Story Structure — 6 Plot Phases
Celestial Catastrophe
An asteroid strikes the Moon during a spectacular meteor shower, causing initial disturbances on Earth and setting the stage for an unprecedented global crisis.
Key Events
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Asteroid Strikes Moon — Hidden asteroid hits Moon during meteor shower Characters: Alex Kittner, Maddie Rhodes, Roland Emerson
Location: Moon's surface
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Earth Anomalies Begin — Strange electromagnetic disturbances affect Earth Characters: Alex Kittner, Maddie Rhodes, Roland Emerson, President Edward Taylor
Location: Earth
Scientific Revelation
Scientists discover the true nature of the threat - a magnetized brown dwarf fragment lodged in the Moon that has altered its orbit and will cause it to collide with Earth.
Key Events
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Scientific Discovery — Moon contains magnetized brown dwarf fragment Characters: Alex Kittner, Maddie Rhodes, Roland Emerson, Ella Barlow, Terence Young
Location: Research facility
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Objects Levitate — Electromagnetic surges cause global levitation Characters: Alex Kittner, Maddie Rhodes, Roland Emerson, Martina Altmann, Bob Pierce
Location: Earth
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Collision Prediction — Moon will collide with Earth in 39 days Characters: Alex Kittner, Maddie Rhodes, Roland Emerson, President Edward Taylor
Location: Briefing room
Global Chaos
Electromagnetic surges from the Moon cause objects to levitate worldwide, creating widespread panic and disruption as society begins to break down.
Key Events
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Collision Prediction — Moon will collide with Earth in 39 days Characters: Alex Kittner, Maddie Rhodes, Roland Emerson, President Edward Taylor
Location: Briefing room
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Nuclear Failure — US attempt to destroy Moon fails Characters: President Edward Taylor, Alex Kittner, Maddie Rhodes, Roland Emerson
Location: Space command center
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Train Derailment — Martina's train levitates and derails Characters: Roland Emerson, Martina Altmann, Bob Pierce
Location: Germany
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Children's Accident — Children's car crashes during levitation event Characters: Alex Kittner, Sadie Kittner, Jake Kittner, Lloyd, Derek
Location: Highway
Personal Sacrifices
Characters face devastating personal losses including train derailments, car accidents, and the death of a beloved family member, forcing difficult survival decisions.
Key Events
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Children's Accident — Children's car crashes during levitation event Characters: Alex Kittner, Sadie Kittner, Jake Kittner, Lloyd, Derek
Location: Highway
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Grandfather's Death — Lloyd suffers fatal heart attack Characters: Sadie Kittner, Jake Kittner, Lloyd, Derek
Location: Roadside
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Farewell Message — Alex says goodbye to children via video Characters: Alex Kittner, Sadie Kittner, Jake Kittner, Maddie Rhodes
Location: Space station
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Lunar Machine Assembly — Team assembles device to save Earth Characters: Alex Kittner, Roland Emerson, Courtney Batterton, Sergei Pitinkov
Location: Moon surface
Lunar Peril
An international team embarks on a desperate mission to the Moon to construct a device that will save Earth, facing dangerous challenges and personal sacrifices along the way.
Key Events
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Lunar Machine Assembly — Team assembles device to save Earth Characters: Alex Kittner, Roland Emerson, Courtney Batterton, Sergei Pitinkov
Location: Moon surface
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Hovercraft Crash — Exploration vehicle crashes on Moon Characters: Roland Emerson, Courtney Batterton, Sergei Pitinkov
Location: Lunar fissure
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Roland's Sacrifice — Roland demands module launch, sacrificing himself Characters: Roland Emerson, Alex Kittner, Sergei Pitinkov, Courtney Batterton
Location: Lunar fissure
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Moon Split — Moon splits as brown dwarf flies into Sun Characters: Alex Kittner, Sergei Pitinkov, Roland Emerson
Location: Space
Hope Renewed
Earth is saved through ultimate sacrifice, the Moon splits into two stable pieces, and surviving characters reunite to look toward a new future.
Key Events
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Moon Split — Moon splits as brown dwarf flies into Sun Characters: Alex Kittner, Sergei Pitinkov, Roland Emerson
Location: Space
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Family Reunion — Alex reunites with children and Maddie Characters: Alex Kittner, Maddie Rhodes, Sadie Kittner, Jake Kittner
Location: Washington DC
Impact is a mini-series about a meteor shower which eventually sends the moon on a collision course with Earth. The two-part mini-series premiered February 14 and 15, 2009 on the Canadian premium television channel Super Channel and was also shown on ABC on June 21 and 28, 2009 and on Alpha TV on September 2011 .
