406 – Space: 1999 – The Dorcons

Ben and Eugene enjoy one last journey with the unwitting spacefarers of Moonbase Alpha as they look at the final episode of Space: 1999, the Dorcons. Episode Synopsis: 2409 days after the moon left Earth’s orbit, Alpha encounters a strange probe in space which paralyzes all the Alphans except Maya, who is singled out and subjected to excruciating pain. After the probe releases her and the others, the probe dissolved and is replaced by a Dorcon spacecraft.  Maya is fatalistically paralyzed in panic.  The Dorcons want her brain stem to make immortal.  There is nothing the Alphans can do against the greatest empire in the galaxy to protect her. [expand title=”More…” swaptitle=”Less” tag=”strong”] The Dorcons and their Counsel Varda want to make their leader, the Archon, immortal.  The Archon’s nephew, and heir to the Archon’s throne, doesn’t really want his uncle to be ruler forever. Koenig refuses to turn over Maya, and the Dorcons start blasting the crap out of Alpha.  Some of the crew start to rebel, suggesting its better to give Maya up to save their lives. Koenig threatens to kill Maya rather than turn her over and the Dorcons halt their attack.  Next they teleport a landing party down and simply take Maya. Koenig leaps into the teleport beam and follows them back to the Dorcons’ ship. There, Malik helps Koenig escape, but leads him astray so that he can get to and kill Archon before he is made immortal, blaming the crime on Koenig.  Archon is killed, but in the confusion, Koenig and Maya escape into the ship. Confronted by Counselor Varda for the murder of the Archon, Koenig blames on Malik, which Varda realizes is true.  In a shootout with Malik, Varda is killed, but the antimatter engine is damaged.  The Dorcons and their new Archon are killed in a massive explosion. Alpha sails off one last time into the sunset, their fate never to be revealed.[/expand]