The Dorcans demand that Moonbase Alpha hand over Maya so that the use of her brain stem can continue their immortal existence.The Dorcans demand that Moonbase Alpha hand over Maya so that the use of her brain stem can continue their immortal existence.The Dorcans demand that Moonbase Alpha hand over Maya so that the use of her brain stem can continue their immortal existence.
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- (uncredited)
Peter Brayham
- Security Guard
- (uncredited)
Maxwell Craig
- Security Guard
- (uncredited)
Jenny Cresswell
- Maya Transformation
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaITC had initially planned a 13-episode third season of the show (solely for the purpose of increasing the show's syndication package from 48 to 61 episodes, with some reports indicating it to have been running concurrently with a spin-off starring Catherine Schell as Maya). Unfortunately, not enough stations had placed renewal orders for the following season. It was rumored that had the show continued into a third season, Tony Anholt would've passed it up (after this episode finished filming, Anholt hired a new agent and went back to theater work where casting agents could see him in roles other than Tony Verdeschi). In a 1986 Starlog interview, Martin Landau expressed his belief that the real reason the show's third season failed to materialize was due to head of ITC Lew Grade's interest in branching out into motion pictures, which absorbed most of his finances. Schell confirmed this, stating that their third season was sacrificed to provide advertising budgets to support three different ITC films to prevent them from failing at the box office (The Cassandra Crossing (1976), March or Die (1977), Circle of Iron (1978)); the three films failed anyway at this series' expense. The only TV series Grade had funded after this show's second season (besides The Muppet Show (1976)) was Return of the Saint (1978), which only lasted one season due to its budget also being diverted toward Grade's film projects. Grade lost control of ITC in 1982; apparently, his film Raise the Titanic (1980) ended up sinking him.
- GoofsMaya states that she is the last living Psychon, but Dorzak (1977) featured another surviving member of her race, Dorzak, who was a prisoner of the Crotons.
- Quotes
Malic: So you got the Psychon?
Consul Varda: Yes, Malic.
[Varda begins to walk away]
Malic: Wait! You will carry out the brain stem transfer?
Consul Varda: [laceratingly sarcastic] No. No, Malic, we went to all that trouble for no reason.
Featured review
The Second Best Episode of Year Two
Deadly aliens (the Dorcons) want Maya.
After The Beta Cloud, this is the second best episode of season two.
With the exception of the very ending, there are none of those forced attempts at comedy we often got in year two. Also, this is perhaps the most dramatic hour of the second year.
The acting from the whole cast, even Maya, is outstanding. The Dorcan race is interesting and "Malic" (Gerry Sundquist) seems like an early version of Malcolm McDowell in Caligula (1979).
As stated in my previous reviews, this season has a few lesser hours, so if you only wish to invest two hours into watching season two - I would go with The Beta Cloud and The Dorcons.
After The Beta Cloud, this is the second best episode of season two.
With the exception of the very ending, there are none of those forced attempts at comedy we often got in year two. Also, this is perhaps the most dramatic hour of the second year.
The acting from the whole cast, even Maya, is outstanding. The Dorcan race is interesting and "Malic" (Gerry Sundquist) seems like an early version of Malcolm McDowell in Caligula (1979).
As stated in my previous reviews, this season has a few lesser hours, so if you only wish to invest two hours into watching season two - I would go with The Beta Cloud and The Dorcons.
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