This article is about the Space: 1999 episode. For the general fictional topic, see metamorph. For the geology topic, see metamorphism. For the butterfly genus, see Metamorpha.
1st episode of the 2nd series of Space: 1999
"The Metamorph"
Space: 1999 episode
Episode no.
Series 2 Episode 1
Directed by
Charles Crichton
Written by
Johnny Byrne
Editing by
Mike Campbell
Production code
25
Original air date
4 September 1976 (1976-09-04)[1]
Guest appearances
Brian Blessed as Mentor
Anoushka Hempel as Annette Fraser
Gerard Paquis as Lew Picard
Peter Porteous as Petrov
Nick Brimble as Astronaut Ray Torens
Robert Reeves as Peter
Sarah Bullen as Kate
George Lane Cooper as First Overseer
Alf Joint as Second Overseer
Reuben Martin as Maya/Gorilla
Roy Stewart as Alien Miner
Jenny Cresswell as Alpha Information Girl
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"The Metamorph" is the first episode of the second series of Space: 1999 (and the twenty-fifth overall episode of the programme). The screenplay was written by Johnny Byrne; the director was Charles Crichton. Previous titles were "The Biological Soul" and "The Biological Computer". The final shooting script is dated 19 January 1976. Live-action filming took place Monday 26 January 1976 through Monday 16 February 1976.[2]
^Fanderson - The Original Gerry Anderson Website. Original ATV Midlands broadcast date.
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"TheMetamorph" is the first episode of the second series of Space: 1999 (and the twenty-fifth overall episode of the programme). The screenplay was written...
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material. Subduction zone metamorphism is characterized by a low temperature, high-ultrahigh pressure metamorphic path through the zeolite, prehnite-pumpellyite...
totemism and shamanism, as well as the oldest existent literature and epic poems such as the Epic of Gilgamesh and the Iliad. The concept remains a common literary...
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during regional metamorphism accompanying the process of mountain building (orogeny) and usually reflects a medium grade of metamorphism. Schist can form...
also called glaucophane schist, is a metavolcanic rock that forms by themetamorphism of basalt and rocks with similar composition at high pressures and...
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Barrovian metamorphism has the same facies series but has approximately 1 kbar more pressure so these rocks form kyanite "Regional metamorphism". Tulane...
is the subjection of the protolith (the original rock material that undergoes metamorphism) to extreme shearing force, a sliding force similar to the pushing...
subduction and metamorphism under Mexico and Central America. The closure of the eastern part of the Rheic Ocean is associated with the assemblage of central...
traditionally defined as metamorphism which involves a change in the chemical composition, excluding volatile components. It is the replacement of one rock...
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collisional events were accompanied by high-grade metamorphism and magmatism during the Grenville orogeny in the time span of 1300–950 Ma. Jones, Daniel (2011)...
southern Gondwana and was accompanied by metamorphism and the intrusion of granites. Subduction zones, active since the Neoproterozoic, extended around much...
material. Most or all of the original texture and sedimentary structures of the sandstone are erased by themetamorphism. The recrystallized quartz grains...
reservoirs. Quartz-bearing sandstone can be changed into quartzite through metamorphism, usually related to tectonic compression within orogenic belts. Sandstones...
into the mantle, the increasing pressure and temperature conditions cause a restructuring of the mineralogy of the rock, this metamorphism alters the rock...
the Precambrian, overprinted by metamorphism and now formed by glaciers, which continue into the Cenozoic and Mesozoic in parts of the island. In the...
an immiscible sulfide phase in the original magma. It is found in metamorphic rocks as a product of contact metamorphism. It also forms as a high-temperature...
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