mae@milo.UUCP (10/10/84)
A number of people have given very complete answers to the question on UFO, so I'll just fill in a few more details. > Most of the rest that I recall is just > fuzzy detail and a few scenes/plots,etc. I'd like to know several things > about the show, though. > > (1) Was it produced for more than 1 year? > (2) Is it currently being shown anywhere? > > I'm also interested in any other info on the show, or on any books about > the show. Wait a minuite!! I remember buying several books based on > the series, ala Blish/Foster! > Steve Manning, Madison Academic Computing Center UFO ran just 26 episodes. I seem to remember reading somewhere that it was shown on NBC late at night in the early '70s, except for the episode "Timelash" that was censored out. I haven't seen it in some time, other than at conventions, but a movie version was syndicated recently with a group of other "movies" condensed from Anderson shows. It was called "Invasion UFO" and included parts of three episodes (Identified, Reflections in the Water, and Computer Affair), cut together rather strangely. The two novelizations were given the somewhat garish titles of "Flesh Hunters" and "Sporting Blood". Both were written by Robert Miall and together covered a combination of 7 episodes. > I think the name of the guy who played Straker was Ed Bishop. He > also drove a neat sports car with gull-winged doors. Now we know > what John DeLorean watched on TV in the early '70s. All in all, the > series was usually fairly trashy, and its look and style are often > similar to Space:1999. > > Whew! That's about it, how did I do? > Mark Modig > ..ihnp4!btlunix!mom You're right, Commander Straker was played by Ed Bishop. The other main characters were Col. Paul Foster, played by Michael Billington, Col. Alex Freeman and Col. Virginia Lake. I loved those cars, always wanted one, unfortunately the doors were faked. UFO is one of my favorite series. I wish that, when Gerry Anderson wanted to make another season of it, Lew Grade hadn't told him to make something bigger to sell in the U.S. - the result was Space:1999 (which I also like but UFO was better). Mary Anne Espenshade ...seismo!umcp-cs!aplvax!mae