Posted by jamesgibbon on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/UFO-Episode-Discussions-THE-RESPONSIBILITY-SEAT-tp1499810p1499967.html

> Okay, I'll bypass the obvious observation that Jo Frazer would
> never have been allowed within 10 miles of SHADO within being
> thoroughly vetted by SHADO security (as I presume all visitors
> normally are vetted)

We can't assume that they are, in my opinion - it would be
inexplicably unusual for a film studio to turn journalists and
other visitors away without providing an adequate explanation.

There would need to be a 'firewall', metaphorically speaking,
between the studio and SHADO HQ, with an absolutely watertight
security barrier between the two. But it's clear from THE
RESPONSIBILITY SEAT - with Ford calling Straker 'Commander' over
the intercom in his office at a time when a member of the general
public could be present - that there isn't.

One thing I've often thought about - how do SHADO personnel get to
work? Do they all show up at Straker's office and use it as an
elevator? That would be rather conspicuous.

I quite like the idea that SHADO personnel have sleeping quarters
underground and spend weeks or months there without 'surfacing',
like the crew of a nuclear submarine - though there's nothing in
the canon to support this.

James