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Space Island One
Overview
Space Island One 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.
Status
Ended
Created By
Andrew MacLear
Network
Sky One
Seasons & Episodes
Series 1
Episodes
Message from Keeler
Newly arrived environmental specialist Paula Hernandez finds slotting into place with the rest of the Unity team is harder than she expected after her over-curiosity triggers a bomb left behind by her mysterious predecessor.
All the News that Fits
A visiting journalist uncovers the background to an aborted space mission, as Paula begins her sexual pursuit of Dusan, and Harry has some startling news.
Quarantine
No description available.
Rogue Satellite
No description available.
Dangerous Liaison
A visitor has a personal agenda, which involves the destruction of Unity when his child prodigy, a member of the crew, appears to have turned against him.
Crew Test
A group dynamics expert exposes cracks and resentments in the crew by purposely digging into their privacy and provoking arguments and confrontations.
The Barrier Of Second Attention
No description available.
Sarcophagus
A devious entrepreneur utilises Unity as a platform from which to perform somewhat questionable space burials for the benefit of new television audiences.
Spring Fever
Crew discipline slides when Kathryn takes ground leave and Shannon is left in charge. An experiment in pheromones results in Paula attempting the seduction of an increasingly distant Dusan.
The Third Man
Desperate circumstances aboard a stricken mining vessel result in madness and cannibalism to stay alive after being lost for three years. The survivors are rescued by Unity and attempts must be made to uncover the truth.
Awakening
A laser, designed to zap space junk, malfunctions resulting in chaos aboard Unity. Shannon's poor health raises concerns with Paula. While tensions aboard Unity climb, Harry, Lyle and Commander McTiernan are unable to be awakened from an induced sleep experiment. Kaveh and Dusan ignore Paula's concerns, and as a result Shannon's health deteriorates resulting in a stroke.
Nemesis
Abandoned stealth armoury is accidentally reactivated by one of Shannon's probes and it identifies the space station as a hostile entity.
A Child is Born
The various personal problems of Unity's crew have been driving them apart, but the occasion of the first child to be born in space brings a return to harmony...eventually.
Edge of Night
No description available.
Top Cast
Judy Loe
Commander Kathryn McTiernan
Angus MacInnes
Lieutenant Commander Walter B. Shannon
Bruno Eyron
Dusan Kashkavian
Julia Bremermann
Henrietta 'Harry' Eschenbach
Kourosh Asad
Dr Kaveh Homayuni
William Oliver
Chief Science Officer Lyle Campbell
Indra Ové
Paula Hernandez
Sally Grace
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