receives a signal from the Kaldorian ship. It is Simmonds. He is calling Earth, believing the seventy-five-year voyage to be over. The staff is puzzled by the premature awakening. Did Simmonds not allow a matrix to be compiled? Or is this Zantor's version of justice? On the ship, Simmonds sits up in his chamber, irritated by the lack of response. He calls up the time on his comlink and is horrified to see that only two hours forty-eight minutes have elapsed since take-off. Panicked, he thrashes around in his chamber, screaming for help. With the Kaldorian ship well beyond Eagle range, Koenig can do nothing. Simmonds' desperate pleas to his fellow travellers—still in suspended animation—are also wasted. After throwing his body against the unyielding walls of the stasis chamber, the politician finally collapses in what will be his coffin. On Alpha, Koenig and Helena reflect on the tragic irony of the situation when the Commander reveals Computer's final choice for the voyage home: Simmonds. Cast Starring Martin Landau — Commander John Koenig Barbara Bain — Doctor Helena Russell Also starring Barry Morse — Professor Victor Bergman Guest artist Roy Dotrice — Commissioner Gerald Simmonds Special guest star Christopher Lee — Captain Zantor Featuring Prentis Hancock — Controller Paul Morrow Clifton Jones — David Kano Zienia Merton — Sandra Benes Anton Phillips — Doctor Bob Mathias Nick Tate — Captain Alan Carter Uncredited artists Suzanne Roquette — Tanya Andrew Dempsey — Main Mission Operative Tony Allyn — Security Guard One (Tony) Quentin Pierre — Security Guard Two Barbara Kelly — Computer Voice Music The score was re-edited from previous Space: 1999 incidental music tracks composed for the first series by Barry Gray and draws primarily from "Breakaway" and "Black Sun". Production notes Christopher Lee had recently completed his role as million-dollar assassin Francisco Scaramanga in the ninth James Bond film The Man With the Golden Gun when he came aboard as the noble alien Captain Zantor. Lee was famous on both sides of the Atlantic for his portrayal of the Frankenstein monster and Count Dracula in his many Hammer Films appearances. In recent years, Lee has played the wizard Saruman in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy and the villainous Count Dooku in George Lucas' Star Wars prequels Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. Lee