Posted by Shado-cabinet on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/Review-for-UFO-How-it-Ended-parts-1-and-2-by-Anthony-Appleyard-tp4024056p4024066.html

Hi TRT

I think in the initial concepts outlined by Anderson and his writers for the aliens were that they were from a homeworld consisting of 2 different factions battling each other on earth but this seemed to be dropped and the concept switched to be  'one race of aliens on a dying planet'. However the motives of the aliens in episodes like 'THE LONG SLEEP' and 'DESTRUCTION' seem to be different from those in the other episodes. And in ESP Straker seems to be talking (through the mind-controlled human) to 2 different alien leaders who appear to be 'different' (one is desperate and unstable, and the other is more calm & explains that they 'mean no harm to peoples of Earth') which implies that there my still be 2 different factions at odds with each other on how to deal with Earth.

In the 'How it Ended' story the author does have an alien base which is situated on an outpost planet far away from the alien homeworld (but is closer to Earth). It is this outpost that seems to be launching more attacks on Earth than the alien homeworld and appears to be populated by a more aggressive type of alien fanatic (although they are still taking orders from Robart on the alien homeworld) that appear to be fighting their own type of war against Earth (and would explain the more destructive missions against Earth ie: such as 'THE LONG SLEEP' and 'DESTRUCTION' etc )