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charel196

The Aliens

So Straker says in episode one..."Signs of hereditary sterility are
evident" in the aliens.This apparently means that Mom and Dad alien
were sterile and passed it on to junior? Ha ha!
If their ships had laser blaster type beams why did they use machine
guns on the ground?
Seriously,I did enjoy the mystery of keeping info about them a
little vague.Wonder what might have happened if there was a second
season.Anyone else think UFO would make a good movie nowadays(updated
a bit)....? Charles

James Gibbon-2

Re: The Aliens

[hidden email] wrote:
> So Straker says in episode one..."Signs of hereditary sterility are
> evident" in the aliens.This apparently means that Mom and Dad alien
> were sterile and passed it on to junior? Ha ha!

Someone did come up with a reasonable explanation for this a while
ago.. it escapes me now though, I admit!

> If their ships had laser blaster type beams why did they use machine
> guns on the ground?
>

That's easy - presumably the death-ray type weapons used a large
quantity of power, and had to feed off the powerplant of the UFO.
I like the fact that they used traditional projectile small arms -
it's a refreshing change from the lasers we see in every other
sci-fi series.

But why did they wear the bright red suits? They always seemed to
land in the woods somewhere. Green camouflage would have been a
better choice ..

James

anthonyappleyard <MCLSSAA2@fs2.mt.umist.ac.uk>

Re: The Aliens

James Gibbon <[hidden email]> wrote:-
> ... I like the fact that they used traditional projectile small arms -
> it's a refreshing change from the lasers we see in every other
> sci-fi series.

In the UFO stories in the Countdown and TV Action comics, alien rifles are
shown firing what looks like a ray rather than bullets, and in at least one
story (The Snatch) they are explicitly called rayguns.

> But why did they wear the bright red suits? They always seemed to land in
> the woods somewhere. Green camouflage would have been a better choice ..

Likely the aliens had had interstellar space travel for such a long time
that they were mentally stuck in a stasis of sticking to the same kit and
tactics.

bakerg

RE: The Aliens

In reply to this post by charel196

Hereditary Sterility. Nice one! Still there's always cloning. Perhaps that
liquid in their helmets was some form of nutrient bath.

As for the movie, oh yes!!! Today's technology would make that beautiful.

Gary

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Subject: [SHADO] The Aliens

So Straker says in episode one..."Signs of hereditary sterility are
evident" in the aliens.This apparently means that Mom and Dad alien
were sterile and passed it on to junior? Ha ha!
If their ships had laser blaster type beams why did they use machine
guns on the ground?
Seriously,I did enjoy the mystery of keeping info about them a
little vague.Wonder what might have happened if there was a second
season.Anyone else think UFO would make a good movie nowadays(updated
a bit)....? Charles

anthonyappleyard <MCLSSAA2@fs2.mt.umist.ac.uk>

SHADO-USECC

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What is SHADO-USECC and what is its contact address?

Deborah A Rorabaugh

Re: The Aliens

In reply to this post by bakerg

Actually, hereditary sterility would be best described as hereditary profound
infertility - only a few aliens are capable of breeding at all. The one
autopsied by SHADO showed evidence he were incapable of breeding and it did
not appear to chemically or surgically induced. Since the specimen in question
was male, the testes were probably either malformed or showed little evidence
of being capable of producing sperm. Blood sex hormone levels were too low to
measure. Since the specimen was human enough for the autopsy to give sensible
results, human baselines gave results indicating hereditary sterility.

[hidden email] wrote:

> Hereditary Sterility. Nice one! Still there's always cloning. Perhaps that
> liquid in their helmets was some form of nutrient bath.
>
> As for the movie, oh yes!!! Today's technology would make that beautiful.
>
> Gary
>
> e-mail: [hidden email]
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 6:37 PM
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: [SHADO] The Aliens
>
> So Straker says in episode one..."Signs of hereditary sterility are
> evident" in the aliens.This apparently means that Mom and Dad alien
> were sterile and passed it on to junior? Ha ha!
> If their ships had laser blaster type beams why did they use machine
> guns on the ground?
> Seriously,I did enjoy the mystery of keeping info about them a
> little vague.Wonder what might have happened if there was a second
> season.Anyone else think UFO would make a good movie nowadays(updated
> a bit)....? Charles

Lieve

Re: The Aliens

In reply to this post by James Gibbon-2

James wrote:

>But why did they wear the bright red suits? They always seemed to
>land in the woods somewhere. Green camouflage would have been a
>better choice ..

One could make a case for the aliens being colour blind, perhaps?

CU

Lieve

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"That's what life is all about, I guess - The things we never say."
Cmdr. Ed Straker, UFO Series, Subsmash episode.

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anthonyappleyard <MCLSSAA2@fs2.mt.umist.ac.uk>

Re: The Aliens

James wrote:
> But why did they wear the bright red suits? They always seemed to
> land in the woods somewhere. Green camouflage would have been a
> better choice ..

Lieve wrote:-
> One could make a case for the aliens being colour blind, perhaps?

Perhaps the aliens (then or previously) often raided a planet where the
vegetation was not green but red.

John Wadsworth-Ladkin

Re: The Aliens

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>From: "Anthony Appleyard" <[hidden email]>
>Reply-To: [hidden email]
>To: [hidden email]
>Subject: Re: [SHADO] The Aliens
>Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 08:17:24 GMT
>
> James wrote:
> > But why did they wear the bright red suits? They always seemed to
> > land in the woods somewhere. Green camouflage would have been a
> > better choice ..
>
> Lieve wrote:-
> > One could make a case for the aliens being colour blind, perhaps?
>
>Perhaps the aliens (then or previously) often raided a planet where the
>vegetation was not green but red.

I suspect it was probably a bit of a fashion statement - remember it was the
late 60's and bright colours were the fashion. Nothing wrong with having
fashion conscious aliens - very groovy!!

John
>
>
>

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angelo_finamore

ISOSHADO site new look

Hi All,
just yesterday I see a new look for the Home Page of ISOSHADO web site.
Look nice and with many UFO pics on.

--
http://www.supernet.it/ufotv
UFO MERCHANDISE COLLECTION HOME PAGE
Angelo Finamore, [hidden email]
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Marc Martin-2

Re: ISOSHADO site new look

>Hi All,
>just yesterday I see a new look for the Home Page of ISOSHADO web site.
>Look nice and with many UFO pics on.

Yes, very nice!

And that photo of Catherine and the Aliens lounging on the rooftop --
wow! Marco? Paolo? Any possibility that I could have a larger scan
of that photo for the back cover of Helen Weber's COMMUNIQUE?

--
Marc Martin, [hidden email]

stevec

Re: ISOSHADO site new look

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Marc;
wheres this pic?
Steve Christensen

>From: Marc Martin <[hidden email]>
>Reply-To: [hidden email]
>To: [hidden email]
>Subject: Re: [SHADO] ISOSHADO site new look
>Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 08:20:07 -0700
>
> >Hi All,
> >just yesterday I see a new look for the Home Page of ISOSHADO web site.
> >Look nice and with many UFO pics on.
>
>Yes, very nice!
>
>And that photo of Catherine and the Aliens lounging on the rooftop --
>wow! Marco? Paolo? Any possibility that I could have a larger scan
>of that photo for the back cover of Helen Weber's COMMUNIQUE?
>
>--
>Marc Martin, [hidden email]
>
>
>

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anthonyappleyard <MCLSSAA2@fs2.mt.umist.ac.uk>

Space Precinct :: why no first episode

If you wonder why you seem to have missed Space Precinct's first episode, i.e.
the episode that sets the scene and says who everybody is, that is because it
was written (called "Demeter City"), but it was never filmed. The latest issue
of the FAB Magazine explains this and is serializing its script. It was going
to be filmed after several ordinary episodes, but the shareholders started
baying the producer's heels to get some episodes on TV, before "Demeter City"
could be filmed. And it would have been expensive in special film sets.