristic enough, you know?