Paul Morrow
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| Controller Paul Morrow | |
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 Paul Morrow |
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| Species | Human |
| Gender | Male |
| Height | 5' 9" |
| Hair color | Brown |
| Eye color | Brown |
| Date of birth | October 29, 1967, London, England |
| Date of death | 2000? |
| Home planet | Earth |
| Affiliation | Moonbase Alpha |
| Posting | April 6, 1999 second tour of duty on Moonbase Alpha |
| Rank | Controller |
| Section | Main Mission |
| Portrayed by | Prentis Hancock |
Paul Morrow is a fictional character who first appeared in Breakaway, the pilot episode of the science fiction television show Space:1999.
Portrayed by Prentis Hancock, Paul Morrow held the rank and title of Controller, co-ordinating flight traffic to and from Moonbase Alpha as well as flights in the vicinity of Alphan airspace. He also served as the base's executive officer when Commander John Koenig was not otherwise available.
[edit] Character Biography
Paul had served on Moonbase Alpha for several years prior to the moon's breakaway from Earth and was thus familiar with Commander Koenig. Paul is, as a rule, a by-the-book man, even when doing so makes him unpopular with other members of the base. He can sometimes seem a bit standoffish, but has had a brief relationship with Sandra Benes, and there is also a perceived attraction between himself and Tanya Alexander.
Paul's father was one of two hundred people killed in 1985, when the newly launched Voyager 2 propeships' interstellar Queller Drive cut in too early, in Earth's atmosphere. Paul was in every episode of Season 1 except The Infernal Machine (when actor Prentis Hancock was busy with a minor medical procedure). Like two other major characters from the first season - Professor Victor Bergman and David Kano - Morrow did not appear in any of the show's second-season episodes. Like Bergman and Kano, no explanation was offered for his sudden disappearance.
[edit] Trivia
A running joke among many Space: 1999 fans concerns the treatment Morrow often receives from Commander John Koenig, Moonbase Alpha's commanding officer. In a number of first-season episodes Koenig is seen yelling angrily at Morrow, and in a few episodes (such as The Last Sunset and The Full Circle) Koenig actually fights Morrow and invariably beats him up. However, Koenig is usually shown as having a good reason for his actions towards Morrow (for example, in The Last Sunset Morrow ate some plants which caused him to become temporarily psychotic). Even so, the notion that Morrow was Koenig's "whipping boy" in the first season has become a part of Space: 1999 folklore.
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