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A secret, high-technology international agency called SHADO defends Earth from alien invaders.
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- E1 IdentifiedNext upSep 16, 1970 · 52 min
Synopsis
SHADO engages in its first battle with the enemy. Sky One cripples an alien ship which crash-lands in a lake. Straker's team capture its pilot, a strange blue-skinned humanoid - and the grim secrets behind the alien motives are revealed.
Guest stars: Harry Baird (Mark Bradley), Keith Alexander (Keith Ford), Gabrielle Drake (Gay Ellis), George Sewell (Alec Freeman), Dolores Mantez (Nina Barry), Shane Rimmer (Bill Johnson), Basil Dignam (Cabinet Minister), Annette Kerr (Nurse)
- E2 ExposedSep 23, 1970 · 50 min
Synopsis
An XV-104 test plane wanders into a UFO target area and the pilot, Paul Foster, makes sightings of both the UFO and Sky One. Angry and frustrated that no one believes his story, Foster suspects a cover-up and decides to conduct his own investigation into the activities of ex-USAF Colonel Ed Straker.
Guest stars: Harry Baird (Mark Bradley), George Sewell (Alec Freeman), Ayshea Brough (SHADO Operative), Dolores Mantez (Nina Barry), Norma Ronald (Miss Ealand), Vladek Sheybal (Doug Jackson), Michael Billington (Paul Foster), Robin Bailey (Kofax)
- E3 The Cat With Ten LivesSep 30, 1970 · 50 min
Synopsis
The body of an Alien, recovered after a UFO attack on Moonbase, reveals some startling new evidence which overturns all SHADO's previous theories about the Aliens. For Interceptor pilot Jim Regan, the news has tragic consequences as he becomes possessed by the mind of an Alien held in the body of a Siamese cat!
Guest stars: Ayshea Brough (SHADO Operative), Dolores Mantez (Nina Barry), Vladek Sheybal (Doug Jackson), Michael Billington (Paul Foster), Eleanor Summerfield (Muriel Thompson), Windsor Davies (Morgan), Al Mancini (Andy Conroy), Colin Gordon (Albert Thompson)
- E4 ConflictOct 7, 1970 · 48 min
Synopsis
When an Alien Limpet UFO causes the destruction of Lunar Module 32, Straker demands a clean-up programme by the International Astrophysical Commission to remove hazardous space debris from Earth orbit. But Straker finds himself butting heads with I.A.C. chairman James Henderson, who wants a complete shut-down of SHADO operations...
Guest stars: George Sewell (Alec Freeman), Ayshea Brough (SHADO Operative), Dolores Mantez (Nina Barry), Norma Ronald (Miss Ealand), Michael Billington (Paul Foster), Michael Kilgarriff (Steiner), Gerald Norman (Pilot), Alan Tucker (Navigator)
- E5 A Question of PrioritiesOct 14, 1970 · 50 min
Synopsis
"Important? What can be more important than your own son's life?" Straker faces the toughest decision of his career when his son is critically injured in an accident. The drug that can save his life can only be ferried from New York in time aboard a SHADO Transporter - the same Transporter that is in the prime position to track an Alien defector on the West Coast of Ireland.
Guest stars: Gabrielle Drake (Gay Ellis), George Sewell (Alec Freeman), Ayshea Brough (SHADO Operative), Dolores Mantez (Nina Barry), Norma Ronald (Miss Ealand), Russell Napier (Dr. Green), Philip Madoc (Steven Rutland), Richard Aylen (Alien)
- E6 E.S.P.Oct 21, 1970 · 50 min
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John Croxley's talent for extra sensory perception is heightened after his wife is killed when a UFO crashes into their house. With his mind under the influence of the Aliens, Croxley learns the secrets of SHADO and lures Straker and Freeman to the remains of his house - to kill them!
Guest stars: Harry Baird (Mark Bradley), Keith Alexander (Keith Ford), Gabrielle Drake (Gay Ellis), George Sewell (Alec Freeman), Dolores Mantez (Nina Barry), Norma Ronald (Miss Ealand), Michael Billington (Paul Foster), John Stratton (John Croxley)
- E7 Kill Straker!Nov 4, 1970 · 50 min
Synopsis
When a Lunar Module is attacked by a UFO, Straker makes a split-second decision that endangers the astronauts, but ultimately saves them. Later, he is surprised to find his authority being questioned by his most loyal officer, Colonel Paul Foster, who spearheads a campaign against him. Then an attempt is made on Straker's life...
Guest stars: Harry Baird (Mark Bradley), Gabrielle Drake (Gay Ellis), George Sewell (Alec Freeman), Ayshea Brough (SHADO Operative), Dolores Mantez (Nina Barry), Vladek Sheybal (Doug Jackson), Michael Billington (Paul Foster), Louise Pajo (Miss Scott)
- E8 Sub-SmashNov 11, 1970 · 50 min
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Suspecting a UFO to be responsible for the sinking of a freighter, Straker, Foster and Nina Barry investigate in Skydiver. Attacked by an undersea UFO, the submarine is downed on a ledge on the sea bed and the crew are trapped. While Straker fights against his claustrophobia, Nina faces a living nightmare...
Guest stars: George Sewell (Alec Freeman), Dolores Mantez (Nina Barry), Michael Billington (Paul Foster), Paul Maxwell (Jim Lewis), Burnell Tucker (Turner), Anthony Chinn (Tony Chin), John Golightly (Holden), Alan Haywood (SHADO Diver Ross)
- E9 DestructionDec 2, 1970 · 50 min
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A Naval vessel shoots down a UFO in the Atlantic, but the Admiralty rejects further investigation into the incident. Straker suspects a cover up and wants to know why, so Foster courts Admiral Sheringham's secretary, Sarah Bosanquet. What they discover could mean the end of all life on Earth...
Guest stars: Ayshea Brough (SHADO Operative), Dolores Mantez (Nina Barry), Michael Billington (Paul Foster), Peter Blythe (2nd Officer), David Warbeck (Skydiver Captain), Edwin Richfield (Admiral Sheringham), Wanda Ventham (Virginia Lake), Philip Madoc (Ship's Captain)
- E10 The Square TriangleDec 9, 1970 · 50 min
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"Unfortunately for them, an Alien came through that door instead of her husband." In the woods between Clare Cross and Lingbury, an injured Alien stumbles into a lonely cottage and is shot down by Liz Newton and her lover Cass Fowler. Liz and Cass are taken to SHADO HQ for questioning, but when Liz's husband arrives at the cottage, Paul Foster realises that the Alien's death was no accident!
Guest stars: Keith Alexander (Keith Ford), Gabrielle Drake (Gay Ellis), George Sewell (Alec Freeman), Ayshea Brough (SHADO Operative), Dolores Mantez (Nina Barry), Norma Ronald (Miss Ealand), Anthony Chinn (Alien), Allan Cuthbertson (Jack Newton)
- E11 Close UpDec 16, 1970 · 50 min
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Straker gets approval from above to build a probe with a camera that will track a UFO back to its home planet. Inexplicably, the Earth technology is capable of following a UFO travelling 8 or 9 times the speed of light and follows it home. The episode ends with a SHADO guy trying to convince Straker that they were wasting their time, even though they picked up some great pictures of the planet.
Guest stars: Gabrielle Drake (Gay Ellis), George Sewell (Alec Freeman), Dolores Mantez (Nina Barry), Michael Billington (Paul Foster), John Levene (Interceptor Pilot), Jeremy Wilkin (Gordon Maxwell), Georgina Moon (Sylvia Howell), Alan Tucker (Tracking Station Operative)
- E12 The PsychobombsDec 30, 1970 · 50 min
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A UFO imbues three young people with incredible powers. One blows up a radar station, a second steals fingerprints and tries to get aboard a Skydiver sub, blowing it up. The third, a woman, tries to blow up SHADO HQ but the UFO that is feeding her power has now been destroyed.
Guest stars: Ayshea Brough (SHADO Operative), Vladek Sheybal (Doug Jackson), Michael Billington (Paul Foster), Peter Blythe (2nd Officer), Mike Pratt (Clem Mason), Deborah Grant (Linda Simmonds), Oscar James (Plain Clothes Officer), Tom Adams (Captain Lauritzen)
- E13 SurvivalJan 6, 1971 · 49 min
Synopsis
Foster, whose radio is knocked out and his oxygen line cut, is presumed lost (but they did a crummy job, not even trying to find his body) during a confrontation with a UFO on the moon's surface. Foster is found by an alien, and together, they cross the lunar landscape, developing a friendship when the alien must try to do make-shift repairs on Foster's suit to keep him alive. At the end, a Moonmobile crew finds Foster and misunderstands his intent when he points them to the alien nearby.
Guest stars: Harry Baird (Mark Bradley), George Sewell (Alec Freeman), Dolores Mantez (Nina Barry), Michael Billington (Paul Foster), Suzan Farmer (Tina Duval), Robert Swann (William Grant), Ray Armstrong (Rescuer), David Weston (Rescuer)
- E14 MindbenderJan 13, 1971 · 50 min
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After a UFO inexplicably destroys itself less than two miles from Moonbase, a mysterious crystal rock is recovered, and it causes the person in its vicinity to hallucinate. The man on Moonbase who found it thinks Mexican bandits have taken over Moonbase. It gets transferred to Straker's office, and he hallucinates that SHADO is simply a set for a TV series, he is an actor named Mr. Burns, Moonbase can be reached by stepping through two doors from the main control room at SHADO HQ, and "Mr. Straker" is not available. Straker breaks the hallucination by jumping in on the scene while the "character" Gen. Henderson is doing a close-up of the line they were doing when the hallucination began.
Guest stars: Dolores Mantez (Nina Barry), Norma Ronald (Miss Ealand), Michael Billington (Paul Foster), John Lyons (Studio Guard), Steven Berkoff (Capt. Steve Minto), Basil Dignam (Cabinet Minister), Charles Tingwell (Captain Beaver James), Anouska Hempel (Skydiver Operative)
- E15 Flight PathJan 20, 1971 · 50 min
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A SHADO Technician, who is being blackmailed for information by an unknown party, is caught by Freeman, but not before the information is passed. The Technician, Paul Roper, divulges what information he gave to the blackmailers, to SHADO. After much work on the cryptic data, they discover it is part of a plan by the aliens to attack the Moonbase in a way that would be undetectable. Now it's up to Roper to redeem himself, as he is sent on the suicide mission to stop the attack. If he fails, the base will surely be destroyed.
Guest stars: George Sewell (Alec Freeman), Ayshea Brough (SHADO Operative), Dolores Mantez (Nina Barry), David Daker (SHADO Guard), George Cole (Paul Roper), Keith Grenville (Dawson), Sonia Fox (Carol Roper), Peter Gordeno (Peter Carlin)
- E16 The Man Who Came BackFeb 3, 1971 · 50 min
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Reported missing, presumed dead, after a UFO incident which has left SID disabled, astronaut Craig Collins turns up alive and well. But as an operation to complete repair work on SID is planned, Colonel Lake and Colonel Grey discover that Collins is not the man he used to be...
Guest stars: Ayshea Brough (SHADO Operative), Dolores Mantez (Nina Barry), Vladek Sheybal (Doug Jackson), Michael Billington (Paul Foster), Gary Raymond (Colonel John Grey), David Savile (Hospital Doctor), Andrea Allan (Nurse), Lois Maxwell (Miss Holland)
- E17 The Dalotek AffairFeb 10, 1971 · 50 min
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Two of the SHADO people, dining at a fancy restaurant, begin to recall this event after one of them sees a diner who was part of Dalotek. A private company installed a facility on the moon which discovered an alien device that disrupted Communications between Moonbase and SHADO on Earth.
Guest stars: George Sewell (Alec Freeman), Ayshea Brough (SHADO Operative), Dolores Mantez (Nina Barry), Michael Billington (Paul Foster), Tracy Reed (Jane Carson), Philip Latham (Blake), Clinton Greyn (Mark Tanner), Frank E. Stranges (Doctor Stranges)
- E18 TimelashFeb 17, 1971 · 50 min
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While picking up Lt. Lake at the airport, Straker and Lake find that time has been frozen except for them. Sawdust hangs in mid-air, Lt. Ellis is frozen mid-word on a viewscreen, and one man is taunting them, apparently working for the aliens.
Guest stars: Dolores Mantez (Nina Barry), Norma Ronald (Miss Ealand), Vladek Sheybal (Doug Jackson), Michael Billington (Paul Foster), John Lyons (Studio Guard), Patrick Allen (Turner), Jean Wladon (Actor), Wanda Ventham (Virginia Lake)
- E19 OrdealApr 14, 1971 · 50 min
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Foster is abducted by aliens from a health spa and is being taken out into space, presumably back to the alien homeworld. However, the UFO was damaged and returns to the moon, crashing there. While the Moonbase personnel try to free Foster of the alien environmental suit, Foster wakes up in the steam room at the health spa. The episode begs explanation for how Foster dreamed in such orderly detail, including Carlin missing a shot and Straker angry at the missed shot, and Dr. Jackson's off-line comments to Straker before they go onto a visual link to Moonbase to guide them through removal of Foster's alien helmet.
Guest stars: Gabrielle Drake (Gay Ellis), George Sewell (Alec Freeman), Ayshea Brough (SHADO Operative), Dolores Mantez (Nina Barry), Vladek Sheybal (Doug Jackson), Michael Billington (Paul Foster), David Healy (Joe Franklin), Quinn O'Hara (Sylvia Graham)
- E20 Court MartialMay 1, 1971 · 50 min
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Foster is suspected of being a security leak, but during the trial, Straker and his colleagues discover that Foster's apartment was bugged and shut down the disreputable business that is selling the spy gear.
Guest stars: George Sewell (Alec Freeman), Vladek Sheybal (Doug Jackson), Michael Billington (Paul Foster), Louise Pajo (Miss Scott), Jack Hedley (Webb), Tutte Lemkow (Singleton), Neil McCallum (Carl Mason), Pippa Steel (Diane)
- E21 Computer AffairMay 15, 1971 · 50 min
Synopsis
A SHADO investigation reveals that romance may be complicating Moonbase operations.
Guest stars: Harry Baird (Mark Bradley), Gabrielle Drake (Gay Ellis), George Sewell (Alec Freeman), Dolores Mantez (Nina Barry), Shane Rimmer (Bill Johnson), Nigel Lambert (Moonbase Operative), Michael Mundell (Ken Matthews), Peter Burton (Dr. Murray)
- E22 Confetti Check A-O.K.Jul 10, 1971 · 50 min
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A flashback episode in which Straker recalls his marriage, followed by stormy days as he must work covertly to get SHADO up and running and recruit personnel. All this leaves his wife angry at his absence, suspicious at the things he might be doing (her father photographs Straker meeting a woman in a parking garage, a woman who will be working at SHADO). In the end, she gives birth to their son.
Guest stars: Keith Alexander (Keith Ford), George Sewell (Alec Freeman), Ayshea Brough (SHADO Operative), Dolores Mantez (Nina Barry), Geoffrey Hinsliff (Hotel Clerk), Jeffrey Segal (Monsieur Duval), Tom Oliver (Doctor), Alan Tilvern (U.S. Delegate)
- E23 The Sound of SilenceJul 17, 1971 · 50 min
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A UFO hides in a lake on a country estate of a well-known equestrian, and the equestrian himself vanishes. When SHADO tracks down the UFO and manages to destroy it in an exchange of pot-shots, the UFO breaks up and leaves a thing floating in the water. Treated as if it is a bomb, it is brought back to SHADO and examined, with unexpected results.
Guest stars: Dolores Mantez (Nina Barry), Richard Vernon (Pa Stone), Tom Oliver (Doctor), Susan Jameson (Anne Stone), Percy Edwards, Michael Jayston (Russell Stone), Burnell Tucker (G.S.P. 4 Co-Pilot Scott), Craig Hunter (G.S.P. 4 Pilot Hudson)
- E24 Reflections in the WaterJul 24, 1971 · 50 min
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A mysterious dome is found under the sea, that at first looks like the Moon crashed into the ocean. Inside the dome, they find duplicates of SHADO HQ personnel, using non-alien technology - cassette tape recorders - to imitate SHADO instructions to Moonbase and Skydiver.
Guest stars: Ayshea Brough (SHADO Operative), Dolores Mantez (Nina Barry), Vladek Sheybal (Doug Jackson), Michael Billington (Paul Foster), Conrad Phillips (Skipper), David Warbeck (Skydiver Captain), James Cosmo (Lt. Anderson), Anouska Hempel (Skydiver Operative)
- E25 The Responsibility SeatMar 8, 1973 · 50 min
Synopsis
Freeman takes over temporarily while Straker deals with a woman apparently determined to investigate what SHADO is all about.
Guest stars: Gabrielle Drake (Gay Ellis), George Sewell (Alec Freeman), Ayshea Brough (SHADO Operative), Dolores Mantez (Nina Barry), Norma Ronald (Miss Ealand), Michael Billington (Paul Foster), Jane Merrow (Jo Fraser), Patrick Jordan (Russian Base Cmdr.)
- E26 The Long SleepMar 15, 1973 · 50 min
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A woman awakens from a 10-year coma and begins telling the tale about her encounter with aliens, along with her boyfriend, while they were high on drugs. They toyed with the aliens, and the man apparently falls to his death from a bridge or building. The aliens drag him off. She has an accident and falls into the coma. She can't remember quite everything, but the old boyfriend is back, resuscitated by the aliens, and he drugs her so she tells him where the missing part of a device is. He activates what turns out to be a thermo-chemical bomb that will wipe England off the map when the four chemicals meet in a central chamber.
Guest stars: Vladek Sheybal (Doug Jackson), Michael Billington (Paul Foster), Tessa Wyatt (Catherine Frazer), Wanda Ventham (Virginia Lake), Anouska Hempel (SHADO Radio Operator Tamara Paulson), Christian Roberts (Tim Redman), John Garrie (Van Driver), Christopher Robbie (Bomb Disposal Expert)
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