UFO is another of those great childhood memories of mine of 1970s TV sci-fi & horror films, and television programs. I believe the series had a delayed showing in the Sates, as it seems to have been around 1972, or 1973 when I recall first watching it. Something of a surprise it ran at all in my area, really. I was too young to appreciate Gabrielle Drake's stunning beauty at the time(it's a shame she wasn't in all of the episodes), but the various spacecraft stuck in my mind, of course, as did the moon base. It seemed reasonable in those days we would have a real-life moonbase fairly-soon, after all.
Upon watching the series through as an adult, some problems become obvious; i.e., how a moonbase could remain hidden on the Earth side face of the moon from even small telescopes, how SHADO technology was pretty much equal to the alien's craft, and how remarkably poor shots the aliens generally were. That said, it's a classic series which deserved better when it was originally produced, and deserves to be better known yet today. No doubt the various vehicles will elicit laughter as models from today's young CGI-jaded fans, but are still quite cool, anyway. Some of them stuck in my memory for years, like the one where the alien tried to defect to our side, and the installment where a SHADO probe follows a saucer back to their home planet.
Yes, a darker series than most in the genre, as matters didn't always turn out for the best for everyone, but this perhaps made it a bit more realistic in the end. Highly recommended.
Upon watching the series through as an adult, some problems become obvious; i.e., how a moonbase could remain hidden on the Earth side face of the moon from even small telescopes, how SHADO technology was pretty much equal to the alien's craft, and how remarkably poor shots the aliens generally were. That said, it's a classic series which deserved better when it was originally produced, and deserves to be better known yet today. No doubt the various vehicles will elicit laughter as models from today's young CGI-jaded fans, but are still quite cool, anyway. Some of them stuck in my memory for years, like the one where the alien tried to defect to our side, and the installment where a SHADO probe follows a saucer back to their home planet.
Yes, a darker series than most in the genre, as matters didn't always turn out for the best for everyone, but this perhaps made it a bit more realistic in the end. Highly recommended.