Space Island One

Space Island One
Created by	Andrew MacLear
Starring	Judy Loe; Indra Ove; Angus MacInnes; Bruno Eyron; Julia Bremermann; Kourosh Asad; William Oliver
Country of origin	Isle of Man; Germany
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	26 (list of episodes)
Production
Producer(s)	Andrew MacLear; Margaret Matheson
Running time	45 minutes
Release
Original network	Sky One
Picture format	PAL (576i), 4:3
Audio format	Stereophonic sound
Original release	7 January –; 9 November 1998

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. Described as “a mix of Moonbase 3 and Jupiter Moon, but more turgid than either,"[1] 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.[2]

Apart from the show's creator, Andrew MacLear, other script-writers for the show included TV writer P. J. Hammond, science fiction novelist Stephen Baxter and young adult writer 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

gollark: I *also* have 16lc, it's not much.

gollark: I don't have enough for that to be remotely viable.

gollark: ↑ still coral

gollark: ↑ wrong person

gollark: ↑ join

References

Bradley, Dave (editor) (2005). "Britannia Rules the Airwaves". SFX Collection 22: Best of British: 128.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
1. 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)

External links

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[1] Bradley, Dave (editor) (2005). "Britannia Rules the Airwaves". SFX Collection 22: Best of British: 128.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)

[2] 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)

[3] 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)

[4] 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)