The girls from outer space

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Television series
German title The girls from outer space
Original title Star Maidens
Country of production UK / D
original language English
Year (s) 1976
length 30 minutes
Episodes 13
genre Science fiction
idea Jost Graf von Hardenberg
music Berry Lipman
First broadcast September 1, 1976 ( UK ), ITV
German-language
first broadcast
April 1, 1977 , ARD
occupation

The Girls from Space is a British-German science fiction television series that ran on the ARD's evening program from April 1977 .

Idea and concept

The series is based on an idea by Jost Graf von Hardenberg from Hamburg. 13 episodes of 30 minutes each were staged.

The series is based on the basic idea of ​​an extraterrestrial society that has elevated matriarchy to state doctrine .

This series, which ran under the title Star Maidens in Great Britain, was directed by Freddie Francis , who is best known for horror films and thrillers.

One of the main male roles is played in 8 episodes by Pierre Brice .

action

On the planet Medora, women rule and lead a life of luxury, while the male population is subjugated and forced to do labor. The planet was catapulted out of its solar system by a cosmic catastrophe and is on its way through space. The population survived in cities below the surface. This is uninhabitable; Men who do not submit are sent up to the criminal services.

As the Medora approaches our solar system on its trajectory, two men, Akam and Schemm, manage to escape to Earth. Akam's owner, Brisba, and Ossrawa, the chief of security, are given the task of following the two and fetching them back at any cost. The retrieval operation turns out to be more difficult than planned, as the two hunters finally take two terrestrial scientists, Richard Smith and Liz Barry, hostage.

Back on Medora, Richard has to do forced labor while his assistant Liz is supposed to enjoy the luxury of the ruling class. Eventually the two exiles agree to return in exchange for the hostages. When the spaceship is attacked on its return flight to Earth by an extraterrestrial power that has been hostile to Medora since memory, the two men prove to be a last-minute rescue for the pacifist women.

Episodes

  1. Escape to Paradise (April 1, 1977)
  2. Medora Calls Earth (April 15, 1977)
  3. The Nightmare Cannon (April 22, 1977)
  4. Proton Storm (May 6, 1977)
  5. The Abduction (May 13, 1977)
  6. The sympathy machine (May 20, 1977)
  7. The Court (May 27, 1977)
  8. An Ideal Couple (June 3, 1977)
  9. Dangerous Rain (June 10, 1977)
  10. The Sleeping Planet (June 24, 1977)
  11. The hiding place (July 1, 1977)
  12. The Lone Robots (July 8, 1977)
  13. Encounter Between the Stars (July 15, 1977)

German and English names

Personal names and other names differ in the German and English versions. German names were often used in the English version and English names in the German version:

German version English version comment
Medora Medusa planet
Ossrawa Octavia Driver for safety
Brisba Fulvia Mistress of Akam
Ela Clara Supreme Leader
Nemaris Nemesis Spaceship
Liz Barry Liz Becker Scientist from Earth
Richard Smith Rudi Schmidt Scientists from Earth
Akam Adam Escaped addict from Brisba
Schemm Shem Escaped addict

criticism

"One of the most obscure science fiction series"

- The television lexicon by Michael Reufsteck and Stefan Niggemeier

DVD / video

  • In 1979 a film cut from the series was released under the title Space Attack - Encounter between the Stars in VHS format.
  • In 2008 all 13 episodes with additional bonus material appeared in a box set, for the first time in German on DVD

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