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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })UFO (1969-71) is a British live-action Science Fiction television series created by Gerry Anderson and his wife Sylvia Anderson (with Reg Hill), the creators of Thunderbirds. It was Gerry Anderson's first live-action series.In the future year of... 1980, Earth is under attack by UFOs sent by a dying race (no name for the aliens is ever given) seeking to harvest our organs. A top-secret multinational organisation called SHADO (Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organisation, pronounced "Shadow"), led by the dedicated Commander Straker, is given unprecedented (though not limitless) resources to suppress knowledge of the aliens while at the same time sussing out ways to fight them.The series is remembered for its garish decor, glamorous girls in miniskirts, and dark (for the time) subject matter. Few episodes had genuinely satisfactory endings; at most SHADO would prevent major acts of destruction while sacrificing a few innocent people, and their attempts to discover more about the aliens frequently came to naught. The stories included such adult themes as drug use, adultery, inter-racial relationships, and the breakdown of Straker's marriage under the strain of the job.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })This dark reimagining of Captain Scarlet unfortunately backfired, as most broadcasters were expecting the Andersons' usual children's fare. Erratic broadcasting schedules (no two regional stations ever simulcast the show) and indifferent American broadcasters, who reacted with a collective "WTF?", prevented UFO from cultivating an audience. Without US support, a second season set on a more advanced Moonbase in the 1990's was scrapped, and the pre-production design and model work (and basic concepts) reused for the marginally more successful Space: 1999.Even if UFO's original impact was limited, it still had a significant influence on international pop culture. Both the video-game developer MicroProse and the anime studio Gainax have cited the series as a main inspiration for X-COM and Neon Genesis Evangelion, respectively.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_3'); })After languishing in Development Hell for years, a feature film based on the series was supposedly moving ahead for release in 2012. Perhaps unsurprisingly, nothing seemed to come of it.No relation to Project UFO. nor to Michael Schenker's rock band UFO. | |
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Dropped link to Fanservice: Not a Feature - IGNORE | |
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Dropped link to FrontOrganisation: Not a Feature - UNKNOWN | |
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Dropped link to ItWasAllJustADream: Not a Feature - UNKNOWN | |
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Dropped link to ShaggyDogStory: Not a Feature - ITEM | |
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Dropped link to TheMenInBlack: Not a Feature - ITEM | |
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Aliens Speaking English | |
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Aliens Speaking English: Inverted in that the aliens are never heard to speak. | |
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Applied Phlebotinum | |
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Applied Phlebotinum: Usually drugs such as GL-7 and X-50. Also the neutronic detection equipment. | |
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All Men Are Perverts | |
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All Men Are Perverts: In one episode the aliens are using a weapon that freezes time. Straker enters the film studio used to disguise SHADO headquarters and sees an actor permanently "glancing" down the cleavage of the well-endowed actress opposite him. Apparently even Straker is not immune — in "Close Up" he uses a sophisticated macroscope to look up the skirt of a posing Lieutenant Gay Ellis. Supposedly it's part of a demonstration on how it's impossible to judge magnification without reference points, but even after he gets the point Straker zooms in for a second look... you're not fooling anyone, you sly dog! | |
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No Biochemical Barriers | |
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No Biochemical Barriers: The aliens can adapt human organs to replace their own, yet die if exposed to our atmosphere for too long. | |
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Flying Saucer | |
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Flying Saucer: The UFOs, though they are more conical than saucer shaped, presumably to help them spin better. | |
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Twirl of Love | |
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Foster gives a Twirl of Love to his Girl of the Week, gifting us with a Panty Shot in the process. | |
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SweaterGirl | |
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Sweater Girl: The female personnel at SHADO headquarters affect this look: their uniforms don't include actual sweaters, but the top half of their jumpsuits is long-sleeved with a high neckline, skin-tight and emphasizes their breasts. | |
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Breaking the Fourth Wall | |
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Breaking the Fourth Wall: In "Mindbender" alien crystals make Commander Straker hallucinate that he's an actor in a sci-fi television series. As he remembers being Straker, but can clearly see the cameras and backstage crew around him, he naturally starts to go insane. | |
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Obstructive Bureaucrat | |
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Obstructive Bureaucrat: General Henderson of the International Astrophysical Committee, who's always going red in the face and shouting at Commander Straker, usually over SHADO's budget allocation. Ironically Henderson and Straker are quite friendly in the 'contemporary' scenes that take place before SHADO is operational. | |
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Faceless Goons | |
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Faceless Goons: The aliens are normally shown wearing spacesuits with helmets with opaque visors. In this case it's to enhance their mysterious and threatening nature, so the audience won't identify with them. Though episodes where we're supposed to feel sympathy for a space-suited invader feature a lot more close-ups. | |
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PlayedStraight | |
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Played Straight in SHADO headquarters. With very few exceptions the female personnel are young and shapely, wear skin-tight clothes and don't actually seem to do very much. | |
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Death of a Child | |
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Death of a Child: In "A Matter of Priorities". Straker's son is involved in an automobile accident and requires an experimental drug from America, but regular transport options would be too slow. After wrestling with using his position for a personal reason, Straker orders a SHADO transport to bring the drug to the UK. It is diverted en route to deal with a UFO sighting, which meant the drug did not arrive in time to save his son. Worse, the SHADO mission the plane was diverted for didn't work out either. | |
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Shoot the Dog | |
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Shoot the Dog: "A Question of Priorities", "The Responsibility Seat", "Ordeal" | |
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Reentry Scare | |
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Reentry Scare: "Kill Straker!" While a SHADO Moon ship is forced to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere at a steeper than normal angle a SHADO technician says "I have re-entry cessation on radio contact". The ship isn't found until 16 hours later, and Commander Straker comments on how worried he was. | |
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Limited Wardrobe | |
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Limited Wardrobe: A real-world example. They only had two alien uniforms, so there are never more than two aliens on screen at once. Also, there's a rather memorable red dress that shows up on several different female characters throughout the series. | |
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Catapult Nightmare | |
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Catapult Nightmare: "Exposed". Paul Foster spots a UFO while piloting an experimental plane. Sky One destroys the UFO, but the explosion damages the plane and sends it into a dive. Paul Foster wakes up with a yell and sits up in a hospital bed, apparently after having a nightmare of the flight. | |
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Mistaken for Cheating | |
| UFO / int_2d7ef923 | comment |
Mistaken for Cheating: In "Confetti Check a-Ok", Straker's long hours and extreme secrecy during SHADO's early days leads his mother-in-law to believe he's cheating on Mary, to the point of hiring a private eye to follow him. He's spotted going into a flat with another woman (one of the Moonbase lieutenants and a celebration of SHADO becoming operational), which causes Mary to leave him. | |
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To the Batpole! | |
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To the Batpole!: Pilots use chutes to quickly get to their interceptors on Moonbase and the SkyDiver submarine. SHADO's headquarters (hidden under a film studio) is accessed by Straker's office which serves as an elevator. As Gerry Anderson pointed out in a DVD Commentary, it's just as well no-one peeked into the boss' window and wondered why his office was sinking into the ground. | |
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It Works Better with Bullets | |
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It Works Better with Bullets: "Survival". While on the surface of the Moon, Paul Foster is captured by an alien. He manages to grab his gun back from the alien, only for the alien to open his hand to display the weapon's ammo clip. | |
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Time Stands Still | |
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Time Stands Still: "Timelash", affecting all of SHADO headquarters including the film studio aboveground. Straker and Col. Lake were initially unaffected when they entered the base but have to use a very dangerous stimulant to keep moving. The episode's cold open has Straker suddenly smashing computers and a corpse in a runaway go-kart appearing out of nowhere as time resumes. | |
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Move in the Frozen Time | |
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Move in the Frozen Time: In "Timelash", Straker and Col. Lake drive into the base to find everyone in it frozen in time (which means it happened while they were out). They find that they can pick up some objects but others are completely frozen, and Straker soon finds a pattern: The objects they can pick up are those that weren't in motion when time was stopped. Later still they also notice they're slowing down, and take some stimulant drug to remain able to move for a little more time. | |
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Compilation Movie | |
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Compilation Movie: Several episodes were edited together in the late 1970's to make ''Invasion: UFO". | |
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When the Clock Strikes Twelve | |
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When the Clock Strikes Twelve: "ESP". John Croxley's wife was killed by a UFO crashing into his house and he blames SHADO for her death. He lures Ed Straker and Alec Freeman to the ruins of his house with the intent of killing them at midnight. | |
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Vapor Wear | |
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Vapor Wear: The Skydiver crew wear fishnet tops without undergarments. The women's uniforms have nude fabric lining in front, covering their nipples. The men have no such luxury. | |
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Never Recycle Your Schemes | |
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Never Recycle Your Schemes: Each episode has a different alien plot to destroy SHADO headquarters, kill Ed Straker, release nerve gas or whatever. Each time a plot fails the aliens never try it again even if it has a good chance of working. Then again, Straker never builds a second electron telescope; he may not be the only one with budget troubles. | |
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Lingerie Scene | |
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Lingerie Scene: A female journalist strips down to her bra and panties in an attempt to seduce Straker (as a part of a plot to extract classified information). It only makes him more suspicious of her motives. In this video from the pilot episode we briefly see one of the female moon base crewmembers in her silver underwear while changing clothes in front of what looks like a glass door. A man walks up to the door and starts talking to her. She doesn't react to him seeing her half-naked, and when the camera angle changes we see that the door is a one-way mirror and he is just seeing his own reflection. Foster gives a Twirl of Love to his Girl of the Week, gifting us with a Panty Shot in the process. | |
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Rapid Aging | |
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Rapid Aging: "Identified". After a UFO is shot down one of the aliens aboard it is captured. After he's exposed to the Earth's atmosphere he starts aging rapidly and quickly dies. | |
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Person of Mass Destruction | |
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Person of Mass Destruction: "The Psychobombs" | |
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Zeerust | |
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Zeerust Most of the "futuristic" fashions in the series seem very 1969-ish today. Even though most of the series was actually filmed in The '70s, the design was probably done in the previous decade. The turbine-powered, streamlined cars are obviously inspired by the concept cars of the 1960's. The gender roles, with women mostly in subordinate jobs or as housewives, and lots of Bridge Bunnies around. Averted for the moonbase which has a female commander. While not exactly outdated, the predictions of an extensive space/lunar industry and widespread use of supersonic transport already by 1980 feels like Apollo-era optimism today. Averted in some cases: the series foresees the pervasive use (though not the nature) of computers in everyday life, spacecraft piggy-back launched from aircraft, voice print identification, car and cordless telephones, and that space debris will become a serious concern. Also, advanced or impossible (for the 1960s) tissue identification methods (e.g. DNA analysis) are nonetheless implied to be used routinely by the show's era. | |
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Flatline | |
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Flatline: In the episodes "Identified" and "Computer Affair" the death of a captured alien is graphically depicted by their pulses flattening out on a heart monitor machine. | |
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Comm Links | |
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Comm Links: "Computer Affair". When a team of SHADO troops is sent in on foot to attack a UFO, the leader communicates with his superiors with a "wrist radio" version, complete with extendable antenna. | |
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Fighter-Launching Sequence | |
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Fighter-Launching Sequence: Every time the Moonbase intercepters, SHADO mobiles or Sky One deploy. | |
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"I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight | |
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"I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight: "The Man Who Came Back". Commander Straker tries this when his friend Collins turns out to be a Manchurian Agent sent by the aliens, but to no avail. | |
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Brainwashed | |
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Brainwashed: A favourite tactic of the aliens, especially Manchurian Agent ("The Psychobombs", "Kill Straker!", "E.S.P", "The Cat With Ten Lives", "Destruction", "Mindbender" and "The Man Who Came Back"). "Timelash" is a notable exception, in that a voluntary traitor is used. | |
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Stripperific | |
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Subverted on Moonbase during normal operations: despite their Stripperific clothing, the female personnel run the base and command the male pilots. | |
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Compressed Vice | |
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Compressed Vice: Straker suffers from claustrophobia, which causes problems when he's trapped on a damaged submarine (though though you'd think it'd cause problems in the confines of a spacecraft too). | |
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Killed to Uphold the Masquerade | |
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Straker wants to tell his wife the truth about his job, but it would put her life at risk from SHADO's own Security department. | |
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Energy Weapon | |
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Energy Weapon: The UFOs have them, but their ground troops use chrome assault rifles firing ordinary bullets. | |
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Big Brother Is Employing You | |
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Big Brother Is Employing You: If two SHADO employees are having an affair, computer-psych tests are run to see if it will affect their performance. Straker wants to tell his wife the truth about his job, but it would put her life at risk from SHADO's own Security department. | |
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Ignore the Fanservice | |
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A female journalist strips down to her bra and panties in an attempt to seduce Straker (as a part of a plot to extract classified information). It only makes him more suspicious of her motives. | |
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Stock Footage | |
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Stock Footage: The underwing rocket packs on the Sky One fighter resemble those used by RAF ground attack fighters, saving money on shots of them firing. | |
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Truth Serums | |
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Truth Serums: "Computer Affair". The "GL-7 serum", one of the "new anodynes", is used on a captured alien at Straker's orders to lower his resistance so he'll talk. Unfortunately it kills him instead, due to either his different biology or him somehow committing suicide to prevent himself from talking. | |
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Nude-Colored Clothes | |
| UFO / int_4f9c2bf3 | comment |
Nude-Colored Clothes: Female Skydiver crew get a flesh-colored lining under their fishnet shirts. | |
| UFO / int_4f9c2bf3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| UFO / int_4f9c2bf3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| UFO | hasFeature |
UFO / int_4f9c2bf3 | |
| UFO / int_50f66629 | type |
Crazy-Prepared | |
| UFO / int_50f66629 | comment |
Crazy-Prepared: In the episode Court Martial it turns out that the pretty light show which we've seen behind Straker's desk for the previous 11 episodes isn't a decoration. It's an escape route. Better still, someone else figures Straker would arrange this, and helps himself. | |
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1.0 | |
| UFO / int_50f66629 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
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UFO / int_50f66629 | |
| UFO / int_51a3ba7 | type |
We Used to Be Friends | |
| UFO / int_51a3ba7 | comment |
We Used to Be Friends: Straker thinks that Henderson should be in charge of SHADO; ten years later, they're constantly at each other's throats. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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UFO / int_51a3ba7 | |
| UFO / int_52b9a5ad | type |
No Pronunciation Guide | |
| UFO / int_52b9a5ad | comment |
No Pronunciation Guide: An idiosyncrasy of the series is that the term "UFO" is pronounced as a word ("you-foh"), as suggested by the real-world originator of the term Edward J. Ruppelt, and not as the more common "you-eff-oh". This is particularly true of the lead character, Ed Straker. Technically speaking the series title should properly be pronounced "you-foh" as well. However, the "you-foh" pronunciation was not consistently applied and some supporting characters use the now more common form. | |
| UFO / int_52b9a5ad | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| UFO / int_52b9a5ad | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
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UFO / int_52b9a5ad | |
| UFO / int_53c9fc92 | type |
Flashback | |
| UFO / int_53c9fc92 | comment |
Flashback: Several episodes start with some event or line that makes a character remember where it all began. "Court Martial: Colonel Foster's death sentence for espionage leads other characters to go over the events that led to the accusation and trial. "The Dalotek Affair": An encounter with a woman at a restaurant leads Colonel Foster to recount their first meeting on the Moon which she has forgotten because of amnesia drugs. "Confetti Check a-OK": A SHADO technician's wife has given birth to twins. A celebratory cigar makes Straker remember the early days of SHADO, his marriage to Mary, and the birth of his own son. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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| UFO / int_53fe2316 | type |
Bridge Bunnies | |
| UFO / int_53fe2316 | comment |
The gender roles, with women mostly in subordinate jobs or as housewives, and lots of Bridge Bunnies around. Averted for the moonbase which has a female commander. | |
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-1.0 | |
| UFO / int_53fe2316 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| UFO | hasFeature |
UFO / int_53fe2316 | |
| UFO / int_596f675a | type |
Smoking Is Cool | |
| UFO / int_596f675a | comment |
Smoking Is Cool: Straker and Freeman. | |
| UFO / int_596f675a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| UFO / int_596f675a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| UFO | hasFeature |
UFO / int_596f675a | |
| UFO / int_5989e3b6 | type |
Enemy Mine | |
| UFO / int_5989e3b6 | comment |
Enemy Mine: While shooting down an alien craft in one episode, Foster crashes on the Moon. His radio is broken, but he discovers that an alien is also alive (and his communications are also broken), and the two form a truce and co-operate to reach Moonbase. There's a hope that this show of good faith could lead to the alien entering Moonbase alive and opening negotiations with SHADO - but once they reach Moonbase, the guards think the the pilot is being held captive, and they shoot the alien. | |
| UFO / int_5989e3b6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| UFO / int_5989e3b6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| UFO | hasFeature |
UFO / int_5989e3b6 | |
| UFO / int_5a4aa505 | type |
Government Conspiracy | |
| UFO / int_5a4aa505 | comment |
Government Conspiracy: SHADO conceals evidence that UFOs exist to prevent worldwide panic. Their methods include intimidation (ranging from beatings to pressure on the employers of the witness), conscription into SHADO, amnesia pills, and even murder. | |
| UFO / int_5a4aa505 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| UFO | hasFeature |
UFO / int_5a4aa505 | |
| UFO / int_5a8f3057 | type |
Hand Signals | |
| UFO / int_5a8f3057 | comment |
Hand Signals: Used in "Computer Affair", "Survival" and "Court Martial". | |
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1.0 | |
| UFO / int_5a8f3057 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| UFO | hasFeature |
UFO / int_5a8f3057 | |
| UFO / int_5b40f1d | type |
Future Music | |
| UFO / int_5b40f1d | comment |
Future Music: "Ordeal" wrongly predicts that you can go to a party in the future dressed like Goldmember and not get laughed at; however it is correct in assuming that the Beatles song "Get Back" will still be popular. | |
| UFO / int_5b40f1d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| UFO / int_5b40f1d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| UFO | hasFeature |
UFO / int_5b40f1d | |
| UFO / int_5e2e55e4 | type |
The Casanova | |
| UFO / int_5e2e55e4 | comment |
The Casanova: Alec Freeman is introduced flirting with Straker's Sexy Secretary and then the Bridge Bunnies. This verges on Kavorka Man as he's the oldest of the main characters. | |
| UFO / int_5e2e55e4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| UFO / int_5e2e55e4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| UFO | hasFeature |
UFO / int_5e2e55e4 | |
| UFO / int_5e7eb915 | type |
Clarke's Third Law | |
| UFO / int_5e7eb915 | comment |
The speed, acceleration and maneuverability of the UFOs defy all known laws of physics. This is just taken for granted and not even handwaved away. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| UFO | hasFeature |
UFO / int_5e7eb915 | |
| UFO / int_62c365d5 | type |
Emotions vs. Stoicism | |
| UFO / int_62c365d5 | comment |
Emotions vs. Stoicism: Straker's iron self-control and willingness to Shoot the Dog is joked upon (and sometimes criticised) by his officers. | |
| UFO / int_62c365d5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| UFO / int_62c365d5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| UFO | hasFeature |
UFO / int_62c365d5 | |
| UFO / int_64972c10 | type |
Flashback Effects | |
| UFO / int_64972c10 | comment |
Flashback Effects: "Court Martial". The teaser shows Colonel Foster being sentenced to death. The first act starts with a shimmering effect on the screen like falling water, then continues with the beginning of the events that led to the sentencing. "Do you remember the Dalotek Affair, six months ago?" The Dalotek Affair...the Dalotek Affair... | |
| UFO / int_64972c10 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| UFO / int_64972c10 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| UFO | hasFeature |
UFO / int_64972c10 | |
| UFO / int_65acf9db | type |
He Knows Too Much | |
| UFO / int_65acf9db | comment |
He Knows Too Much: Test pilot Paul Foster is given a choice between joining SHADO or dying when he witnesses a UFO attack and starts asking questions. Later when Foster becomes unreliable due to alien brainwashing it's expected by all concerned (including Foster) that Straker will kill him as it's impossible to simply fire the man. Instead Straker forces the issue with an intense Kill Me Now, or Forever Stay Your Hand moment in a Shooting Gallery. | |
| UFO / int_65acf9db | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| UFO / int_65acf9db | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| UFO | hasFeature |
UFO / int_65acf9db | |
| UFO / int_68a5e1c3 | type |
Humans Are Psychic in the Future | |
| UFO / int_68a5e1c3 | comment |
Humans Are Psychic in the Future: Extra-Sensory Perception is treated by mainstream psychologists like any other mental condition. While most sufferers adjust to its effects, the subject of the episode "E.S.P." cannot cope with knowing everything that's going to happen before it occurs. | |
| UFO / int_68a5e1c3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| UFO / int_68a5e1c3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| UFO | hasFeature |
UFO / int_68a5e1c3 | |
| UFO / int_6c10c5d3 | type |
Secret War | |
| UFO / int_6c10c5d3 | comment |
Secret War: The ongoing alien invasion attempts and body-snatching must be kept secret to avoid widespread panic, which is why SHADO necessarily must operate without revealing itself to the general public. | |
| UFO / int_6c10c5d3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| UFO / int_6c10c5d3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| UFO | hasFeature |
UFO / int_6c10c5d3 | |
| UFO / int_6dcda37a | type |
Organization with Unlimited Funding | |
| UFO / int_6dcda37a | comment |
Organization with Unlimited Funding: Averted. Several episodes show Straker arguing with his superiors over his budget allocation. (Players of X-COM might have a idea of how he feels.) | |
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-1.0 | |
| UFO / int_6dcda37a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| UFO | hasFeature |
UFO / int_6dcda37a | |
| UFO / int_7064ec04 | type |
Cassette Futurism | |
| UFO / int_7064ec04 | comment |
Cassette Futurism: The '80s as viewed from the The '70s, with tape drives and blinking lights galore. Had the follow-up project that was modified to create Space: 1999 had been followed through, then there wouldn't have been much in the way of change in computer technology on The '90s, even with the capacity to go into deep space. | |
| UFO / int_7064ec04 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| UFO / int_7064ec04 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| UFO | hasFeature |
UFO / int_7064ec04 | |
| UFO / int_71105dfc | type |
Everybody Smokes | |
| UFO / int_71105dfc | comment |
Everybody Smokes: Even on the Moonbase, medical areas, and computer rooms! Averted in "Sub Smash" where a nurse tells Commander Straker he can't smoke inside a hospital room. | |
| UFO / int_71105dfc | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
| UFO / int_71105dfc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| UFO | hasFeature |
UFO / int_71105dfc | |
| UFO / int_7286e96d | type |
Idiot Ball | |
| UFO / int_7286e96d | comment |
Idiot Ball: In "The Dalotek Affair", both Colonel Foster and the crew of a Moonship pick it up, causing the death of two SHADO Moonship pilots. The lunar module pilots stubbornly remain on computer remote control, despite the latest in a series of communications failures. Foster is actually smart enough to force the issue by shutting down the Moonbase computer, but by then it's too late. Meanwhile, everybody is only too happy to accept that the new crater near the Dalotek base is a common meteor, even though it happened in the wake of a UFO feint, and Straker ordered Foster to look for subterfuge. As Chris Bentley points out in The Complete Gerry Anderson: The Authorised Episode Guide, there's no logical reason why the aliens should try to wipe out all life on Earth with nerve gas (in "Destruction") when they need transplantable organs and living hosts to, you know, survive. | |
| UFO / int_7286e96d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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UFO / int_7286e96d | |
| UFO / int_754df088 | type |
Put on a Bus | |
| UFO / int_754df088 | comment |
Put on a Bus: The character of Col. Veronica Lake appears briefly in the very first episode - and then is not seen again until late in the season, when she becomes a regular. | |
| UFO / int_754df088 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| UFO / int_754df088 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| UFO | hasFeature |
UFO / int_754df088 | |
| UFO / int_775a1af6 | type |
Married to the Job | |
| UFO / int_775a1af6 | comment |
Cmdr. Straker has been divorced for ten years and hasn't been in any serious relationship since then (or at least no such relationship is mentioned). He devotes all his energy to his work, and doesn't seem very interested in women. | |
| UFO / int_775a1af6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| UFO / int_775a1af6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
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UFO / int_775a1af6 | |
| UFO / int_7860d036 | type |
Get It Over With | |
| UFO / int_7860d036 | comment |
Get It Over With: In "Kill Straker", Foster's response to realizing that Straker intends to kill him is to say that he understands that it has to be done because He Knows Too Much, but "For God's sake, get it over with!" Since Straker's actual goal is to tempt Foster to kill him (to test if he's still a Manchurian Agent), this just leads Straker to make up other reasons that are more inflammatory and unfair. | |
| UFO / int_7860d036 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| UFO / int_7860d036 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
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UFO / int_7860d036 | |
| UFO / int_7d791b62 | type |
Rewind, Replay, Repeat | |
| UFO / int_7d791b62 | comment |
Rewind, Replay, Repeat: "The Dalotek Affair". Straker catches a subliminal clue about UFO attacks from a documentary film, and insists on watching the clip over and over until he figures out what triggered the association. (He actually catches it the first time around). | |
| UFO / int_7d791b62 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| UFO / int_7d791b62 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| UFO | hasFeature |
UFO / int_7d791b62 | |
| UFO / int_7d97ab06 | type |
Space Is an Ocean | |
| UFO / int_7d97ab06 | comment |
Space Is an Ocean, Space Is Noisy, Space Is Slow Motion, Standardized Space Views | |
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1.0 | |
| UFO / int_7d97ab06 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| UFO | hasFeature |
UFO / int_7d97ab06 | |
| UFO / int_83f3983b | type |
Necessarily Evil | |
| UFO / int_83f3983b | comment |
Necessarily Evil: The aliens are motivated by desperation rather than malice. | |
| UFO / int_83f3983b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| UFO / int_83f3983b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| UFO | hasFeature |
UFO / int_83f3983b | |
| UFO / int_85a782c7 | type |
Space Clothes | |
| UFO / int_85a782c7 | comment |
Space Clothes: The uniforms of the moonbase personnel, of course. The female command-and-control staff wear skin-tight, silver uniforms, while the male pilots wear more mundane, but somewhat futuristic, flightsuits with belts and boots of shiny plastic. The crew of the Skydiver wears very tight trousers and fishnet shirts without anything underneath (the women's shirts, but not those of the men, have fabric lining to hide their nipples). The personnel at SHADO headquarters wear white, futuristic-looking jumpsuits. The female version is skin-tight but the male version has a looser fit, at least on top . Some of the civilian fashions also have a spacy, futuristic look, while other fashions are pretty mundane by early 70's standards. There's even Space Underwear: a scene with a female moonbase crewmember changing clothes shows that her bra and panties are of silver-metallic fabric. | |
| UFO / int_85a782c7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| UFO / int_85a782c7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| UFO | hasFeature |
UFO / int_85a782c7 | |
| UFO / int_880ce607 | type |
Vanity Is Feminine | |
| UFO / int_880ce607 | comment |
Vanity Is Feminine: Those shiny metal belt pouches the Bridge Bunnies wear? That's not some high-tech Everything Sensor or computer repair tools; it contains a mirror and makeup kit. | |
| UFO / int_880ce607 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| UFO / int_880ce607 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| UFO | hasFeature |
UFO / int_880ce607 | |
| UFO / int_89434320 | type |
Protagonist-Centered Morality | |
| UFO / int_89434320 | comment |
Protagonist-Centered Morality: At the end of "The Dalotek Affair" a woman apologises for the trouble her privately-operated moon-mining operation has caused, despite the fact that it was SHADO who disrupted their operation in the (unjustified, as it turned out) belief they had something to do with the crisis of the week. | |
| UFO / int_89434320 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| UFO / int_89434320 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| UFO | hasFeature |
UFO / int_89434320 | |
| UFO / int_8a295a46 | type |
Cool Car | |
| UFO / int_8a295a46 | comment |
Cool Car, Cool Boat, Cool Starship, Elaborate Underground Base: What do you expect from the people who made Thunderbirds? | |
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1.0 | |
| UFO / int_8a295a46 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| UFO | hasFeature |
UFO / int_8a295a46 | |
| UFO / int_8b04eac7 | type |
Body Snatcher | |
| UFO / int_8b04eac7 | comment |
Body Snatcher: After discovering a completely human 'alien', it's theorised that the aliens are Energy Beings who just use the bodies as hosts. | |
| UFO / int_8b04eac7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| UFO / int_8b04eac7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| UFO | hasFeature |
UFO / int_8b04eac7 | |
| UFO / int_928e13b9 | type |
He's Dead, Jim | |
| UFO / int_928e13b9 | comment |
He's Dead, Jim: Played straight in the episode "Sub Smash". After a Skydiver officer is injured during an attack he goes berserk and falls to the deck. Commander Straker (possibly) checks his pulse, puts his ear to the man's chest and says "He's out of it", meaning that he's dead. | |
| UFO / int_928e13b9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| UFO / int_928e13b9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| UFO | hasFeature |
UFO / int_928e13b9 | |
| UFO / int_92b46a85 | type |
Handcuffed Briefcase | |
| UFO / int_92b46a85 | comment |
Handcuffed Briefcase: In "Identified", Colonel Straker has a briefcase containing evidence of the existence of U.F.O.s chained to his wrist. When the car he's riding in is attacked by a U.F.O., he's thrown out of it and the chain is broken. The evidence burns up in the fiery wreck of the car. | |
| UFO / int_92b46a85 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| UFO / int_92b46a85 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| UFO | hasFeature |
UFO / int_92b46a85 | |
| UFO / int_93168fb1 | type |
It's Quiet… Too Quiet | |
| UFO / int_93168fb1 | comment |
It's Quiet… Too Quiet: "The Sound of Silence". Twice while near a lake a woman mentions that there's no sound from local animals. This is because there's a UFO hiding in the lake and a bodysnatching alien wandering around nearby. | |
| UFO / int_93168fb1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| UFO / int_93168fb1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| UFO | hasFeature |
UFO / int_93168fb1 | |
| UFO / int_93350bf1 | type |
Continuous Decompression | |
| UFO / int_93350bf1 | comment |
Continuous Decompression: "Survival", "Kill Straker!", "The Man Who Came Back." | |
| UFO / int_93350bf1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| UFO / int_93350bf1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
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UFO / int_93350bf1 | |
| UFO / int_96475bb6 | type |
Awesome Personnel Carrier | |
| UFO / int_96475bb6 | comment |
Awesome Personnel Carrier: The fully-tracked Mobiles of SHADO have a radar dish on top and carry a squad of assault rifle-toting redshirts for taking on the anonymous alien invaders, yet are small enough to be deployed via aircraft. Somewhat incongrously they don't seem to be at all armoured or otherwise equipped to deal with hostile armed aliens. | |
| UFO / int_96475bb6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| UFO / int_96475bb6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| UFO | hasFeature |
UFO / int_96475bb6 | |
| UFO / int_a05522e3 | type |
Alien Abduction | |
| UFO / int_a05522e3 | comment |
Alien Abduction: UFOs visit Earth to abduct humans, either to harvest their organs or to take over their entire bodies. | |
| UFO / int_a05522e3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| UFO / int_a05522e3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
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UFO / int_a05522e3 | |
| UFO / int_a0a838fe | type |
Bait-and-Switch Gunshot | |
| UFO / int_a0a838fe | comment |
Bait-and-Switch Gunshot: "ESP". While John Croxley is holding Ed Straker and Alec Freeman at gunpoint two shots ring out and Croxley crumples to the ground, dead. Paul Foster appears behind Croxley holding a gun - he heard Croxley threatening them and shot him to save their lives. | |
| UFO / int_a0a838fe | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| UFO / int_a0a838fe | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| UFO | hasFeature |
UFO / int_a0a838fe | |
| UFO / int_a3cdf764 | type |
Drinking on Duty | |
| UFO / int_a3cdf764 | comment |
Drinking on Duty: Straker has an automatic booze dispenser in his office, though he never partakes of it himself (guests and coworkers do use it). Given SHADO's mandate there must be many times when personnel seriously need a Freaking Drink. | |
| UFO / int_a3cdf764 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| UFO / int_a3cdf764 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| UFO | hasFeature |
UFO / int_a3cdf764 | |
| UFO / int_a5d92fce | type |
Celibate Hero | |
| UFO / int_a5d92fce | comment |
Celibate Hero: Cmdr. Straker has been divorced for ten years and hasn't been in any serious relationship since then (or at least no such relationship is mentioned). He devotes all his energy to his work, and doesn't seem very interested in women. Averted, however, in the episode "The Responsibility Seat", in which Straker comes close to having an affair with a young woman. | |
| UFO / int_a5d92fce | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
| UFO / int_a5d92fce | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| UFO | hasFeature |
UFO / int_a5d92fce | |
| UFO / int_a5e0c01 | type |
As Himself | |
| UFO / int_a5e0c01 | comment |
As Himself: Frank E. Stranges in ''The Dalotek Affair'. | |
| UFO / int_a5e0c01 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| UFO / int_a5e0c01 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
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UFO / int_a5e0c01 | |
| UFO / int_a70223 | type |
Karma Houdini | |
| UFO / int_a70223 | comment |
Karma Houdini: In "The Square Triangle", SHADO accidentally interrupts a plot by a wife and her lover to murder her husband. However they can't just hand them over to the police as they've seen an alien, so the conspirators just get their memories wiped and it's implied the murder goes ahead as planned. | |
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1.0 | |
| UFO / int_a70223 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
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UFO / int_a70223 | |
| UFO / int_a7ae597a | type |
No New Fashions in the Future | |
| UFO / int_a7ae597a | comment |
No New Fashions in the Future: In the 1980's wigs have replaced bad hairstyles, suits and ties have given way to turtlenecks and Nehru jackets, while catsuits and calf-boots are standard military uniform. Some of the civilian fashions aren't too different from the current fashion around 1970, while others are more on the bizarre side. | |
| UFO / int_a7ae597a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| UFO / int_a7ae597a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
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UFO / int_a7ae597a | |
| UFO / int_a7d31bf0 | type |
Auto-Kitchen | |
| UFO / int_a7d31bf0 | comment |
Auto-Kitchen: In the first episode "Identified", the break room in Moonbase has what appears to be an automat-style setup on one wall, with six different sets of slots divided by nationality. Apparently they didn't foresee the introduction of fusion cuisine. | |
| UFO / int_a7d31bf0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| UFO / int_a7d31bf0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| UFO | hasFeature |
UFO / int_a7d31bf0 | |
| UFO / int_a8559a9f | type |
RealLife | |
| UFO / int_a8559a9f | comment |
In "Computer Affairs" man is shot from a submerged submarine into the air. If the submarine's interior had been at normal atmospheric pressure it would have been very difficult to open a hatch against the water pressure, and when the hatch opened the compartment inside would be very forcefully flooded. On the other hand, if the internal air pressure had been increased to match the water pressure (as is done in similar situations in Real Life) the man would have had to be treated for the bends afterwards. | |
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Guyliner | |
| UFO / int_a90df178 | comment |
Guyliner: Commander Straker and Colonel Foster both wear black eyeliner and blue eye shadow. In "Destruction" you can even see a bit of a 60s "cat eye" look on Foster. | |
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Action-Hogging Opening | |
| UFO / int_aac863b8 | comment |
Action-Hogging Opening: A fast-cut montage, over an uncharacteristically (as compared to the orchestral martial-sounding Theme Tune of Thunderbirds) Swinging Sixties theme music, shows us all the relevant people, places, and hardware featured on the show. | |
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Red Alert | |
| UFO / int_ab24b030 | comment |
Red Alert: SID (Space Intruder Detector), SHADO Control and Moonbase all call them whenever a UFO is detected, so it happens on an average of once per episode. | |
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Agents Dating | |
| UFO / int_ab8bc2fe | comment |
Agents Dating: One of the SHADO pilots is dating Lt. Ellis from Mission Control, so computer-psych tests are run to see if it will affect their performance. The test suggests that a recent tactical decision by Ellis was overly protective of her boyfriend, so she deliberately sends him into a dangerous situation to prove otherwise. He survives, but isn't bothered by her decision because it gave him a chance to see some action. | |
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Nuke 'em | |
| UFO / int_ac320c0e | comment |
Nuke 'em: Each Moonbase Interceptor is armed with a single large nuclear missile on its nose, though the Sky One fighter (that operates in Earth's atmosphere) uses multiple rocket launchers with conventional warheads. | |
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Concealing Canvas | |
| UFO / int_ac8b2810 | comment |
Concealing Canvas: "Exposed". Paul Foster breaks into the Ventura Aircraft Corporation to find evidence that he saw a UFO. He looks behind several paintings on a wall and eventually pulls one back, revealing a safe hidden behind it. | |
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| UFO / int_b032e4ed | type |
Ms. Fanservice | |
| UFO / int_b032e4ed | comment |
Ms. Fanservice: Lieutenant Gay Ellis, who is described in the DVD Commentary as having "the figure of a goddess", and usually wears skintight clothes. | |
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| UFO / int_b17f6a27 | type |
I Did What I Had to Do | |
| UFO / int_b17f6a27 | comment |
I Did What I Had to Do: Very much. There's lots of Black-and-Grey Morality, and plenty of What the Hell, Hero? moments. | |
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The Future Will Be Better | |
| UFO / int_b18700f4 | comment |
The Future Will Be Better: Overt violent racism has died out by The '80s, though it's pointed out that the more subtle forms of prejudice still exist. | |
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Tap on the Head | |
| UFO / int_b1a7cd14 | comment |
Tap on the Head: "Ordeal". An alien punches Colonel Foster in the chin and he goes out like a light. It turned out to be Justified because it occurred during an It Was All A Dream sequence. | |
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1.0 | |
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Video Phone | |
| UFO / int_b434558 | comment |
Video Phone: Multiple examples during Earth-Moon communications in "The Dalotek Affair" and one in "The Responsibility Seat". | |
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Omnidisciplinary Scientist | |
| UFO / int_b72ae7 | comment |
Omnidisciplinary Scientist: Dr. Jackson appears to know most branches of medicine, ranging from ordinary GP diagnostics all the way to advanced psychiatry. In addition to wearing those hats, he also at one point serves as a rather competent prosecutor in a court martial! | |
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Slip into Something More Comfortable | |
| UFO / int_ba311c7c | comment |
Slip into Something More Comfortable: Oh so averted by Gay Ellis, whose 'break outfit' of skin tight silver bodysuit and mini with high heeled silver go-go boots doesn't look any more comfortable than her skin tight silver all over duty uniform. | |
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I Can Explain | |
| UFO / int_baa1d4b | comment |
I Can Explain: When his wife wants a divorce because she thinks her husband is cheating, Straker blurts out that he's willing to tell her everything. However Mary cuts him off, thinking he's referring to his affair. | |
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Failed Future Forecast | |
| UFO / int_bb40e7e0 | comment |
Failed Future Forecast: For whatever reason, Gerry Anderson decided to predict that England roads would switch to right-hand traffic within ten years. Thirty years on, and it's still not even discussed. | |
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Distant Prologue | |
| UFO / int_bcac7f63 | comment |
Distant Prologue: Begins one year in the future (i.e. 1970) with Colonel Straker witnessing a UFO attack. The rest of the series takes place 11 years in the future (1980) when Straker is head of SHADO. As of the finale, it is implied that "now" is 1984note from a reference to an event in "1974", and dating the precipitating events of the episode to that time as well, helped along by the reference to more advanced and sophisticated Moonbase defence systems against massed UFO attacks. | |
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YouGottaHaveBlueHair | |
| UFO / int_be7ff283 | comment |
You Gotta Have Blue Hair: One of the rare Western examples, and from before anime became popular to boot. The female moonbase officers all wear purple wigs. For some reason, only the women wear them, and just when on the moonbase and not when vising the earth. | |
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Computer Equals Tapedrive | |
| UFO / int_beb1cc89 | comment |
Computer Equals Tapedrive (along with Beeping Computers, Billions of Buttons, and Our Graphics Will Suck in the Future): A montage of flashing lights, spinning tape drives, large font letters on coloured monitors, swaying female buttocks, and rows of large luminous buttons accompany every Red Alert. SID (the computer-controlled radar satellite) is given a more 'advanced' look, being a talking computer and all. | |
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Doppelgänger | |
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Doppelgänger: "Reflections in the Water." | |
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| UFO / int_c5237d05 | type |
Slow Laser | |
| UFO / int_c5237d05 | comment |
Slow Laser: The aliens have a laser weapon in their ships. It fires a bolt of energy that travels slow enough for the human eye to see it moving. | |
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| UFO / int_ccffaa84 | type |
Kill Me Now, or Forever Stay Your Hand | |
| UFO / int_ccffaa84 | comment |
Kill Me Now, or Forever Stay Your Hand: "Kill Straker!". Colonel Foster has been given a subliminal command to kill his superior Commander Straker. Straker needs to be absolutely sure the command has been erased, so he orders the guards to lock them in the Shooting Gallery, then proceeds to take pot shots at Foster in order to provoke him, screaming "Kill! Kill!" when Foster finally picks up a gun to defend himself. | |
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Colonel Badass | |
| UFO / int_cd23ee7d | comment |
Colonel Badass: Straker. It's a good reason why the aliens actually target him for assassination about three or four times throughout the show. | |
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| UFO / int_d026cad8 | type |
Sigil Spam | |
| UFO / int_d026cad8 | comment |
Sigil Spam: SHADO puts its name and logo on all of its vehicles, even though SHADO's existence itself is secret. | |
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"Eureka!" Moment | |
| UFO / int_d129e13e | comment |
"Eureka!" Moment: "The Dalotek Affair". As part of one of their plots the aliens drop a meteor on the Moon. Late in the episode Commander Straker remembers a single word from a 10 year old TV broadcast ("fireball") and realizes that his subconscious mind is trying to tell him about the meteor's significance. | |
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Morally Ambiguous Doctorate | |
| UFO / int_d3aad64a | comment |
Morally Ambiguous Doctorate: Dr. Doug Jackson, who speaks with a noticeable Eastern European accent and always has a vaguely sinister air about him. It's possible he is a spy for Straker's superiors. As the doctor says on his first appearance, things are not always what they seem. | |
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Solemn Ending Theme | |
| UFO / int_debc6687 | comment |
Solemn Ending Theme: It has a fast upbeat opening theme, but closes with an ominous atmospheric piece. | |
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Male Gaze | |
| UFO / int_dfb71617 | comment |
Male Gaze: Our first view of the 1980's is a mini-skirted woman sashaying away from the camera, which is positioned at hemline level. The Title Sequence has two separate shots of a female SHADO operative sauntering towards or away from the camera, dressed in a very tight jumpsuit. In the from-behind shot, the camera focuses on her buttocks. | |
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| UFO / int_e070ebe6 | type |
Manchurian Agent | |
| UFO / int_e070ebe6 | comment |
Manchurian Agent In "Kill Straker!" The aliens give Paul Foster a subliminal command to kill Commander Straker. In "The Man Who Came Back", Commander Straker's friend Collins turns out to have been brainwashed by the aliens into an assassin. His orders: kill Straker. | |
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In Space, Everyone Can See Your Face | |
| UFO / int_e206977a | comment |
In Space, Everyone Can See Your Face: Applies to the humans, though the aliens are usually obscured by their liquid-filled helmets. | |
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| UFO / int_e2138f91 | type |
Military Mashup Machine | |
| UFO / int_e2138f91 | comment |
Military Mashup Machine: Skydiver, an atomic submarine with hydrofoil capability and a jet fighter attached to its nose. The name makes a lot of sense when you see the opening titles: The sub is only ever shown from the left side, where "SKYDIVER" is written on the side of the hull. When the jet, "Sky One", separates from the sub, the word splits in two: the jet now says "SKY" and the sub "DIVER". | |
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Made of Explodium | |
| UFO / int_e2d7b14c | comment |
Made of Explodium: The UFOs disintegrate if they spend too much time in Earth's atmosphere. They can also be destroyed by conventional weapons. | |
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Flashback... Back... Back... | |
| UFO / int_e9526120 | comment |
"Do you remember the Dalotek Affair, six months ago?" The Dalotek Affair...the Dalotek Affair... | |
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| UFO / int_f0089082 | type |
Early-Bird Cameo | |
| UFO / int_f0089082 | comment |
Early-Bird Cameo: Wanda Ventham makes a brief appearance as Col. Lake in the very first episode, and then does not appear again in the series until its final set of episodes in which she becomes the co-star. | |
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TheSeventies | |
| UFO / int_f0f03464 | comment |
Most of the "futuristic" fashions in the series seem very 1969-ish today. Even though most of the series was actually filmed in The '70s, the design was probably done in the previous decade. | |
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| UFO / int_f2e4d683 | type |
Stealth in Space | |
| UFO / int_f2e4d683 | comment |
Stealth in Space: Averted. Nothing escapes the eagle eye of SID; in fact most alien plots are about trying to get past the SHADO defence system. | |
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Human Aliens | |
| UFO / int_f4aeb714 | comment |
Human Aliens: Justified in that the aliens are using human bodies. Even the legendary Little Green Men look is Handwaved as being from the fluid used to cushion their bodies for faster-than-light travel. | |
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Self-Destructing Security | |
| UFO / int_f8351d7b | comment |
Self-Destructing Security: Straker is carrying a briefcase chained to his wrist with taped evidence of a Flying Saucer. When a British minister wants to look at the contents, Straker flicks a catch hidden under a nameplate, exposing the words DESTRUCT NEGATIVE, before opening the briefcase. | |
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Artistic License – Physics | |
| UFO / int_fc225bec | comment |
Artistic License – Physics: In "Computer Affairs" man is shot from a submerged submarine into the air. If the submarine's interior had been at normal atmospheric pressure it would have been very difficult to open a hatch against the water pressure, and when the hatch opened the compartment inside would be very forcefully flooded. On the other hand, if the internal air pressure had been increased to match the water pressure (as is done in similar situations in Real Life) the man would have had to be treated for the bends afterwards. The speed, acceleration and maneuverability of the UFOs defy all known laws of physics. This is just taken for granted and not even handwaved away. | |
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Old-School Dogfight | |
| UFO / int_fdeed2aa | comment |
Old-School Dogfight: The series draws very much from Battle of Britain tropes. Moonbase is the beleaguered sector airfield, and SID (Space Intruder Detector) the early-warning radar. Calmly-speaking young women (the WAAF's) vector in Interceptors (Spitfires) against the anonymous alien invaders (German bombers). However special-effects limitations prevented much in the way of actual dog-fighting — the combat between interceptors and UFOs consist mostly of missiles and energy weapons being fired at fairly long range. | |
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Death Seeker | |
| UFO / int_fff371b4 | comment |
Death Seeker: Straker sees Freeman about to shoot Croxley and can't help thinking, "Shoot, for God's sake shoot!" Even though Crosley can read minds, he doesn't move to defend himself. | |
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