Breakaway

Breakaway
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Network	ITV
Premiere date	September 4, 1975
Run time	49:58
Starring	Martin Landau Barbara Bain Barry Morse Roy Dotrice
Music composed by	Barry Gray
Writer(s)	George Bellak
Director(s)	Lee H. Katzin
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"Breakaway" is the first episode of Space: 1999 season one. It aired on September 4, 1975 on ITV. It was written by George Bellak, and produced and directed by Lee H. Katzin.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Jim Nordstrom	Roy Scammell
Steiner	Alf Joint
Professor Victor Bergman	Barry Morse
Doctor Helena Russell	Barbara Bain
Commander John Koenig	Martin Landau
Commissioner Simmonds	Roy Dotrice
Commander Gorski	Philip Madoc
Benjamin Ouma	Lon Satton
Michael	Michael Zorba
Tanya Alexandr	Suzanne Roquette
Paul Morrow	Prentis Hancock
Louis Pasteur
Madame Curie
Eric Sparkman	Warren Scott
Frank Warren	David Rhys Anderson
Alan Carter	Nick Tate
Collins	Eric Carte
Jackson	Nik Zaran
Ellis	Colin Skeaping
Doctor Bob Mathias	Anton Phillips
Sandra Benes	Zienia Merton
Gloria	Unavailable
Lou	Unavailable
Reporter	Unavailable

Locations

• The Moon
  • Moonbase Alpha
• Earth
  • United States (mentioned)
  • Yugoslavia (mentioned)
  • France (mentioned)
• Meta

Objects

• Master Computer

Vehicles

• Eagles
• Spacefarer 9

Music

The music was composed by Barry Gray with associate Vic Elms. The music was edited by Alan Willis.

Crew credits

• Story consultant: Christopher Penfold
• Script editor: Edward di Lorenzo
• Moon city costume designer: Rudi Gernreich
• Special effects: Brian Johnson
• Production designer: Keith Wilson
• Production manager: Ron Fry
• Director of photography: Frank Watts
• Casting director: Michael Barnes
• Supervising editor: Dave Lane
• Camera operator: Tony White
• Assistant director: Ken Baker
• Sound recordist: David Bowen
• Sound editor: Peter Pennell
• Continuity checker: Gladys Goldsmith
• Make-up artist: Basil Newall
• Hair designer: Helene Bevan
• Wardrobe designer: Eileen Sullivan
• Special effects crew:
  • Director: Nick Allder
  • Lighting cameraman: Harry Oakes
  • Camera operator: Frank Drake
  • Electronics: Michael S.E. Downing

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United Kingdom and Ireland: September 4, 1975
• United States: September 13, 1975

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
• In the United States: