Tanya Alexander

Tanya Alexander
Space: 1999 character
Suzanne Roquette as Operative Tanya Alexander
First appearance	"Breakaway"
Portrayed by	Suzanne Roquette
Home planet	Earth
Affiliation	Moonbase Alpha
Species	Human
Gender	Female
Rank	Main Mission Operative
Section	Main Mission

Tanya Alexander is the name of a semi-recurring character on the United Kingdom science fiction television series Space: 1999. The role was portrayed by German actress Suzanne Roquette.

Although her position on Moonbase Alpha was never specifically stated, she appeared to be a senior operative in Main Mission. She has been seen at every workstation in Main Mission: Paul Morrow's Controller's desk, Alan Carter's Reconnaissance desk and, on one occasion, presiding over David Kano's Computer station.

She appears to be on excellent terms with the senior staff. In the alternate future reality pictured in "Another Time, Another Place", Tanya was seen to have settled on the devastated Earth in a small hamlet populated by Victor Bergman, Helena Koenig, Paul and Sandra Morrow and their children, the late Regina Carter, and David Kano. Some fans have speculated that she may have been Kano's wife.

Tanya appeared to have romantic attachments to at least two of the featured characters. In "Black Sun", she visits Paul Morrow's quarters after Koenig has released all personnel from their duties. The look exchanged between them as he strums his guitar and she sits beside him on the bed can hardly be construed as platonic. (Maybe this is just in response to their expected imminent demise). In later episodes, she appears to have taken up with Alan Carter, as she seems to be his choice on several occasions for public displays of affection in "Another Time, Another Place", "Alpha Child", and "The Last Sunset".

Some speculation has arisen as to the character's proper name. For years, fandom has established the name as 'Alexander'. An examination of first series scripts show no documentation of a surname in the character lists. In "Breakaway", it sounds as though she could have introduced herself to Koenig as 'Tanya Alexandreva'. Assuming a Russian background, Martin Willey has chosen to spell the name as 'Aleksandr' in The Catacombs website. In later years, Series One story editor Johnny Byrne has revealed that he was rather smitten with actress Suzanne Roquette