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It had a killer soundtrack 
or was that the 90's remixed one..
or was that the 90's remixed one..
Posted: 17:07 Sep 16 2003
Gerry Anderson's series - "UFO".
Any fellow fans out there who remember this gem?
Much better than it's successor SPACE 1999!
Much better than it's successor SPACE 1999!
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Posted: 17:07 Sep 16 2003 
I kinda remember it. What was it about again?
Posted: 17:46 Sep 16 2003 
It ran for only 26 episodes and a second series was planned but, that unfortunately was cancelled and the shot footage integrated in to Gerry's next show - SPACE 1999!
Made in 1969 - and set to be in 1980 - was about Aliens trying to invade Earth - and being kept secret from the population - via a secret organisation called S.H.A.D.O.
S.H.A.D.O. stood for - Supreme Headquarter's Alien Defense Organisation - under the charge of Commander Ed. Straker (Ed Bishop).
It had its main base under a film studios -(HARLINGTON/STRAKER) for cover.
Other main characters were:
Col. Alec Freeman (George Sewell).
Col. Paul Foster (Michael Billigton).
Col. Virginia Lake (Wanda Ventham).
Lieutenant Gay Ellis (Gabrielle Drake).
Dr. Jackson (Vladek Sheybal).
Other locations used - Moonbase.
Transport: Shadomobiles, Skydiver 1.
Warning system: S.I.D. which stood for - Space Intruder Detector.
It was Gerry's first live action series after all his puppet shows like "STINGRAY", "THUNDERBIRDS" and "CAPTAIN SCARLET". Had a reggie-organ style theme at the start with a teleprinter showing information on screen - and just a weird sound effect at the end as it faded past the Earth/solar system out into unknown space!
Made in 1969 - and set to be in 1980 - was about Aliens trying to invade Earth - and being kept secret from the population - via a secret organisation called S.H.A.D.O.
S.H.A.D.O. stood for - Supreme Headquarter's Alien Defense Organisation - under the charge of Commander Ed. Straker (Ed Bishop).
It had its main base under a film studios -(HARLINGTON/STRAKER) for cover.
Other main characters were:
Col. Alec Freeman (George Sewell).
Col. Paul Foster (Michael Billigton).
Col. Virginia Lake (Wanda Ventham).
Lieutenant Gay Ellis (Gabrielle Drake).
Dr. Jackson (Vladek Sheybal).
Other locations used - Moonbase.
Transport: Shadomobiles, Skydiver 1.
Warning system: S.I.D. which stood for - Space Intruder Detector.
It was Gerry's first live action series after all his puppet shows like "STINGRAY", "THUNDERBIRDS" and "CAPTAIN SCARLET". Had a reggie-organ style theme at the start with a teleprinter showing information on screen - and just a weird sound effect at the end as it faded past the Earth/solar system out into unknown space!
Posted: 14:52 Sep 18 2003
Was that the one where the aliens all had a little finger that stuck out.. or am i stupidly confused?
Posted: 10:08 Sep 29 2003
No they didn't have any differences physically! We saw very little of them - but they were greenish in colour - humanoid and wore red/silver spacesuits (rather like human astronaut-type suits! These were filled with some sort of green liquid that helped them to breathe in our atmosphere)
The Aliens in UFO came from an unspecified planet and were a dying race - that came basically looking for humas for "spare parts".
The Aliens in UFO came from an unspecified planet and were a dying race - that came basically looking for humas for "spare parts".
Posted: 13:13 Oct 01 2003