UFO
Format	Science fiction
Created by	Gerry Anderson, Sylvia Anderson
Starring	Ed Bishop Michael Billington George Sewell Gabrielle Drake Wanda Ventham Grant Taylor Peter Gordeno Dolores Mantez
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	26
Production
Running time	50 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	ITV
Original run	September 16, 1970 – July 24, 1971
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UFO is a British television science fiction series created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson and produced by the Anderson's and Lew Grade's Century 21 Productions for Grade's ITC Entertainment company. The Andersons had previously made a number of very successful marionette-based children's science fiction series including Stingray, Thunderbirds, and Captain Scarlet. They had also made one live-action science fiction movie, Doppelgänger, also known as Journey to the Far Side of the Sun, and now felt ready to move into live-action television and aim at a more adult market. Download high resolution version (629x875, 91 KB) This is a DVD cover. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Gerry Anderson (MBE), born 14 April 1929, is a British producer, director and writer, famous for his futuristic television programmes, particularly those involving specially modified marionettes, a process called Supermarionation. His first television production was the 1957 Roberta Leigh childrens series The Adventures of Twizzle. ... Sylvia Anderson (née Thamm) (born 25 March 1937) is a British voice artist and producer, most notable for her collaborations with her ex-husband Gerry Anderson. ... Ed Bishop (1932-2005), as he appeared in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey (where he played the Captain of the Aries 1B space-station-to-moon shuttle, in a role which first featured dialogue: the dialogue was later cut from his scenes). ... Michael Billington (born on December 24, 1941 in Blackburn, Lancashire, England; died on June 3, 2005 in the UK) was a popular British film and television actor. ... George Sewell (31 August 1924 — 1 April 2007), was an English actor, the son of a florist family in Tottenham, London. ... Gabrielle Drake (born 30 March 1944) is a British actress who was born in Lahore, Pakistan and lived in several Far East countries (including Burma where her brother, the late singer/songwriter Nick Drake, was born). ... Wanda Ventham (born 1939) is a British actress, whose face may be known though she had never achieved star status. ... Grant Taylor was born in Australia in 1917. ... Peter Gordeno is a session musician, and has since 1998 toured with Depeche Mode. ... Dolores Mantez born c. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... For other uses, see ITV (disambiguation). ... is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 205th day of the year (206th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar, known as the year of cyclohexanol. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Gerry Anderson (MBE), born 14 April 1929, is a British producer, director and writer, famous for his futuristic television programmes, particularly those involving specially modified marionettes, a process called Supermarionation. His first television production was the 1957 Roberta Leigh childrens series The Adventures of Twizzle. ... Sylvia Anderson (née Thamm) (born 25 March 1937) is a British voice artist and producer, most notable for her collaborations with her ex-husband Gerry Anderson. ... Lew Grade, Baron Grade (birth name Louis Winogradsky) (December 25, 1906 - December 13, 1998) was an influential showbusiness impresario and television company executive in the United Kingdom. ... Century 21 Productions was a British film and television production company of the 1960s and 1970s, best known for the hit TV series Thunderbirds. ... The ITC Entertainment logo The Incorporated Television Company (ITC) was founded by television mogul Lew Grade in 1954. ... A marionette is a type of puppet with strings controlled by a puppeteer from above. ... Cover from Stingray DVD box set (2001). ... Brains Thunderbirds is a mid-1960s Sylvia and Gerry Anderson television show which used a form of puppetry called Supermarionation. Cast, crew, and production notes Thunderbirds was the fourth and by far the most successful of the childrens series made by AP Films (APF) for the British television company... Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, often referred to in shorthand as simply Captain Scarlet, is a science fiction television series produced by the Century 21 Television company of Sylvia and Gerry Anderson and Lew Grade and first shown in Britain (originally on ATV Midlands, but later the whole of the... Doppelgänger was a 1969 Science Fiction film directed by Robert Parrish. ...

UFO was the Andersons' first totally live-action TV series. Despite the assumption of many TV station executives, the series was not aimed at children, but deliberately sought an older audience; many episodes featured adult themes such as adultery, divorce, and drug use.

UFO first aired in the UK in 1970 and in US syndication over the next two years. In all, 26 episodes, including the pilot, were filmed over the course of more than a year, with a five-month production break caused by the ultimate closure of the MGM-British Studios in Borehamwood, where the show was initially made. Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation) Motto In God We Trust(since 1956) (From Many, One; Latin, traditional) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City National language English (de facto)1 Demonym American... In the television industry (as in radio), syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast television programs to multiple television stations, without going through a broadcast network. ... A television pilot is a test episode of an intended television series. ... Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) established a British operation, initially, at Denham Film Studios in 1936. ... For the village in Essex, see Boreham. ...

An idiosyncrasy of the series is that the term "UFO" is pronounced as a word ("you-foh"), as suggested by the real-world originator of the term Edward J. Ruppelt, and not as the more common "you-eff-oh". This is particularly true of the lead character, Ed Straker. Technically speaking the series title should properly be pronounced "you-foh" as well. However, the "you-foh" pronunciation was not consistently applied and some supporting characters use the more traditional form. Edward J. Ruppelt (1922 - 1960) was a United States Air Force officer probably best-known for his involvement in Project Blue Book, a formal governmental study of unidentified flying objects. ...

In a sad coincidence, lead actors Ed Bishop and Michael Billington died in June 2005, within five days of each other. Ed Bishop (1932-2005), as he appeared in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey (where he played the Captain of the Aries 1B space-station-to-moon shuttle, in a role which first featured dialogue: the dialogue was later cut from his scenes). ... Michael Billington (born on December 24, 1941 in Blackburn, Lancashire, England; died on June 3, 2005 in the UK) was a popular British film and television actor. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Plot overview

A fan-made CGI illustration of two aliens from the series.

The show's basic premise is that in the near future –a fictional version of 1980– human beings are being covertly harvested for their organs by aliens. 2 Gerry Anderson UFO series aliens on a desert planet. ... 2 Gerry Anderson UFO series aliens on a desert planet. ... This article is about the scientific discipline of computer graphics. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

UFOs

The extraterrestrial spacecraft can readily cross the vast distances between their planet and ours, but are only large enough for one or two crewmembers. Their time on station is limited; UFOs can only survive for a couple of days in the Earth's atmosphere before they heat up, deteriorate, and finally explode. The alien craft can survive for far longer underwater, however; one episode deals with the discovery of a secret undersea alien base. In flight they are surrounded by horizontally-spinning vanes and emit a distinctive pulsing electronic whine (actually produced by series composer Barry Gray on an Ondes Martenot). The craft is armed with a laser-type weapon, but can be destroyed by conventional explosives. The personal arms of the aliens resemble shiny assault rifles; these have a lower rate of fire than that used by SHADO personnel. Air redirects here. ... Barry Gray (July 18, 1908 in Lancashire, England - April 26, 1984 in Guernsey, Channel Islands) was a British musician and composer who is best known for his work for Gerry Anderson. ... Ondes martenot demonstrated by inventor Maurice Martenot The Ondes Martenot (or Ondes-Martenot or Ondes martenot or Ondium Martenot or Martenot or ondes musicale) is an early electronic musical instrument with a keyboard and slide invented in 1928 by Maurice Martenot, and originally very similar in sound to the Theremin. ... For other uses, see Laser (disambiguation). ...

Aliens

Notably for science fiction, and uniquely for a television series, the alien race is never given a proper name, either by themselves or by human beings; they are simply referred to as "the aliens." Humanoid in appearance, the autopsy of the first alien captured reveals that they are harvesting organs from the bodies of abducted humans. Their faces are stained by the hue of a green oxygenated liquid which is believed to cushion their lungs against the extreme acceleration of interstellar flight; this liquid is contained in their space helmets. To protect their eyes the aliens wear opaque sclera contact lenses with small pinholes for vision. The show's opening sequence begins by showing the image, remarkable for its time, of the removal of one of these contact lenses from an obviously real eye with a pair of forceps — a sight which upset some squeamish viewers and has sometimes therefore been cut from broadcast versions. Liquid breathing is a form of respiration in which someone breathes an oxygen rich liquid (usually from the perfluorocarbon family), rather than breathing air. ... Acceleration is the time rate of change of velocity and/or direction, and at any point on a velocity-time graph, it is given by the slope of the tangent to the curve at that point. ... A pair of contact lenses, positioned with the concave side facing upward. ...

SHADO

To defend against the aliens, a secret organisation called SHADO (Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organisation) is established. Operating behind the cover of the Harlington-Straker Studios movie studio in England, SHADO is headed by Commander Ed Straker (played by Ed Bishop), a former United States Air Force Colonel and astronaut who poses as the studio's chief executive. A movie studio is a controlled environment for the making of a film. ... Ed Bishop (1932-2005), as he appeared in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey (where he played the Captain of the Aries 1B space-station-to-moon shuttle, in a role which first featured dialogue: the dialogue was later cut from his scenes). ... “The U.S. Air Force” redirects here. ...

In reality, this was a cost-saving move by the producers — the studio was the actual studio where the series was being filmed, originally the MGM-British Studios, later Pinewood Studios, although the Harlington-Straker studio office block seen throughout the series was actually Neptune House - a building at the former British National Studios, in Borehamwood, that were owned by ATV. Pinewood's studio buildings and streetscapes were used extensively in later episodes, particularly "Timelash" and "Mindbender", the latter featuring scenes that actually showed the behind-the-scenes workings of the UFO sets when Straker briefly finds himself hallucinating that he is an actor on a TV series and all his SHADO colleagues are likewise actors. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) established a British operation, initially, at Denham Film Studios in 1936. ... The gatehouse at Pinewood Studios Pinewood Studios is a major British film studio situated in Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire. ... The former British National Studio is located on Clarendon Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, UK. It is currently used by the BBC and has been in continuous use since its opening in 1927. ... For the village in Essex, see Boreham. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Typical of Anderson productions, the studio-as-cover idea was both practical and cost-effective for the production and provided a ready-made for the viewer's suspension of disbelief. It removed the need to build an expensive exterior set for the SHADO base and combined that all-important "secret" cover (concealment and secrecy are always central themes in Anderson dramas) with the trademark ring of at least nominal plausibility. A studio was a business where unusual events and routines would not be remarkable or even noticed. Comings and goings at odd times, the movement of vehicles, equipment, people and materiel would not excite undue interest and could easily be explained away as "sets", "props", or "extras". This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Another Anderson leitmotif was the concept of the mechanical conveyor — e.g., the automatic boarding tubes of Stingray and the Thunderbird craft. In UFO, this appeared in the guise of Straker's "secret" office, which doubled as a lift (elevator) that takes him down to the SHADO control centre located beneath the studio. The pilots of the Interceptors slide down a boarding tube into the craft. After the tube retracts the Interceptor is raised from the hanger on a platform the actual launch pad being disguised as a lunar crater. A leitmotif (IPA pronunciation: ) (also leitmotiv; lit. ...

SHADO equipment

SHADO has a variety of high-tech hardware and vehicles at its disposal to implement a layered defence of Earth. Early warning of alien attack would come from SID (Space Intruder Detector), a computerized tracking satellite that constantly scans for UFO incursions. The forward line of defence is MoonBase from which the three Lunar Interceptor spacecraft from which (notably phallic) nuclear missiles are launched. The second line of defence includes SkyDiver, a submarine mated with the submersible, undersea-launched Sky One interceptor aircraft which would attack UFOs in earth atmosphere. The last line of defence is ground units including the armed, tank-like SHADO Mobiles, fitted with caterpillar tracks. Special effects, as in all Anderson's marionette shows, were supervised by Derek Meddings, while the vehicles were designed by Meddings and his assistant, Michael Trim. This article is about the machine. ... For other uses, see Satellite (disambiguation). ... The phallus usually refers to the male penis, or sex organ. ... The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, 1945, rose some 18 kilometers (11 mi) above the hypocenter A nuclear weapon derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions of fusion or fission. ... For other uses, see Missile (disambiguation). ... A skydiver is a person who engages in the sport of skydiving, i. ... For other uses, see Submarine (disambiguation). ... The MiG-25 is a Russian interceptor that was the mainstay of the Soviet air defence. ... </nowiki> Rear sprocket of a Leclerc tank Track of a Leclerc tank U.S. M60 Patton tank. ... Derek Meddings (15 January 1931–10 September 1995) was a British television and cinema special effects expert, initially noted for his work on the Supermarionation television puppet series produced by Gerry Anderson. ... Michael Trim is an artist most famous for illustrating the cover of Jeff Waynes Musical Version of The War of the Worlds, which depicts a Martian tripod striking down the heroic Thunder Child. ...

The stories

The show's concept was very dark for its time — the basic premise was that the alien invaders were abducting humans to use as involuntary organ transplant donors. A later episode, "The Cat with Ten Lives", contains a particularly sinister plot point which suggests that the UFO pilots are not humanoid aliens at all, but are in fact human abductees under the control of the alien intelligences. This suggests that the aliens may have no physical being themselves and therefore need a vehicle or container, meaning our human bodies, to incarnate. “Transplant” redirects here. ...

The show also featured realistic, believable relationships between the human characters to a far greater extent than usual in a typical science fiction series, showing the clear influence of American programmes like The Twilight Zone and Star Trek and British action series such as Danger Man. One early episode, "The Computer Affair", strongly hinted at an interracial romance between two continuing characters (something that was uncommon on British TV in those days), while others showed the heroes making mistakes with sometimes fatal consequences. Furthermore, relatively few episodes of the series actually had happy or (for the characters) satisfying endings. The Twilight Zone title. ... The starship Enterprise as it appeared on Star Trek Star Trek is a culturally significant science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry in the 1960s. ... This article is about the 1960s TV series which was also known as Secret Agent and shouldnt be confused with the 1990s television series Secret Agent Man. ...

One especially dramatic episode "Confetti Check A-OK" is almost entirely devoted to the breakdown of Straker's marriage under the strain of maintaining his secret identity. Another, "A Question of Priorities" hinges on Straker having to make an agonising life-or-death choice — to rescue his critically-injured son by diverting an aircraft carrying SHADO mobiles to deliver life-saving medical supplies, or to attempt a last-chance intercept against an incoming UFO. Interestingly, two key images from "A Question of Priorities", Straker's son being struck down and his ex declaring she never wants to see Straker again, are repeated in "Sub-Smash" and "Mind-Bender", suggested Straker remains haunted by unresolved emotions to the series end and perhaps beyond.

Another episode "The Square Triangle" includes a plot by a woman and her lover to murder her husband. When they accidentally kill an alien from a downed UFO instead, SHADO intervenes and doses the guilty pair with amnesia drugs, decades ahead of a similar story device in Men in Black, and for similar reasons. Straker realises, however, that the drugs will not affect their basic motivation. The end credits of this episode feature a very dark scene set in the future with the woman visiting her husband's grave, and then walking to meet her lover. This article is about alleged secretive government departments. ...

Some critics complained that the emphasis on down-to-earth relationships weakened the show's science fiction premise and were also a means of saving money on special effects. The money-saving argument may have been true to a limited extent, but the Andersons made a virtue of necessity. They had always hoped to direct live action TV drama, and although the marionette shows helped them develop impressive skills in effects and scripting, they had always considered them as essentially being a way of keeping in work and earning money while they tried to break into "real" TV drama. Others countered that the characters were more well-rounded than in other science fiction shows and that science fiction concepts and special effects in themselves did not preclude realistic action and interaction and believable, emotionally engaging plots.

UFO confused broadcasters in both Britain and the United States who could not decide if it was a programme for adults, or for children (the fact Anderson was primarily associated with children's programming did not help matters). This confusion — coupled with erratic broadcasts — are considered as contributing factors in its cancellation, although UFO is credited with opening the door to moderately successful runs of later live-action, adult-oriented programming by Anderson such as The Protectors and Space: 1999. The Protectors was a British television series, an action thriller created by Gerry Anderson - his second TV series using live actors as opposed to animated puppets. ... Left to right: Barbara Bain, Catherine Schell and Martin Landau from Space:1999s second season. ...

Special effects

The special effects, supervised by Derek Meddings, were of the highest quality and outstanding for their day, given the relatively limited resources at the team's disposal.

In a refinement of the underwater effect developed for Stingray, Meddings' team devised a disconcerting effect — a double-walled visor for the alien space helmets which could be gradually filled from the bottom up with green-dyed water. When filmed from the appropriate angle it produced a very convincing illusion of the helmet filling up and submerging the alien's head. Cover from Stingray DVD box set (2001). ...

After the 26 episodes were completed plans were drawn up for a sequel to be called UFO: 1999 which would have been set in a much bigger Moonbase. A subplot of the episode "Kill Straker!" sees Straker negotiating with SHADO's financial supporters for funding to build more moonbases within 10 years, which could be seen as a prologue to the UFO: 1999 concept. When American broadcasters dropped their support for a second season of UFO, the idea was dropped, but a couple of years later the concept was revised into an even more far-fetched story about the moon being blown out of orbit and Moonbase along with it — Space: 1999. When Space:1999 was broadcast there was no trace in its plot of the show which had been its precursor. For other uses, see Sequel (disambiguation). ... Left to right: Barbara Bain, Catherine Schell and Martin Landau from Space:1999s second season. ...

As with many Anderson productions, the series generated a range of merchandising toys based on the SHADO vehicles. The classic Dinky die-cast range of vehicles featured robust yet finely-finished products and included Straker's futuristic gull-winged gas turbine car, the SHADO mobile and the missile-bearing Lunar Interceptor (though the Interceptor was released in a lurid metallic green finish unlike the original's white). Like the Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet related models, the original Dinky toys are now prized collectors items. All the major vehicles, characters, and more have been produced in model form many times over by a large number of licencee companies; the Anderson shows and their merchandise have always had widespread popularity, but they are especially popular in Japan. Dinky Toy No. ...

The complete series has been released on DVD in the UK and in North America and was finally released in Australia on 5 September 2007, after many years of being promised "next year". Bonus features include a commentary by Anderson on the pilot episode "Identified", and an actor's commentary by Bishop on the episode "Sub-smash". There are also some deleted scenes and lots of stills and publicity artwork.

Characters

UFO had a large ensemble cast, and many of its members would come and go during the course of the series, with a number of actors — most notably George Sewell and Gabrielle Drake — leaving the series during the production break that occurred when the series had to change studios midway through production. It is established early on that SHADO personnel rotate between positions, so the occasional disappearance of characters — some of whom would later return in other positions — fits in with the concept of the series. Also, due to the scheduling of the series which did not reflect the production order, some episodes featuring departed cast members were not actually aired until late in the series, giving the impression that no major cast changes occurred. Among the major actors, only Ed Bishop appeared in all episodes. These are the major recurring characters in the series:

Comm. Ed Straker (Ed Bishop)

A former American Air Force pilot and astronaut originally from Boston who organized SHADO following a series of UFO attacks in 1970. Straker masquerades as the head of Harlington-Straker Film Studios, SHADO Headquarters being located directly below the studio. He was married to Mary Nightingale in 1970, but they soon divorced after the birth of John, their son. (Timeframes are never given for events before the series, but it would be reasonable to presume that their marriage had ended by the end of the flashback presented in "Confetti Check A-OK"). Ed Bishop (1932-2005), as he appeared in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey (where he played the Captain of the Aries 1B space-station-to-moon shuttle, in a role which first featured dialogue: the dialogue was later cut from his scenes). ... The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aerospace branch of the United States armed forces and one of the seven uniformed services. ... Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe)1, Athens of America, The Cradle of Revolution, Puritan City, Americas Walking City Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas M. Menino(D) Area    - City 232. ... Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

As if perhaps to show her opinion of Straker and his cold attitude, Mary would register their son as John Rutland, after his new step-father Steven Rutland (played by Philip Madoc). John was later seriously injured when he was hit by a car and Straker, against his own rules, used a SHADO aircraft in order to fly in antibiotic drugs from America. His second-in-command, Colonel Freeman, diverted the plane in order to investigate some curious UFO-related events in Ireland and pride prevented Straker from informing and overruling him as to the plane's original mission. The drugs arrived too late at the hospital and John died ("A Question of Priorities"). Philip Madoc (born 5 July 1934 in Merthyr Tydfil) is a Welsh actor who has had many television and film roles. ...

One consistent element of Straker's character is that he refuses to drink alcohol even though he has a fully stocked bar in his SHADO office. An early episode refers to him possessing willpower in order to avoid alcohol, which might suggest he was once alcoholic. Straker suffers from claustrophobia, a fact known only to the SHADO doctors and Alec Freeman. King Alcohol and his Prime Minister circa 1820 Alcoholism is the consumption of or preoccupation with alcoholic beverages to the extent that this behavior interferes with the alcoholics normal personal, family, social, or work life. ... Claustrophobia is an anxiety disorder that involves the fear of enclosed or confined spaces. ...

Col. Paul Foster (Michael Billington)

Former test pilot whose plane was critically damaged when SHADO's Sky 1 intercepted and destroyed a UFO in close proximity to Foster's jet. His subsequent persistent investigation of the incident threatened to expose SHADO's existence and Straker considered having him killed, but instead was impressed enough with Foster to offer him a position with SHADO. Foster appears to be somewhat of a protégé of Straker's, as he is shown in a number of major positions. He is Moonbase Commander for a time (substituting for Lt. Ellis), is assigned to Skydiver for several months, and also receives a position of authority at SHADO HQ. He masquerades as one of Straker's film producers in the studio and enjoyed a brief relationship with Col. Virginia Lake. Foster has the unique distinction of having once actually befriended one of the aliens, though he was unable to prevent the creature from being killed by SHADO personnel; his overall demeanor became noticeably more cynical after this event (chronicled in the episode "Survival"). Michael Billington (born on December 24, 1941 in Blackburn, Lancashire, England; died on June 3, 2005 in the UK) was a popular British film and television actor. ...

Lt. Gay Ellis (Gabrielle Drake)

Most often seen as Moonbase Commander during the first half of the series, Lt. Ellis is occasionally portrayed as lacking self-confidence, and at other times as a take-charge officer. She is briefly reassigned to SHADO HQ when it is suggested that she may be romantically involved with Interceptor pilot Mark Bradley. She also appears to be attracted to Ed Straker, though nothing comes of this. Gabrielle Drake (born 30 March 1944) is a British actress who was born in Lahore, Pakistan and lived in several Far East countries (including Burma where her brother, the late singer/songwriter Nick Drake, was born). ...

Col. Alec Freeman (George Sewell)

SHADO's first officer until about the three-quarter point in the series (when Sewell left following the change of studios). A lady's man in his early 40s, Freeman is Straker's right hand man and, occasionally, his muscle. Everybody's pal at SHADO, Freeman takes a sardonic attitude towards some of the things Straker and SHADO must do to survive, and at least once submitted his resignation in protest over a decision. Straker's closest friend and best man at his wedding, Freeman was the very first operative recruited into SHADO. George Sewell (31 August 1924 — 1 April 2007), was an English actor, the son of a florist family in Tottenham, London. ...

Gen. James Henderson (Grant Taylor)

Straker's superior officer, Henderson heads the International Astrophysical Commission, which is a front for SHADO and is responsible for obtaining funds and equipment from government in order to keep SHADO operational. Straker and Henderson butt heads frequently over the needs of SHADO and economic realities. Grant Taylor was born in Australia in 1917. ...

Col. Virginia Lake (Wanda Ventham)

Virginia Lake first appears in the pilot episode of the series, as a SHADO scientist and prospective romantic conquest for Alec Freeman. During the last quarter of the season, Lake returns to the series to, ironically, take over the post of SHADO first officer, replacing Freeman. A computer specialist, she also served as Moonbase commander. She was romantically involved with Paul Foster for a time. She initially has a somewhat tense working relationship with Straker, though by the end of the series they appear to have grown close and she is seen comforting him in the final scene of the final episode. Wanda Ventham (born 1939) is a British actress, whose face may be known though she had never achieved star status. ...

Capt. Peter Carlin (Peter Gordeno)

During the first half of the series, Carlin is the commander of the submarine Skydiver and pilot of its interceptor aircraft, Sky 1. In 1970, Carlin and his sister found a UFO and were attacked; he was shot and wounded and his sister vanished. He joined SHADO in hopes of finding out what happened to his sister, and eventually learned that her organs had been harvested. Peter Gordeno is a session musician, and has since 1998 toured with Depeche Mode. ...

Lt. Nina Barry (Dolores Mantez)

One of Straker's first recruits into SHADO, Barry works as a tracker at Moonbase and later replaces Lt. Ellis as its commanding officer; she also serves aboard Skydiver at one point. One of several women attracted to Straker, she is the second most frequently appearing character in the series, appearing in 23 of 26 episodes. Dolores Mantez born c. ...

Capt. Lew Waterman (Gary Myers)

Initially an Interceptor pilot on the Moon, Waterman is later promoted to captain and replaces Peter Carlin as commanding officer of Skydiver and pilot of Sky 1. He becomes a very close friend of Paul Foster's.

Lt. Keith Ford (Keith Alexander)

Former television interviewer who became a founding member of SHADO and its main communications officer. Actor Keith Alexander left the series after the production break, so the character disappears at the 2/3 mark of the series. Keith Alexander is a British actor and voice actor. ...

Lt. Ayshea Johnson (Ayshea Brough)

SHADO operative stationed at headquarters in most episodes. Initially seen doing miscellaneous tasks (she's the woman seen smiling and waving to Col. Alec Freeman during the opening credits), she later becomes SHADO's communications officer after the departure of Lt. Ford, and in her final episode appearance is shown working on MoonBase. NB: this character's full name is conjecture. In the credits she is identified only as Ayshea (as is the actress), however one episode gives her the name Lt. Johnson. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

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Dr. Doug Jackson (Vladek Sheybal)

SHADO psychiatrist and science officer. A somewhat sinister figure who sometimes appears to have his own agenda, Jackson serves a number of capacities within SHADO, including acting as prosecution officer during the court martial of Paul Foster. When Foster escapes custody after being found (falsely) guilty, Jackson successfully convinces General Henderson to have his guards use tranquilizer darts in their pursuit, rather than shooting to kill. It is implied that Doug Jackson is not the character's birth name, as he speaks with a strong Eastern European accent. His origins, however, are never explored. Vladek Sheybal (born 12 March 1923 in Zgierz, Poland, died 16 October 1992 in London, England) is an actor. ...

Lt. Joan Harrington (Antonia Ellis)

Another Moonbase UFO tracker, Harrington appears to have a dislike for Lt. Ellis.

Miss Ealand (Norma Ronald)

SHADO operative masquerading as Straker's movie studio secretary. She is the first line of defence against anyone entering SHADO HQ via Straker's office/elevator. The character is not seen in most of the post-studio change episodes, being replaced in two episodes by a Miss Holland (played by Lois Maxwell). Norma Ronald is a British actress best known for her appearences as Mildred Murfin in the 1960s BBC Radio comedy series The Men from the Ministry and as Miss Ealand in the Science Fiction television series UFO. She also made an earlier uncredited appearence in the 1969 Gerry Anderson... Lois Maxwell (born 14 February 1927) is a Golden Globe-winning Canadian actress, known for her role as Miss Moneypenny in the James Bond franchise. ...

Lt. Mark Bradley (Harry Baird)

Caribbean-born Interceptor pilot based on the Moon. He becomes romantically involved with Lt. Ellis for a time, leading to a temporary assignment at SHADO HQ on Earth, and later briefly assumes the position of MoonBase Commander. Baird left the series midway through the season.

Trivia

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• Not only is it never explained why female MoonBase personnel uniformally wore purple wigs and extensive eye make-up, their unusual livery is never alluded to in the series. Gerry Anderson has commented that it made them look more futuristic and that it filmed better under the bright lights, while Sylvia Anderson said she believed wigs would become accepted components of military uniforms by the 1980s. Whenever female MoonBase personnel visited Earth (as Ellis and Barry did from time to time), their lunar regalia was never worn.
• Ed Bishop, who had dark hair in real life, initially bleached his hair for Bishop's unique white-haired look. He later began wearing a white wig when the bleaching began damaging his hair. Straker's unusual look may have been an attempt to make Bishop look like Captain Blue, the character he voiced in Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons. Bishop, until not long before his death, possessed one of the wigs he wore on the show and took great delight in displaying it at science fiction conventions and on TV programmes. He also kept a Certina watch that was specially made for his character.
• Many other male characters in the series also wore wigs, again because the Andersons felt that they would become fashionable for both sexes by the 1980s. Early episodes in which Michael Billington does not wear a wig can be identified by his receding hairline and long sideburns.
• On both Skydiver and MoonBase, SHADO pilots enter their interceptor craft by sliding down tubes. This is an allusion to the Andersons' earlier series, Thunderbirds, which had the characters accessing their craft in similar fashion.
• Ed Straker's dramatic gas turbine car, resembling somewhat the 1970 Citroën SM, was, in fact, a humble Ford Zephyr with a specially built aluminium bodyshell.
• The control consoles, computer panels and spacesuits of MoonBase make numerous appearances in other TV shows of the 1970s such as Dr Who, Timeslip, Doomwatch, The Tomorrow People, The Goodies and briefly appeared in the 1975 film Confessions of a Pop Performer. Some of the models also appear in the Dr Who story "Frontier In Space". An Alien spacesuit can also be seen in the Children's Film Foundation film Kadoing.
• One of the unnamed female MoonBase operatives was played by Shakira Baksh, later wife of actor Michael Caine. Shortly after she appeared in UFO, Michael Caine saw her in a television advertisement, and made it a point to find out who she was. After they were married, she appeared as a supporting actor with Caine and Sean Connery in the movie The Man Who Would Be King, playing the part of 'Roxanne.' Producer Gerry Anderson later said that he had lost his temper with her so badly on the set of UFO, that he always feared the idea of running in to Michael Caine at some actors' function, and being punched on the nose by him.^{[citation needed]}
• Sylvia Anderson, having had made a pair of very sheer trousers for actor Patrick Allen to wear in the episode "Timelash," later regretted not having had the nerve to ask him to wear a jock strap underneath, and commented on the DVD release of the series that "you should not be able to tell which side anybody's 'packet' is on."
• The futuristic, gull-winged cars driven by the Ed Straker and Paul Foster characters were originally built for the Anderson movie Doppelgänger (later re-named Journey to the Far Side of the Sun). During the shooting of the UFO series, David Lowe and Sydney Carlton raised funds to form a company called "The Explorer Motor Company," dedicated to the mass production of these cars for sale to the public. A plastic mold was made of the Straker car, in preparation for mass production, but the company never got off the ground. [1]
• Both Ed Bishop and Michael Billington have commented that the futuristic cars were 'impossible to drive.' (Partly because the steering wheel was designed for looks, rather than functionality.) Also, the gull-wing doors did not open automatically. Every shot in which the car door was seen to open automatically had to be arranged so that a prop man could run up to the car, just outside of the frame, open the door, and hold it open while Ed Bishop stepped out. In certain episodes (most notably "Courtmartial") the prop man can be seen
• In the episode "Mindbender" an alien device causes the SHADO operatives to hallucinate. In a wonderful twist of irony, the Ed Straker character hallucinates that he is an actor in a television series about UFOs and aliens. He then steps out of the set and onto the actual sound stage where UFO is filmed, and we are able to see all of the sets that were used to film the series. Also, in Straker's hallucination, all of the actors (except Ed Bishop) are called by their real names. Paul Foster is called "Mike" (as in Mike Michael Billington), General Henderson is called "Grant" (as in Grant Taylor) and so on.
• The episode "Survival" shows that the Moon base is in the Mare Imbrium, or in the northeast part of it, according to a map that Foster and an alien studied while they were stranded on the surface.
• In "Survival", Straker says that racial prejudice burned itself out "five years ago", this said on April 13, 1981. In the other Anderson series "Space: 1999", Cmdr. Koenig hints that prejudice was finally ended in a great conflict about 10-12 years prior to 1999.
• In "Ordeal", listen to the music at the party: you'll hear "Get Back" by The Beatles, released in 1969, about the same time this episode was filmed originally.

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Predictions

UFO, which was filmed in 1969 and 1970, made a number of predictions about what life in the 1980s would be like, some of which have (to an extent) come true. Among the innovations predicted by the series:

• Car telephones (a.k.a. cell phones)
• Gull-wing doors on automobiles (actually these had been pioneered over a decade earlier in real life, in the Mercedes-Benz 300SL, but were not widespread in 1969.)
• Spacecraft launched from an aircraft
• Extensive use of computers in day-to-day life, even to the extent of predicting and analyzing human behaviour
• Voice print identification systems; also, vocal analysis used to identify individuals in the same way as fingerprints
• Spy satellites.
• The episode "Conflict" indicates that, in the UFO universe, racial prejudice was wiped out on Earth in the mid-1970s, a prediction that did not come true in the real world.
• That cars would drive on the right-hand side of the road in the UK and be converted to left-hand drive (a prediction that didn't come true either).
• UFO also featured episodes dealing with issues that would become topical in later years, such as space junk and the disposal of toxic waste.
• Cordless telephones (the 3 on Straker's office desk had no cord between the handsets and the base)

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Episodes

Due to the then highly localized nature of the ITV "network" in the United Kingdom, the 26 episodes of UFO were shown out of production order, and every broadcaster showed the episodes in different order. As the list below (based on information from the book The Complete Gerry Anderson) shows, on several occasions during the first run various broadcasters aired different episodes of the series on the same day. Some UK broadcasters did not air some episodes until 1973; as a result, some episode guides may list these episodes in different order. The North American DVD release of the series usually follows the production order, with a few diversions. The website ufoseries.com offers seven viewing order possibilities. According to The Complete Gerry Anderson, the episode "Exposed" was intended to be aired second, but it was produced fifth and appears as the fifth episode in the American DVD release. For other uses, see ITV (disambiguation). ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ...

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UFO stories in other media

Stories set in the Gerry Anderson UFO series have appeared in various media:-

• Two novelizations based upon the series were published in the UK and America.[2]
• In the comics "Countdown" and "TV Action".
• In 1991 to 1999 Entropy Express in Brighton, South Australia published 7 issues of a periodical called Flightpath, containing 39 text stories set in the UFO scenario. These include a crossover with Bergerac (TV series), and a crossover with Predator (film).
• There was a hardback annual for the series featuring text stories which was released for two years. There were hardback annuals for the Countdown and TV Action comics featuring comic strips.

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Revivals

Several attempts have been made to either revive or remake the series. The first attempt, as mentioned above, evolved into Space: 1999. In the 1990s and early 2000s there were scattered reports of production companies around the world investigating the possibility of producing a new TV series or film, most recently in 2003 when Carlton International Media (current rights holders for the series) announced that an American company was planning to produce a new series,^{[citation needed]} though as of 2007 nothing has yet come of this. Australian company Bump Map run by Albert Hastings pitched a revival of UFO to one of Australia's major TV production companies in 1995/6. Also in 1996, Ed Bishop briefly corresponded with independent Australian film maker/UFO fan Adrian Sherlock about an unofficial revival called Damon Dark: Shadofall. The project funding fell through but the script has been made into a fan-made audio production and uploaded to YouTube. Left to right: Barbara Bain, Catherine Schell and Martin Landau from Space:1999s second season. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

Translations

• French: Alerte dans l’espace
• Spanish: OVNI (Although the Spanish 2007 DVD release title remains "UFO")

See also

• Threshold, an American series broadcast in 2005 with noted similarities to UFO.
• The Indestructible Man, a novel with a scenario derived from various Gerry Anderson story scenarios including UFO.

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External links

• UFO at the Internet Movie Database
• UFO at TV.com
• UFO Episode Guide at Fanderson - the web site of the official Gerry Anderson Appreciation Society
• UFO series home page
• SHADO Library UFO series fan fiction
• Episode guide of the Countdown and TV Action comic-strip stories
• Eagle Transporter Forum - Brit Sci-Fi Discussion board concentrating on UFO and Space 1999 hardware.

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