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The article described how Space 1999 evolved from the series UFO.

UFO was described as having paranoid characters who shoot first and ask questions later when fighting aliens. Space 1999 indeed followed suit. Commander Koenig was paranoid about aliens.

As a kid, I loved 1999 ( but I knew it was no Star Trek in its greatness). Space 1999 aired around the same time as the Star Trek animated series. This explains why Walter Koenig (Chekov) was not in the animated series. He was in 1999 playing the alien Oro.

As an adult, I watched a few episodes of 1999 and found it to be often cringy in its silliness. UFO was never silly.