The mysteries of outer space take on a new and macabre development for
Moonbase Alpha personnel as the moon is lashed by a terrifying disturbance which churns them into a vortex of horror.
The moon, travelling at colossal speed, dissolves into a duplicate of itself, the second one then vanishing as its inhabitants
also form into double images.
The worst affected is Regina Kesslann. She is unconscious and whimpering as things appear to
return to normal. Commander Koenig, Helena Russell and Victor Bergman, still badly shaken, have an even greater shock
when they discover they are now in a different solar system and must have travelled millions of miles in a matter of seconds.
Regina's mind appears to be wandering when she returns to consciousness, murmuring about seeing two
moons and the sun, and that wherever she was the others were there too, but they will never come back. They are dead.
Somehow, she is living in the future when the present is the past, and she is trying to warn them of something.
Whatever has happened, there is soon joy on the moon. Miraculously, they have found themselves
in Earth's orbit again, with hopes of returning to Earth at last. But attempts to contact Earth are in vain.
Regina seems to have become more normal again except that she imagines she is married to Alan Carter,
to his complete astonishment. He hardly knows her. A little later she dies and X-rays show that she had two separate
brains.
Then the second moon is seen and is radiating Alpha's own signals. Somehow, they have caught
up with themselves. Koenig and Carter set out in an Eagle to investigate, land on the duplicate moon and discover it
has been evacuated except for their other selves, who are dead. Back again at Moonbase, plans are put in hand for a
landing party on Earth - to head back to future time. And those who go find themselves face to face with their other
selves ... their future selves.
Episode synopsis from Guide Book provided with the Digitally
Restored Network/Granada Ventures Series One Box Set
Copyright Granada Ventures
