Space Island One
1998
Space Island One 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. Described as “a mix of Moonbase 3 and Jupiter Moon, but more turgid than either, other sources describe it as "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". Apart from the show's creator, Andrew MacLear, other script-writers for the show included well known TV writer P. J. Hammond, acclaimed science fiction novelist Stephen Baxter and young adult writer Andrew Lane.
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The arrival of a maintenace shuttle brings an unexpected visitor, Anderson from the failed Clementine mission. Commander McTiernan is concerned as the details surrounding Anderson's mission are vague and his shuttle is registered to a nonexistent company.
A shuttle hit by a meteor crashes into Unity. While crew of Unity have the grim job of recovering the corpses and their personal effects from the shuttle, strange and unexplained events begin happening around the space station.
CALUM is brought to Unity by Professor Jarvis to replace the station's mainframe. In control of the station, CALUM suddenly becomes sentient. Just as quickly, however, it begins to break down, jeopardizing the safety of the station.
The world's last live specimen of the smallpox virus is being transferred to Unity for ""safe"" keeping. Lyle has an crisis of ethics on whether to let such a deadly thing survive. Meanwhile the crew begin to fall ill and it seems their worst fears have come to life.
Space Island One 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. Described as “a mix of Moonbase 3 and Jupiter Moon, but more turgid than either, other sources describe it as "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". Apart from the show's creator, Andrew MacLear, other script-writers for the show included well known TV writer P. J. Hammond, acclaimed science fiction novelist Stephen Baxter and young adult writer Andrew Lane.
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