New Adam New Eve

The tenth episode of *Space: 1999*'s second series (the 34th overall) was written by Terence Feely and directed by Charles Crichton. The final shooting script was dated 29 April 1976, with live-action filming occurring from 2 June to 18 June 1976. It first aired on KRON-TV, San Francisco on 2 October 1976, before its UK broadcast on 9 October 1976.

After a bout of turbulence rocks the Moon, a robed figure strides through space toward Moonbase Alpha. Materialising in Command Center, the being calls himself Magus and claims to be the one true God. Commander Koenig remains sceptical, even after Magus conjures a banquet and melts an empty Eagle into molten metal. Magus explains he wants to guide the Alphans to a new Garden of Eden, where humanity can start over. He reveals a hidden planet—New Earth—and orders Koenig, Dr Russell, Maya, and Controller Verdeschi to accompany him to its surface. Their Eagle is instantly transported to a lush glade.

When Koenig suggests sending down survey teams, Magus refuses: the four Alphans are his Adams and Eves, meant to be the progenitors of a superior humanity. He pairs Koenig with Maya and Russell with Verdeschi, encasing each couple in invisible bubbles so they can only touch their designated mate. He dissolves the Eagle, orders them never to leave the glade, and vanishes. That night, the Alphans hear howls and see ape-like creatures attacking a deformed humanoid. Magus’s face appears in the sky, driving them back with lightning bolts. The next morning, he returns in the flesh, chastises them for disobedience, and creates a force field to keep them inside.

Maya covertly scans Magus with a medical device and reports that his abilities are not supernatural—a machine inside his body is likely overworked. Noticing the force field ends at the treetops, she shapeshifts into an owl and flies off to reconnoitre. On Alpha, Captain Carter attempts to launch another Eagle; Magus holds it down with his powers. Carter adds booster rockets and nearly overpowers Magus, leaving him briefly exhausted.

Maya spots tracks possibly belonging to the apes. While following them, the group fights off giant reptiles. They meet the mutant, who explains that Magus is the last of a race of cosmic "magicians" obsessed with discovering the secret of creation. The fauna of New Earth are descended from species he transported for experimental breeding.