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Departure and Arrival

Dr. Helen Smith becomes concerned over the mental state of one of the pilots, Harry Sanders. She expresses her concerns to the base's second in command, Michael Lebrun, and tries to convince him to get Commander Ransom to remove the pilot from duty. Ransom refuses and assigns Sanders to pilot the Commander's shuttle for a trip to Earth. After an malfunction, Sanders cuts the communications link and goes outside the shuttle to make repairs and is thrown into space. When Ransom attempts to pilot the shuttle it explodes. The European agency sends a Welch scientist to take over the station and to investigate the shuttle accident.

English
  • Originally Aired September 9, 1973
  • Runtime 50 minutes
  • Production Code 2
  • Network BBC One
  • Created April 14, 2011 by
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Name Type Role
Peter Miles Guest Star
Michael Wisher Guest Star