Author Archives: Jack Knoll

Ep 36 – New Adam New Eve

It’s New Year’s Eve, so Jack and Ben are reviewing the Space: 1999 episode New Adam New Eve. Get it? Yes, it’s a tenuous link but that doesn’t mean we can’t have fun! What will Jack and Ben make of this Year 2 episode featuring Koening, Helena, Maya, and Tony all pairing up in theContinue reading “Ep 36 – New Adam New Eve”

Police Cruiser Hot Dogs. A Look Back on 2025

We’re in that liminal space between Christmas and New Year. It’s a period akin to Crossroads to Crime or the second season of Space: 1999 – it’s definitely there but we generally prefer to sleep through it. During this Thunderbird-2-sized time-void, we often reflect on the year that’s gone by and look ahead to what’s coming up in our next solar orbit. So join me for a nibble on some Security Hazard leftovers and enjoy a second helping of the tasty bits.

Ep 35 – The Perfect Gerry Anderson Christmas

Celebrate the festive season with Jack and Ben! We’re talking about the incredible toys that would top our Gerry Anderson Christmas wishlist. Will we be asking Santa for a Tracy Island or an Eagle Transporter? And what is lurking inside the boys’ Christmas stockings?

Space Police: Star Laws REVIEW

Before there was Precinct 88, Officer Jane Castle, and the planet Altor, there was Precinct 44 East, Officer Cathy Costello, and the planet Zar XL5 – to name but a few of the differences between the 1994 television series Space Precinct, and its original pilot episode filmed 8 years prior, Space Police: Star Laws. A lot can change in 8 years. While there are several recognisable elements of Space Police that made it into Space Precinct, I really feel like we’re assessing two completely different beasts, produced in two different eras of Gerry Anderson’s career.

Ep 34 – Troy Tempest In Dreamsville

The Stingray episodes RAPTURES OF THE DEEP, TOM THUMB TEMPEST, and THE COOL CAVE MAN all have one thing in common – they take us into the disturbed subconscious of the series’ underwater hero, Captain Troy Tempest. On today’s show, Jack and Ben will be diving deep into these “dream episodes” and analysing Troy’s psyche!

Ep 33 – 50 Years of The Day After Tomorrow: Into Infinity

Celebrating 50 years since its first broadcast in the US, Jack and Ben are taking a look at the live action science fiction special, The Day After Tomorrow: Into Infinity. Starring Nick Tate and Brian Blessed, and produced by Gerry Anderson in between the two seasons of Space: 1999, there is a lot of prestigeContinue reading “Ep 33 – 50 Years of The Day After Tomorrow: Into Infinity”

Ep 32 – Joe 90 The Movie?

In 2003, news broke that Disney were set to make a live action feature film based on the Gerry & Sylvia Anderson Supermarionation series JOE 90. The project never came to fruition. Today Jack and Ben are on the case to discuss exactly how the adventures of W.I.N.’s most special agent would have translated toContinue reading “Ep 32 – Joe 90 The Movie?”

Ep 31 – The Space Precinct Special

After an extensive series of episode reviews on the Security Hazard blog, Jack and Ben are now sitting down to perform a thorough study of Gerry Anderson’s Space Precinct, the live action sci-fi cop show from 1995 full of aliens and adventure. We’ll be digging into our thoughts and feelings on the show as a whole, ranking every episode in a grand tier list, and discussing the second season that never was. This is going to be an extra-long, bumper edition of The Security Hazard Show celebrating 30 years of Demeter City’s finest!

Space Precinct – 24. Deathwatch Conclusion

It’s a genuine pleasure for me to see Space Precinct end on such a high with Deathwatch Conclusion. Of course it’s not perfect – that’s the nature of Space Precinct. I think we’ve all come to accept that the show is fundamentally flawed for all the reasons I’ve banged on about for the past 24 weeks. But after a year in production on the stages at Pinewood and Shepperton Studios, it’s clear from this episode that the production team weren’t giving up without a fight. With the series achieving respectable viewing figures on Sky One and later BBC2, why would they throw in the towel now? In April 1995, renewing the show for a second series was a real possibility, although most agree that such a renewal would have come with heavy strings attached. Of course, we all know that no such renewal came, and Deathwatch Conclusion was therefore the end of the line – and that’s going to be our focus for today.