E.S.P.

Hello All!

Well, let's go on with the episode discussion.
E.S.P. (Eds Security Problem? :-), an episode which wasn't dubbed
into German. Although here are all our beloved ones together:
Straker, Freeman, Foster and Ellis (just Dr. Jackson is missing); for
the hardware fans a UFO crashing into a house, Interceptors, great
shots of SHADO mobiles, everything the heart desires. And it's
not a bad episode. Let us take a closer looook… ;-)

* Straker: "This zig-zaging [of the UFO] is unusual." Yes, by
all means, it is. Watching the track on the radar screen it looks
like a drunken Alien is behind the controls of the UFO <hicks> #-P

* The explosions of the Interceptor missiles are (again) from
IDENTIFIED.

* After the attack of the Interceptors, Harrington, watching her
screen and pushing some buttons, says: "Positive! Contact
lost." Hm, I can see that, Lt. Harrington, because your screen
shows simply – nothing. Therefore: Contact lost :-)

* I've always wondered how they can make useful readings by
watching a screen which shows nothing more than a spot wandering from
one end to the other. (But don't take my comments too serious for
this is a TV series and not a big budget movie. And of course I know
that, but hey, it's fun! :-)

* And again they send the Mobiles to a specific area although the UFO
is far away and can always change course!

* I like this shot when the UFO is seen flying in space near the
Earth atmosphere.

* Watch Foster in the Mobile! From the outside you can see windows on
the left and the right hand-side of the driver's cab. But the
shots of the inside shows a wall with two screens on it.

* Must be spooky to hear this strange sound of the UFO in the mid of
the night…

* An envelope full of stamps and what's the address?
"Mr. Ed Straker, Harlington-Straker Studios, Harlington West,
Wessex" At least, I think that the last word is "Wessex",
can anyone tell me if this is possible?

* Foster seems to have the gift of E.S.P. also. When Croxley aims at
him in the phone box he seems to senses this.

* This gullwing doors of the cars must be a challenge sometimes.
Think of it. You're in a parking spot with cars on the left and
the right. And now try to open the doors. Could be that you have to
leave the car crawling on the floor through the small gap the door
left.

A last word: every time I watch Ed Bishop as Straker, a UFO flying
through space, Mobiles and Skydiver in action, the Interceptors
lifting off like dragonflies and the wonderful Gay Ellis in her
uniform with the purple wig on, I recognise one thing: how much I
love this series :-))

CU Christian
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"Could you call an emergency action on a large scale?
An action if I told you that what is really being carried
out in Wynnerton Flats is the mass destruction of men's mind."
ENEMY FROM SPACE (1957)
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Been awhile since I posted about anything but reading Christian's made me
think for a few things. I need to sit down and get the tape of E.S.P. and
watch it again as it is a episode I have on tape.
One think I can comment on just now is Foster turning in the phone box.
In the military and intelligence agencies when you are taught how to take out
sentries you are taught not to stare at them as you make your attack. There
is some old animal instinct left in us that lets us sense some one looking at
us from behind. Try it at a party sometime. Just pick out someone who is
looking the other way and stare. They will turn.

All for now, except to tell Christian, that Gay said since you missed
tracker training and don't know how to read a scope you are to report for
train at 0400 GMT first of next month. Pick up your purple wig and catsuit
:-)


James K.

--- SumitonJD@a... wrote:
> Try it at a party sometime. Just pick out someone who is
> looking the other way and stare. They will turn.

Hi James!
Yes, I tried that many years ago, but it was a fifty-fifty chance
that the person I stared at turned. But I know the feeling when you
think that someone is watching you. Had that, too. At least
sometimes :-)

> All for now, except to tell Christian, that Gay said since
> you missed tracker training and don't know how to read a scope
> you are to report for train at 0400 GMT first of next month.
> Pick up your purple wig and catsuit

0400!! 8-
But that's a little bit early in the morning, don't you think?!
All right, all right. I know that's an order. But I won't put on this
silly wig! It only fits the girls, not the men. And my silver suit
suits me more than this catsuit. I know you! You will only have fun
on my expense, won't you? ;-)

CU Christian

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"Now I don't care if that bird came from outer space or Upasida
River, New Jersey. It's still made of flesh and blood of some
sort and vulnerable to bullets and bombs."
THE GIANT CLAW (1957)
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Hi all,

Anyone have any more comments on our current UFO episode up for
discussion -- E.S.P.? Or did Christian say it all? :-)

--
Marc Martin, [hidden email]

>Marc Martin <[hidden email]>
wrote:
>Anyone have any more comments on our current UFO episode up for
>discussion -- E.S.P.?

Yes, Marc! I do. I've been offline for weeks while we moved, but am now
officially back on the air! E.S.P. was a good episode for several reasons.
It was suspenseful, even when the scenario didn't make much sense (i.e. UFO
hits house in kamikaze attack just to kill Croxley's wife? or Straker and
Freeman go out to the ruined house alone with no back-up? Forget that, even
if Croxley could ferret it out. Sensible just wouldn't GO!)

I loved the hospital scene. It really shows you just how sympathetic a man
Straker really is! *chuckle* And Straker's digs later about the "little
man" Paul kept seeing. I especially liked the scene where Paul talks to Dr.
Shroeder near the end of the episode. Hey, Doc! That was some good advice
there! *grin*

The Croxleys themselves weren't very intriguing people, although I did feel
a little sorry for Stella. But the part I remembered best over the years
was that package sent to Straker from Croxley. Some script, don't you
think? Anyway, an all-around good episode for all three of the command
team, with a special little perk for Paul when he gets to save the day!

Yours,
Denise

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--- Denise Felt wrote some interesting thoughts about E.S.P.,
especially:

> It was suspenseful, even when the scenario didn't make much
> sense (i.e. UFO hits house in kamikaze attack just to kill
> Croxley's wife [snip]

Good point, Denise!

I also have always wondered if it is necessary to kill Croxleys wife
with a whole U.F.O. - what for? But the episode is sometimes very
chilling: e.g. when Croxleys wife hears the sound of the incoming
U.F.O. Sometimes when I am on my loggia at night, the forest next to
my home I imagine the sound of a U.F.O. landing nearby... OK, I've
got a vivid imagination :-))

CU Christian
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"A ghastly caricature, like something distorted by pressure."
THE MAN FROM PLANET X (1951)
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One of the most interesting points about "ESP" is that we get to hear an
indication of why the aliens are coming to Earth, as they use Croxley as a
mouthpiece in one of the scenes. The actor who played Croxley, (I can't
remember his name and I don't recall seeing him in anything else) certainly
got into his role; he is almost unbearably edgy at times.

Peter Buckley

--- Peter Buckley wrote:
> The actor who played Croxley, (I can't remember his name and
> I don't recall seeing him in anything else) certainly
> got into his role; he is almost unbearably edgy at times.

Peter,

John Stratton played Croxley. Just take a look at IMDB
http://us.imdb.com/Name?Stratton,+John

CU Christian

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"Why are we always so quick to kill. It's an alien.
It's the first of its kind to come to the Earth."
NIGHT OF THE BLOOD BEAST (1958)
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Peter Buckley wrote:

>The actor who played Croxley, (I can't remember his name and I don't
>recall seeing him in anything else)

John Stratton was his name, and he turned up in an episode of The
Professionals ("Hunter/Hunted"), which is currently displayed on my frame
capture site -- see http://framecaplib.com/proslib.html . His character's
name was "Brownie"; see image 97 in that episode, among others. He looks
older and thinner, but it's the same guy.

- Lisa

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