# Space Island One

Space Island One (or Raumstation Unity in German) is a British/German science fiction television series that ran for 26 episodes beginning in 1998. A co-production between the UK's Sky One channel and the German Vox channel, it starred Judy Loe as Kathryn McTiernan, the commander of the multinational crew of the space station Unity.
Among the screenwriters for the show were Stephen Baxter, P. J. Hammond, Adrian Rigelsford and Andy Lane.

## Cast

* Judy Loe as Commander Kathryn MacTiernan
* Angus MacInnes as Lieutenant Commander Walter B. Shannon
* Bruno Eyron as Dusan Kashkavian
* Indra Ové as Paula Hernandez
* William Oliver as Chief Science Officer Lyle Campbell
* Julia Bremermann as Harriet "Harry" Eschenbach
* Kourash Asad as Dr. Kaveh Homayuni
* Sally Grace as the voice of Control
* Charlie Bovenizer as the first baby born in space

## Episodes
### Season 1 (1998)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 1 | 1 | "Message from Keeler" | Dirk Campbell | Andrew Maclear | January 7, 1998 (1998-01-07) |
| A new crew member, an environmental specialist named Paula Hernandez replaced a man who killed himself and placed a bomb on the Unity. ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "All the News that Fits" | Mary McMurray | Andrew Maclear | January 14, 1998 (1998-01-14) |
| A visiting journalist uncovers information regarding a secret space mission. Paula Hernandez begins her sexual pursuit of Dusan Kashkavian. ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Quarantine" | Crispin Reece | Stephen Baxter | January 21, 1998 (1998-01-21) |
| An acrylic-eating Martian virus is brought aboard for examination and may cost Lyle Campbell his life. ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Rogue Satellite" | Colin Bucksey | Andrew Maclear | January 21, 1998 (1998-01-21) |
| 5 | 5 | "Dangerous Liaison" | Colin Bucksey | Andrew Maclear | February 4, 1998 (1998-02-04) |
| 6 | 6 | "Crew Test" | Colin Bucksey | Matthew Bardsley | February 11, 1998 (1998-02-11) |
| 7 | 7 | "The Barrier of Second Attention" | Kevin Davies | Matthew Bardsley | February 18, 1998 (1998-02-18) |
| 8 | 8 | "Sarcophagus" | Colin Bucksey | Adrian Rigelsford | February 25, 1998 (1998-02-25) |
| 9 | 9 | "Spring Fever" | Crispin Reece | Andrew Maclear | March 4, 1998 (1998-03-04) |
| Commander Kathryn MacTiernan is on earth. Lieutenant Commander Walter B. Shannon is running Unity. Paula Hernandez and Dusan Kashkavian hook-up. ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "The Third Man" | Roy Battersby | Matthew Bardsley | March 11, 1998 (1998-03-11) |
| 11 | 11 | "Awakening" | Rick Stroud | Written by: Jimmy Richards Story by : Andy Lane | March 18, 1998 (1998-03-18) |
| 12 | 12 | "Nemesis" | Kevin Davies | John Brosnan | March 25, 1998 (1998-03-25) |
| Abandoned Cold-war stealth armoury is accidentally reactivated by one of Shannon's probes and it identifies the space station as a hostile entity. ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "A Child is Born" | Roy Battersby | Andrew Maclear & Adrian Rigelsford | April 1, 1998 (1998-04-01) |

### Season 2 (1998)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 14 | 1 | "Unfinished Business" | Dirk Campbell | Andrew Maclear | August 17, 1998 (1998-08-17) |
| 15 | 2 | "Split Allegiances" | Sarah Hellings | Andrew Maclear | August 24, 1998 (1998-08-24) |
| 16 | 3 | "Winter Kills" | Sarah Hellings | Andrew Maclear | August 31, 1998 (1998-08-31) |
| 17 | 4 | "A Place in the Sun" | Rick Stroud | Jimmy Richards | September 7, 1998 (1998-09-07) |
| 18 | 5 | "Lost Property" | Dirk Campbell | P.J. Hammond | September 14, 1998 (1998-09-14) |
| 19 | 6 | "Mayfly" | Adrian Shergold | Andy Lane | September 21, 1998 (1998-09-21) |
| 20 | 7 | "Not in My Back Yard" | Rick Stroud | Diane Duane | September 28, 1998 (1998-09-28) |
| 21 | 8 | "Abandoned" | Adrian Shergold | Matthew Bardsley | October 5, 1998 (1998-10-05) |
| 22 | 9 | "Silver Bullet" | Sue Dunderdale | Robert Smith | October 12, 1998 (1998-10-12) |
| 23 | 10 | "Anniversary" | Rick Stroud | Andrew Maclear | October 19, 1998 (1998-10-19) |
| 24 | 11 | "Lost in Space" | Matt McConaghy | Martin Stone | October 26, 1998 (1998-10-26) |
| 25 | 12 | "Money Makes the World Go Around" | Rick Stroud | Written by: Jimmy Richards Story by : Andy Lane | November 2, 1998 (1998-11-02) |
| 26 | 13 | "Trouble in Paradise" | Rick Stroud | Andrew Maclear | November 9, 1998 (1998-11-09) |

## Reception

Described by Dave Bradley as “a mix of Moonbase 3 and Jupiter Moon, but more turgid than either," io9 described it as:
   The best science fiction show you've never heard of… The show unflinchingly looks at the implications of for-profit science… and provides the most realistic look ever at life in space, including bone-mass loss. A few episodes are dull, but the show is often surprisingly weird and fun… It also features some of the most complex, believable characters of any television show.