Posted by Griff on
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Okay, my top ten things about UFO... in no particular order:-

1 - When I first saw UFO at about age 7, it was the brightest, most dynamic, exciting thing I had ever seen, it caught my imagination in a way that has captivated me ever since. It was HUGE at school, and I have never lost that sense of excitement when I watch it.

2 - The sets and vehicles: SHADO Control, Moonbase, SkyDiver, SHADO Mobiles, SHADO cars and all the wonderful gadgets...

3 - The characters: Commander Straker, Freeman, Foster, and all the team, just awesome.

4 - The Moonbase girls: even at the age of 7 I was captivated, wasn't sure why, but it wasn't long before it dawned on me...

5 - The eerie, surreal, ascetic, sinister, feel to the show... it was the first series I had ever seen where things didn't always work out, and the good guys didn't always win... it had pathos.

6 - By accident through lack of time, budget, etc. there were DO many questions left unanswered... and for any kid, too much information is a bad thing as it doesn't allow the imagination so soar

7 - Lieutenant Gay Ellis

8 - The UFO craft and the aliens - hugely sinister, captivating and a wonderful foe.

9 - SkyDiver, the concept was just amazing.

10 - Moonbase and the Interceptors: for a kid, this was what science fiction was ALL about (I wanted to be there, walk around Moonbase, sit at the circular Control Console and launch those Interceptors). Yes, science fiction and yet Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and all the people that made UFO a possibility made it look all so plausible, real, urgent and necessary. UFO for me was a real 'page turner', I always wanted to know what was going to happen next... and it took me years, and years before I saw ALL the episodes.

As you may be able to guess, UFO is my favourite TV show EVER

Regards to all (glad you made it this far ;) Griff