95. Space Scamps – Oh Good, Another Breeding Program!

About this episode

Miles and Charlie discuss episodes of Space 1999 while exploring various themes and guest stars.

Miles and Charlie have come down with a case of the ‘too British for Star Trek’ and are coping with it the only way they know how, by once more becoming Space Scamps and hopping over to Moonbase Alpha for three more episodes of Space 1999! We’ve an unintentional theme of guest stars here as ‘Force of Life’ gives us a young Ian McShane coming down with a bad case of heat vamperism, while ‘Alpha Child’ gives us evil children, weird cosmic space incest with Julian Glover (he’s been in a lot of stuff). Finally, ‘Missing Link‘ gives us a guest turn by Peter Cushing in a costume choice slightly more dignified than Christopher Lee back in Space Scamps II, and Charlie asks us a terrifying question: why have we not watched any season 2 yet… EPISODES MENTIONED: Force of Life (09:14) Alpha Child (28:58) Missing Link (50:53) TALKING POINTS: The Abominable Dr. Phibes, New Classic Doctor Who, The Employees, The House on the Borderland, Sailing, Rhinestone Cowboy, a very young Ian McShane who to Miles’ surprise is NOT playing a scumbag, coworkers coming into work while sick, Space 1999’s production values ALWAYS impress, Sunshine is a great movie, is this incest? Maybe. Avengers Issue 200…

People in this episode

Hosts: Miles, Charlie

Topics covered

• Space 1999
• guest stars
• cosmic themes
• TV show analysis
• science fiction
• incest themes

Keywords

• Space 1999
• Ian McShane
• Julian Glover
• Peter Cushing
• TV analysis
• science fiction themes

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Space 1999, Force of Life, Alpha Child, Missing Link, The Abominable Dr. Phibes, New Classic Doctor Who, The Employees, The House on the Borderland, Sailing, Rhinestone Cowboy

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