Space Brain
An opening
montage of various crew members completing jigsaws of all things should be a
warning that this is going to be an unconventional episode. From its schlocky
pulp sci-fi title in there is nothing subtle about `Space Brain`. The puzzles
incidentally are meant to be symbolic of the puzzle to come. The latest threat
to Moonbase Alpha comes via strange patterns on the screens and then the
disappearance of an Eagle investigating their source- a huge entity sitting in
space. It appears to be trying to communicate with them and when this doesn’t
work takes over an astronaut called Kelly via whom it talks to Computer. I
still feel Computer should have an actual name rather than everyone just
calling it “Computer”. What about Carl? Anyhow what transpires is a decently
poised adventure in which it becomes apparent that the so called `space brain`
is trying to survive what will be a collision with the Moon by any means it
can. The one problem with the episode, atypically for this series, are the
special effects.
