Into Infinity (1975)

Country of Origin: UK / USA
Dates of Original Broadcast: 9 December 1975 (USA); 11 December 1976 (UK)
Number of Seasons: n/a
Total Number of Episodes: 1
Average Episode Running Times: 52 mins
Format: colour
Sound:

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Gerry Anderson Productions for NBC / Richard Price Television
Producer: Gerry Anderson
Production Supervisor: F. Sherwin Green

SCRIPT
Script: Johnny Byrne

DIRECTION
Director: Charles Crichton
Assistant Director: Gino Marotta

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Frank Watts
Camera Operator: Neil Binney

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: David Lane

MUSIC
Theme Music: Derek Wadsworth
Incidental Music: Derek Wadsworth, Steve Coe
Music Editor: Alan Willis

SOUND
Sound Recordist: Claude Hitchcock
Sound Editor: Roy Lafbery

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Connie Reeve
Hair: Patrick Grant
Wardrobe: Rosemary Burrows

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Designer: Brian Johnson
Special Effects Lighting Camera: Nick Allder
Special Effects Camera Operator: David Litchfield
Model Maker: Martin Bower (uncredited)

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Reg Hill

MISCELLANEOUS
Continuity: Doris Martin
Business Manager: Terry Connors
Scientific Adviser: John Taylor

CAST
Brian Blessed (Tom Bowen)
Joanna Dunham (Anna Bowen)
Martin Lev (David Bowen)
Nick Tate (Captain Harry Masters)
Katharine Levy (Jane Masters)
Don Fellows (Jim Forbes)
Ed Bishop (TV announcer)

PLOT SUMMARY

The crew of the faster-than-light photon drive-equipped spaceship Altares, made up of two family units, leaves Space Station Delta on a mission to Alpha Centauri. After launching a series of navigational beacons, the crew decides to press on further into uncharted space, but are caught in the gravitational field of a black hole...

AVAILABILITY

UK
Television Distributors: BBC
DVD Distributors: Fanderson

USA
Television Distributors: NBC

TIMELINE

1975
December
9: USA - television broadcast (on NBC)

1976
December
11: UK - television broadcast (on BBC1)

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

The Day After Tomorrow

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Time Screen no.7 (revised) p.28 (UK)
credits, article

BOOKS

The Encyclopedia of TV Science Fiction (3rd edition) by Roger Fulton pp.656-657
credits, review

KEYWORDS

black holes, space travel, spaceships

Last Updated: 25 August, 2009