H.G. Wells' The Shape of Things to Come (1979)
A lunar team fly to another planet to stop a madman in control of a robotic army.
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Characters/Groups
Senator Smedley - John Ireland
Sparks voice - Greg Swanson
Lomax voice - William Hutt
Robot Technician - Albert Humphries
Robots - Michael Klingbell, Jonathan Hartman, Wili Liberman, Rob McEwan, and Angelo Pedari
Niki's Army - Jo-Anne Lang, Danny Gage, Linda Carter, Terry Martin, Lutz Brodie, Bill Yak, and Terry Spratt
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Detailed Synopsis
"The time is the tomorrow after tomorrow. Earth has been polluted and devastated by the great robot wars and is all but deserted. Man has moved onto the moon, colonised it's surface and erected vast cities in what was once wasteland. Ranging further out into deep space he has embarked on an even greater era of adventure and discovery. But the survival of mankind is dependent on a continuing supply of the miracle drug RADIC-Q-2. ...And RADIC-Q-2 is produced only on the distant planet DELTA THREE."
On New Washington, a thriving colony on the surface of the moon, Senator Smedley tells Dr. Caball the lunar colony no longer has need for his intergalactic warship called Starstreak. Dr. Caball warns him that the warship may be needed in defense of the lunar colony. A spaceship approaches and Kim (TTSOTC)|Kim tries to communicate with it, but receives no response. After a few more tries with no response, Kim attempts to override the spaceships controls. The Robots|Robot pilot cancels the override and Kim tells Lomax there is an emergency and a spaceship is on a crash course headed towards the Lunar Colony. Lomax recommends full emergency procedures and Kim contacts Jason (TTSOTC)|Jason and tells him there is an emergency. As Kim initiates a Yellow Alert alerting the population to move to the lower city, she informs Jason of the kamikaze spaceship. Senator Smedley is still trying to convince Dr. Caball to dispose of is warship and threatens to ask for Dr. Caball's resignation, when the Yellow Alert starts to blare. Kim tells a Lunar Technician to go to Red Alert as the impact times reaches six minutes and the population hurries underground. Jason notices the cargo ship is almost carrying nothing and tries to get Lomax to override the ship. Dr. Caball and Senator Smedley walk onto the bridge as Jason tries to convince Lomax to override the spaceship. The Lunar Technician notifies everyone that there is 70 seconds to impact. Lomax attempts to override the spaceship and cause it to self destruct, but fails, and the spaceship impacts with the Lunar Colony. Jason asks Lomax to initiate repair of the dome breach and a Spacesuited Man notifies Kim of the damage to the different sectors. Lomax opens communications with Delta Three and Omus tells Dr. Caball, the former governor Niki and Niki's Army have fled the citadel and he is now in charge. Omus demands that he be made supreme commander of the Earth and the Moon and all outposts in the Solar System. Senator Smedley refuses his demands and Omus stops all shipments of RADIC-Q-2 immediately. Spacesuited Man tells Lunar Control he has located the pilot and the pilot was a Robot. Lomax tells Senator Smedley to alert the Moon Council that no aggressive action may be taken against Delta Three. A Robot Technician tells Kim the Robot was programmed to blow itself up and she reprograms it and names it Sparks. Sparks is rebooted and starts to tell Kim poetry.