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Alien Attack

6.5/10
TMDB10 votes
Original: 104 min

Earth's Moon is the site of Moonbase Alpha, a scientific research colony nestled in the crater Plato. Staffed by over 300 men and women from Earth, it is the operations center for several space expeditions. It is also a watchdog for vast amounts of atomic waste from Earth stored in silos on the Moon's far side. Magnetic radiation builds up and causes the wastes to explode with such force that the Earth's centripetal pull on the Moon is overcome, and the Moon is broken free of Earth's orbit to drift at incredible speed out of the Solar System off the plane of the ecliptic. The survivors on Moonbase Alpha are unable to return to Earth and must survive in unknown space on their wandering Moon. They encounter a planet whose advanced people project an illusion of a devastating attack on Moonbase. This TV movie was edited from scenes of two episodes ("Breakaway" and "War Games") of "Space: 1999" (1975).

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About Alien Attack

The ultimate space-age disaster ... and a desperate struggle for survival

Alien Attack (1980) is a film in the science fiction, drama genres. Directed by , . The cast includes Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse, Nick Tate.

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Runtime
104 minutes
Status
Released
Production countries
United Kingdom
Production companies
ITC Entertainment
Writers
Christopher Penfold, George Bellak

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What is Alien Attack about?

Earth's Moon is the site of Moonbase Alpha, a scientific research colony nestled in the crater Plato. Staffed by over 300 men and women from Earth, it is the operations center for several space expeditions. It is also a watchdog for vast amounts of atomic waste from Earth stored in silos on the Moon's far side. Magnetic radiation builds up and causes the wastes to explode with such force that the Earth's centripetal pull on the Moon is overcome, and the Moon is broken free of Earth's orbit to drift at incredible speed out of the Solar System off the plane of the ecliptic. The survivors on Moonbase Alpha are unable to return to Earth and must survive in unknown space on their wandering Moon. They encounter a planet whose advanced people project an illusion of a devastating attack on Moonbase. This TV movie was edited from scenes of two episodes ("Breakaway" and "War Games") of "Space: 1999" (1975).

Who stars in Alien Attack?

Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse, Nick Tate, Prentis Hancock, Zienia Merton. See the cast cards above for character names.

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