October 17, 1975 –
The British science fiction television series Space: 1999, created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson without the use of Supermarionation, starring Barbara Bain and Martin Landau, premiered in the US on this date.
Originally conceived as a new season of UFO, which would’ve been set twenty years further into the future with the title UFO 2. The plot would have had the aliens from that series trying to destroy SHADO’s moonbase by knocking the moon out of orbit. According to UFO’s Ed Bishop (Commander Ed Straker), several scripts for UFO‘s aborted second season ended up being reworked as early Space: 1999 episodes.
The Haus of Dcaligari 