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Ring Around the Moon

Action & Adventure

50

Jan 14, 1976

Maintenance technician Fred Clifford is possessed by an eerie yellow glow, which ultimately kills him. It transpires that it is coming from a planet called Triton, which captures the Alphans and insists that Helena should become the Eyes of Triton.

Full Episodes

Season 1, 21 episodes

Commander John Koenig, the new commander of Moonbase Alpha, leads the investigation of a mysterious disease at the station and uncovers evidence of a far greater looming disaster.

50m Sep 3, 1975

A wandering energy force inhabits the body of Alpha technician Anton Zoref, turning him into an energy absorbing being.

50m Sep 10, 1975

Collision Course,

After destroying an asteroid on a collision course with the moon, an even larger obstacle appears - an entire planet! On a recon mission, John Koenig encounters an inhabitant who convinces him that the moon and the planet must collide.

50m Sep 17, 1975

Moonbase Alpha is attacked and devastated by warships from a nearby planet. With half of its population dead Alpha can no longer survive. Commander Koenig and Dr. Russel go to the alien world to plead for the survivors.

50m Sep 24, 1975

Death's Other Dominion,

On the ice world of Ultima Thule the Alphans encounter members of lost earth expedition who have achieved immortality- but at a price!

50m Oct 1, 1975

Voyager's Return,

The Alphans encounter the Voyager space probe that has been wandering the cosmos propelled by the Queller drive- a faulty engine system. Following the probe is a fleet of alien ships from a world devastated by the drive.

50m Oct 8, 1975

Dragon's Domain,

Discredited eagle pilot Tony Cellini is beset by recurring nightmares in which he was the only survivor of disastrous space mission. Now the moon is approaching the same set of circumstances that Cellini encountered.

50m Oct 22, 1975

Mission of the Darians,

The Alphans encounter a miles-long ark from the planet Daria, where the inhabitants have a very distinctive class separation.

50m Oct 29, 1975

The moon is approaching a black hole. Professor Bergman is a able to rig up an energy shield around the moonbase, but Commander Koenig feels this is only a desperate measure and has an eagle with six personnel dispatched.

50m Nov 5, 1975

End of Eternity,

While exploring a cavern in an asteroid, the Alphans release Balor, a sadistic alien who has achieved immortality.

50m Nov 19, 1975

Matter of Life and Death,

Dr. Russell's presumed-dead husband mysteriously reappears on a reconnaissance mission to a nearby planet.

50m Nov 26, 1975

A vessel of alien pacifists, bound for Earth, lands on the moon. They are greeted as friends by all- except Commissioner Simmons who sees their vessel as way to return home.

50m Jan 18, 1976

The Full Circle,

While exploring an Earth-type world several Alphans, including Commander Koenig and Dr. Russel, disappear after sighting a strange fog. Shortly afterwards a race of primitive humans are encountered.

50m Nov 11, 1975

Another Time, Another Place,

A distortion in time produces two separate moons, with two separate Alphas from different eras.

50m Dec 17, 1975

The Last Sunset,

As the Alphans are planning to explore the planet Ariel, a 'missile' attaches itself to the en route Eagle. Upon returning to Alpha, the 'missile' gives the Alphans a lunar atmosphere.

50m Dec 31, 1975

The Infernal Machine,

The Alphans encounter Delmer Plebus Powells Gwent, a huge spacecraft which defies aerodynamics and is an extension of Gwent's genius and ego.

50m Jan 7, 1976

Ring Around the Moon,

Maintenance technician Fred Clifford is possessed by an eerie yellow glow, which ultimately kills him. It transpires that it is coming from a planet called Triton, which captures the Alphans and insists that Helena should become the Eyes of Triton.

50m Jan 14, 1976

After Commander Koening's Eagle crashes on the planet Zenno, his soul is captured and scrutinized by a resident alien, due to the fact that we humans appear to be their missing link.

50m Jan 21, 1976

Alien gyphs appear on all of Alpha's screens. Koenig sends an Eagle to investigate. The Eagle is lost and the pilot is taken over by a huge, alien 'Space Brain', using him as a channel to make the Alphans do its bidding.

50m Jan 28, 1976

The Testament of Arkadia,

The Alphans land on the planet Arkadia, where glyphs suggest it is the cradle of civilisation from which life on Earth began. Now it is desolate and Koenig feels it is unsuitable for colonisation.

50m Feb 11, 1976

The Last Enemy,

The Alphans find themselves caught up in a long-running war between two rival planets, Betha and Delta.

50m Feb 18, 1976