Gerry Anderson pulls the strings with live actors for this cult 70s British TV series.
Off the back off the incredible success of his ‘supermarionation’ puppet series (Thunderbirds chief among them), Britain’s Gerry Anderson teamed up with his wife Sylvia to create this live action sci-fi series that ran for one season in 1970. Set ten years into the future (the far-flung 1980s), it finds Earth being menaced by extra terrestrials. Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organisation (SHADO) is soon set up to deal with these mysterious interlopers.
The show boasted Anderson's trademark vehicle design, with a selection of spaceships, aircraft and ground rovers to excite boys - along with the SHADO’s preponderance of nubile female operatives. Several episodes were later fused together to create the TV film Invasion: UFO, which was ultimately repeated more than the the series itself. Anderson would return to live action sci-fi with the more successful Space: 1999 in 1975.
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