Moon Base

[@charleshamilton9274]

I obviously have been living under a rock all these years as I never even heard of this SciFi masterpiece. The wigs! The riveting dialogue! The 19th-century special effects! I am a fan!

[@FandersonUfo]

🛸👽💚

[@susanscott8653]

The effects are great for their time. I have seen much worse

[@FranktheDachshund]

The mini skirts and bodysuits weren't bad either.

[@DukeJon1969]

It's set in the future of 1980... that gives you an idea of how old it is

[@j.calvert3361]

No CGI, they actually built all the props and models. I loved the moon bazooka. Kudos to all the technicians!

[@m.k.v.g.7203]

This was one of my favorite shows as a kid. Many years later I was able to catch the entire show on DVD. 🤩

[@HansCSchellenberg]

As a kid I was utterly fascinated by the purple haired moon women.

[@sabinehasewend]

This Film is my Favoriite.

[@sgtdarryldm]

I was eight or nine when this show appeared in South Carolina. Back when Sci-Fi was rare I fell in love with this show. The women, the ships, and the theme music were so cool.

[@testbooster]

You're spot on....This was great TV.

[@martinleavitt6094]

I was 10,,5th grade.fall,,1972,,show. came on at 7pm,,Saturday's,,before prime time..from the great state of Maine!!..great times,,British television..in,1972!!..still,,intriguing,47 years later!!..

[@martinleavitt6094]

Well said,,,couldn't agree more,,our local NBC affiliate.started to televise UFO the fall of 1972,,I,,believe,,for a 10 year old kid,,I'd never scene anything like it,,nor have I since,,British suspense/drama..2nd to none!!👍

[@tihoprskalo7719]

WHAT ABOUT STAR TREK ATLEAST SPACE BALLS?!?!?!

[@donaldsanver4744]

I was around the same age in the UK and loved this even had the Dinky toys.

[@DukeJon1969]

This show was way ahead of its time. The effects, the conspiracy theory stories, the memorable clothing and designs. Much more of a standout show than space 1999 imho

[@FandersonUfo]

correct - 🛸👽✨

[@lvirag8401]

hard to get past how downright dumb the main plot point of space 1999 was--that's not at all how moons work... but a ufo season or 10 on moonbase alpha defending earth would have been wicked awesome.

[@walfredswanson]

Except for the 1968 Nehru jacket

[@dbuzman]

Space: 1999 was originally going to be UFO 1999. It was done by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson just like UFO was.

[@captpicard6894]

I really liked Space 1999 when I was a kid, but UFO is the Daddy. Jerry Anderson in interviews always said UFO was his favorite TV series he ever did.

[@DocMicrowave]

I really liked UFO but Space 1999 was my favorite. Second season not so much though.

[@bobbova8708]

great selection of clips from different episodes.like most I fell in love with this series and everything about it Derek Meddings visual effects to all of the actors writers and the Anderson's as producers- A huge thank you to everyone involved for an incredible job!

[@noahbawdy3395]

I loved this show growing up. A lot of the episodes did not have happy endings which made it seem more real.

[@cindydott452]

I forget what episode, but Striker's wife left him because he had to divert a plane to secretly save hundreds of lives from a UFO attack, but the plane was carrying the only cure that would have saved their son's life. He had to sacrifice his son to save all the others. She didn't know, and HATED him for killing their son.

[@turibinosanches4692]

I was 12 years old in 1973 when this series of TV spent here in Brazil on Sundays, I lost no chapter, women enchanted me and continue to have a special aura watching the movie these days ... I miss the good ones TV series...

[@DerKaktuszuechter]

Da war ich 6 Jahre alt . Wir haben die Serie erst Ende 70er Anfang 80er gesehen .🇦🇹🇪🇺✅

[@frankpeschke8890]

@@DerKaktuszuechter Ich war 7 und liebe es immer noch. Ein Teil meiner Kindheit und mit der Grundstein für meine immer noch andauernde SciFi-Begeisterung

[@H.D.1967]

I was 4 years and remember this series.

[@WiddleWaddle]

So loved this show!

[@endlessperceptions]

This is a great find. Love these old space dramas. Thanks. I subscribed.

[@FandersonUfo]

🛸👽💚✨

[@FungusHat]

Thank you--must keep this show ALIVE!

[@FandersonUfo]

No problem - trying my best

[@vicsaul5459]

amen

[@DesertBro]

UFO series is a lost treasure. Always loved the moonbase control room - I'd take that as my house decor any day! Was in love with those crazy uniforms back in the day - and made one as a Second Life avatar! Still have the View-Master reels, and bought the DVD set. The show lives in spirit through all the X-COM computer/video games of the last 25 years!!! Straker even gets a call-out in X-COM 2.

[@FandersonUfo]

I've heard that Straker reference twice while playing X-Com2

[@acfran8586]

realized they were clones

[@edstraker8451]

Yup. He's also a top bloke.

[@allenjones3130]

@@FandersonUfo Gerry may be gone, but his work lives on.

[@martinmetal7481]

Sad that Gerry Anderson ending up living in a garden shed after his wife took him cleaners when they divoced .but at least he was reunited with his son in later life and back to making live action and puppets shows space precinct and terrahawks.he died in his sleep aged 83 on 26 december 2012. He gave so much joy to so many people with his shows.

[@FandersonUfo]

You make me weep sir. So poignantly described his late life challenges. It really is not fair sometimes.

[@martinmetal7481]

@@FandersonUfo from Fireball XL5, super car, four feather falls, to Joe 90 and Space precinct every show he did i loved and would race home from school to watch them.He gave so much enjoyment to so many people.

[@FandersonUfo]

@@martinmetal7481 - I have never seen or heard anywhere an unkind word said about Gerry Anderson - it is lame to say but I fall back on God bless him - he deserves the blessing

[@martinmetal7481]

@@FandersonUfo yes i also never heard anything bad ,only thing i heard was that he was angry at his ex-wife as he believed she had kept the kids out of his life but he married again and was happy and was back in touch with his son.i have a lot of great memories from when i was a child and even now thanks to him.

[@FandersonUfo]

@@martinmetal7481 - much beloved and missed - Gerry Anderson 1927 - 2012 RIP - yes I've heard from production vets that the strained relationship became a bit of a problem on set even - marriage problems can be messy alas - happens to the best

[@alexcarrillo4143]

Thank you Gerry

[@oldmanc2]

Alex Carrillo Great man - great imagination: he gave me a real interest in Space

[@sarasarah1810]

indeed

[@julianlockwood3040]

Fabulous !! Gotta love a futuristic base on the moon with telex machines :)

[@FandersonUfo]

🛸👽💚

[@peterolsen9131]

that ufo sound still chills me today, must have really scared me as a child, great show , loved it, gerry was a genius! '

[@RCROSSH]

It happens the same to me!!

[@jonnydazzels1565]

maybe yous have been abducted 😲

[@vicsaul5459]

fantastic sound track and sound engineers!! lost art

[@italianinkscapechannel]

Most chilling sfx ever for me too.

[@hotspur4237]

🤣Too true. I got a chill watching this.

[@MrHeadbanger366]

I loved this show when I was a kid. I remember this episode.

[@muscle435hp8]

me too !!

[@poohzie7596]

This used to be on of my favorite shows as a child. I even had the toy interceptor model!

[@davidmoore570]

Loved this show still got my Interceptor !

[@ats-3693]

I had one of those too, die cast and the missile would shoot out. Wish I still had it.

[@loronetrulliot2606]

This show and Space 1999 was my two favorites growing up

[@eamonnbrereton1525]

Fabulous show even now

[@bandit4550]

Love that he had an analog wristwatch on 😉👍

[@ernestturriziani2489]

This show freaked me out when I was a young kid. Awesome!

[@adriansherlockdamondark.1094]

Kudos for the editing and compositing of astronaut Roper into the video screen inside Moon Base control. Awesome! This is a neat look at the base.

[@FandersonUfo]

thank you for the kind words - this was my first UFO video about 3 years ago - very popular in Japan by the viewer statistics

[@FandersonUfo]

Had access to adobe after effects at the time - love that software

[@adriansherlockdamondark.1094]

@@FandersonUfo You've done a great job. Really gripping and gives a sense of how SHADO Moon Base took on the aliens. They could've really made a sequence like this, featuring an astronaut out on the Moon at the same time as the interceptors are going up, to stop a UFO after the ground defense vehicles have been wiped out. Would've been a strong sequence. Only they could've used Foster as the man who goes out with the rocket launcher. (Surviving, unlike Roper). The fact the sun spot idea was involved in all these bits you've connected is really cool, too. Top work!

[@FandersonUfo]

@@adriansherlockdamondark.1094 - many thanks - I may have said before that I would love to have access to all the outtakes and every foot of film shot good or bad but I doubt any exists - as CGI gets cheaper many things might start happening with the older series if copy right laws allow it

[@71vegaman93]

Sound and fire in a vacuum....Love it.

[@WilliamHBaird-eq2hp]

One of the best British Sci fi's ever!~

[@grayman735]

Lmfao no the best🤔

[@Terren69]

I loved this, but Blake’s 7 won me over.

[@nihilistcentraluk442]

@@Terren69 the babes on Blake7 were something else

[@vicsaul5459]

the best

[@markshilobrit9756]

Love the show..especially the cute Moonbase Chicks!!

[@Birdsfly11]

Loved UFO back in the early 70's

[@ArtGBralick]

I loved this show as a kid.

[@stefaniasmanio859]

Thank you for sharing!!

[@FandersonUfo]

I'm very glad you enjoyed some UFO.

[@johnetheridge5833]

One of my childhood favorites.

[@badweetabix]

After all these decades, I can still remember every episode that I watched of this series which is odd because the local tv station that aired it kept switching time slots and aired it only sporadically and eventually just stopped airing it.

[@warummussdassein3792]

Gibt es ganze Folgen? Bitte Link.

[@alysonross768]

I bought season 1 on DVD hunted high and low for season 2 took me months of searching eventually got it in of all places in a charity shop been a fan of all things Gerry Anderson but this show was one of his best

[@darrinhauxwell5315]

There was only ever 1 Season of UFO, Season 2 became Space 1999

[@alysonross768]

@@darrinhauxwell5315 Check out eBay you can get seasons 1&2 in one box set when I bought them they were in 2*3 disc sets

[@darrinhauxwell5315]

@@alysonross768 There was only 1 season of UFO consisting of 26 eps. They were released eps 1-13 and 13-26, so not really seasons 1 and 2.

[@ThunderBooster3444]

1970 TV release in Japan At that time it was a comprehensive of innovative technology That were realized one after another And there are things that have not yet been realized That's the great thing about Gerry Anderson

[@juansantiago3296]

This show was great for its time. Just watching the miniature interceptors is still great to watch. They need to remake this show.

[@rgd963]

watch Star trek Discovery , you may not want that wish!

[@johnbrandes5678]

Remake, NOT reimagine.

[@stevenbaer4979]

I was a little kid in the 70s my groovy era. I remember watching these old time science fiction movies.

[@stardude2006]

Really Advanced Groovy !

[@fuku5065]

貴重な動画をありがとうございます❣️🛩

[@FandersonUfo]

楽しんでいただけてうれしいです。 🛸👽💚

[@rolandoflores7626]

Thanks to my older brother Mario this Tv show marked my life since 1973,here in México it was a mega hit,now my brother has gone maybe he's in that moon base📺🛸🌕👽👩‍🚀👏👏

[@patrickfontaine2953]

I used to watch reruns in 1981/82. (Mexico City) Born in the 70's. 👍🤩.

[@dunning234]

Such a wonderful show Got it on DVD I recommend it

[@davidscott3820]

Very interesting. I was stationed in korea with the usaf when this came out

[@andrewluchsinger]

Purple wigs and no bras. Ya gotta love early 70's TV

[@Emdee5632]

I was still VERY young in the early 1970s and at first I didn't understand why these women had PURPLE hair. I thought maybe they were robots? It wasn't until maybe 30 years later that I read in an internet article this was Sylvia Anderson's influence. It seems she really thought that in the future, wigs were going to be introduced in the military.

[@kareemwalton1289]

HELL YEAH

[@allenblack3785]

@Hentai Commander I'll take Col Lake any day............

[@eddie10191]

And they were smoking hot.

[@kareemwalton1289]

@@eddie10191 HELL YEAH

[@rayrose5594]

always lovec this when i was a kid..

[@Valerifon1]

I love this sci-fi series! 😎👍

[@peterfmodel]

Brilliant tv show.

[@saydor0508]

I still have the album with the pictures to stick these adventures made me dream when I was a kid

[@FandersonUfo]

Was it a special album with collectible pictures to stick in the right places? I haven't heard of such a thing before.

[@saydor0508]

yes, i think it's a panini album with pictures to stick, it dates from 70 Maybe for the market in France I'm French

[@FandersonUfo]

@@saydor0508 - Best regards from Canada. Thank you. It's the first time I've heard of such a thing anywhere actually. I'll be searching on line for more info. Happy New Year Fanderson

[@saydor0508]

​@@FandersonUfo thank's and happy new year too

[@FWCC1]

The opening scene is brilliant the silence showing the women at their consoles and then a slow zoom in,the sound of the computers absolutely brilliant! My show when I was a kid and now! "Here we go again"

[@FandersonUfo]

Nina Barry was awesome in this series. When Gabrielle Drake was no longer available about mid-season she basically took over the role of "Girl in Charge" of moon base.

[@donniebrookeQ17]

If you've watched this video, you have no idea just how real this really is...

[@donniebrookeQ17]

If you are curious to know what I mean by this comment, email me: [e-mail], I am glad to share info

[@armandolopezdeelizalde4152]

How can this classic be topped?! Brilliant

[@vicsaul5459]

some things are best left as a masterpiece

[@cosmicquestion9184]

Damn! Moon Base doesn't mess around. Purple wig lady was just sitting there not blinking just waiting for somebody to show their behind, then it was RED ALERT!

[@99Michael]

Nice job! I was 13 years old watching this show.

[@FandersonUfo]

Thank you sir. Please visit the channel page at your convenience. You are most welcome.

[@kazukawa1358]

私も13歳くらいの時だったかな。 今見てもドキドキするね。　　　　FROM　JAPAN

[@FandersonUfo]

I am sorry I can't reply in Japanese. Thank you for your kind words Japan. Toronto Canada

[@FandersonUfo]

申し訳ありませんが、日本語で返信できません。 あなたの優しい言葉日本をありがとう。 トロントカナダ - Google Translate

[@kazukawa1358]

Thank you for your quick response. About 45 years ago, when I was 13 years old ,japanese TV broadcast, I loved watching this TV show. I was bubbling the scene that intercepter defeated UFO. Advanced car,SID,skydiver,moonbase,all bring back memories WWW. Thank you for making good moveis on YOU TUBE. FROM JAPAN

[@kingsman428]

Best opening soundtrack ever and now my ringtone 😎

[@DocMicrowave]

Very cool! That would make an interesting ringtone.

[@vicsaul5459]

fantastic

[@richmarsh5029]

Used to love this show... Thanks for thememories

[@richmarsh5029]

I subscribed too.. Thanks very much

[@a.t.oliver2440]

Whole lotta fun!

[@FandersonUfo]

How could an attack by UFOs on a moon base be done better? Brilliant stuff.

[@ReginavariedintrC]

Editing is no easy job well done.

[@FandersonUfo]

Thanks Regina. I think it's made up from scenes from 4 different episodes.

[@vicsaul5459]

amazing

[@RodrigoBoosBR]

I used to watch this, thank you for the video!

[@markmeade478]

Have to agree, loved this series too, Space 1999 was just ahead, but great story line 😊

[@vicsaul5459]

this intro is superb, silence, feel the tension then the ufo sound,...nuff said, enjoy

[@stevenewsome9185]

I remember watching this as a kid!

[@vicsaul5459]

this is the best channel !

[@sarasarah1810]

the sound effects at the end...LUV EM

[@FandersonUfo]

this was the first one I did - birth of shado was the 2nd

[@FandersonUfo]

the sound effects of the UFO crashing - I agree - awesome production detail - perfect

[@sarasarah1810]

Ah ha. Well im glad i found your channel. It has been most enjoyable. I truely do mean that Fanderson. Be well and safe you, luvs n hugs to you and yours as always. Toodlepip

[@jeffreycollier4220]

@@sarasarah1810 you are such a doll.hey baby face Moon Base calling are you in orbit Sara. Moon Base are you ready too land.Hot Food Hot Shower Hot cocoa butter massage waiting on Moon Base.Silver latex body suit wanting for Commander Sara.lol Sara so pretty.love uncle Jeffrey.

[@vicsaul5459]

me too. sound tracks and audio quality, just amazing, i recently watched a captain scarlet clip, they matched a real jet fast pass. and a crash. just mind blowing, and the music esp the eerie space outro, still gets me today. top notch production c:

[@Name-ps9fx]

My favorite topic in art during grade school was definitely the Interceptors taking on 3 UFOs!

[@andrewmacdonald8076]

Excellent concept🥝🇳🇿😎

[@UnYin99]

@ 0:56 how cute is it that they paused at the entrance so they could all slide down together

[@JBinFL]

Well... Almost together. That one guy on the end just couldn't. 🤣

[@UnYin99]

@@JBinFL =D

[@GravesRWFiA]

for those who don't know the blond woman with command striker is wanda ventham. (sp?) the mother of benedict cummerbach. You can also see her in the calssic Dr Who story image of the fendahl where she has dark hair

[@granto6738]

GravesRWFiA wow did not no that she is Hot

[@colinp2238]

When the guy with the hand held rocket launcher fired the first rocket the laucher recoiled, knocking him back, but it was a venturi weapon so would have no recoil as the back is hollow allowing the back blast to just flow out without resistance. The intercepters seem to be taking the scenic route to get to the UFO. It was only 20 miles at it's sighting so they must have been miles away from Moonbase when they launched even though they slide down tubes from MB to get to their craft, presumably under the base.

[@FishKepr]

He was not knocked back. He missed so he dropped down to reload the weapon.

[@terrydoberstein6742]

They could update this and bring it back on TV.

[@64davrecon]

Flight Path - that episode exemplified why I loved this show so much at the time. Compared to other sci-fi efforts of the time, this show was dark and gritty, and things frequently went very wrong for the characters. That final scene was so tragic when they showed the guy dying alone out on the surface....then, fade to those eerie end credits.

[@orsonkaart1853]

64davrecon , it was George Cole in one of his many acting roles!

[@martinmetal7481]

Rember one where a women and her lover had planed to kill her husband .idea was for her to shoot him saying she thought he was an intruder because he was supposed to be away working.ending up shooting an alien .shadow worked out what they where up to but could not do anything.they wiped there memories and the women carried out there plan as they had no memories of it going wrong.ending with her at her husbands graveside! .

[@adriansherlockdamondark.1094]

@@martinmetal7481 The Square Triangle! I read about that one in 1987 and I was astounded by the idea of it. The notion that SHADO has to let a man be murdered and let the killers get away with it, so as to not risk the public learning the truth about UFOs...that was mind blowing!

[@martinmetal7481]

@@adriansherlockdamondark.1094 i rember at the end when she is stood at her husbands grave and the ending credits come on i was WTF !

[@vicsaul5459]

absolutely. they got the broadcast time slot wrong when it first aired, itc, or itv,..should of put it on late night viewing. for its intended audience

[@Platyfurmany]

The dialog was quite campy by today's standards and the science was incredibly bad, but the production values were first-rate as was the special effects, and the music was excellent. For the time, this was cutting edge science fiction television and I was addicted to UFO!

[@francescofissore161]

Our shock back then when in cinemas we discovered... girls' wigs were purple !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good old b/w TV screens... and, Col. Lake's incredible, mesmerizing eyes... she starred 100% in episode "Eyelash" (dubbed in Italian with a title sounding like 'time has stopped') wearing that azure/purple dress that absolutely matched with her eyes... one of most memorables ever !!! Greetings from Piedmont, Italy.

[@FandersonUfo]

Was there truly an Italian UFO episode "Eyelash" signore? Bravissimo.

[@francescofissore161]

@@FandersonUfo thanx my friend ...ah ah, if only we had back at the time just 1% of what one can currently do with the Web at the fingertips... my brothers and me used waiting for Sunday at about 5.30 PM as if 'UFO' was the world's most precious, amazing thing. Interesting fact is, it REALLY was! Not even a shade of what is available today for kids and teenagers, so this TV series was something gigantic before our eyes... and I had a major crush on Lt. Ellis/G. Drake, of course. Yes I remember especially the episode I mentioned earlier, 'Timelash' (not Eyelash ... what a blunder!! ;-) ;-) it was in certain way even thrilling and agonizing - but a touch of optimism and hope came from Lake's ash-blonde hair and her matching-colours setup (dress + eyes!!). All the best. Frank.

[@GuineaPigEveryday]

Although clear creative liberties with accuracy of science and stuff, I love the hard science fiction feel to UFO. Especially the military procedure and work ethic, whereas a lot of science fiction has stubborn adventurous guys who refuse orders all the time, these pilots rarely refuse an order except if its Foster or they're being influenced by a UFO. The strategies as well, with the layered defence frontline not only for Earth but for Moonbase. Radar reports sightings, Interceptors are launched and artillery vehicles are deployed to ensure effective enfilading fire (if im using the term correctly), there is real tactics being applied, not just ragtag hotshots in spaceships (although both are cool, it is interesting to see the more strategical science fiction).

[@FandersonUfo]

totally concur with your remarks sir

[@princessalaina4589]

I always loved the uniforms the women wore on this show.

[@phenix0]

loved this show

[@granto6738]

Love this show

[@EdwardSmart]

In a few years, we may actually have a 'Moon Base', that would be awesome!

[@oldgoat142]

I loved this show. Some of the episodes were like, "Holy shit, did that really just happen?" The one about the lovers plotting to kill the husband comes to mind. And Dolores Mantez as Lt. Nina Barry was not only beautiful, but in one episode when an astronaut or geologist, (I can't remember which), has a psychotic episode at moon base, they didn't show it but she wound up on the deck after taking a punch. Pretty bad-ass for those days. And Lt. Ellis? Need I say more?

[@FandersonUfo]

"Nina Barry of Shado" - kzbin.info/www/bejne/aIrCXpuqZcp2pKc

[@vicsaul5459]

lt ellis, nuff said, and some peeps think purple wigs ,. since lady goo goo,

[@oldgoat142]

@@vicsaul5459 Precisely. 'Nuff said. Yeah, Lady Gaga didn't invent purple hair. Not by a stretch.

[@vicsaul5459]

@@oldgoat142 c: what fascinates me is,..if u go back further like early hollywood pre code, i wonder what b/ w , era buck rogers in the 21 st century was actually like in full colour??.. and stuff like earlier sci fi. like green leather godess on mars?...sure had to use full imagination back then, i think ufo is #1 classic stuff, i mean 1969_70 and its compatible with costume/ space ex. here in 2020. enjoy fanderson channel,

[@oldgoat142]

@@vicsaul5459 Yes, it would have been great to see those old serials and movies in color, (not colorized mind you), but then again seeing them that way might take something away from them, at least IMHO. The movie that a lot of people agree was a landmark was Forbidden Planet. That was a spectacular movie for its time, and it still holds up very well. Yeah, I do enjoy this channel.

[@johnthatcher2349]

Loved ufo

[@paololorenzi2602]

Magnifici , indimenticabili , unici

[@FandersonUfo]

Meglio di tutto ciò che vedo in televisione oggi. 50 anni dopo.

[@jacobsteele7138]

Gotta love the small models that used to appear in these shows.

[@bisnetodeportugues]

Toys Naves. Very Good. Thank You From Brazil.

[@ElusiveMasquerade]

I love the helmets, white with blue and orange.

[@gammonbaldy1765]

My mother used to have a trouser suit like Ed Strakers uniform.

[@LSD123.]

6:47 Love the special effects, looks like a light bulb in the background...

[@K3Flyguy]

This show is now used as the recruiting advertisement for the Space Force. Plus, with the purple hair moon hotties I mean who wouldn't want to be GI Joe Space Force.

[@davidandrews2972]

It's a good thing that the Aliens went to Stormtrooper marksmanship academy , otherwise Moonbase would have been in big trouble.

[@captainsensiblejr.]

Even as a kid back in 1972, I thought Moonbase was too small and the landing pad on top of it seemed to be an invitation to disaster.

[@TheBrummie60]

Quite literally, out of this world.

[@alexcooley1665]

that guy who splashed that last UFO with the surface to air ordinance should get a serious promotion and a pay raise. Also quite weird seeing Uhura with purple hair.

[@chief1b]

SID must have been down. Dig the 60s outfit and vibs

[@sky-tecktelecommsttjean-pi1476]

i'm fan for over 40 years...and now i produced that ; @ a tribute to Gerry Anderson...

[@cristianalfredooviedosanch7761]

Excelente serie

[@SuperMagnetizer]

I remember watching UFO at age 11, about 1972, never knew the Moon gals were purple haired: our TV was B/W.

[@FandersonUfo]

I'm sure it's a bit of a surprise. We had colour when it was broadcast in the late 70's. It's a pretty strong choice artistically I'll grant.

[@SuperMagnetizer]

@@FandersonUfo Gotta love those Interceptor pilots jumping into their chutes. I always thought that was the coolest.

[@FandersonUfo]

I wonder if that is actually set up somewhere. Like a fire hall, ambulance dispatch or even a an airbase somewhere. Someone must have done it for real to get people in position quickly in some scenario.

[@orlock20]

@@FandersonUfo The quick launch teams sit in their aircraft till their shift is done. The B-1 bomber has the ignition button outside the aircraft so that the aircraft is ready to go when the people get inside.

[@orlock20]

They were purple wigs even in the show. In one of the first episodes the moon base commander, featured in this video, came to Earth and her hair was long and brown.

[@rb5337]

This must have been a British show, I have never heard of it. Space 1999 was similar I imagine and I watched a lot of that as a kid at 15

[@cindydott452]

Space 1999 was created by the same people. It was actually supposed to be the second season for UFO, but got retooled into a separate show.

[@rb5337]

@@cindydott452 Thanks...I now realize that many North AMerican TV programs were copycats of great British (&Aussie) TV.

[@JohnJohansen2]

Suddenly I love purple hair. ❤

[@graemepitt6378]

brilliant times. oh please take me back to my youth

[@timwilmott1208]

I cant believe Arthur Daley pops up wearing in a space suit on the moon!

[@WalterDWormack214]

While I respectfully salute ALL of the Brave, Intrepid, Watch-Keepers, who stood their posts. I just have to say it. I really, REALLY, wanted to visit SHADO moonbase, and take a moonwalk with Lt. Gaye Ellis!

[@FandersonUfo]

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[@stephenvaughan9803]

Everyone knows that if you work on the moon you have purple hair, and if you work under the sea you wear uniforms made from fishing nets.

[@FandersonUfo]

correct - 🛸✨

[@RaveDave871]

👽👽👽 And if you earthling, you have orange skin, yes? 👽👽👽

[@AILATI75]

O mio dio 👍🇮🇪 Ricordo quando da bambino guardavo UFO in TV. 👍

[@daverjax]

Used to LOVE this Show when I was a kid. Even though I wonderd how they had obvious 1g effects in a .6g environment. or WHY they wouldn't build the base underground IF they were expecting Combat. They Obviously had the Interceptors underground Why not the Whole Base then?

[@brujo_millonario]

Not enough budget for an underground base.

[@kelvinh8327]

And why did the girls run around in silver knickers? I'm not complaining, I was just wondering...

[@NDAvfxtv]

@@kelvinh8327 Don't forget this was made before the first moon landing so footage of movement on the moon was non existent at the time. Also the Purple wigs were intended to be anti-static and the silver? Century 21 fashions designed by Sylvia Anderson. I think they were hoping to sell a LOT to fashion people.

[@vicsaul5459]

@@kelvinh8327 why,..dunno,...never bothered me,...why not,..hey its the future?? c;

[@gibber1944]

When I was 10, this show was the bomb.