Two planets come into view, and then an approaching spaceship. On
Moonbase Alpha, Commander John Koenig orders a Red Alert. Defensive Eagles are instructed to be ready for take-off,
but no one is able to move. One by one, their engines fade and die and at the same time Alpha's power fails. Emergency
power is switched on as the spaceship lands.
A deafening, blinding bombardment begins - but the firing is not at Alpha itself. The objective becomes
apparent; the fire is directed at one of the two planets. Realisation dawns on Koenig: "We are involved in a war
between two planets."
It is Professor Bergman who provides the explanation. The two planets are on opposite sides
of the sun. They can't see each other and they can't fire at each other directly because any kind of missile would be
drawn in by the sun's gravity. So the arrival of the runaway Moonbase provided a ready-made gun platform in space, and
Moonbase Alpha is in the middle of a shooting match.
The spaceship is caught in an enormous explosion and at the same time Alpha's power returns.
The Eagles are mobile again. An aerial inspection indicates no sign of life from the spaceship and then, from under
it, an escape capsule appears and makes its way towards Alpha.
A young and beautiful woman steps from it. Her name is Dione. She is a Commander from
the planet Betha and she warns that enemies on planet Delta, with which Betha has always been at war, will launch a retaliatory
attack. She offers asylum on her planet for the Moonbase personnel if Alpha is attacked, but it is already too late
for action. Delta has landed a spaceship on the moon.
The counter-attack on Betha has begun, but the Delta gunship is destroyed. Koenig offers to
negotiate a ceasefire between the two planets. Talos, Supreme Commander of the Delta Armed Forces, and Theia, Chief
Commissioner of Betha Defence, are contacted. The ceasefire is agreed. But Koenig has reckoned without the feminine
wiles of Dione ...
Episode synopsis taken from Guide Book provided with the Digitally Restored Network/Granada
Ventures Series One Box Set
Copyright Granada Ventures
