Chapter 14 Thursday night Steam billowed out as the door opened. He was not at the basin as she had supposed, and she froze on seeing the tall figure standing there, his back to her, one hand on the wall as water poured over him, pooling palest brown in the cheap white shower tray. The knowledge that he must have been hurt in the attack, as well as the sudden…
Quickly hitting a switch, Virgil continued with his original purpose and patched himself through to his missing brother, although any thought of a pleasant conversation with John had been dashed from his mind. Immediately, the Space Monitor’s portrait morphed into the real thing and John glanced up from where he was scanning through various readings, obviously trying to gauge the scenario from what he had been told. Briefly catching Virgil’s…
Captain Scarlet walked slowly down the corridor, alert for any clue. Like everyone else on Cloudbase, he was combing every inch, looking for the slightest thing out of place. Doctor Fawn’s Laboratory – nothing. No matter where he looked, he’d come up with the same. Johanssen just had to be around somewhere.He was just about to turn the corner into corridor twelve when his epaulettes flashed blue and his cap…
‘Hardened’, ‘craggy’, ‘sinister’, ‘sand-blasted’. Just a few of the descriptions of George Sewell’s features, the actor known to all UFO fans as Colonel Alec Freeman. It was those ‘lived-in’ looks that contrasted so perfectly with Ed Bishop’s angelic and androgynous appearance and helped to make the partnership of Straker/Freeman a pivotal part of UFO. But for all his ‘shifty’ looks, George Sewell, although never attaining first-rank fame, was a prolific…
I’m Anthony Taylor, author of The Future Was Fab: The Art of Mike Trim, and I’ll be appearing at Dragon*Con in Atlanta, GA (USA) September 2-5. There will be some UFO and Gerry Anderson related programming at the convention I’d like to help spread the word about. At 10:00 a.m. on Friday Sept. 2, I’m hosting a panel on UFO in room A703 of the Marriott Marquis hotel. The panel…
Dear Dr Jackson, I have been hearing strange high-pitched noises during the night. They wake me up and I am unable to sleep. What is more worrying is that no one else seems to be disturbed by these sounds.I seem to be the only person who can hear them. Please can you help me? Elizabeth H. Dear Mrs H. High pitched noises at night? Unpleasant, especially as you say that…
Dear Dr Jackson. Every time I come to work I am followed by a rather creepy group of people in a car, right up to the Studio main entrance. They drive right up behind me and stay on my tail. I am worried what will happen if I stop, even though I am moving slowly. I would appreciate your advice. Communications Operative Dear Communications Operative, I was concerned about…
Following recent IAC performance-related targets all operatives are required to complete the following questionnaire to assess their suitability for continued employment. Please answer truthfully: 1. Commander Straker orders everyone to work overtime to repair the computer system in Control. Do you: A. Jump for joy and set to work with a big smile B. Moan quietly but still get cracking C. Mutter under your breath about the evil…
Colonel Alec Freeman reads your stars: Commander Straker was too busy this month dealing with the recent Herald ‘hacking’ situation, to continue his studies into astrology . However, I used my own personal knowledge to ascertain the coming month’s events for each Star Sign. So here is your August horoscope, with a definite ‘holiday theme: Capricorn: 22nd Dec – 19th Jan Jupiter moves into your sphere this month to play…
SID – or to give him his full name, Space Intruder Detector – is the only offspring of Cray XV (mother), Hubble Telescope (father). Sid’s parents met while working on Deep Space Red Shift Exploration in 1976. It was instant love and after a short, but intense relationship the couple coupled. Sid arrived some 20 months later (gestation for electronics is longer than for humans). Sid was educated to PhD…