> The actual plots of Space1999 were pretty laughable

And sooooo slooooooooow.

Given the fact that is was such an expensive (for the time) show, I really, really want to know how it is that they couldn't cough up for a writer that could produce something engaging rather than completely forgettable.

I mean it's not like SciFi was new at that point. Flash Gordon, Twilight Zone, Outer Limits, etc. were more than a decade old and even Star Trek was more than 5 years old.

For the time, it was OK. Audiences needed the time to digest some of it.