So here’s the pitch (as far as I can remember from when I was a child- no I did not look up details, I thought my own recollection would be more amusing) We’ve returned to the Moon, established a base there and have turned our nearest neighbor into a waste dump for all our atomic waste. Bad things happen the dump goes “Boom!” and the Moon is ripped from its orbit and sent hurtling at some ungodly speed away before we can rescue anyone on the base. So we have people, on the Moon exploring the galaxy as this rogue astronomical body moves through space. Think of Star Trek, without the ship or Han Solo heading towards a moon and Obi Wan saying “That’s no moon, it’s Moonbase Alpha!”
I was a fan of some other British shows while growing up and every time my grandparents would come to visit I would get them to buy me a Corgi die-cast toy of something from one of these shows. So I had Thunderbird 2, a SHADO Interceptor, and (of course) a Space: 1999 Eagle. One year I actually was lucky (spoiled) enough to get the ginormous, action figure scale Eagle. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, That’s OK, I’m not really talking to you or anyone, just basking in nostalgia. This MINIon came to mind after posting MINIon #0525 and receiving one comment about the prop in the right hand, which came from Space: 1999, so a little quick research on the standards of a Moonbase Alpha uniform, the color of the sleeve denoted what you did- kinda like Star Trek’s never beam down in a red shirt.