SHADO Skydiver: Century 21 Tech Talk [2.7] | Hosted by General Ed Straker [UFO]

[@werdna1969]

It is amazing how much thought went into these classic science fiction shows.

[@garyreid6165]

The SkyDiver is the coolest craft in SHADO’s fleet. God, I miss U.F.O..

[@stephenpochly7003]

Agreed a Dinky model of Skydiver would have been a great addition for collectors

[@An.Individual]

I have still got mine.

[@Cliff132NJ]

One of the greatest sci-fi vehicles of all-time, definitely the greatest sci-fi sub ever! Loved the re-docking animation, something I always wanted to see in the show. Thanks for this exceptional Tech Talk!!

[@pcarrierorange]

Such a cool animation!

[@sydsnott5042]

Just what Cliff said 👏

[@darrensmith6999]

Brilliant!!! The visual effects are = if not superior to the CGI of today in my opinion. Hats off to Legend Derek Meddings.

[@ACtheLegend]

The man was a legend, he left us far too soon!

[@seriousmaran9414]

Technology now is higher, you are going up against the likes of the expanse. But they were well ahead of the time and the most important part of any entertainment series is the scripts. These were second to none.

[@mustang6599]

yeah as you can just barley see the post it's sitting on. No way the special effects are even close to what we have today.

[@paulgwilliam6323]

@@mustang6599 yeah some of those sci-fi channel cgi effects today are so good... that's If you have bad eye sight lol because the cgi effects on some tv movies today are beyond friggi*g awful.

[@mustang6599]

@@paulgwilliam6323 Well, sure, buts that's called "no budget". Even the original Battlestar Galactical had decent effects with models, and the CGI today for ships is great with the nuances in lighting and such. Early CGI missed that kind of stuff, to be sure.

[@Riccardo_Silva]

I was eight when i first watched the episodes on italian tv. These, and airfix models, prompted me to learn english!

[@corujariousa]

I grew up watching that series. Great fun. Kids nowadays laugh about the visual effects but I still find it interesting. The use of models and puppets when CGI was not available were great accomplishments and required lots of ingenuity.

[@ryanstephenkristoferkearns1319]

The memorable moment of Skydiver where Sky 1 launches and great to hear about Skydiver 5 to be the new Skydiver 3 after the original one was sadly destroyed.

[@MarkSW]

Of all the underwater vehicles in the Anderson world, Skydiver is my favourite.

[@cjlist9731]

Nice bit of animation explaining how Sky 1 redocks with Skydiver. Would love to see TB2 given this kind of animation to showcase how Pod 4 is reclaimed.

[@ACtheLegend]

Basically the same as the blueprint in episode 1.3 :)

[@Deevo037]

One of my favourite fictional submarines.

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

Agreed.

[@HansZarkovPhD]

Seaview and the flying sub was always my favorite

[@chrisjohnston4445]

Biggest disappointment of my childhood was that Dinky Toys never put out a SkyDiver. It would've looked fine in that Emerald Green they insisted on painting everything else!

[@Tom_YouTube_stole_my_handle]

I could never understand why the Dinky Eagle was emerald green. Perhaps they had a surplus of that colour?

[@augustinboyd9626]

Need to bring back these shows today.

[@OdeeOz]

Over a decade ago, some Yank made a R/C flying model version of the Sky Divers _Fighter._ Was awesome to see how he overcame obstacles, and got her flying. To say the least of the memories of the UFO series it brought back.

[@ACtheLegend]

If you search Google, you should see a studio-scale RC Skydiver operating on water :)

[@OdeeOz]

@@ACtheLegend yes, I have been an ardent fan of the Anderson productions, and fan based modeling for decades now. Nearly all are 100% a joy to behold.

[@fluffybond912]

I really liked the way it shows you Sky 1 redocking because in the show yo ever saw that.

[@dogwalker666]

Always wanted to see re docking too.

[@fluffybond912]

@@dogwalker666 Here!! Here!!!

[@dogwalker666]

@@fluffybond912 👍

[@keithmartland6463]

After fifty years i got to see Sky 1 redocking

[@TheKalle45]

Yeah, I can´t remember to have seen it on tv 🤔

[@2wheelsmidnight549]

Fantastic work this... every second of it! I saw "UFO" for the first time when it was released here in the States back in 1972 or 3 and I was just a kid. All these years later I still look up at the stars and wonder if 3 of those bright little dots aren't Interceptors chasing a U-fo !

[@frankortolano5886]

I always wondered how the sky reconnected to diver,excellent

[@Setebos]

Would've liked some information on crew accommodations since all we've seen have been the private room aft of the bridge. I also feel that, given the need demonstrated by the UFOs for water in which to hide throughout extended stays, the importance of SHADO submersibles couldn't be downplayed.

[@Chilly_Billy]

I'm really enjoying these new videos.

[@simongvs]

My theory about Sky 1 re-docking with Diver was that the fighter has a flotation ring on the bottom of the jet and inflates it just before landing on the water. It then waits for Diver to surface behind it and re-docks with the fighter. This way the jet doesn't have to sink under the surface to re-dock.

[@12mrmajestic]

I liked the scene when SKY 1 over flew Shadow head quarters to intercept incoming UFO!

[@billy.g3597]

Longing for the day when strings vests come back into fashion !!!.

[@davidhull1610]

Always looked good on Anoushka Hempel!

[@fluffybond912]

They certainly were in fashionable in 1970 ,all you had to do was go to M AND S

[@fluffybond912]

@@davidhull1610 see was good and sexy

[@hlcepeda]

That would lead to "interesting" tan lines.

[@mmabri]

@@fluffybond912 Georgina Moon was good too

[@captainiant]

brilliant video i have watched ufo over the years but i a pretty sure some of this is new footage if so well done to everyone involved with the best tech talk video of both series so far..

[@eagleal]

Love these videos, the additional info and animations are a nice touch

[@jackmessent3490]

These videos are FAB!

[@dogwalker666]

S.I.G.👍

[@maureencora1]

I Really Liked the Skydiver Episodes.

[@madjock2878]

Ed Straker was a Col in USAF and Commander Straker when he was in charge of SHADO

[@ACtheLegend]

And a General in the WSS after SHADO disbanded :)

[@bettyleeist]

There were a lot of great craft on the;Ufo show!Derek Medding’s was a great special effect’s director on the show,too!

[@DANTHETUBEMAN]

UFO and Speed racer are the first two TV shows I can remember.

[@ricardoterreroslazo8017]

They are really amazing. Using full modeling is a great achievement. I admire the efforts of creators of all of them. Making such display without today's usage of computers. Really admirable! More over, the plots of the series, makes me and most of my generation ones stick to the TV series like UFO, SPACE 1999, and all the series using marionettes, They were a real and cool entertaining.

[@iandeeley9033]

Great Briefing, Also Loved The CGI Sequence Near The End!

[@steve0592]

I always thought it fortuitous that the pilot went down the chute before the sub went nose up.

[@ACtheLegend]

I'm chuckling at the idea of them attempting at afterward "Oh yeah, that's not how gravity works..."

[@gerardoramoncesarreynaldo9469]

How the Skydiver aircraft is re-united with the sub---this answers my question.

[@riccardogemme]

Would really love an episode on the human vessel from Space 1999 Dragon's Domain

[@DocMicrowave]

This was very cool! Loved this show as a kid.

[@theashpilez]

Can we ask Revell , AMT and the like to get on it? The Nostromo would be cool also....

[@colinp2238]

The amusing thing is that when he says that this or that could happen, like the replacement Sky unit, you know that it happened once in one episode, but not at any other time. Also if the UFO avoided the Moonbase defenses average about 85% of the time, certainly more often than not.

[@andrewholdaway813]

An astounding 65knots underwater speed, but a bare 20knots surface speed - THAT'S amusing.

[@ACtheLegend]

@@andrewholdaway813 It's built specifically for Underwater speed, the fact it can hover-cruise is a bonus. The way a car is fast on four wheels than side-wheeling on two :)

[@andrewholdaway813]

@@ACtheLegend 🤣 20knots is still abysmal surface performance since 65knots underwater with such an un-hydrodynamic shape indicates that it's engines must be enormously powerful.

[@ACtheLegend]

@@andrewholdaway813 they are...

[@andrewholdaway813]

@@ACtheLegend And yet 20knots.

[@maureencora1]

I Want the Model.

[@hlcepeda]

The Skydiver a/c looks suspiciously like the spacecraft lander seen in Anderson's _Journey to the Far Side of the Sun_ (aka _Doppelgänger_ ).

[@STho205]

As did the SHADO sports cars and several models and stage set items. UFO was reuse of Doppelganger properties, just like MGM reused Forbidden Planet and 2001 props for years.

[@jimfarrell5004]

The only "downside" of this report's "in-universe" would be that the "start recording" command would not be a part of the recording itself because the recording hadn't started yet. In the same vein, IMHO, the "database - end recording" command would be "auto-deleted" at the end of the report to keep the report "clear".

[@ACtheLegend]

Ah, but you see the audio is actually being recorded by the security microphones in Straker's briefing room, rather than his auto-computer's data-bank, so they pick up everything before and after the presentation. A subtle reminder to everyone watching that the WSS sees and hears all :)

[@Arbarano]

I'd like to see, once, the starboard side of a Sykdiver. On the port side, the name painted of the hull divides into Sky, for the Skyfighter, and Diver, for the remaining part. How is it on the other side?

[@ACtheLegend]

No text on the other side, as shown in the video :)

[@scotpens]

On the other side it's written in Hebrew.

[@FandersonUfo]

pre-liked and waiting patiently - 🛸👽💚👍🏻

[@ACtheLegend]

That's dedication, SHADO salutes you!

[@FandersonUfo]

@@ACtheLegend - 🛸👽💚

[@nonolevieuxcrabe2437]

Pre-liked too! Patiently? No! I need the blueprints immediately to destroy these filthy aliens!

[@ACtheLegend]

@@nonolevieuxcrabe2437 hang in there, less than 24 hours to go!

[@nonolevieuxcrabe2437]

@@ACtheLegend okay sir!

[@HalNordmann]

That is one neat ship!

[@stephencampbell9384]

Love SkyDivers The non series stuff, was that written for this video or culled from other media (eg the the advanced models)?

[@charlesdetheridge8448]

Wish that the die-cast UFO Models made as collectors models were affordable these days.....the Mobiles were good, but Skydiver........oh boy.!! (Would have had Fireball XL-5 as well!). On eBay there’s a Terrahawks Battlehawk for sale, mint in box, just £18,999 , 😮😫

[@jetfire1153red]

1:58 which means they actually utilise a similar idea as the enclosed submarine pen used for stingray.

[@KeithTKO]

Them were good old days.

[@greggharris3284]

So do I!

[@nordicson2835]

My favorite Corgi toy.

[@gregoryp2859]

They absolutely need to do a modern remake of this series. And bring back the moon base girls!!!

[@ACtheLegend]

Wouldn't work, UFO is unique. Updating the format would strip away anything that makes it different to other Sci-Fi shows.

[@DANTHETUBEMAN]

good bringing, I'm ready to report for duty 😁

[@grumpyoldman3458]

I'm slightly disappointed it doesn't say "DIVERSKY" on the starboard side.

[@donaldclay9535]

Someday I'm Gonna Get a Model of the SHADO Skydiver.

[@twohandsandaradio]

Yep... fire and smoke underwater... Outside of that we need more fishnet vests...

[@michaelalexander43]

As it was understood a Sky fighter were more maneuverable in the air than UFOs, (budget and time restraints aside) it would have been screamingly exciting for the UFOs to get into a dog fight of at least firing back. Seeing a Sky fighter duck and weave evading UFO energy ray fire as well on occasion taking a partial hit (maybe off a wing) while returning fire with its machine cannons...would have been NIIIIICE!

[@edwardmcirvin8342]

One of my Top 5 pieces of SciFi Hardware! Far Cooler than the Seaview, SeaQuest or Nautilus! I would have LOVED to see a Crossover where Skydiver sinks the Love Boat!

[@jefftappan3091]

Who provided the voice over for GEN Straker? As opposed to Ed Bishop.

[@ACtheLegend]

Jon Culshaw, as noted in the credits :)

[@charlesurban3230]

The voice of the narrator, which must be AI, is virtually indistinguishable from the late, great Ed Bishop. Incredible!

[@GerryAndersonTV]

It’s played by Jon Culshaw and isn’t AI

[@stephenpochly7003]

Hi everyone hope all are safe. Does anyone else think anyone looks about like Thunderbird 4

[@fluffybond912]

Yes!!!!!

[@stephenfarthing485]

Skydiver is 6 or 7 times bigger than Thunderbird 4 but not as well built for deep sea submergence. It could certainly dive deep but 30,000 feet was it's limit. Thunderbird 4 could get down to 36,000 feet. There's two others that could reach that depth. Seaview and Seaquest. Skydiver is able to get down to 30,000 feet. Any deeper is pushing the design of that vessel to it's structural limit.

[@米空軍パイロット]

The fighter looks like TB4 with wings strapped on

[@12mrmajestic]

Yes, it's the two jet tubes in the rear that gives it away.

[@pcarrierorange]

@@stephenfarthing485 How deep could Stingray reach again? I recall it being a plot point in at least a few episodes.

[@feenster1]

Music is amazing that bass takes me back too many years...lol

[@stephenfarthing1522]

Skydiver class was the same size of the old U Boats of the last ones of the second world war.

[@francishodge5189]

I grew up in the 70s UFO this brilliant legandary Sci fi Uk made series produced by the legendary Gerry Anderson Iike Space 1999 Apart from the US Sc fi series Star trek etc UFO set the benchmark A head of its Time .

[@maundamartin59]

The distant future of 1980.

[@maundamartin59]

What's up with them see through uniforms?@

[@ACtheLegend]

Skydiver's interior is incredibly hot.

[@dogwalker666]

I can imagine sky1 would be a pig to fly but always looks amazing.

[@andrewjurkiewicz4393]

Neat.

[@ACtheLegend]

Your comment is also neat, so it's getting a like :)

[@HansZarkovPhD]

Please make a ufo mainstream movie

[@Wes-u7y]

Where is the galley?

[@tarqhlal7063]

ممكن مقدمة المسلسل اذا امكن اي شخص ينشرة

[@peterboczan2116]

Those Sky fighters were certainly aerodynamically unstable!

[@MrHws5mp]

What I've always wanted is an explanation of how air gets from the intake in the nose to the engines in the back of the pods...😉

[@kommandantgalileo]

This submarine is quite semi-realistic.

[@An.Individual]

Sky One on patrol in Earths Atmosphere

[@MyKharli]

None of course would be possible without string vests

[@pierandreafrancini48]

QUANTI RICORDI 🤩😍👌👍✌🇸🇲

[@ianmorton5539]

...Skydivertastic...!!!

[@ACtheLegend]

My new favourite word!

[@lonegroover]

Just a little more languid in the voice would be good.

[@paintnamer6403]

He could sound like Troy McClure.

[@kimjongoof5000]

👌

[@Trek001]

Skydiver makes 65 knots...? Thats slower then torpedoes of today which can get in excess of 75 knots

[@ACtheLegend]

Larger objects tend to travel more slowly (think supertanker vs speedboat) and this is technology from 40 years ago, not today.

[@howeln]

Why is there smoke on a nuclear powered sub......😐

[@stephenwilliams926]

Milk tray man @ 4:59.

[@ACtheLegend]

All because the Lady Loves...Skydiver Coffee.

[@細谷能久-i4r]

もうちょいスマートにしてもいいような……。

[@ADAPTATION7]

Wow! The 80s certainly had a lot to offer in terms of technological breakthroughs. Something must've happened at the beginning of the 21st century because none of these currently exist.

[@ACtheLegend]

They're top secret, so how would you know if they existed or not?

[@MediaWatchDawg]

Wow, and you thought it was just a hunk of plastic.

[@rangeroverl322]

Bring Brains back to narrate . John Colshaw is nothing like Ed Bidhop

[@ACtheLegend]

No idea what John Colshaw's acting ability is like, but Jon Culshaw certainly did a great job!

[@truckrobo147]

This looks like something the Soviets would have build!

[@TheKalle45]

Who knows ...

[@edstraker8451]

Fraud.

[@ACtheLegend]

ah, but this is 'Ed' Straker. not 'ed' Straker, so you're safe.