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I grew up in England in the 70s....and watched a lot of Anderson's SC-FI creations...Thunderbirds, Space 1990, UFO. Did you guys get those shows here?

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My brother-in-law has the entire Space 1999 series on videotape somewhere out in our garage. (When I typed that I thought it as "gair-age" rather than "guh-ROJ" just so you'd feel more at home).

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Naw never seen any of those. When we were watching shows from BBC, It was late night after Saturday night live in the early 70's. Are you being served, Benny Hill, And Monty Pythons Flying Circus were my favorites.

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I grew up in England in the 70s....and watched a lot of Anderson's SC-FI creations...Thunderbirds' date=' Space 1990, UFO. Did you guys get those shows here?

 

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UFO, never heard of that series. :-&

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UFO' date=' never heard of that series. :- [/quote']

 

It wasn't on long--a year or two, I think. Here is the premise:

 

In the year 1980, a secret military organization named "SHADO" (Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organisation) becomes operational. Its purpose is to defend the Earth from Aliens who've been kidnapping humans for body parts.

 

SHADO's main headquarters is hidden beneath a London film studio. It also has a base on the moon (Moonbase) and a fleet of submarines (Skydiver). Incoming UFO's are initially detected by an Earth orbiting satellite named "SID" (Space Intruder Detector). An initial interception attempt is made in space with three Interceptors launched from Moonbase. A second attempt is made in the Earth's atmosphere with a fighter plane (Sky One) launched from Skydiver. Landed UFO's are tracked down with ground Mobiles.

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It wasn't on long--a year or two' date=' I think. Here is the premise:

 

In the year 1980, a secret military organization named "SHADO" (Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organisation) becomes operational. Its purpose is to defend the Earth from Aliens who've been kidnapping humans for body parts.

 

SHADO's main headquarters is hidden beneath a London film studio. It also has a base on the moon (Moonbase) and a fleet of submarines (Skydiver). Incoming UFO's are initially detected by an Earth orbiting satellite named "SID" (Space Intruder Detector). An initial interception attempt is made in space with three Interceptors launched from Moonbase. A second attempt is made in the Earth's atmosphere with a fighter plane (Sky One) launched from Skydiver. Landed UFO's are tracked down with ground Mobiles.

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My Avatar is taken from that series :-

 

When I was a kid I loved the opening sequence when the UFOs flew up out of the ocean.

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My Avatar is taken from that series :-

 

When I was a kid I loved the opening sequence when the UFOs flew up out of the ocean.

 

Crap, I didn't even make the connection. That's pretty funny.

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