In 1980, the Earth is threatened by an alien race who kidnap and kill humans and use them for body parts. A highly secret military organization is set up in the hope of defending the Earth from this alien threat. This organization is named SHADO (Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organization) and operates from a secret location beneath a film studio. They also operate a fleet of submarines and have a base on the moon as well as an early warning satellite that detects inbound UFOs. UFOs can be destroyed in space by Interceptors which are launched from Moonbase. If one gets through it can be attacked in the Earth's atmosphere by a high altitude aircraft launched from one of the submarines. If a UFO also avoids this and manages to land it can be tracked and destroyed by a number of Mobiles (armored vehicles) which are deployed throughout the world. The missions of the Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organization, which defends Earth from extra-terrestrial threats. Being 11 years old at the time I found myself completing my home work early just to be able to go to my room that had no VCR to catch every episode, now that I own the series life is good. I put together my own version of skydiver and joined the model rocketry club to build my own interceptor.When the TV series with martin l came out i thought my Saturdays would be full but to my dismay it was not to be if only they could of given me one more season or the hint of a possible repeat. every time I saw the century 21 logo my heart skipped only to be greeted with the wrong sound track.hope still lingers in the air for a possible remake for is this not the era of been there done that so let's do it again bigger and hopefully, oh yes hopefully better… I believe that this was the first Gerry Anderson TV show that utilized real actors and not marionettes. It depicts an international anti-UFO organization hidden deep below a British movie studio. Each show involves a chess-like interplay between the aliens, a dying race who come to Earth allegedly to scavenge human body parts and re-incorporate them to enhance their own survival. Ed Bishop, one of the Orion moon-ship pilots from 2001, A Space Odyssey, plays the embattled director, Commander Ed Straker, complete with a platinum-blonde wig which makes him look a little like one of Anderson's marionettes from an earlier show. Is this show campy…Yes …Is the acting Emmy quality?…No …But it still is so much fun to watch. There are well-thought-out spaceships, flying subs and the best model-made UFO to date in my mind. The moon-base girls are sexy in a very tongue-in-cheek kind of way with purple hair and skin-tight foil mini- skirt uniforms. And if you place it back in the context of late 60's early 70's technology…it's damn imaginative and simple fun! Loved this show as a kid and still occasionally enjoy taking in a Youtube episode. Many thanks to the late brilliant producer/creator Gerry Anderson!
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