Alien UFO: Century 21 Tech Talk [2.1] | Hosted by General Ed Straker [UFO]

Welcome to Series 2 of Century 21 Tech Talk, hosted by the former commanding officer of SHADO and head of the World Security Service - General Ed Straker!
In this briefing we’ll be learning about the mysterious Alien UFO craft that plagued SHADO and the Earth throughout the 1980s!
Starring Jon Culshaw as General Ed Straker
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[@brianartillery]

Absolutely superb. UFO was, and remains, one of the best TV shows ever created. And we should never forget the genius behind it: Gerry Anderson, without whom my life, and that of possibly millions of others, would have been considerably less fun. Thank you so much.

[@patriklauk8556]

Same here! Thanks.

[@redled2677]

Totally agree. I have been devoted to UFO from the moment it was recommended to me by my best friend at Junior school in 1972.

[@JohnnyT002]

@@redled2677 I remember this series when I was in Junior High School. later later I was able to get part of the series on Laser disc at HMV before they close the stores in the U.S. . Roku TV on the Filmrise SCI-FI They do show this series.

[@mediamauro]

One of my favorite actors ever. RIP, Ed Bishop.

[@jamesthecat]

This was a real treat, thank you! As a child I found the ideas and special effects of UFO really exciting and inspiring, and it still seemed amazingly futuristic in the mid-80s! RIP Gerry Anderson.

[@zeusmanlord1602]

UFO was one of the best shows ever! The alien craft were fantastic!

[@darrensmith6999]

I love this show!! We are watching it now on Blu Ray. Wish they had continued with it in to further seasons.

[@12mrmajestic]

I'm glad that Ed got a promotion, he deserved it. Henderson must have kicked the bucket.

[@ACtheLegend]

I thought it was about time :)

[@huntercallan1458]

I’m also glad he let his hair go back to brown. Too bad he’s gone back to old fashioned suits though..

[@huntercallan1458]

Too bad he allowed moon base to become nothing more than a nuclear waste dumping ground after the war. At least he sent his best man, John Koenig to oversee the issues. I hope he can sort it out....

[@ACtheLegend]

@@huntercallan1458 Shado Moonbase became an auxillary research post for the scientists on Alpha. I'm sure Straker would have seen the poetry in an instrument of war becoming a force for peace.

[@allenjones3130]

Or maybe Gen. Henderson didn't die. He probably just retired.

[@markc7175]

Thank you so much for keeping the spirit of the Legendary Gerry Anderson alive!! UFO was my favourite production & these insights into SHADO's equipment is first class!

[@stephenpochly7003]

As fresh today as when it first aired.Goes to prove how Gerry and Sylvia and all the Century 21 were ahead of their time.

[@aristarchusparallax]

UFO captivates me now just as much as it did back then. Still looks amazing.

[@redled2677]

Me too. UFO will be in my heart for ever. I thought Com. Straker was the most handsome man I ever laid eyes on.

[@MRALAINMICHAEL]

RIP Ed, George and Michael

[@AH-sr5px]

Got stuck in development hell. Shame as such a good story format to go back and restart

[@whazzuphere]

I loved watching this show. it was interesting and fun. Oh, as a teenaged boy, I LOVED those purple haired girls on the moon base, especially Lt. Ellis.... WOW!

[@alanruyten8226]

Excellent! Great script and another impressive impression by Mr Culshaw! Always loved Barry Gray’s UFO score and it’s used neatly on this “briefing”. Keep them coming please guys!👍🚀

[@ACtheLegend]

Plenty more on the way Alan :)

[@iandeeley9033]

Great Video and an FAB performance from Jon Culshaw! Can't wait for the next one!

[@kimjongoof5000]

After watching a few more episodes, I think this is still my favorite one of the series. There is a lot of storytelling as well as mystery in this episode.

[@nonolevieuxcrabe2437]

I discovered this show three years ago! Really fantastic ! The episode with Time freezing is beyond imagination, even for today!!!

[@andrewjurkiewicz4393]

Got the Complete series for Christmas

[@ACtheLegend]

Great present!

[@12mrmajestic]

There was one more craft that hid in space junk and could cripple a passing shuttles. I have General Strakers permission to reveal this!

[@VBaskin2010]

Ooh i can't wait for future Century 21's Tech Talks soon!

[@goblin2bis707]

Gerry Anderson was a genius. i love his productions. In France we did not saw a lot of UFO TV serie, but i finally got DVDs and recently BR. The TV serie is really good and still look amazing,with good actors, especially in BR, as the fabulous space 1999 (cosmos 1999 in France, better know in France than UFO).

[@thefurrybstard1964]

Brilliant piece of work! Thank you for making and uploading this!

[@ACtheLegend]

Pleasure! Thank YOU for keeping Gotham City safe!

[@thefurrybstard1964]

@@ACtheLegend I'm just doing what needs to be done.

[@kathrynleatherland]

gerry anderson thanks for the upload = love the series of ufo = come the new year i will get the dvds = wishing you a good new year 2021

[@kimjongoof5000]

My god, I can’t wait for more! This is so good!

[@contessa.adella]

This has been my phone ringtone for years.😀

[@theSonicguy001]

Oh hey! These are back!!! Yay

[@erchie01]

Excellent stuff, looking forward to all the other Tech Talks, well done.

[@ACtheLegend]

Cheers Alex, hope you enjoy the rest of this series!

[@brianartillery]

Any plans to go really niche and do a Tech Talk on 'Project S.W.O.R.D.'? Always a favourite part of TV21 comic for me, and I had a lot of the toys. The annual is awesome, too.

[@ACtheLegend]

Hmmm....intruiging idea....

[@brianartillery]

@@ACtheLegend - It's probably darker than even Captain Scarlet in tone: an actual 'End of the world' scenario. It's division of the populace into basically the 'useful' and the 'useless', actually frightened me when I read the stories. The idea that people lived in huge camps, and all the resources were running out because of a global catastrophe, was terrifying in the late 1960's, and isn't any less so now. The good guys trying to save everyone, or at the very least, trying to get more time, and the 'Casuals' stupidly trying to stop them... Sounds rather prescient. On the plus side, was the hardware, which nowadays looks to me, at least to be the Thunderbirds gear, but turned up to eleven. The Scramble Bug, The Sand Flea, The Nuclear Ferry - I'd loved to have seen them on a TV show.

[@dogwalker666]

Brilliant thank you.

[@AH-sr5px]

A show in desperate need of a remake or better still continuation although now with a new generation of characters and technologies

[@nlmfilms6641]

Very Well Done!

[@ACtheLegend]

Thank you, look out for more very soon!

[@paulwilliams9278]

Brilliant

[@davidrossetti1061]

UFO was the best ...still a fan

[@kathrynleatherland]

gerry anderson = there is only one = commander ed straker = so miss him = love ed bishop = love cat = see you soon

[@bettyleeist]

Yes,the ufo 🛸 show was a very special show to me!It’s hard to believe,that Ufo 🛸 was made in 1969-1970!When I would’ve been in Grade School.🏫 😊

[@John-wd5cb]

The story behind the 2:00 "cylindrical component" pure genious 😅

[@rick4electric]

Another genius whose output was severely hampered by shortsightedness!

[@tonyp8427]

That was FAB!. .interceptors soon I hope :-)

[@GerryAndersonTV]

😉

[@ACtheLegend]

They're ready and waiting for launch!

[@tonyp8427]

@@ACtheLegend great cant wait ..the ufo interceptors and the Eagles from Space 1999 such iconic designs

[@DJ_Sonic09]

I love the design of the UFO

[@wescarr1526]

The SHADO Library has a story called Harvest Of The Planters that gave more background on the Aliens and their motives.

[@jamesmurray8558]

I wish this would come on on.

[@lennyfair6177]

Is there going to be a briefing on the end of the UFO war?

[@andrewmilner3480]

If ever a program needed a serious reboot obviously in keeping with the original plan then UFO has got to be alone at the top of the tree- especially with the original sound track- can’t for the life of me figure out why it’s not been done !!

[@peterward2275]

These are great little features. But kind of surprised it wasn't an olderEd Bishop doing voiceover, because as an I.pression it's not up to Culshaw's usual standard.

[@ACtheLegend]

Would have been somewhat difficult to ask Ed to do it.

[@stephenpochly7003]

As SHADO is a secret organisation would you be able to Moonbase through a powerful telescope from Earth?

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

FWIW: My ONLY real criticism of this show was the Moonbase Interceptors. They were not *bad,* but they looked too _"aerodynamic"_ to me. I have seen online drawings {and models} of an earlier[?] design of the interceptors, which _vaguely_ resembled the USA's Gemini spacecraft. That, being less aerodynamic, seemed a bit more realistic to me.

[@ThatUFOShowUFOBusters]

UFO Busters That UFO Show Leichhardt Sydney NSW Australia 🇦🇺 Was here today 22-07-2022 and love it 💫✌️💕🇦🇺

[@gerrymichaud3851]

They were going to make a movie of UFO. I know everything stopped once Anderson passed away. Any other word?

[@glengraham7080]

Wouldn't that be great?

[@paulfogarty7724]

Naw...they were not inpervious to attack. In fact, they were very fragile ( unusual for a sci fi alien ship ) . Like a jellyfish, easy to destroy, but they have a deadly sting.

[@lancraft]

Enjoy this online series. Why do they show a photo of Ed Bishop instead of Straker with his silver hair?

[@GerryAndersonTV]

Because this is set later in Straker’s life...

[@MrAlwaysBlue]

What on Earth, or elsewhere, could be the use of the decorative chain on the alien's spacesuit?

[@free-birdrocker8809]

Groovie series, I think it should have led into space 1999..

[@MarkMcCluney]

Good to know that Joe 90's dad is 'authorised personnel'.

[@muttman325]

I had a spinning top that made the same sound as a ufo. Scary as a seven year old.

[@thermionic1234567]

Hard to watch because of the huge number of commercials.

[@ACtheLegend]

KZbin seems to get worse for that every day. If you skip to the last second, play and then go back to the start that sometimes fools it into removing them.

[@Neil070]

I didn't see one single ad, but I had to pause it early on, so maybe that fooled the algorithm???

[@Neil070]

@@ACtheLegend it's really annoying when ads pop up literally mid sentence!

[@ACtheLegend]

@@Neil070 agreed, no idea how the algorithm decides where to put them.

[@LoneBrowncoat]

Ad blocker extensions and NoScript, at MajorGeeks, GitHub or FileHippo. Once installed, refresh screen once or twice, to get the extensions to 'catch up' and intercept ads.

[@colinp2238]

John Culshaw does a great job impersonating Ed Bishop here. Not the best photo of Ed though.

[@kimjongoof5000]

July 10th!

[@ACtheLegend]

I just had to...

[@kimjongoof5000]

@@ACtheLegend I loved it

[@ThisTrainIsLost]

Those panels on the UFO's look suspiciously like guitar picks.

[@CORRADOCAMERONI]

Yesss 👍🛸👽🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🌈🌈🌈 UFO SHADO Is Amazing!!!

[@random.9238]

Very well done, i like the format, however, i dont think aliens are hostile, these " attacks " never happened, as far as i know.

[@ACtheLegend]

That's because SHADO did such a great job protecting us :)

[@ewaf88]

A modern version could be within the laws of physics by having the aliens coming from a cold nearly dead planet in the Kiuper belt. By the way SHADO must have found a way of breaking the speed of light because they had a satellite follow a saucer back to the alien planet - Closeup

[@ACtheLegend]

Ah, but that was unmanned ;)

[@ewaf88]

@@ACtheLegend Yes of course - the weight savings would have made all the difference :). I love the series but the amount of energy need to approach the speed of light is mind boggling so I can't imagine any race would want to travel light years just to 'borrow' some human parts. The chemical rocket used in Closeup wouldn't even be able to reach a tiny fraction of the speed of light - let alone greatly surpass ( with or without a passenger).

[@AH-sr5px]

@@ewaf88 The clue the alien planet original could be explained by the planetoid seen the end credits

[@ewaf88]

@@AH-sr5px Hi my friend did you mean origin ?

[@trevormillar1576]

Since they self-destructed after 48 hours in Earth's atmosphere how could anybody know anything about their interiors?

[@ACtheLegend]

Capture one in space or underwater, sorted :)

[@MaxBrix]

They knew exactly what the flying objects were and called them UFOs?

[@ACtheLegend]

They didn't though, they only ever saw them from the outside.

[@marksinthehouse1968]

Sorry not happy about someone being Ed straker I see what your doing but only the Late Ed bishop could do this ,to me it’s disrespectful

[@ACtheLegend]

Jon couldn't have been more knowledgeable about Straker's character, or more sincere in his praise for Ed's performance during the recording session, there's definitely nothing disrespectful here, but whether or not you like it is of course up to you.

[@Neil070]

I see it as a loving tribute. Jon C. is a highly regarded and much "in demand" performer, recruiting him is a bit of a coup. No different to David Bradley playing William Hartnell's "Doctor"

[@carerforever2118]

"God" is pagan name, it's from the name Gad, Gad in the bible was a Babylonian God of fortune. Google it! The real Creator YHWH l believe may have been an Extraterrestrial that came to earth thousands of years ago, and according to the Bible's book of Revelation will be back again one day. Isaiah 65:11 But ye are they that forsake me the Elohim YHWH, that forget my holy mountain, and prepare a table offering for Gad, the god of fortune. I'm so happy that some Christians have finally added the Hebrew word for "god" and "gods" which is "Elohim" to their Bibles. Berashit (aka Genesis) 1:1 In the beginning ( the) Elohim created the heaven and the earth. Bereshit (aka Genesis) 1:26 Then Elohim said, "Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness👽. Genesis 3:8 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Elohim YHWH as he was WALKING in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Elohim YHWH among the trees of the garden. Yechezkel (aka Ezekiel ) 1:5 ...within it 🛸 was the form of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: They had the appearance of man ( human) 👽 Jesus may have been an Elohim Extraterrestrial, Son of the ET Elohim YHWH 👽 John 10:36 Jesus said "I am the Son of (the) Elohim YHWH" 👽🛸 John 8:14 Jesus " l am not from this world " 🌍✨ John 20:28 And Thomas answered and said unto Jesus, "You are My Lord, and my Elohim"👽. John 20:17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended🛸 to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend🛸 unto my Father, and your Father; and to my Elohim, and your Elohim👽. Acts 1:9-10 Now when Jesus had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up🛸, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. They looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up🛸 In our Future... Revelation 21:2 l saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem ( Spaceship🛸), coming down out of heaven from YHWH Elohim 🛸👽 Revelation 21:3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! Elohim YHWH dwelling place🛸 is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and Elohim YHWH himself will be with them and be their Elohim. The truth is finally being revealed! And the truth shall set you free! 🛸👽😁👍

[@daddybenny9747]

i Miss my possum

[@malcolmbacchus866]

Why the wiggly sound line at the bottom? It is distracting and unnecessary and, for me, makes the video element of this unwatchable.

[@ACtheLegend]

It's just for effect. Could always cover it with a piece of paper or tape.

[@malcolmbacchus866]

@@ACtheLegend It's a bad effect. That's my point. Unnecessary and distracting. Adds nothing. And, indeed, detracts if I have to hold a but of paper in front of my screen just to watch something.

[@ACtheLegend]

@@malcolmbacchus866 You're the first person to mention it in almost 2 years and several hundred thousand views, so surely it can't be that bad or distracting, can it?

[@malcolmbacchus866]

@@ACtheLegend Possibly not, if nobody else has bothered to mention it rather than just stop watching. I'm only stating the position however as far as I am concerned. I cannot speak for others. Still don't see why it is necessary. It adds nothing.

[@ACtheLegend]

@@malcolmbacchus866 aesthetic choice to tie the whole thing together as one in-universe package. That's evidently just a feature of how they present information in the alternate timeline in which the series takes place.