So we've The Troubled Spirit's slightly lesser cousin as a young blonde with a tight perm can do magic tricks, turn Maya into a caterpillar and force John into telling us that he loves us all.  Even you Colin (manc) who completely gets the opening scene wrong.

It's actually quite a good episode this, with the emphasis on the metaphysical and even haunted house type spooky stuff, as John relives the time when he left people to die of Venusian space herpes.  I'm sure you can get a cream for that now.  Maya turns into a bonking chimp, there's lots of marble action, Luigi gets annoyed because he can't win at Connect 4 and the Austin Powers time travel special effect makes an early debut.  Groovy baby!

Post-pod we played the only Space: 1999 game we could find - written for the Oric and a beautiful piece of 8-bit treasure.

What happens when someone who's never seen classic 70s sci-fi watches it with their other half who's a total geek for it? Will they love it, hate it, or ask for a divorce on the spot? The Mackem (Katie) and the Manc (Colin) from England are watching all 48 episodes and, for you the wonderful listener, we hope there's some humor and fun comments. You can also listen and watch at the same time, or just enjoy the banter. Warning - there's a few rude words!  You can email us on [email protected] or find us on socials @mancmakempodcast (mancmakempod on Twitter, damn you character limit) #ClassicSciFi #PodcastDebut #Space1999 #GeekyCouples #Podcasters #PodcastNewbies #SciFiClassic #70sTV #Space1999Fans #RetroSciFi #VintageTV #70sNostalgia #SciFiGeek #MoonBaseAlpha #Space1999Podcast

We think this is the funniest episode we've done yet, but then again not every episode has pink gimp masks and Maya turning into every creature you could imagine (and some you haven't). So they are rich seams to mine.

We've John and Tony going off to a derelict spaceship and not finding a xenomorph, Maya with a lot of hair in medical, Alan being the primary action hero we all know and love and Helena not knowing how many penises the at-deaths-door alien possesses. There's something about a space warp too but we've totally forgotten about this week's MacGuffin once Maya turns into her dad/Dinny Powell.

What happens when someone who's never seen classic 70s sci-fi watches it with their other half who's a total geek for it? Will they love it, hate it, or ask for a divorce on the spot? The Mackem (Katie) and the Manc (Colin) from England are watching all 48 episodes and, for you the wonderful listener, we hope there's some humor and fun comments. You can also listen and watch at the same time, or just enjoy the banter. Warning - there's a few rude words! You can email us on [email protected] or find us on socials @mancmakempodcast (mancmakempod on Twitter, damn you character limit) #ClassicSciFi #PodcastDebut #Space1999 #GeekyCouples #Podcasters #PodcastNewbies #SciFiClassic #70sTV #Space1999Fans #RetroSciFi #VintageTV #70sNostalgia #SciFiGeek #MoonBaseAlpha #Space1999Podcast

The 2nd of the Freddie episodes sees Darth Vader invade Moonbase Alpha, John and Helena go off on holiday to Monaco and Dave Prowse takes a fire extinguisher in the nether region. Yes boys and girls, it's a Freddie Special.

It was brave of us to take on Beta Cloud and Space Warp back to back, but for you dear listeners we are up for the challenge. The first of the two crazies sees Darth Fish invade Moonbase Alpha and completely tear up the place. You see Alan's chest hair and naval more than you do the two main stars, who took a break from the madness mid-episode to enjoy the south of France. We also get Bill and his casual erection of an electric fence, Sandra's eye shadow, a pointless 5 minutes shooting lasers at space mirrors, and Tony pisses on his chips royally with Maya.

To round things off, we pay tribute to the most evil man in the universe (not Fred Frieberger) himself with a mini David Prowse quiz, to celebrate the best thing to come out of the West Country since cider.

What happens when someone who's never seen classic 70s sci-fi watches it with their other half who's a total geek for it? Will they love it, hate it, or ask for a divorce on the spot? The Mackem (Katie) and the Manc (Colin) from England are watching all 48 episodes and, for you the wonderful listener, we hope there's some humor and fun comments. You can also listen and watch at the same time, or just enjoy the banter. Warning - there's a few rude words! You can email us on [email protected] or find us on socials @mancmakempodcast (mancmakempod on Twitter, damn you character limit)#ClassicSciFi #PodcastDebut #Space1999 #GeekyCouples #Podcasters #PodcastNewbies #SciFiClassic #70sTV #Space1999Fans #RetroSciFi #VintageTV #70sNostalgia #SciFiGeek #MoonBaseAlpha #Space1999Podcast

Everyone say in a low chanting voice. Imhotep! Imhotep! It's the tiny spangly shorts episode of Space: 1999 and a rubbish anti-matter science one to boot. But first we go through the husbands of our notable guest star. And Through the Keyhole. And Pink Panther.

Aww it's Lynne being all wide-eyed and bouncy haired as she swoons her way from being Tony's homebrew partner in crime, to Imhotep's anti-matter pair off buddy. Maya becomes a monkey, the crap costume makes its first of three appearances as Thaed, we have roofy flowers, gay nightclub murials and gurning John the father figure. You don't meet many Shermeen's do you ?

What happens when someone who's never seen classic 70s sci-fi watches it with their other half who's a total geek for it? Will they love it, hate it, or ask for a divorce on the spot? The Mackem (Katie) and the Manc (Colin) from England are watching all 48 episodes and, for you the wonderful listener, we hope there's some humor and fun comments. You can also listen and watch at the same time, or just enjoy the banter. Warning - there's a few rude words! You can email us on [email protected] or find us on socials @mancmakempodcast (mancmakempod on Twitter, damn you character limit)#ClassicSciFi #PodcastDebut #Space1999 #GeekyCouples #Podcasters #PodcastNewbies #SciFiClassic #70sTV #Space1999Fans #RetroSciFi #VintageTV #70sNostalgia #SciFiGeek #MoonBaseAlpha #Space1999Podcast

It's the bad parting episode! 50 minutes of plot unravelled by John having his parting on the wrong side. How they strung this one out for nearly an hour who knows? Still at least you have us to entertain you.

We bookend today's episode with a what-what-what description of an AI revival of Space: 1999 and how Maya could have been Whitney Houston's mother. Sort of.

There's a crystal planet, hall of mirrors, slinky polyester pink jump suits, demonic laughing John, Alan being loyal, Helena being creeped out by John and a green death star 'laser'. This is a doppleganger episode, seems every sci-fi show had to have one.

Link to AI revival (you'll have to join the group) - https://www.facebook.com/share/v/18JMfzUiWr/

What happens when someone who's never seen classic 70s sci-fi watches it with their other half who's a total geek for it? Will they love it, hate it, or ask for a divorce on the spot? The Mackem (Katie) and the Manc (Colin) from England are watching all 48 episodes and, for you the wonderful listener, we hope there's some humor and fun comments. You can also listen and watch at the same time, or just enjoy the banter. Warning - there's a few rude words! You can email us on [email protected] or find us on socials @mancmakempodcast (mancmakempod on Twitter, damn you character limit)#ClassicSciFi #PodcastDebut #Space1999 #GeekyCouples #Podcasters #PodcastNewbies #SciFiClassic #70sTV #Space1999Fans #RetroSciFi #VintageTV #70sNostalgia #SciFiGeek #MoonBaseAlpha #Space1999Podcast

We have a few false starts but I've left them in because we are all about keeping it real and stuff.  If not skip to about 3:30 minutes in.

AB Chrysalis is chock full of memorable moments.  We get John going full Captain Kirk, we see Sarah Douglas' belly button, Helena doesn't throw a comlock at John and JS Bach's great great great great great great great grandson plays 'C'.  Alan nearly dies of chlorine poisoning, there's lots of cool bouncing balls, Tony has a day off and Kate's one and only line is a shocker.

What happens when someone who's never seen classic 70s sci-fi watches it with their other half who's a total geek for it? Will they love it, hate it, or ask for a divorce on the spot? The Mackem (Katie) and the Manc (Colin) from England are watching all 48 episodes and, for you the wonderful listener, we hope there's some humor and fun comments. You can also listen and watch at the same time, or just enjoy the banter. Warning - there's a few rude words!  You can email us on [email protected] or find us on socials @mancmakempodcast (mancmakempod on Twitter, damn you character limit)#ClassicSciFi #PodcastDebut #Space1999 #GeekyCouples #Podcasters #PodcastNewbies #SciFiClassic #70sTV #Space1999Fans #RetroSciFi #VintageTV #70sNostalgia #SciFiGeek #MoonBaseAlpha #Space1999Podcast

It's hysterical woman time, throwing her lot in with an overbearing husband who keeps having premonitions that she'll burn to death. The moonbase has a fire storm. Who'd have thought it?

Doctor Vincent is rubbish at making artificial hearts, John buggers off in an Eagle so he's out of most of it, Colin mixes up the character Patrick Osgood with the footballer Peter Osgood, Katie tells a story about Barbara Bain as a nun and there's another macguffin element they go searching for down below the moon. Oh and Maya becomes a cat which she'd have been much better off as a bat.

What happens when someone who's never seen classic 70s sci-fi watches it with their other half who's a total geek for it? Will they love it, hate it, or ask for a divorce on the spot? The Mackem (Katie) and the Manc (Colin) from England are watching all 48 episodes and, for you the wonderful listener, we hope there's some humor and fun comments. You can also listen and watch at the same time, or just enjoy the banter. Warning - there's a few rude words! You can email us on [email protected] or find us on socials @mancmakempodcast (mancmakempod on Twitter, damn you character limit)#ClassicSciFi #PodcastDebut #Space1999 #GeekyCouples #Podcasters #PodcastNewbies #SciFiClassic #70sTV #Space1999Fans #RetroSciFi #VintageTV #70sNostalgia #SciFiGeek #MoonBaseAlpha #Space1999Podcast

Moonbase gets all biblical, and all wife swap, as the four main characters go down to the surface of a new Earth to be New Adam's and New Eve's. Lucky them, but not quite car keys in the bowl at a 70's party. There's God who was also Merlin too - handy that, who despite claiming to be the most wonderful sorcerer ever, can't even make animals out of balloons. Charlatan.

Yasko has loads of lines, again, Alan doesn't even launch an Eagle never mind crash one, John keeps refusing wine (much to Katie's disgust), Colin can't get over the amount of innuendo in this episode and there is the most basic of traps to lair the bad guy. He's behind you!

We also have a fun quiz on Italian voice actors which probably stretches the bounds of what is possible with our set up. Oh well at least no-one can say we didn't try.

What happens when someone who's never seen classic 70s sci-fi watches it with their other half who's a total geek for it? Will they love it, hate it, or ask for a divorce on the spot? The Mackem (Katie) and the Manc (Colin) from England are watching all 48 episodes and, for you the wonderful listener, we hope there's some humor and fun comments. You can also listen and watch at the same time, or just enjoy the banter. Warning - there's a few rude words! You can email us on [email protected] or find us on socials @mancmakempodcast (mancmakempod on Twitter, damn you character limit)#ClassicSciFi #PodcastDebut #Space1999 #GeekyCouples #Podcasters #PodcastNewbies #SciFiClassic #70sTV #Space1999Fans #RetroSciFi #VintageTV #70sNostalgia #SciFiGeek #MoonBaseAlpha #Space1999Podcast

Oh no! What have we done! We promised Katie's parents a nice cuddly episode with Bernard Cribbins and all they get is a murderous robot with a stupid sense of humour and a God complex. That's the last time we get invited for Sunday Dinner.

In another "meet the parents" special, we visit Brian the Brain, a psychotic robot hell bent on living forever, or at least to the end of Act 2. There's a tender moment with John and Helena that Colin doesn't talk over, no home brew and Maya turning into zombie Bernard. What would the Doctor say?

What happens when someone who's never seen classic 70s sci-fi watches it with their other half who's a total geek for it? Will they love it, hate it, or ask for a divorce on the spot? The Mackem (Katie) and the Manc (Colin) from England are watching all 48 episodes and, for you the wonderful listener, we hope there's some humor and fun comments. You can also listen and watch at the same time, or just enjoy the banter. Warning - there's a few rude words! You can email us on [email protected] or find us on socials @mancmakempodcast (mancmakempod on Twitter, damn you character limit)#ClassicSciFi #PodcastDebut #Space1999 #GeekyCouples #Podcasters #PodcastNewbies #SciFiClassic #70sTV #Space1999Fans #RetroSciFi #VintageTV #70sNostalgia #SciFiGeek #MoonBaseAlpha #Space1999Podcast

Our noteable guest star this week is something who is most famous for having one scene as a dead person with pebbles over his eyes. And he's a Sir. Although we haven't a clue why. He's also dressed as an egyptian/roman/pagan person with a boy son thing with a dreadful haircut. Basil and Connie have their work cut out with the dot-to-dot eye makeup, and Veronica turns up as both his dead wife and his future. Alan plays rugby, there's a strange extra in "Bluey" and the episode zips along lovely as we don't have John shouting at everyone.

We then turn our attentions to Christen Anholt, the son of Tony (who plays Tony) in the show. For pod research purposes we watched his popular show Relic Hunter, specifically the episode where he film his one and only piece of TV with his dad around the year 2000. Sadly Tony died shortly after, and we are so happy they got the chance to do this. So please enjoy our little moment discussing Tia Carrera, Boyzone and how the 90's loved over-saturated colours.

What happens when someone who's never seen classic 70s sci-fi watches it with their other half who's a total geek for it? Will they love it, hate it, or ask for a divorce on the spot? The Mackem (Katie) and the Manc (Colin) from England are watching all 48 episodes and, for you the wonderful listener, we hope there's some humor and fun comments. You can also listen and watch at the same time, or just enjoy the banter. Warning - there's a few rude words! You can email us on [email protected] or find us on socials @mancmakempodcast (mancmakempod on Twitter, damn you character limit)#ClassicSciFi #PodcastDebut #Space1999 #GeekyCouples #Podcasters #PodcastNewbies #SciFiClassic #70sTV #Space1999Fans #RetroSciFi #VintageTV #70sNostalgia #SciFiGeek #MoonBaseAlpha #Space1999Podcast