Dr. Russell's presumed-dead husband mysteriously reappears on a reconnaissance mission to a nearby planet.Dr. Russell's presumed-dead husband mysteriously reappears on a reconnaissance mission to a nearby planet.Dr. Russell's presumed-dead husband mysteriously reappears on a reconnaissance mission to a nearby planet.
Tony Allyn
- Security Guard Tony Allan
- (uncredited)
Jeremy Anthony
- Main Mission Operative
- (uncredited)
Loftus Burton
- Main Mission Operative Lee Oswald
- (uncredited)
Melita Clarke
- Main Technician
- (uncredited)
Andy Dempsey
- Main Mission Operative
- (uncredited)
Saad Ghazi
- Medic
- (uncredited)
Alan Harris
- Main Mission Operative
- (uncredited)
Barbara Kelly
- Computer Voice
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAccording to a making of documentary, when filming on the Planet Terra Nova set, they had parrots, one of which had learned the word "CUT". He would call this out just after the director Charles Crichton would yell "action". The parrot was replaced.
- GoofsAfter Koenig falls victim to the avalanche, several "rocks" around him blow around in the wind.
- Quotes
[last lines]
Cmdr. John Koenig: More to the point, Kano. Have you computed how much older you'll be when we reach the last of those planets?
David Kano: Two thousand, five hundred and forty-three years old to be exact, sir. Just thought you might like to know.
Cmdr. John Koenig: Thank you, Kano.
- Crazy creditsIn some prints, for example the one used for the US laserdiscs, Rudi Gerneich's credit remained in font Braggadocio, which was for all other credits in the series replaced with Futura Heavy, easier to read.
Featured review
A minor failure.
"Space: 1999" was, in my opinion, an extremely uneven series--with some very good episodes and just about as many bad ones. I watched all their shows in their first run and have decided to recently watch them again. While "Matter of Life and Death" is not a truly bad episode, it's definitely not a good one.
The show begins with yet another new planet appearing near the wayward Moon. This one looked very promising as a new home, as it was no inhabited and seemed pretty hospitable. However, a bizarre thing happens--something that, inexplicably, no one seemed THAT perturbed about occurs. Dr. Russell's long-assumed dead husband appears!! Now considering he was lost on a Jupiter expedition years earlier AND they are now 19012392347213130813132 from Jupiter, you'd think people would question this just a bit!! But, Russell just assumes the guy is her hubby and the rest seem rather ambivalent about all this. I'd be screaming and dancing about saying "A DEAD GUY JUST APPEARED OUT OF NO WHERE 19012392347213130813132 MILES FROM WHERE HE WAS LOST!!! HOLY CRAP!!!". But again, the reaction is oddly muted.
When this bizarro apparition begins emitting lightening bolts AND tells them that no one should land on the planet because it means death, what does Koenig do?! Yep, he orders a landing and plans to colonize the place!! How stupid can you be?! And, when they do land, trouble naturally breaks out and an incomprehensible and crazy resolution occurs!!!
You know,...now that I wrote about the plot and thought about it more, it really WAS a bad episode. Watch it if you want...but it's far from the better shows in quality and writing.
The show begins with yet another new planet appearing near the wayward Moon. This one looked very promising as a new home, as it was no inhabited and seemed pretty hospitable. However, a bizarre thing happens--something that, inexplicably, no one seemed THAT perturbed about occurs. Dr. Russell's long-assumed dead husband appears!! Now considering he was lost on a Jupiter expedition years earlier AND they are now 19012392347213130813132 from Jupiter, you'd think people would question this just a bit!! But, Russell just assumes the guy is her hubby and the rest seem rather ambivalent about all this. I'd be screaming and dancing about saying "A DEAD GUY JUST APPEARED OUT OF NO WHERE 19012392347213130813132 MILES FROM WHERE HE WAS LOST!!! HOLY CRAP!!!". But again, the reaction is oddly muted.
When this bizarro apparition begins emitting lightening bolts AND tells them that no one should land on the planet because it means death, what does Koenig do?! Yep, he orders a landing and plans to colonize the place!! How stupid can you be?! And, when they do land, trouble naturally breaks out and an incomprehensible and crazy resolution occurs!!!
You know,...now that I wrote about the plot and thought about it more, it really WAS a bad episode. Watch it if you want...but it's far from the better shows in quality and writing.
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- planktonrules
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