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UFO - Identified
episode 1
UK 1970
produced by Reg Hill, Gerry Anderson (executive) for Century 21 Television, ITC
directed by Gerry Anderson
starring Ed Bishop, George Sewell, Peter Gordeno, Gabrielle Drake, Grant Taylor, Basil Dignam, Shane Rimmer, Antonia Ellis, Gary Myers, Michael Mundell, Harry Baird, Keith Alexander, Jon Kelley, Georgina Moon, Dolores Mantez, Jeremy Wilkin, Paul Gillard, Wanda Ventham, Matthew Robertson, Maxwell Shaw, Annette Kerr
screenplay by Gerry Anderson, Sylvia Anderson, Tony Barwick, created by Gerry Anderson, Sylvia Anderson, Reg Hill, visual effects by Derek Meddings, costumes by Sylvia Anderson/Century 21
TV-series UFO
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Ed Straker (Ed Bishop) is a movie producer and playboy ... oh, and have
I already told you he is also the head of the top secret organisation
SHADO (Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organization), a British-based
international organisation to defend our earth against UFOs? An
organisation that also has a moonbase ande a submarine plus quite a few
outer space and inner space-interceptors at its disposal? So far though,
SHADO has been comparatively toothless, mainly because the UFOs are
travelling several times the speed of light and are therefore hard to
detect. This is supposed to change now because scientist Virginia Lake
(Wanda Ventham) has developed a device to spot UFOS even at these enormous
speeds. Thing is, Ms Lake makes her inventions in California, so her
device has to be flown to the UK, a delivery that's done by Straker's
right-hand man Freeman (George Sewell) himself. However, on the way to the
UK, the flight is attacked by a UFO, which is shot out of the skies only
at the very last moment - and which leaves SHADO with an unexpected gift,
the actual body of an alien. When dissecting the body though,
SHADO-scientists make a gruesome discovery: Some of the aliens organs are
replaced by human ones - which means the aliens have come to earth for a
bit of organ-harvesting ...
In a way, UFO is a
great series: The special effects are top notch and amazing not only for
their time, the pseudo-futuristic 1970's designs and costumes are nothing
short of endearing, and there are many sexy girls around wearing sexy
outfits and almost all of them mini skirts. Futhermore, the cast is
extremely solid for a series of this ilk. All that does not make UFO
a perfect series though: It's a bit slow-moving, gets somewhat repetitive
the longer it progresses, and the plot doesn't always make perfect sense
even within the confines of science fiction of the alien invasion variety. Still,
even if the show is not perfect, it's good nostalgic fun.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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