bales of straw and faggots piled at their feet. As flames rise, Koenig stretches out for Helena's wrist and desperately begins to tap her monitor's control stud in rapid succession. With thirty minutes until the eclipse, both the Alphans and Earth scientists have accepted defeat. Suddenly, the readout for Helena's monitor goes berserk, flashing on and off in a series of long and short pulses—which an older astronaut realises is Morse code. Computer provides translation: Scotland...New Year...Bannockburn plus twenty-five. Logan's computer calculates the target date as 25 March 1339 and the transfer is initiated. The clansmen recoil as the three Alphans vanish from the pyre in an unearthly radiance. Safe on Alpha, Koenig bids Logan and associates an appreciative farewell. As the eclipse commences and contact is broken, the Commander goes to check on the recovering Helena. The doctor reflects that, with Earth's rich history, what bad luck it was to have landed in 14th-century Scotland. Koenig kiddingly reminds her of even worse historical events they could have blundered into. She musters a sad smile; with that kind of history, who wants to go back to Earth? Cast Starring Martin Landau – Commander John Koenig Barbara Bain – Doctor Helena Russell Also starring Catherine Schell – Maya Featuring Tony Anholt – Tony Verdeschi Nick Tate – Captain Alan Carter Guest stars Freddie Jones – Doctor Charles Logan Isla Blair – Carla Cross Also featuring Jeffery Kissoon – Doctor Ben Vincent Yasuko Nagazumi – Yasko Roger Bizley – MacDonald Laurence Harrington – Tom Jackson Norwich Duff – First Texas Operative Peggy Page – Old Crone Uncredited artists Sarah Bullen – Kate Robert Davies – Maya/Mister Hyde John Wood – Second Texas Operative Terry Walsh – Highlander Guard Robert Reeves – Peter Jenny Cresswell – Command Centre Operative Music The score was re-edited from previous Space: 1999 incidental music tracks composed for the second series by Derek Wadsworth and draws primarily from the scores of "The Metamorph" and especially "The Exiles". Production notes The final shooting script contained the characters of Sandra Benes (with her being known by the 'Sahn' diminutive for the first time) and Bob Mathias; however both Zienia Merton and Anton Phillips had left the production by that time (due to lessened involvement and lower salaries in the second series). They were replaced by Japanese actress Yasuko Nagazumi, playing the new character Yasko, and Jeffery Kissoon, assuming the new