Unfilmed UFO script discovered!

Hi all,

This week I obtained an unfilmed UFO script, and
will be adding a complete transcript of it soon to
my UFO website for everyone to read. Meanwhile, you
can read some preliminary details and a short
excerpt from it on my "what's new" page at:

http://ufoseries.com/new.html

Marc

--- In [hidden email], Marc Martin <marc@u...> wrote:
Great, you're fantastic!

In a message dated 3/31/05 10:29:32 PM, [hidden email] writes:


> This week I obtained an unfilmed UFO script
>

Wonderful, what a treasure! Thank you Marc :0) AS


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Bravo, Marc. Especially the bit from War of the Worlds.

Marc Martin wrote:

It sounds legit, Marc, and not a bad storyline. BUT today IS April
Fools. Are you conning us?
Slightly sceptical,
Denise

> It sounds legit, Marc, and not a bad storyline. BUT today IS April
> Fools. Are you conning us?
> Slightly sceptical,

Well, the problem is, nobody seems to believe me as long as it
remains April Fools Day... unless you can think of something?

Marc

Hi all,

Could this be the 'lost' script mentioned at the UFO convention in 1988 by
one of the guest speakers ?
Lost at some point between the studio change I think.
Is Col. Lake or Alec Freeman mentioned to verify series '1' or '2' script
writing.

Just to add some credability to Marc's e-mail.

It would be to cruel to play an April fool like this...


Regards
Keith

> Could this be the 'lost' script mentioned at the UFO convention in 1988
> by one of the guest speakers ?
> Lost at some point between the studio change I think.
> Is Col. Lake or Alec Freeman mentioned to verify series '1' or '2' script
> writing.

I wasn't at the 1988 UFO convention, so perhaps you could fill us
in with the details?

I do remember reading an interview with UFO script editor Tony Barwick
(I think it was in "SiG" magazine), where Gerry thought Tony had the
script, and Tony thought Gerry had the script, so it turned out that
the script was lost! However, it was never clear to me if they were
talking about UFO, or whether or not the script was ever found.

But this particular script is a series 1 script, as it features
Captain Carlin in it.

Marc

Marc, I can't remember where I read it recently, but there is a story about
a lost script in which the writer lost it while driving from his home to the
studio. There was a remark that it would quite a find for collector; I took
it as maybe it flew out of or off the top of the car and maybe someone
could've picked it up from the road?!

Marc, can you disclose the script's provenance? THANKS!

Michael Blake

-----Original Message-----
From: Marc Martin [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 1:24 PM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: [SHADO] Re: Unfilmed UFO script discovered!



> Could this be the 'lost' script mentioned at the UFO convention in 1988
> by one of the guest speakers ?
> Lost at some point between the studio change I think.
> Is Col. Lake or Alec Freeman mentioned to verify series '1' or '2' script
> writing.

I wasn't at the 1988 UFO convention, so perhaps you could fill us
in with the details?

I do remember reading an interview with UFO script editor Tony Barwick
(I think it was in "SiG" magazine), where Gerry thought Tony had the
script, and Tony thought Gerry had the script, so it turned out that
the script was lost! However, it was never clear to me if they were
talking about UFO, or whether or not the script was ever found.

But this particular script is a series 1 script, as it features
Captain Carlin in it.

Marc



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In a message dated 4/1/05 12:47:14 PM Central Standard Time,
[hidden email] writes:

> It sounds legit, Marc, and not a bad storyline. BUT today IS April
> Fools. Are you conning us?
> Slightly sceptical,

Well, the problem is, nobody seems to believe me as long as it
remains April Fools Day... unless you can think of something?

Marc


Marc - You could... stake your reputation on the line... and swear on the
name of Gerry Anderson that this is NOT an April Fools Joke. Of course if you
give us your word and it later turns out to be an April Fools Joke - ALL of
your credibility will be gone and it is likely that the real Marc has been
aducted by Aliens and then returned under thier influence.

I don't think an April Fools joke is worth your
reputation...heh...heh...heh? :)

We all want to believe....

If it is a JOKE....Don't stake your reputation! You already got us.... :)

Gordon.




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> Marc, can you disclose the script's provenance? THANKS!

Back in 1992, there was a Space:1999 convention held in Los Angeles.
One of the items up for auction was this UFO script. This was obtained
someone named John Ellis, who knew the author (Leo Eaton) and knew about
the script's existence. Leo sent John copy of the script, and last week
John sent a copy of this script to me.

What puzzles me is, why haven't we heard about this before, if it
was auctioned off way back in 1992?

Marc

> Marc - You could... stake your reputation on the line...
> and swear on the name of Gerry Anderson that this is
> NOT an April Fools Joke.

Is this like swearing on a stack of bibles? :-)

But okay, I guess it is time to 'fess up...

1) This *is* an April Fools prank.

2) My goal however was a bit unusual, in that
I wanted to fool the skeptics, not the
"gullible".

3) Which brings us to the good news -- the
script is real, and everything I have
said is real (except for the part where
I pretended not to know that it was
April Fools Day). Even the part about
my receiving it this week is true!

For the really skeptical, here are scans of
a few script pages:

http://ufoseries.com/33.jpg
http://ufoseries.com/34.jpg
http://ufoseries.com/35.jpg

And for your reading enjoyment, here is
a transcription of the entire script:

http://ufoseries.com/scripts/patriot.txt

In this file, you'll see that I even consulted
with the scriptwriter about getting the
transcription correct and also his memory
about why this script was never filmed.

So, to all you skeptics out there -- April Fools!

:-)

Marc

THANKS Marc - for the Fess up! It is real! That is AWESOME!!!

Thanks for the digging and the work for the BEST UFO Site on the NET!!!

Gordon.


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I know we're not supposed to post one line replies that add nothing to the discussion, but here goes anyway:

ROTFLMAO!!! Good one, James.

James Gibbon <[hidden email]> wrote:

Never has my flabber been so Frankie-Howerdly ghasted.



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On Fri, 01 Apr 2005 13:31:48 -0800
"Marc Martin" <[hidden email]> wrote:

> 3) Which brings us to the good news -- the
> script is real, and everything I have
> said is real (except for the part where
> I pretended not to know that it was
> April Fools Day). Even the part about
> my receiving it this week is true!

:o

Never has my flabber been so Frankie-Howerdly ghasted.

Hello all.

I am a new member here and my name is John Ellis. I have been
following the posts for the
last week in anticipation of Marc posting this script, and I would
like to add my two cents.
Yes, this script is indeed the real McCoy, sent to me by my friend
Leo Eaton in 1992 to
auction off for charity at the SpaceCon in Los Angeles that year. A
copy of it has
languished in my garage ever since, until I mentioned it's existence
to Marc a few months
ago. Following incessant nagging, needling, bugging and otherwise
death threats (just
kidding here Marc, you actually only asked me twice, and very
politely!) I dug it out and
sent it to Marc, who was keen on posting it on April Fool's Day. I'm
so glad of the reaction
and result...I've been giggling about it all day ;)

I have to say that I remember being perplexed (amazed?) back in 92 at
the lack of any
ripples at all in fandom following the sale of that script at the
convention. I never heard
from the buyers after that (though I gave them my address and phone
number, as Leo
offered to sign the script for them) and basically that was the end
of the story. I remember
the husband and wife who bought it seemed very interested in it, but
suspect they read it
and then put it away and never shared it with anyone. The attendees
at this con were
mostly Space:1999 fans, and not necessarily UFO fans, so perhaps the
reaction is
understandible. But there was someone from Fanderson there, whom I
showed the script
to, but I never heard from her again after that. Probably because I
relocated and all of my
contact info changed.

It's all a mystery, but has had a fine outcome, and I hope the script
is enjoyed and that Leo
and his superb talents benefit from this in some way.

And Marc, you are indeed a genius! This is a great thing.

Bestest,
John R. Ellis

> And Marc, you are indeed a genius! This is a great thing.

Heh, heh... thanks John! It wouldn't be there at all
without you!

And while I'm at it, I'd like to thank the manufacturer's
of ABBYY FineReader optical character recognition software,
for putting up a free 15-day demo of their amazing
program (this worked so much better than the OmniPage
software that I had used on previous scripts)

:-)

By the way, my "What's New" page has also been updated:

http://ufoseries.com/new.html

Plus it's on my "Scripts" page.

Now I will rest. I'm beat! (you try transcribing a
script in 3 days, and you would be too!)

Marc

Marc, I have ABBYY FineReader Pro 5.0, so after the 15 day trial and if you
don't purchase, I can OCR convert whatever you forward to me and return as a
Word doc or editable PDF.

Michael Blake


-----Original Message-----
From: Marc Martin [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 9:46 PM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: [SHADO] Re: Unfilmed UFO script discovered!



> And Marc, you are indeed a genius! This is a great thing.

Heh, heh... thanks John! It wouldn't be there at all
without you!

And while I'm at it, I'd like to thank the manufacturer's
of ABBYY FineReader optical character recognition software,
for putting up a free 15-day demo of their amazing
program (this worked so much better than the OmniPage
software that I had used on previous scripts)

:-)

By the way, my "What's New" page has also been updated:

http://ufoseries.com/new.html

Plus it's on my "Scripts" page.

Now I will rest. I'm beat! (you try transcribing a
script in 3 days, and you would be too!)

Marc



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In a message dated 01/04/2005 22:33:18 GMT Standard Time, [hidden email]
writes:

My goal however was a bit unusual, in that
I wanted to fool the skeptics, not the
"gullible".


Why try to 'fool' anyone? Thought we were above all that?

Live Long & Prosper



Claire


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> Why try to 'fool' anyone? Thought we were above all that?

I guess not! :-)

A lot of sites have April Fools Day stories, and Fanderson
in particular have regularly had such stories. I've
always thought it would be fun to have such a story, but
never got around to doing one. However, when I heard about
this "lost" UFO episode, it seemed so unbelievable that
it could pass off as an April Fools story -- one that
would even turn out to be true in the end.

So my apologies for upsetting anyone... I was just having
a little fun, and I figure that most of the website readers
won't even come across the script for weeks/months
anyway, so they won't go through the 24 hours of not
knowing the truth...

Marc