‘Fight or Flight’
Dear Dr. Jackson As a new Lt. who is very shy when first meeting new people, can you give me any advice re the following: I am due to see Commander Straker tomorrow and it will be my first day on the job at SHADO H.Q. fresh out of recruit training. When I am nervous I tend to freeze in stressful situations and meeting the commander I fear will be…
First Impressions
A serious look at ‘The Responsibility Seat’ In the Carlton boxed set of UFO dvds, The Responsibility Seat is listed as the tenth episode, and indeed it was the tenth episode to be filmed, with production starting on August 21st 1969. However, the ‘film order’ of UFO was never clearly established and the Century 21 UFO synopsis for ITC has The Responsibility Seat in seventeenth place in the list –…
UFO film – the future is ‘not’ looking fantastic
The long-awaited UFO film – initially lauded as the first in a trilogy of ‘tent-pole’ movies, looks to be dead and buried. The domain name expired on July 30th as so far has not been renewed. Not an auspicious sign. I may be wrong – I hope I am – but after so many years waiting for something, anything, to happen it looks as if UFO fans, yet again, are…
Test your Knowledge!
Are you a serious fan of U.F.O. and everything related to the series? – then go ahead! Test your knowledge about “The Responsibility Seat” with these questions set by Toria.. …………………… Question 1 . What does Commander Straker want to talk about, in this scene with Freeman? a. Paul Foster’s new girl friend. b. The leave roster for Moonbase. c. Alec’s drinking problem. ………. . Question 2 . What does Alec do after Ford…
A Drop Too Many (Captain Scarlet)
Scarlet. I hadn’t intended it to end that way. It hurt. As always. That’s always the worst part, knowing that, whatever happens, it’s going to hurt. This was no different. Searing pain. And I couldn’t stop myself from screaming. Falling hundreds of feet isn’t much fun, especially when you aren’t wearing a parachute and you know how it’s going to end. The horror shrieks in my mind, the implacable truth…
Pop Apostle
Article written by Clayton Barr, author and creator of Pop Apostle Having been born a nerd in 1967, when the series was in its second season, I’ve been watching Star Trek for as long as I can remember. People use that term, “as long I can remember” a lot, but I literally can not remember a time before I had watched that show. It helps that my parents watched it…
Bad Company
Ed Straker walked into his office, greeted his secretary, discussed the appointments of the day and took his mail into the inner office with him. He was surprised to find a large padded mailer sitting on his desk already, no postage. “Miss Ealand?” “Sir?” “Package, on my desk?” “Delivered via courier, sir. About half an hour ago. Security says it’s clear.” “Thank you.” He frowned at the package, dealt with…