15 August 1981:SS Sheerness attacked and sunk by UFO

[@danielmart7940]

I was 6 y/o when thus episode came out, I was 17 when the ship would have been sunk. I'm 59 now watching this on KZbin today. So, I am in they're future watching my past that came out when it was still in store in my future. This was one of my favorite shows as a kid

[@FandersonUfo]

very easy to do sci fi that is 100 or a 1000 years ahead - much more difficult to do 10 years ahead - 🛸✨

[@willemvandeursen3105]

@@FandersonUfo, Well, UFO isn't 10 years ahead of 1970 (when the series started).... A future without computers? Sci fi series age so fast.

[@FandersonUfo]

@@willemvandeursen3105 - good sir there are many large "main frame" computers depicted on the show - artificial intelligence is also implied in how the SHADO computers handle information - in 1980 in Canada when I was studying computer programming there were only main frame computers - the smaller ones did not start showing up until 1990 - 🛸✨

[@willemvandeursen3105]

@@FandersonUfo My bad. I based it on this clip from UFO, the only one I ever saw...

[@cytherians]

Star Trek was my favorite (I knew it was timeless then... and it proved out) but I also really enjoyed U.F.O. While Space:1999 had the superior models and SFX, it was fraught with so many problems. U.F.O. had more "plausibility" for me. I also felt like the whole SHADO HQ premise could've been expanded. So much more to do. Acting talent was decent but with better direction could've been improved. I really wish there had been a couple more seasons.

[@horacioavelinovillela3619]

The very best british TV serial of all times...great actors all of them Ed Bishop and the beauty lovely gals

[@jimred5700]

Totally agree. There`ll never be another.

[@robertmaybeth3434]

The HELL you say?! Are you forgetting one simple word? That word: MONTY. PYTHON! Two words, don't forget them, MONTY PYTHON's FLYING CIRCUS! FOUR words, four words that describe the height of British TV excellence that makes you fall on the floor with your sides hurting from laughter at least once...IF you know anybody that can watch "Argument clinic" and not at least crack a smile, they must be space aliens or cyborgs - cause they sure ain't humans...

[@pssthpok]

@@robertmaybeth3434 I would not classify Monty Python as a serial.

[@AlanScott-md4bm]

@@robertmaybeth3434 Well, some were hilarious and others barely raised a chuckle. Some were only funny because of the swearing .Take that swearing out and they aren't funny at all.

[@grahamhume5953]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pKvdeWZ5i9uVjqssi=fa-YwKWqE7hUYgFF Women of UFO.

[@RSF-DiscoveryTime]

This series aired in America early...maybe around '71, watched all of them as a kid. Now I have them all on blu-ray!

[@gregorycampbell448]

Me too

[@DocMicrowave]

Loved this show as a kid. Though i don't remember this episode. Where Shadow got to use all its assets at once. Even the moonbase interceptors got to fire more than 3 missiles.

[@chrismayer3919]

I never EVER gave this show enough credit; for it’s time, this was fine sci-fi 🛸

[@robertmaybeth3434]

Yep pretty much as good as TV sci fi got in the 1970's... compared to cheesy Buck Rogers this was Oscar-winning material

[@alansargent9158]

Well executed, but the basic premise was so stupid that even as a ten year old I couldn’t take it seriously.

[@bobbyd6680]

Yep, fire and smoke in explosions taking place in the vacuum of space and even under water. In the early 1970's I think man was intelligent enough know that pyrotechnics only behave like that in an oxygen rich environment. Love how people just ignore the basic science part of the sci-fi. However, I do give credit for the fishnet uniforms.

[@dragongaming4509]

Crikey, I forgot how bad this was. Back in the day I laughed at this utter rubbish, and today I weep! To me it was as ridiculous as Thundebirds and Joe 90, but at least they were aimed at small children..

[@chrismayer3919]

@@dragongaming4509 when I first saw this on TV it gave me nightmares about Alien invasion. It never even occurred to me that WE’RE Aliens also!

[@johnrogan9420]

1981?...show aired in 1970...1980 was deemed the distant future in this amazing tv show.

[@vicsaul5459]

44 minutes 33 seconds of UFO 🛸😍👌 wonderful work Fanderson

[@FandersonUfo]

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[@leeinwis]

I got scared !

[@robwembley]

That was so cool. Loved this series back in the day. Many fond memories !

[@fannyblancmange4709]

My favourite Anderson series. I do wish we'd got UFO:1999 as well though. BTW: this video looks far far more vivid than my old DVD - like it was shot on video rather than film. Great for live action, less kind to the model shots.

[@2fathomsdeeper]

And the Psychobombs were the reason for the moon getting blasted out of orbit!

[@PiDsPagePrototypes]

The colours are a reflection of the Art Dept and the Lighting Dept, plus a realy good film developing team. It's how film is supposed to look when done competently.

[@WilliamHBaird-eq2hp]

Derek Meddings scale models were so incredible

[@cytherians]

The evolution from Fireball XL5 and The Thunderbirds was truly fantastic. The mobiles especially. And while I thought the single-missile interceptor premise was seriously flawed (why not equip it with at least 3 missiles?), the design of so many crafts, especially Skydiver, was so fantastic. The proposed UFO remake had some terrific modernized designs of these crafts, but sadly, that movie never got off the ground.

[@grahamhume5953]

I still think that Fireflash is the most beautiful plane ever built.

[@stephenholmes1036]

Derek was brilliant

[@hollyibbotson5290]

Marvelous stuff, little tasters of the space 1999 awesomeness that was to follow shortly after 😊😎👍

[@jacksugden8190]

1981 was the year of the sad loss of my father, aged just 64. RIP my lovely father.

[@1960dave1960]

Was he on this ship…??

[@jacksugden8190]

@@1960dave1960 Sadly couldn’t pick him apart from all the others, my father was an engineer until his sad death.

[@juleswombat5309]

That island, where the SS Sheerness sank, looked suspiciously like Tracy Island from Thunderbirds.

[@martinmaxfield8285]

Beat me to it. Just about to post the same observation

[@darrenlucas2768]

My thoughts exactly

[@stevetheduck1425]

Compare the story of this episode with an average 'Stingray' episode.

[@colinjames2469]

🤣

[@JOHNSMITH-vx5yz]

Shhh. Don't tell no one. It's a secret. Ok. SHHHH.

[@lancecampbell4323]

No on has come close to the cool explosions in Gerry Anderson shows. It must have been a great time to work on the show

[@ThatsViews]

They used high speed film, plastic models and small charges of gunpowder wrapped in paper. I saw a documentary the other evening. On KZbin, of course!

[@erzahler1930]

Good special effects. But I have to wonder what Ray Harryhausen might have done if they had given him the project.

[@marcwolf60]

Also Freon rocket exhaust.. sadly very envoromentally unfriendly.

[@bobrew461]

some miniature effects work is still being done today. but on the whole GCI has taken over. This old stuff was dangerous to do, and very toxic for the technicians.

[@ricardogiampieri1408]

Cuantas horas de entretenimiento con esta fabulosa serie de ciencia ficción!! muchas gracias por subirla a KZbin y recordar mi niñez con 12 años.... ahora 55 y la sigo disfrutando. Saludos desde Mar del Plata Arg.

[@FandersonUfo]

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[@mariakelly90210]

Hello Argentina from the US!

[@rozzgrey801]

This looks like the frame rate has been digitally enhanced, so the live action scenes look like they were shot on videotape, unnaturally sharp and smooth.

[@ChatGPT1111]

Video tape of that time (1970) up until around the year 2000 would've been very grainy. It looks more like studio grade color film, which was much higher resolution, easily comparable to 4K today.

[@charlieboffin2432]

Ed Bishop / Captain Blue was one cool cat

[@RSF-DiscoveryTime]

He was one of the Moon pilots on 2001: A Space Odyssey.

[@charlieboffin2432]

@@RSF-DiscoveryTime he was in one of the Bond films too diamonds are forever

[@izifaddag8221]

#24 "Reflections in the Water" written and directed by David Tomblin. First broadcast 24 July 1971. Thank you Sylvia and Gerry for enriching my childhood.

[@paulforder591]

Wrong date: should read 24 July 1970. UFO only lasted one season before being cancelled. 😢🛸🛸🇬🇧🇦🇺

[@MarkPearce-u7m]

David Tomblin, one of the masters behind the greatest ever TV show, the Prisoner. Be seeing you.

[@mikewolf-x6t]

When I was about 7 years old, my older brother and couldn't wait for this show to come on. It was always Saturday night at midnight.

[@bb21again.67]

In New Zealand it was Friday nights 7:30 after Hogan's Heroes and before Mod Squad or Hawaii Fi e O.

[@mikewolf-x6t]

@@bb21again.67 mid squad with Peggy liston. Hogan's heros was number 1 of all times

[@philauguste7310]

If you watched it that late, you must have been spooked by the end credits haunting outro

[@HarryFlowerrs]

@@philauguste7310Proper! ❤🌹🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@joebeer2160]

Great episode..Porthlevan Cornwall

[@paulbalogh4582]

Never give the women of Shadow enough credit!

[@onkcuf]

Love the purple hair and silver suits.

[@paulbalogh4582]

They certainly were ahead of the curve with the purple hair!

[@hgwells1899]

Not to mention "check my boosters" but sadly she wasn't onboard for this one

[@cyberneticinterfacemodular3996]

A great show i have them all on dvd.

[@bb21again.67]

In Australia they wanted $130 and that was about 15 years ago.😢

[@richardshields1488]

I remember watching as a kid and have on laptop. Such a shame show was never updated to this time era. They could rename it SHADO.

[@kevin5brown]

I just found this. It's sort of a new episode cut together from bits of the original show, maybe with some extra stuff thrown in? It hangs together pretty well! This is very cool! This is one of my favorite sci fi TV shows! 👍

[@MichaelSmith-mc8bd]

Absolutely brilliant. As a 14 year old boy I loved this program, and obviously nothing to do with Gabriel Drake and the moonbase girls in fishnet body suits. 😊

[@brianhaskard1042]

Loved this is a a kid especially Gabrielle Drake 😍 Fancy those pesky aliens knowing Ju-Jitsu.

[@stevetheduck1425]

I don't think UFO (especially when using an old 'Stingray' script) was this complex, but I like to think the copies somehow have the skills of the originals, another mysterious detail never to be explained.

[@richardclarke376]

3:00 "I found this place last year and made a 3 hour video of it" Straker: "Marvellous, sir!"

[@FandersonUfo]

🛸👽 - Merry Christmas

[@mikehindson-evans159]

Obviously from the second stint of production after the hiatus, with cast changes. A very young James Cosmo at 4:05 - and at 8:30 I am reminded of the island of Lemoy in Stingray.

[@stevetheduck1425]

The undersea base, the lone island, the flying fish missiles, the two men leaving a submarine in scuba gear and on sea-tows, the magical entry into and from the base, the cable connecting to the volcano, the island exploding, the ships ambushed at sea, it's a 'Stingray' script expanded by making two trips there and back. Another detail: this story is compressed in time to an almost impossible extent, typical of early Anderson stories.

[@christophe5756]

I haven’t seen this show since I was a boy. Matchbox (I think) used to make die cast figures of all of the ships. I loved this show!

[@stephenplatt2078]

A big Fan, Stephen.

[@PeterBrown-mz4nv]

This is perhaps the most exciting episode in the series. My favorite with Timelash and Sub-Smash coming in close seconds.

[@jefthing]

The captain of the Sheerness was Conrad Phillips, Exeter’s gunnery officer in Battle of the River Plate.

[@bb21again.67]

New Zealand's great naval victory.Who played W C Perry and Langsdorf?

[@jefthing]

@@bb21again.67 Langsdorf was played by Peter Finch. Not sure who Perry was. Do you mean Parry? That was Jack Gwillim.

[@jefthing]

But I had to look Parry up…😁

[@PaulWilliams66]

William Tell innit?

[@nsnopper]

Klaus Hergersheimer’s meteoric career rise led him from checking radiation shields at W.W. Tectronics to Head of SHADO. Respect.

[@FandersonUfo]

not quite - Diamonds are Forever (1971) - UFO (1970)

[@nsnopper]

@@FandersonUfo OH NO! You’re telling me it was, in fact, a meteoric fall?!

[@John-zn4lp]

One of my favorite video games is Xcom. I've always felt this series was one of the inspirations for it.

[@highwindsclarke2685]

The ship is actually called The Kingston. The episode is called Reflections In The Water.

[@barrandilltanathlas1177]

When the producer is going on about the fishing boats, some of the harbor shot are of Whitby.

[@turtrubshaw]

A mobile phone used. Nearly missed it as it seemed so normal

[@richardgregory3684]

Only thing I didn;t like about this episode is the attack on Moonbase. The series firmly established that there are only three interceptors available, and they only have one shot each. Also, the aliens who are shown to be centuries ahead technologically, are terrible shots! They should have scored at least one hit on Moonbase. In fact, it would be good strategy on their part for a single UFO to kamikaze Moonbase; exchanging one UFO for pretty much SHADO's entire first line of defense and one which would take years to replace, at massive cost ofmaterial and personnel. It's weird that Moonbase was such an exposed surface building.

[@abcdeabcde7174]

a big hole in the story , but if you did have a fleet of intercepters on moon-base then there would be no threat of alien invasion .... and then no action and no drama and no story 😮 so writers always have failure in their story ❤

[@abcdeabcde7174]

add on note that should have read .... full fleet of intercepters !!!!

[@cmendla]

The aliens are cousins to the stormtroopers. They use the same practice ranges and all

[@WanderfalkeAT]

Logic is very oddly placed in a SciFi Show!

[@richardgregory3684]

@@WanderfalkeAT Not really - the best science fiction is firmly grounded in reality . i.e. you can create a moonbase, but apply logic to it's contruction and location.

[@seaninness334]

I loved this show when I was very young (5 or so?). I still remember laboring for hours, drawing pictures of Sky 1 intercepting UFO's.

[@pcka12]

I do vaguely remember this series, love the string vests the submarine crew wear!

[@markbraaten9506]

Hello everyone, this has always been my favorite show of all time!!!!! Straker is my favorite actor,, I need models and action figures A

[@ianhill4585]

There is a real ship ,the Richard Mongomery sank off the coast of Sheerness ,which is on the island of Sheppey . This episode may be a nod to the real events thst happened in WW2. No aliens were involved according to history.😮

[@davidpope3943]

The Richard Montgomery went aground on August 20th 1944 because it was directed to anchor in the wrong place by the Harbourmaster on HMS Leigh ~ the wartime designation for Southend Pier under naval control. She dragged her anchor, ran aground and as the tide ebbed she broke her back. It held 6,127 tons of explosives and ammunition, so any attack by this UFO would have meant bye-bye to Mr. Alien. The Montgomery is still in situ where she ran aground and still has around 1400 tons of explosive material on board and I can see her from the beach in Southend. Some authorities say she’s safe whilst other experts say the complete opposite. If the entire lot DID detonate, it would be one of the world’s largest non-nuclear explosions ever. That would definitely NOT be a good day to go to the beach…..

[@ianhill4585]

@@davidpope3943 Quite right, if it goes up, it's likely Sittingbourne will be beach front property. I lived a mile or so a way from it in Sheerness, as the Crow flys I think the mindset is, leave it be, messing could do more harm than good. There was talk of cutting the heavy masts off the ship, incase they fell onto the wreck,and triggered an explosion, that idea went quiet too......

[@davidpope3943]

@@ianhill4585Yes, I wondered why that ‘essential’ safety work just seemed to fizzle out, then I remembered they’d said that a preliminary survey found a problem ~ bombs loose on the seabed. Amazing, isn’t it, finding bombs on the seabed next to a wreck full of bombs, especially when they already knew a few years ago that there were at least 72 ‘objects’ loose on the seabed adjacent to the wreck. Personally, I’d leave the masts or just lower them slightly. They must at least provide a return on the radar of all of the large vessels that already pass oh so closely to it! Incidentally, whenever I get into discussion on the climate, ahem, ‘crisis’ with the threatened screams of ‘we’re all going to drown ‘cos of catastrophic rising sea levels’, I always ask why it is then that I can still see as much of the Montgomery and the Phoenix Caisson on Spring tides now as I could in the 1960’s. No answer is forthcoming…..

[@ZalMoxis]

Love Straker's hair style and all the hotties at every control desk.......though, it's easy to see why they cancelled this..... and it wasn't because it was on the cheap... they were starting to show stuff the controllers didn't want you thinking about....

[@BrianSanders-tn7pi]

I remember watching this show as a kid in the early 70s. The girls were gorgeous and the models were great. I loved it.

[@vorlonb3]

I think in someways this series was ahead of its time, maybe just a little too far, it certainly scared me as a kid at times. For me this was a bold vision and an implied threat a series 2 could have explored many more angles, and even a dual race which may have explained why there dying one that needed earth more than they let on, that would be an interesting angle to play on. weve always seen the UFOs as enemies, what if they wereacting that way because of a bigger threat unseen. That could have been even more interesting to look at. Either way barry grays music phenominal on this, the sets and style. UFO had it in quite a big way.

[@leebritnell2405]

For some reason,the end credit scene and music really creeped me out,aged seven.

[@rodneyhext8870]

I love how the music is so similar to Space :1999. Loved both shows!

[@FandersonUfo]

Barry Gray was composer for both - 🛸✨

[@jonathanswift2251]

9:04 Benedict Cumberbatch's mum!!! Wanda Ventham.

[@Shellytrifle.]

Yes it is

[@brealistic3542]

Pretty accurate, many times underwater UFOs have been observed IRL.

[@santorini8423]

Wish I had kept the toys of this show, could be worth a fortune

[@peterschorn1]

Man, Gerry Anderson got so good you'd swear those were live actors!

[@vanpenguin22]

In 1981????? How long did they keep that show on the air? I remember being 8 or 9 and seeing it, back in the early 70's here in the states. Wow

[@pauljazzman408]

Ah the classic ‘if we are not back in an hour destroy the dome’. Firefly sci-fi series ridiculed that line and changed it to ‘if we’re not back in an hour…come rescue me’ 😂

[@gregorycampbell448]

I believed that it was in homage to the shows that inspired that series

[@pauljazzman408]

@@gregorycampbell448 yes many shows had that line about destroying the base if we're not back in an hour. I'm not saying it was in response to UFO. Maybe that line comes from old war movies where the destruction of the base was paramount and if captured the soldiers would expect no mercy form the nazis

[@AllenJones-w3p]

Gerry Anderson liked to have explosions in his films and TV shows.

[@FandersonUfo]

💥💥💥🛸✨

[@Tawny6702]

As a kid in the sixties I was obsessed with science fiction and thanks to shows like this I was convinced that by the year 2000 there would be flying cars and we would all be wearing silver jump suits! 😂

[@nordicson2835]

AUGUST 15 , 1981... My baby sisters birthday... l sent her this , she laughed said l probably watched it at home instead of coming with Dad to visit her

[@eveningstarnm3107]

It lasted one season. It turned out that people don't like stories that tell them aliens are scary. They don't want to be prejudiced when the time to decide actually arrives.

[@davidelder756]

Same producers of "Thunderbirds". Also "Supercar", "Fireball XL5", "Captain Scarlet", etc--Gerry and Sylvia Anderson.

[@Senna-xi1gr]

The ladies who stared in this were absolutely stunning. 👍🏆😀

[@johnrogan9420]

Captain was slow to order "abandon ship!"

[@nrlajr]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤love this show thank you 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@FandersonUfo]

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[@commodon]

As a big fan of the series and knowing it aired in 1970/71 reading 1981 in the title of this video through me for a loop. Then i realized 1981 was the "future date". This episode is entitled "Reflections in the Water" and is #24 (in the "official" release) of the 26 episodes in the series.

[@Howoldareweanywayyipes]

the little blond reading the printout in the computer room is looking super good to my old eyes. wow, the black haired gal looks good too.

[@joeharris3878]

Never heard of this show til just now, but about 30 seconds in I suspected it was a live action "Fireball XL5 / Supercar" type production. Gerry Anderson ?

[@nsnopper]

WHAT!? You’d never heard of this series until now?! UFO was only one of the greatest sci-fi shows of the 1970s. Purple wigs, silver mini-skirts, Gabrielle Drake, and flying saucers - it had everything an 11 year old me needed. And yes, it was Gerry and Silvia Anderson.

[@onkcuf]

Indeed.

[@barbarybar]

Remarkably slow in calling Mayday.

[@mandoc3292]

Wow I can see myself watching this when I was young

[@jeffmee763]

My mum and dad loved it must have been 60s or 70s time.

[@FandersonUfo]

1970

[@machloopmusic4133]

If I had a job at SHADOW I'd never get any work done..

[@philauguste7310]

What's SHADOW?

[@philipdawes2661]

1970s VFX even after Star Wars changed 'the meta' took a while for the industry to catch up.

[@wwiiinplastic4712]

I don't recall hearing an apology to Anderson for the harsh interrogation and forced injection. Just that little hand on the shoulder as Straker walks out past him.

[@mariakelly90210]

1:12 Seaview Rock and Roll!

[@trevorbailey2431]

I loved this tv programe, those where great days.

[@karrskarr]

Enjoyed this show. For me it was obviously Star Trek, then Battlestar Galactica :P

[@PiDsPagePrototypes]

Given the show was shot on 35mm film (same as Star Trek), a 4K remaster would be easy. Add in some modern CGI, and it could easily be mistaken for a current show.

[@priruss357]

I loved the show but could never figure out why Sky 1 and the Earth- and Moon-based mobile weapon systems could fire multiple rounds but the Interceptors could not. Interceptors had one and only one huge missile, and if they fired it at a target they were apparently helpless if they missed or there was more than one UFO in range. It seems a no-brainer to expect SHADO to mount multiple rocket launchers on the Interceptors.

[@laurenceskinnerton73]

Very good.

[@jaymorris3468]

I think its 1970 1971 when this was released, (made In 1969/70) not 81, 81 was the date of the Imaginary future of the story, for those who were wondering.

[@FandersonUfo]

@@jaymorris3468 - it's a chronology of the imaginary timeline sir

[@jaymorris3468]

@@FandersonUfo you didn't have to tell me, it was info for the watchers, but it was great for it to be posted. 👍

[@Element-oe8hn]

The ship was the "Kingston" (see 7:35). The "SS Sheerness" doesn't fugure.

[@theresamaleady7721]

Wonderful series ive enjoyed seeing it on tv

[@pauljazzman408]

Great episode of UFO. Love the ‘flying fish’ alien tech. Straker asks the female skydiver crew member for coffee, not something you’d see now, thank goodness.

[@dougie1968]

What's wrong with asking a female for coffee? I suppose it's alright for a female to ask a male for coffee? Misandrist.

[@johncrichton4341]

@@dougie1968 Wow.

[@andrewstackpool4911]

The lights at Minute 0:26 are incorreect. After light higher than forward

[@WUZLE]

I am still sad this series was torpedoed in favor of Space: 1999. 1999 had a few good episodes but UFO was by and large much better.

[@philjameson292]

I bet that those string vests didn't hold back the North Atlantic ❄️

[@admincpt]

Perhaps they should have called "International Rescue"....

[@dr.magnusnyhusurgentcarebar]

8:15 Fishnet shirt? I guess it can be a multi use shirt. Take it off and catch those missiles like flying fish.

[@jerryrichards8172]

Looks this episode was shot on video ?

[@QuackVideo]

Where on earth did you get the idea the ship was SS Sheerness? The ship was the freighter Kingston, as can be seen written on the side of her hull and is referred to over the radio and Commander Straker at 07'36" This is the episode 'Reflections In The Water'

[@FandersonUfo]

good question actually QV - I can't remember where I got SS Sheerness but I don't hallucinate usually - maybe from the original script but this is all a year a half ago now - 🛸✨

[@QuackVideo]

@psycoscillator Would sir care for some mustard?

[@QuackVideo]

@psycoscillator 😄

[@stevetheduck1425]

The ship bears a strong resemblance to a ship that lies half-sunk off the shore of the town of Sheerness in Kent, England. That ship sank in WWII with an enormous amount of explosives on board and is surrounded by colourful buoys to keep people away. It's also in one of the busiest seaways around Britain's coasts.

[@QuackVideo]

@@stevetheduck1425 That's the S.S. Richard Montgomery en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Richard_Montgomery

[@mikeg2939]

7:30 Straker 's cover was film producer, Paul Foster's was playing for West Ham.

[@FandersonUfo]

never heard that about Paul before - ty Mike - 🛸✨

[@danielbritton8588]

The ladies on this show are awesome beauties. Lt. Ellis is a dream. The blue wigs were strange though.

[@victorsteerup4582]

Shades of Captain Scarlet.

[@anibalcesarnishizk2205]

Reagan was the president of the USA when the ship was sunk.

[@RSF-DiscoveryTime]

+ you could buy a computer with 16K of RAM for $1500.00....no internet, but dial-up text chatboards were emerging.

[@matthewcampbell2947]

I don’t know who the actor that played the diver was, but he couldn’t have been very happy having his choad used as a carrying handle.

[@GrandadTinkerer]

I was eleven when this was first shown. Never really noticed the girls in the string vests then!

[@gerardcousineau3478]

Where were you in 1981?😊

[@tetraquark2402]

Great opening music

[@allandavis8201]

I can’t understand why they would enter the dome unarmed?, apart from divers knives.

[@SteveKiberd]

The string tops the guys wearing was the same as i use to wear under my fire suit in the RAF!!!!

[@simonf8902]

Love the mesh shirts.

[@HarryFlowerrs]

Fan fact : Gorgeous Wanda Ventham who played Colonel Virginia Lake Of SHADO in ‘UFO’ is Benedict Cumberbatch’s Mother!🌹❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@richardhockey8442]

Ah those Space 1999 soundtrack vibes, probably the same composer

[@FandersonUfo]

Barry Gray

[@dannyjarvis8093]

The inteceptors took 3 shots and scored but then Steven Berkoff had another shot with another torpedo did he go back and rearm or did the Inteceptors have more than 1 ??

[@FandersonUfo]

I'll have to re-watch and count missiles but this is the sequence as originally broadcast - they may have lost track of launches back in 1970

[@eric-wb7gj]

ty 🙏🙏

[@FandersonUfo]

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