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Cosmic Princess

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K10 - Cosmic Princess
Air Date January 22, 1989
Running Time 95 min.
Movie Director Charles Crichton, Peter Medak
Year 1976
Cast Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Catherine Schell
Preceded by K09 - Phase IV
Followed by K11 - Humanoid Woman

Contents

The Movie

Synopsis

Maya (Schell) is an extraterrestrial endowed with the ability to transform herself into any life form. Maya is the daughter of Mentor, an evil alien who tries to drain the minds of the Moonbase Alpha crew. Befriending the Earthlings (among them series regulars Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, and Barry Morse), Maya helps them escape Mentor's clutches. [1]

Information

Cosmic Princess is comprised of scenes from the syndicated TV series Space 1999. Most of this "TV movie" consists of the series' second-season opener.[2]

The Episode

Host Segments

Prologue: It's Super Bowl Sunday! The Mads show off their "no-d" glasses, which are 3D glasses with one lens removed. Dr. Erhardt: "Look, I can only see length!"

Segment One: Crow's barbershop is open for business, and Joel is the first customer. They discuss "that black Carson, Arsenio Hall" and other hot topics of the day.

Segment Two: In order to disprove the theory of evolution, Servo teaches himself to fly. He literally loses his head in the process.

Segment Three: The Bots help Joel with his taxes. It goes pretty well until Crow and Servo discover they're being claimed as "business expenses." Crow: "Maybe we should be wearing ties and demanding maintenance contracts!"

Segment Four: The crew of the SOL play a game of football, and Gypsy and Joel duet on We Are the Champions. The whole thing degenerates into a tickle fight as the credits roll. (A portion of this scene was included on the MST3K Scrapbook tape.)[1]

Obscure References

  • "Super Bowl Sunday"

This episode aired on January 22, 1989, the same day as Super Bowl XXIII. The mads are wearing the "no-d" glasses because the half-time show that year was in 3-D.

  • "ITC"

When the ITC (Incorporated Television Company) logo appears at the beginning of the movie, Tom askes if that logo reminds them of The Muppet Show. Both Space: 1999 and the Muppet Show were produced by ITC, a well-known television company in the UK, founded by Lord Lew Grade.

References

  1. ↑ Satellite News


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