Space Island One
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{{Infobox television
| genre = {{Plainlist|
}}
| runtime = 45 minutes
| creator = Andrew Maclear
| starring = Judy Loe
Indra Ove
Angus MacInnes
Bruno Eyron
Julia Bremermann
Kourosh Asad
William Oliver
| producer = Andrew Maclear
Margaret Matheson
| country = Isle of Man
Germany
| language = English
| network = Sky One
| first_aired = {{Start date|1998|01|7|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1998|11|09|df=yes}}
| num_seasons = 2
| num_episodes = 26
| list_episodes =
}}
Space Island One (or Raumstation Unity in German) is a British/German science fiction television series that ran for 26 episodes beginning in 1998. A co-production between the UK's Sky One channel and the German Vox channel, it starred Judy Loe as Kathryn McTiernan, the commander of the multinational crew of the space station Unity.
Among the screenwriters for the show were Stephen Baxter, P. J. Hammond, Adrian Rigelsford and Andy Lane.
Cast
- Judy Loe as Commander Kathryn MacTiernan
- Angus MacInnes as Lieutenant Commander Walter B. Shannon
- Bruno Eyron as Dusan Kashkavian
- Indra Ové as Paula Hernandez
- William Oliver as Chief Science Officer Lyle Campbell
- Julia Bremermann as Harriet "Harry" Eschenbach
- Kourash Asad as Dr. Kaveh Homayuni
- Sally Grace as the voice of Control
- Charlie Bovenizer as the first baby born in space
Episodes
=Season 1 (1998)=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=1
|EpisodeNumber2=1
|Title=Message from Keeler
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|01|7|df=}}
|WrittenBy=Andrew Maclear
|DirectedBy=Dirk Campbell
|ShortSummary= A new crew member, an environmental specialist named Paula Hernandez replaced a man who killed himself and placed a bomb on the Unity.
|LineColor=FF5F5F
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=2
|EpisodeNumber2=2
|Title=All the News that Fits
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|01|14|df=}}
|WrittenBy=Andrew Maclear
|DirectedBy=Mary McMurray
|ShortSummary= A visiting journalist uncovers information regarding a secret space mission. Paula Hernandez begins her sexual pursuit of Dusan Kashkavian.
|LineColor=FF5F5F
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=3
|EpisodeNumber2=3
|Title=Quarantine
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|01|21|df=}}
|WrittenBy=Stephen Baxter
|DirectedBy=Crispin Reece
|ShortSummary= An acrylic-eating Martian virus is brought aboard for examination and may cost Lyle Campbell his life.
|LineColor=FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=4
|EpisodeNumber2=4
|Title=Rogue Satellite
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|01|21|df=}}
|WrittenBy=Andrew Maclear
|DirectedBy=Colin Bucksey
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=5
|EpisodeNumber2=5
|Title=Dangerous Liaison
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|02|4|df=}}
|WrittenBy=Andrew Maclear
|DirectedBy=Colin Bucksey
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=FF5F5F
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=6
|EpisodeNumber2=6
|Title=Crew Test
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|02|11|df=}}
|WrittenBy=Matthew Bardsley
|DirectedBy=Colin Bucksey
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=7
|EpisodeNumber2=7
|Title=The Barrier of Second Attention
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|02|18|df=}}
|WrittenBy=Matthew Bardsley
|DirectedBy=Kevin Davies
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=8
|EpisodeNumber2=8
|Title=Sarcophagus
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|02|25|df=}}
|WrittenBy=Adrian Rigelsford
|DirectedBy=Colin Bucksey
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=FF5F5F
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=9
|EpisodeNumber2=9
|Title=Spring Fever
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|03|4|df=}}
|WrittenBy=Andrew Maclear
|DirectedBy=Crispin Reece
|ShortSummary= Commander Kathryn MacTiernan is on earth. Lieutenant Commander Walter B. Shannon is running Unity. Paula Hernandez and Dusan Kashkavian hook-up.
|LineColor=FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=10
|EpisodeNumber2=10
|Title=The Third Man
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|03|11|df=}}
|WrittenBy=Matthew Bardsley
|DirectedBy=Roy Battersby
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=11
|EpisodeNumber2=11
|Title=Awakening
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|03|18|df=}}
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|1=Written by: Jimmy Richards|s=Andy Lane}}
|DirectedBy=Rick Stroud
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=FF5F5F
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=12
|EpisodeNumber2=12
|Title=Nemesis
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|03|25|df=}}
|WrittenBy=John Brosnan
|DirectedBy=Kevin Davies
|ShortSummary= Abandoned Cold-war stealth armoury is accidentally reactivated by one of Shannon's probes and it identifies the space station as a hostile entity.
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}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=13
|EpisodeNumber2=13
|Title=A Child is Born
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|04|1|df=}}
|WrittenBy=Andrew Maclear & Adrian Rigelsford
|DirectedBy=Roy Battersby
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=FF5F5F
}}
}}
=Season 2 (1998)=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=14
|EpisodeNumber2=1
|Title=Unfinished Business
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|08|17}}
|WrittenBy=Andrew Maclear
|DirectedBy=Dirk Campbell
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=0000FF
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=15
|EpisodeNumber2=2
|Title=Split Allegiances
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|08|24}}
|WrittenBy=Andrew Maclear
|DirectedBy=Sarah Hellings
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=0000FF
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=16
|EpisodeNumber2=3
|Title=Winter Kills
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|08|31}}
|WrittenBy=Andrew Maclear
|DirectedBy=Sarah Hellings
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=0000FF
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=17
|EpisodeNumber2=4
|Title=A Place in the Sun
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|09|07}}
|WrittenBy=Jimmy Richards
|DirectedBy=Rick Stroud
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=0000FF
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=18
|EpisodeNumber2=5
|Title=Lost Property
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|09|14}}
|WrittenBy=P.J. Hammond
|DirectedBy=Dirk Campbell
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=0000FF
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=19
|EpisodeNumber2=6
|Title=Mayfly
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|09|21}}
|WrittenBy=Andy Lane
|DirectedBy=Adrian Shergold
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=0000FF
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=20
|EpisodeNumber2=7
|Title=Not in My Back Yard
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|09|28}}
|WrittenBy=Diane Duane
|DirectedBy=Rick Stroud
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=0000FF
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=21
|EpisodeNumber2=8
|Title=Abandoned
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|10|05}}
|WrittenBy=Matthew Bardsley
|DirectedBy=Adrian Shergold
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=0000FF
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=22
|EpisodeNumber2=9
|Title=Silver Bullet
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|10|12}}
|WrittenBy=Robert Smith
|DirectedBy=Sue Dunderdale
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=0000FF
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=23
|EpisodeNumber2=10
|Title=Anniversary
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|10|19}}
|WrittenBy=Andrew Maclear
|DirectedBy=Rick Stroud
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=0000FF
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=24
|EpisodeNumber2=11
|Title=Lost in Space
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|10|26}}
|WrittenBy=Martin Stone
|DirectedBy=Matt McConaghy
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=0000FF
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=25
|EpisodeNumber2=12
|Title=Money Makes the World Go Around
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|11|02}}
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|1=Written by: Jimmy Richards|s=Andy Lane}}
|DirectedBy=Rick Stroud
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=0000FF
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=26
|EpisodeNumber2=13
|Title=Trouble in Paradise
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|11|09}}
|WrittenBy=Andrew Maclear
|DirectedBy=Rick Stroud
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=0000FF
}}
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Reception
Described by Dave Bradley as “a mix of Moonbase 3 and Jupiter Moon, but more turgid than either,"{{cite journal|editor-last=Bradley|editor-first=Dave |year=2005|title=Britannia Rules the Airwaves|journal=SFX Collection 22: Best of British|page=128}} io9 described it as: {{blockquote|The best science fiction show you've never heard of… The show unflinchingly looks at the implications of for-profit science… and provides the most realistic look ever at life in space, including bone-mass loss. A few episodes are dull, but the show is often surprisingly weird and fun… It also features some of the most complex, believable characters of any television show.#41 on the io9.com list of the Top 100 Science Fiction/Fantasy Shows, found at http://io9.com/5347065/the-top-100-science-fictionfantasy-shows-41-through-50 (retrieved 8/28/09)}}
References
External links
- {{IMDb title|id=172058|title=Space Island One}}
- {{epguides|SpaceIslandOne}}
{{Sky1}}
Category:Sky UK original programming
Category:British science fiction television shows
Category:Space adventure television series
Category:1990s British science fiction television series
Category:1998 British television series debuts
Category:1998 British television series endings
Category:1998 German television series debuts
Category:1998 German television series endings
Category:VOX (German TV channel) original programming
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