I was 6 y/o when thus episode came out, I was 17 when the ship would have been sunk. I'm 59 now watching this on UA-cam today. So, I am in they're future watching my past that came out when it was still in store in my future. This was one of my favorite shows as a kid
@@willemvandeursen3105 - good sir there are many large "main frame" computers depicted on the show - artificial intelligence is also implied in how the SHADO computers handle information - in 1980 in Canada when I was studying computer programming there were only main frame computers - the smaller ones did not start showing up until 1990 - 🛸✨
Star Trek was my favorite (I knew it was timeless then... and it proved out) but I also really enjoyed U.F.O. While Space:1999 had the superior models and SFX, it was fraught with so many problems. U.F.O. had more "plausibility" for me. I also felt like the whole SHADO HQ premise could've been expanded. So much more to do. Acting talent was decent but with better direction could've been improved. I really wish there had been a couple more seasons.
The HELL you say?! Are you forgetting one simple word? That word: MONTY. PYTHON! Two words, don't forget them, MONTY PYTHON's FLYING CIRCUS! FOUR words, four words that describe the height of British TV excellence that makes you fall on the floor with your sides hurting from laughter at least once...IF you know anybody that can watch "Argument clinic" and not at least crack a smile, they must be space aliens or cyborgs - cause they sure ain't humans...
@@robertmaybeth3434 Well, some were hilarious and others barely raised a chuckle. Some were only funny because of the swearing .Take that swearing out and they aren't funny at all.
Yep, fire and smoke in explosions taking place in the vacuum of space and even under water. In the early 1970's I think man was intelligent enough know that pyrotechnics only behave like that in an oxygen rich environment. Love how people just ignore the basic science part of the sci-fi. However, I do give credit for the fishnet uniforms.
Crikey, I forgot how bad this was. Back in the day I laughed at this utter rubbish, and today I weep! To me it was as ridiculous as Thundebirds and Joe 90, but at least they were aimed at small children..
Loved this show as a kid. Though i don't remember this episode. Where Shadow got to use all its assets at once. Even the moonbase interceptors got to fire more than 3 missiles.
Jerry Anderson's crew were brilliant in creating realistic explosions, many and aircraft, ship, car and of course UFO went up in smoke! Excellent program never been equalled.
The evolution from Fireball XL5 and The Thunderbirds was truly fantastic. The mobiles especially. And while I thought the single-missile interceptor premise was seriously flawed (why not equip it with at least 3 missiles?), the design of so many crafts, especially Skydiver, was so fantastic. The proposed UFO remake had some terrific modernized designs of these crafts, but sadly, that movie never got off the ground.
#24 "Reflections in the Water" written and directed by David Tomblin. First broadcast 24 July 1971. Thank you Sylvia and Gerry for enriching my childhood.
My favourite Anderson series. I do wish we'd got UFO:1999 as well though. BTW: this video looks far far more vivid than my old DVD - like it was shot on video rather than film. Great for live action, less kind to the model shots.
The colours are a reflection of the Art Dept and the Lighting Dept, plus a realy good film developing team. It's how film is supposed to look when done competently.
Cuantas horas de entretenimiento con esta fabulosa serie de ciencia ficción!! muchas gracias por subirla a UA-cam y recordar mi niñez con 12 años.... ahora 55 y la sigo disfrutando. Saludos desde Mar del Plata Arg.
They used high speed film, plastic models and small charges of gunpowder wrapped in paper. I saw a documentary the other evening. On UA-cam, of course!
some miniature effects work is still being done today. but on the whole GCI has taken over. This old stuff was dangerous to do, and very toxic for the technicians.
What stands out to me about this series is the way the first episode prominently mentioned the possibility of human organ harvesting but after the first episode the entire subject seemed to vanish! Almost as if someone with power had suddenly silenced the subject, but for what reason would they do such a thing?
the exact nature of the Aliens in the series can seem rather mysterious - as you say it seemed pretty clear in Episode One but later on it was never defined clearly in the following episodes - 🛸✨
@@FandersonUfo I'm not a conspiracy theorist but considering all this I must confess there is a thought in my mind this subject echoes: Were the writers of UFO hitting "too close to home" with mention of this subject? Of course, one could argue the subject as being simply too gruesome, and that point would hold as well. Nonetheless, as an American I took a lot of inspiration from UFO TV SERIES for what a good production can do.
@@RSF-DiscoveryTime - I don't think the writers censored themselves other than the normal parameters regarding public broadcast TV at that time - I think I understand a fair bit about how this show got cobbled together during production - very few TV shows are ever planned out in complete detail before cameras roll - Babylon 5 is a good example of a consistently told storyline over 5 seasons - but that is rare in the industry - only 26 UFO episodes which was an abbreviated full season in 1970 were completed - the Alien story might have got fleshed out and ordered consistently given more seasons but there is only season one available - 🛸✨
@@RSF-DiscoveryTimeit's one reasons why attempts to relaunch series have failed as covers some subjects too close to the truth..there have been stories by former vets who top ranking beret officers in the army during Vietnam War that often would encounter unknown craft would land and pick up bodies of dead soldiers.in the jungle.and these were not aliens as such staffed by what appeared to be Americans wearing a non identified uniform and been told to clear off and threats not to reveal what they have seen..😢
@@julianwalls1077 That's interesting. I've read about them, "big yellows", and Rock Apes. MANY mysterious things have happened in that part of the world, including the strange, winged woman who flew around Khe Sahn(?) at night.
This looks like the frame rate has been digitally enhanced, so the live action scenes look like they were shot on videotape, unnaturally sharp and smooth.
Video tape of that time (1970) up until around the year 2000 would've been very grainy. It looks more like studio grade color film, which was much higher resolution, easily comparable to 4K today.
I just found this. It's sort of a new episode cut together from bits of the original show, maybe with some extra stuff thrown in? It hangs together pretty well! This is very cool! This is one of my favorite sci fi TV shows! 👍
They always show periscopes being put back UP when they're finished with. 8m 30s . On submarines ,the captain raises the scope up from the floor so it pokes out above the water and it goes back down when it's not being used.
Ah. It's the future. They use erm, quantum entanglement periscopes. High running temperature, so they have to wear those kinky fishnet shirts. The dolly birds still make the coffee, though. 15:10
This episode "Reflections in the Water" was actually first aired on 24 July 1971. And the ship was a freighter called KINGSTON not Sheerness. The name is clearly shown on its side at 00:55 and Straker also mentions it at 7:55. I used to love watching this show.
@Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab he's always been there in British TV & Film doing his thing throughout the years. A recognisable and popular actor in many roles.
Obviously from the second stint of production after the hiatus, with cast changes. A very young James Cosmo at 4:05 - and at 8:30 I am reminded of the island of Lemoy in Stingray.
The undersea base, the lone island, the flying fish missiles, the two men leaving a submarine in scuba gear and on sea-tows, the magical entry into and from the base, the cable connecting to the volcano, the island exploding, the ships ambushed at sea, it's a 'Stingray' script expanded by making two trips there and back. Another detail: this story is compressed in time to an almost impossible extent, typical of early Anderson stories.
I never saw this as a child in 1970 but I can recognize the influence it had on practically every sci-fi show to follow. This is what story driven theater was like before special effects and lens flares replaced quality.
Absolutely brilliant. As a 14 year old boy I loved this program, and obviously nothing to do with Gabriel Drake and the moonbase girls in fishnet body suits. 😊
hey guys as a filmmaker i sometimes here news before the public but this was something i was told there is going to be a new version of ufo coming very soon this was one of my favourite shows as a kid i just hope the story lines are a bit better though but its going to be far more international cast
I don't think UFO (especially when using an old 'Stingray' script) was this complex, but I like to think the copies somehow have the skills of the originals, another mysterious detail never to be explained.
Only thing I didn;t like about this episode is the attack on Moonbase. The series firmly established that there are only three interceptors available, and they only have one shot each. Also, the aliens who are shown to be centuries ahead technologically, are terrible shots! They should have scored at least one hit on Moonbase. In fact, it would be good strategy on their part for a single UFO to kamikaze Moonbase; exchanging one UFO for pretty much SHADO's entire first line of defense and one which would take years to replace, at massive cost ofmaterial and personnel. It's weird that Moonbase was such an exposed surface building.
a big hole in the story , but if you did have a fleet of intercepters on moon-base then there would be no threat of alien invasion .... and then no action and no drama and no story 😮 so writers always have failure in their story ❤
@@WanderfalkeAT Not really - the best science fiction is firmly grounded in reality . i.e. you can create a moonbase, but apply logic to it's contruction and location.
As a kid in the sixties I was obsessed with science fiction and thanks to shows like this I was convinced that by the year 2000 there would be flying cars and we would all be wearing silver jump suits! 😂
Everyone’s Dad fancied Wanda Ventham (Benedict Cumberbatch’s Mum), and there was the equally lovely Anouska Hempel to appeal to us younger ones….. On top of that, this had all the great hallmarks of a Gerry Anderson production; full of action and all of those spectacular explosions which were so brilliantly done given that this was many years before CGI.
8:48 Now if anyone fancies decoding what is on the bottom punch tape … this is a variation of the original 5 unit BAUDOT system …You can use the smaller diameter series of holes which is offset to the centre to work out which is the most and least significant bit… enjoy…
There is a real ship ,the Richard Mongomery sank off the coast of Sheerness ,which is on the island of Sheppey . This episode may be a nod to the real events thst happened in WW2. No aliens were involved according to history.😮
The Richard Montgomery went aground on August 20th 1944 because it was directed to anchor in the wrong place by the Harbourmaster on HMS Leigh ~ the wartime designation for Southend Pier under naval control. She dragged her anchor, ran aground and as the tide ebbed she broke her back. It held 6,127 tons of explosives and ammunition, so any attack by this UFO would have meant bye-bye to Mr. Alien. The Montgomery is still in situ where she ran aground and still has around 1400 tons of explosive material on board and I can see her from the beach in Southend. Some authorities say she’s safe whilst other experts say the complete opposite. If the entire lot DID detonate, it would be one of the world’s largest non-nuclear explosions ever. That would definitely NOT be a good day to go to the beach…..
@@davidpope3943 Quite right, if it goes up, it's likely Sittingbourne will be beach front property. I lived a mile or so a way from it in Sheerness, as the Crow flys I think the mindset is, leave it be, messing could do more harm than good. There was talk of cutting the heavy masts off the ship, incase they fell onto the wreck,and triggered an explosion, that idea went quiet too......
@@ianhill4585Yes, I wondered why that ‘essential’ safety work just seemed to fizzle out, then I remembered they’d said that a preliminary survey found a problem ~ bombs loose on the seabed. Amazing, isn’t it, finding bombs on the seabed next to a wreck full of bombs, especially when they already knew a few years ago that there were at least 72 ‘objects’ loose on the seabed adjacent to the wreck. Personally, I’d leave the masts or just lower them slightly. They must at least provide a return on the radar of all of the large vessels that already pass oh so closely to it! Incidentally, whenever I get into discussion on the climate, ahem, ‘crisis’ with the threatened screams of ‘we’re all going to drown ‘cos of catastrophic rising sea levels’, I always ask why it is then that I can still see as much of the Montgomery and the Phoenix Caisson on Spring tides now as I could in the 1960’s. No answer is forthcoming…..
The shot of the fishing boats in the harbour at 3.20, supposedly at Cornwall, is in fact a shot of Whitby harbour in North Yorkshire, taken from near the Swing Bridge over the River Esk.
I think in someways this series was ahead of its time, maybe just a little too far, it certainly scared me as a kid at times. For me this was a bold vision and an implied threat a series 2 could have explored many more angles, and even a dual race which may have explained why there dying one that needed earth more than they let on, that would be an interesting angle to play on. weve always seen the UFOs as enemies, what if they wereacting that way because of a bigger threat unseen. That could have been even more interesting to look at. Either way barry grays music phenominal on this, the sets and style. UFO had it in quite a big way.
Great episode of UFO. Love the ‘flying fish’ alien tech. Straker asks the female skydiver crew member for coffee, not something you’d see now, thank goodness.
Great episode and smashing ending....although I think fifty massed UFOs would stand a great chance of getting at least a dozen past Moonbase (only 3 interceptors), its ground defenses (just don't fly too close to the lunar surface), and Skydivers 1-3.
I loved the show but could never figure out why Sky 1 and the Earth- and Moon-based mobile weapon systems could fire multiple rounds but the Interceptors could not. Interceptors had one and only one huge missile, and if they fired it at a target they were apparently helpless if they missed or there was more than one UFO in range. It seems a no-brainer to expect SHADO to mount multiple rocket launchers on the Interceptors.
As a big fan of the series and knowing it aired in 1970/71 reading 1981 in the title of this video through me for a loop. Then i realized 1981 was the "future date". This episode is entitled "Reflections in the Water" and is #24 (in the "official" release) of the 26 episodes in the series.
AUGUST 15 , 1981... My baby sisters birthday... l sent her this , she laughed said l probably watched it at home instead of coming with Dad to visit her
It lasted one season. It turned out that people don't like stories that tell them aliens are scary. They don't want to be prejudiced when the time to decide actually arrives.
I don't recall hearing an apology to Anderson for the harsh interrogation and forced injection. Just that little hand on the shoulder as Straker walks out past him.
Where on earth did you get the idea the ship was SS Sheerness? The ship was the freighter Kingston, as can be seen written on the side of her hull and is referred to over the radio and Commander Straker at 07'36" This is the episode 'Reflections In The Water'
good question actually QV - I can't remember where I got SS Sheerness but I don't hallucinate usually - maybe from the original script but this is all a year a half ago now - 🛸✨
The ship bears a strong resemblance to a ship that lies half-sunk off the shore of the town of Sheerness in Kent, England. That ship sank in WWII with an enormous amount of explosives on board and is surrounded by colourful buoys to keep people away. It's also in one of the busiest seaways around Britain's coasts.
I was 6 y/o when thus episode came out, I was 17 when the ship would have been sunk. I'm 59 now watching this on UA-cam today.
So, I am in they're future watching my past that came out when it was still in store in my future.
This was one of my favorite shows as a kid
very easy to do sci fi that is 100 or a 1000 years ahead - much more difficult to do 10 years ahead - 🛸✨
@@FandersonUfo,
Well, UFO isn't 10 years ahead of 1970 (when the series started).... A future without computers? Sci fi series age so fast.
@@willemvandeursen3105 - good sir there are many large "main frame" computers depicted on the show - artificial intelligence is also implied in how the SHADO computers handle information - in 1980 in Canada when I was studying computer programming there were only main frame computers - the smaller ones did not start showing up until 1990 - 🛸✨
@@FandersonUfo
My bad.
I based it on this clip from UFO, the only one I ever saw...
Star Trek was my favorite (I knew it was timeless then... and it proved out) but I also really enjoyed U.F.O. While Space:1999 had the superior models and SFX, it was fraught with so many problems. U.F.O. had more "plausibility" for me. I also felt like the whole SHADO HQ premise could've been expanded. So much more to do. Acting talent was decent but with better direction could've been improved. I really wish there had been a couple more seasons.
The very best british TV serial of all times...great actors all of them
Ed Bishop and the beauty lovely gals
Totally agree. There`ll never be another.
The HELL you say?! Are you forgetting one simple word? That word: MONTY. PYTHON! Two words, don't forget them, MONTY PYTHON's FLYING CIRCUS! FOUR words, four words that describe the height of British TV excellence that makes you fall on the floor with your sides hurting from laughter at least once...IF you know anybody that can watch "Argument clinic" and not at least crack a smile, they must be space aliens or cyborgs - cause they sure ain't humans...
@@robertmaybeth3434 I would not classify Monty Python as a serial.
@@robertmaybeth3434 Well, some were hilarious and others barely raised a chuckle. Some were only funny because of the swearing .Take that swearing out and they aren't funny at all.
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When I was about 7 years old, my older brother and couldn't wait for this show to come on. It was always Saturday night at midnight.
In New Zealand it was Friday nights 7:30 after Hogan's Heroes and before Mod Squad or Hawaii Fi e O.
@@bb21again.67 mid squad with Peggy liston. Hogan's heros was number 1 of all times
If you watched it that late, you must have been spooked by the end credits haunting outro
@@philauguste7310Proper! ❤🌹🏴
Me too here in Italy!
I never EVER gave this show enough credit; for it’s time, this was fine sci-fi 🛸
Yep pretty much as good as TV sci fi got in the 1970's... compared to cheesy Buck Rogers this was Oscar-winning material
Well executed, but the basic premise was so stupid that even as a ten year old I couldn’t take it seriously.
Yep, fire and smoke in explosions taking place in the vacuum of space and even under water. In the early 1970's I think man was intelligent enough know that pyrotechnics only behave like that in an oxygen rich environment. Love how people just ignore the basic science part of the sci-fi. However, I do give credit for the fishnet uniforms.
Crikey, I forgot how bad this was. Back in the day I laughed at this utter rubbish, and today I weep! To me it was as ridiculous as Thundebirds and Joe 90, but at least they were aimed at small children..
@@dragongaming4509 when I first saw this on TV it gave me nightmares about Alien invasion. It never even occurred to me that WE’RE Aliens also!
This series aired in America early...maybe around '71,
watched all of them as a kid. Now I have them all on blu-ray!
Me too
Loved this show as a kid. Though i don't remember this episode. Where Shadow got to use all its assets at once.
Even the moonbase interceptors got to fire more than 3 missiles.
That was so cool.
Loved this series back in the day.
Many fond memories !
Jerry Anderson's crew were brilliant in creating realistic explosions, many and aircraft, ship, car and of course UFO went up in smoke!
Excellent program never been equalled.
44 minutes 33 seconds of UFO 🛸😍👌 wonderful work Fanderson
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I got scared !
@@FandersonUfo And, prescient above UFO’s and volcanoes!
1981?...show aired in 1970...1980 was deemed the distant future in this amazing tv show.
Derek Meddings scale models were so incredible
The evolution from Fireball XL5 and The Thunderbirds was truly fantastic. The mobiles especially. And while I thought the single-missile interceptor premise was seriously flawed (why not equip it with at least 3 missiles?), the design of so many crafts, especially Skydiver, was so fantastic. The proposed UFO remake had some terrific modernized designs of these crafts, but sadly, that movie never got off the ground.
I still think that Fireflash is the most beautiful plane ever built.
Derek was brilliant
#24 "Reflections in the Water" written and directed by David Tomblin. First broadcast 24 July 1971.
Thank you Sylvia and Gerry for enriching my childhood.
Wrong date: should read 24 July 1970. UFO only lasted one season before being cancelled. 😢🛸🛸🇬🇧🇦🇺
David Tomblin, one of the masters behind the greatest ever TV show, the Prisoner. Be seeing you.
That island, where the SS Sheerness sank, looked suspiciously like Tracy Island from Thunderbirds.
Beat me to it. Just about to post the same observation
My thoughts exactly
Compare the story of this episode with an average 'Stingray' episode.
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Shhh. Don't tell no one. It's a secret. Ok. SHHHH.
My favourite Anderson series. I do wish we'd got UFO:1999 as well though.
BTW: this video looks far far more vivid than my old DVD - like it was shot on video rather than film. Great for live action, less kind to the model shots.
And the Psychobombs were the reason for the moon getting blasted out of orbit!
The colours are a reflection of the Art Dept and the Lighting Dept, plus a realy good film developing team. It's how film is supposed to look when done competently.
Marvelous stuff, little tasters of the space 1999 awesomeness that was to follow shortly after 😊😎👍
Definitely the best gerrymandering Anderson show. No monster of the week men in silly rubber suits. Good well produced si_fi
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea covered silly monsters and wet suits thoroughly - 🛸✨
@@FandersonUfo Lost in Space gets full marks for silly monsters as well.
@@priruss357 - Irwin Allen perfected the weekly monster formula for sure
Cuantas horas de entretenimiento con esta fabulosa serie de ciencia ficción!! muchas gracias por subirla a UA-cam y recordar mi niñez con 12 años.... ahora 55 y la sigo disfrutando. Saludos desde Mar del Plata Arg.
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Hello Argentina from the US!
1981 was the year of the sad loss of my father, aged just 64. RIP my lovely father.
Was he on this ship…??
@@1960dave1960 Sadly couldn’t pick him apart from all the others, my father was an engineer until his sad death.
Gerry Anderson RIP and thank you for brightening up our drab TV Lives with your trail blazing shows.
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Never give the women of Shadow enough credit!
Love the purple hair and silver suits.
They certainly were ahead of the curve with the purple hair!
Not to mention "check my boosters" but sadly she wasn't onboard for this one
No on has come close to the cool explosions in Gerry Anderson shows. It must have been a great time to work on the show
They used high speed film, plastic models and small charges of gunpowder wrapped in paper. I saw a documentary the other evening. On UA-cam, of course!
Good special effects. But I have to wonder what Ray Harryhausen might have done if they had given him the project.
Also Freon rocket exhaust.. sadly very envoromentally unfriendly.
some miniature effects work is still being done today.
but on the whole GCI has taken over.
This old stuff was dangerous to do, and very toxic for the technicians.
What stands out to me about this series is the way the first episode prominently mentioned the possibility
of human organ harvesting but after the first episode the entire subject seemed to vanish! Almost as if
someone with power had suddenly silenced the subject, but for what reason would they do such a thing?
the exact nature of the Aliens in the series can seem rather mysterious - as you say it seemed pretty clear in Episode One but later on it was never defined clearly in the following episodes - 🛸✨
@@FandersonUfo I'm not a conspiracy theorist but considering all this I must confess there is a thought in my
mind this subject echoes: Were the writers of UFO hitting "too close to home" with mention of this subject?
Of course, one could argue the subject as being simply too gruesome, and that point would hold as well.
Nonetheless, as an American I took a lot of inspiration from UFO TV SERIES for what a good production can do.
@@RSF-DiscoveryTime - I don't think the writers censored themselves other than the normal parameters regarding public broadcast TV at that time - I think I understand a fair bit about how this show got cobbled together during production - very few TV shows are ever planned out in complete detail before cameras roll - Babylon 5 is a good example of a consistently told storyline over 5 seasons - but that is rare in the industry - only 26 UFO episodes which was an abbreviated full season in 1970 were completed - the Alien story might have got fleshed out and ordered consistently given more seasons but there is only season one available - 🛸✨
@@RSF-DiscoveryTimeit's one reasons why attempts to relaunch series have failed as covers some subjects too close to the truth..there have been stories by former vets who top ranking beret officers in the army during Vietnam War that often would encounter unknown craft would land and pick up bodies of dead soldiers.in the jungle.and these were not aliens as such staffed by what appeared to be Americans wearing a non identified uniform and been told to clear off and threats not to reveal what they have seen..😢
@@julianwalls1077 That's interesting. I've read about them, "big yellows", and Rock Apes.
MANY mysterious things have happened in that part of the world, including the strange, winged woman who flew around Khe Sahn(?) at night.
This looks like the frame rate has been digitally enhanced, so the live action scenes look like they were shot on videotape, unnaturally sharp and smooth.
Video tape of that time (1970) up until around the year 2000 would've been very grainy. It looks more like studio grade color film, which was much higher resolution, easily comparable to 4K today.
Good old Derek Meddings! I think that was the beautiful Anouska Hempel in that as well!!
Yes did she become an interior designer.
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@@paulmason6474 yes and an Hotelier as well, and for the record, I would have been all over "HER"
Anouska was absolutely gorgeous
@@nick666gof7 Yes! The original “it” blonde!
I remember watching as a kid and have on laptop. Such a shame show was never updated to this time era. They could rename it SHADO.
Ed Bishop / Captain Blue was one cool cat
He was one of the Moon pilots on 2001: A Space Odyssey.
@@RSF-DiscoveryTime he was in one of the Bond films too diamonds are forever
Great episode..Porthlevan Cornwall
The 70's.CORR!!! smashing birds!
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Really, what a Carry On!
Straker was grateful for aliens for the first time in his career. He was bored by that guy 😀
I just found this. It's sort of a new episode cut together from bits of the original show, maybe with some extra stuff thrown in? It hangs together pretty well! This is very cool! This is one of my favorite sci fi TV shows! 👍
A great show i have them all on dvd.
In Australia they wanted $130 and that was about 15 years ago.😢
They always show periscopes being put back UP when they're finished with. 8m 30s . On submarines ,the captain raises the scope up from the floor so it pokes out above the water and it goes back down when it's not being used.
Good eye, I never noticed that.
Ah. It's the future. They use erm, quantum entanglement periscopes. High running temperature, so they have to wear those kinky fishnet shirts. The dolly birds still make the coffee, though. 15:10
The captain of the Sheerness was Conrad Phillips, Exeter’s gunnery officer in Battle of the River Plate.
New Zealand's great naval victory.Who played W C Perry and Langsdorf?
@@bb21again.67 Langsdorf was played by Peter Finch. Not sure who Perry was. Do you mean Parry? That was Jack Gwillim.
But I had to look Parry up…😁
William Tell innit?
A lot of you kids are too young to remember the UFO wars of 1981.
Just 8 months before the Falklands war.
Coincidence? I think not.@@davidbrisbane7206
UFO very good show very good I would love to watch that again
This episode "Reflections in the Water" was actually first aired on 24 July 1971. And the ship was a freighter called KINGSTON not Sheerness. The name is clearly shown on its side at 00:55 and Straker also mentions it at 7:55. I used to love watching this show.
The BEST EVER Anderson live action series!!
The brilliant James Cosmo 👍
pre - Knightswatch
I remember him in the Sweeney.
@Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab he's always been there in British TV & Film doing his thing throughout the years. A recognisable and popular actor in many roles.
Obviously from the second stint of production after the hiatus, with cast changes. A very young James Cosmo at 4:05 - and at 8:30 I am reminded of the island of Lemoy in Stingray.
The undersea base, the lone island, the flying fish missiles, the two men leaving a submarine in scuba gear and on sea-tows, the magical entry into and from the base, the cable connecting to the volcano, the island exploding, the ships ambushed at sea, it's a 'Stingray' script expanded by making two trips there and back.
Another detail: this story is compressed in time to an almost impossible extent, typical of early Anderson stories.
I never saw this as a child in 1970 but I can recognize the influence it had on practically every sci-fi show to follow. This is what story driven theater was like before special effects and lens flares replaced quality.
Absolutely brilliant. As a 14 year old boy I loved this program, and obviously nothing to do with Gabriel Drake and the moonbase girls in fishnet body suits. 😊
3:00 "I found this place last year and made a 3 hour video of it" Straker: "Marvellous, sir!"
🛸👽 - Merry Christmas
hey guys as a filmmaker i sometimes here news before the public but this was something i was told there is going to be a new version of ufo coming very soon this was one of my favourite shows as a kid i just hope the story lines are a bit better though but its going to be far more international cast
This is perhaps the most exciting episode in the series. My favorite with Timelash and Sub-Smash coming in close seconds.
Made in 1969-70. It was suppose to be set in the early 80s. However fashions change. Still a brilliant series 😊
I'd say they got the early 80s basically right lol
Part of its charm.
When the producer is going on about the fishing boats, some of the harbor shot are of Whitby.
I do vaguely remember this series, love the string vests the submarine crew wear!
Klaus Hergersheimer’s meteoric career rise led him from checking radiation shields at W.W. Tectronics to Head of SHADO. Respect.
not quite - Diamonds are Forever (1971) - UFO (1970)
@@FandersonUfo OH NO! You’re telling me it was, in fact, a meteoric fall?!
One of my favorite video games is Xcom. I've always felt this series was one of the inspirations for it.
Loved this is a a kid especially Gabrielle Drake 😍 Fancy those pesky aliens knowing Ju-Jitsu.
I don't think UFO (especially when using an old 'Stingray' script) was this complex, but I like to think the copies somehow have the skills of the originals, another mysterious detail never to be explained.
Only thing I didn;t like about this episode is the attack on Moonbase. The series firmly established that there are only three interceptors available, and they only have one shot each. Also, the aliens who are shown to be centuries ahead technologically, are terrible shots! They should have scored at least one hit on Moonbase. In fact, it would be good strategy on their part for a single UFO to kamikaze Moonbase; exchanging one UFO for pretty much SHADO's entire first line of defense and one which would take years to replace, at massive cost ofmaterial and personnel. It's weird that Moonbase was such an exposed surface building.
a big hole in the story , but
if you did have a fleet of
intercepters on moon-base
then there would be no
threat of alien invasion ....
and then no action and
no drama and no story 😮
so writers always have
failure in their story ❤
add on note that should
have read ....
full fleet of intercepters !!!!
The aliens are cousins to the stormtroopers. They use the same practice ranges and all
Logic is very oddly placed in a SciFi Show!
@@WanderfalkeAT Not really - the best science fiction is firmly grounded in reality . i.e. you can create a moonbase, but apply logic to it's contruction and location.
As a kid in the sixties I was obsessed with science fiction and thanks to shows like this I was convinced that by the year 2000 there would be flying cars and we would all be wearing silver jump suits! 😂
When I was younger I couldn't wait for new episodes of this show and Benny Hill.
Thanks for the upload .Enjoyed it. Never saw this before. Nice classic Syfy. International Rescue without the puppets
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Have the theme tune as my ringtone,can’t miss it !
The ship is actually called The Kingston. The episode is called Reflections In The Water.
I love the safety fuse disguised as the underwater cable.
Everyone’s Dad fancied Wanda Ventham (Benedict Cumberbatch’s Mum), and there was the equally lovely Anouska Hempel to appeal to us younger ones…..
On top of that, this had all the great hallmarks of a Gerry Anderson production; full of action and all of those spectacular explosions which were so brilliantly done given that this was many years before CGI.
I haven’t seen this show since I was a boy. Matchbox (I think) used to make die cast figures of all of the ships. I loved this show!
About time they did a remake of this.
I had a hugh crush on the moon base girls. The short one with purple hair was my favorite one
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We all did
It’s the uniforms snug or fishnet. Take your pick.
Yes, But the Blond in this one! 😮
@@stevenrowinski1459 Anouska Hempel is your crush. 😎
I loved this show when I was growing up/////////in the u.s.a even with its imperfections. due to low budget cuts. they should bring it back someday
Wonderful, made an old man happy. Just subbed :)
When 1981 was sooooo far in the future...🤠
Most enjoyable!
8:48 Now if anyone fancies decoding what is on the bottom punch tape … this is a variation of the original 5 unit BAUDOT system …You can use the smaller diameter series of holes which is offset to the centre to work out which is the most and least significant bit… enjoy…
Everone in the series is calm and collected
There is a real ship ,the Richard Mongomery sank off the coast of Sheerness ,which is on the island of Sheppey .
This episode may be a nod to the real events thst happened in WW2.
No aliens were involved according to history.😮
The Richard Montgomery went aground on August 20th 1944 because it was directed to anchor in the wrong place by the Harbourmaster on HMS Leigh ~ the wartime designation for Southend Pier under naval control. She dragged her anchor, ran aground and as the tide ebbed she broke her back. It held 6,127 tons of explosives and ammunition, so any attack by this UFO would have meant bye-bye to Mr. Alien.
The Montgomery is still in situ where she ran aground and still has around 1400 tons of explosive material on board and I can see her from the beach in Southend. Some authorities say she’s safe whilst other experts say the complete opposite. If the entire lot DID detonate, it would be one of the world’s largest non-nuclear explosions ever. That would definitely NOT be a good day to go to the beach…..
@@davidpope3943 Quite right, if it goes up, it's likely Sittingbourne will be beach front property. I lived a mile or so a way from it in Sheerness, as the Crow flys
I think the mindset is, leave it be, messing could do more harm than good.
There was talk of cutting the heavy masts off the ship, incase they fell onto the wreck,and triggered an explosion, that idea went quiet too......
@@ianhill4585Yes, I wondered why that ‘essential’ safety work just seemed to fizzle out, then I remembered they’d said that a preliminary survey found a problem ~ bombs loose on the seabed. Amazing, isn’t it, finding bombs on the seabed next to a wreck full of bombs, especially when they already knew a few years ago that there were at least 72 ‘objects’ loose on the seabed adjacent to the wreck.
Personally, I’d leave the masts or just lower them slightly. They must at least provide a return on the radar of all of the large vessels that already pass oh so closely to it!
Incidentally, whenever I get into discussion on the climate, ahem, ‘crisis’ with the threatened screams of ‘we’re all going to drown ‘cos of catastrophic rising sea levels’, I always ask why it is then that I can still see as much of the Montgomery and the Phoenix Caisson on Spring tides now as I could in the 1960’s. No answer is forthcoming…..
Pretty accurate, many times underwater UFOs have been observed IRL.
Straker is soo cool and professional no nonsense
The shot of the fishing boats in the harbour at 3.20, supposedly at Cornwall, is in fact a shot of Whitby harbour in North Yorkshire, taken from near the Swing Bridge over the River Esk.
7:30 Straker 's cover was film producer, Paul Foster's was playing for West Ham.
never heard that about Paul before - ty Mike - 🛸✨
I think in someways this series was ahead of its time, maybe just a little too far, it certainly scared me as a kid at times. For me this was a bold vision and an implied threat a series 2 could have explored many more angles, and even a dual race which may have explained why there dying one that needed earth more than they let on, that would be an interesting angle to play on. weve always seen the UFOs as enemies, what if they wereacting that way because of a bigger threat unseen. That could have been even more interesting to look at. Either way barry grays music phenominal on this, the sets and style. UFO had it in quite a big way.
For some reason,the end credit scene and music really creeped me out,aged seven.
I love how the music is so similar to Space :1999. Loved both shows!
Barry Gray was composer for both - 🛸✨
I remember watching this show as a kid in the early 70s. The girls were gorgeous and the models were great. I loved it.
Really loved this show as a ten year old.
Man, Gerry Anderson got so good you'd swear those were live actors!
The lights at Minute 0:26 are incorreect. After light higher than forward
Great episode of UFO. Love the ‘flying fish’ alien tech. Straker asks the female skydiver crew member for coffee, not something you’d see now, thank goodness.
What's wrong with asking a female for coffee? I suppose it's alright for a female to ask a male for coffee? Misandrist.
@@dougie1968 Wow.
Was the steamer under attack in the opening just passing Tracy Island
when they were sunk?
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I love Strakers eye shadow and liner. It's dreamy. 💕💕💕
Were the live action potions of this episode done as PAL video, not 35mm film? They look different than usual to me.
Great episode and smashing ending....although I think fifty massed UFOs would stand a great chance of getting at least a dozen past Moonbase (only 3 interceptors), its ground defenses (just don't fly too close to the lunar surface), and Skydivers 1-3.
I loved the show but could never figure out why Sky 1 and the Earth- and Moon-based mobile weapon systems could fire multiple rounds but the Interceptors could not. Interceptors had one and only one huge missile, and if they fired it at a target they were apparently helpless if they missed or there was more than one UFO in range. It seems a no-brainer to expect SHADO to mount multiple rocket launchers on the Interceptors.
A big Fan, Stephen.
As always for a Anderson production cool AFV
I loved this show when I was very young (5 or so?). I still remember laboring for hours, drawing pictures of Sky 1 intercepting UFO's.
Wish I had kept the toys of this show, could be worth a fortune
As a big fan of the series and knowing it aired in 1970/71 reading 1981 in the title of this video through me for a loop. Then i realized 1981 was the "future date". This episode is entitled "Reflections in the Water" and is #24 (in the "official" release) of the 26 episodes in the series.
AUGUST 15 , 1981... My baby sisters birthday... l sent her this , she laughed said l probably watched it at home instead of coming with Dad to visit her
I am still sad this series was torpedoed in favor of Space: 1999. 1999 had a few good episodes but UFO was by and large much better.
9:04 Benedict Cumberbatch's mum!!! Wanda Ventham.
Yes it is
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"When Derek Meddings wanted to blow something up, man, there were no half-measures." -- Ed Bishop.
In 1981?????
How long did they keep that show on the air?
I remember being 8 or 9 and seeing it, back in the early 70's here in the states.
Wow
I was not familiar with this show un%il finding it on UA-cam, but it is easy to see its influence on Space 1999, which I watched regularly.
A mobile phone used. Nearly missed it as it seemed so normal
It lasted one season. It turned out that people don't like stories that tell them aliens are scary. They don't want to be prejudiced when the time to decide actually arrives.
In 1981, Ford had the escort, Mercury had the Lynx. And I was 19 years old.
I don't recall hearing an apology to Anderson for the harsh interrogation and forced injection. Just that little hand on the shoulder as Straker walks out past him.
Same producers of "Thunderbirds". Also "Supercar", "Fireball XL5", "Captain Scarlet", etc--Gerry and Sylvia Anderson.
Where on earth did you get the idea the ship was SS Sheerness?
The ship was the freighter Kingston, as can be seen written on the side of her hull and is referred to over the radio and Commander Straker at 07'36"
This is the episode 'Reflections In The Water'
good question actually QV - I can't remember where I got SS Sheerness but I don't hallucinate usually - maybe from the original script but this is all a year a half ago now - 🛸✨
@psycoscillator Would sir care for some mustard?
@psycoscillator 😄
The ship bears a strong resemblance to a ship that lies half-sunk off the shore of the town of Sheerness in Kent, England.
That ship sank in WWII with an enormous amount of explosives on board and is surrounded by colourful buoys to keep people away.
It's also in one of the busiest seaways around Britain's coasts.
@@stevetheduck1425 That's the S.S. Richard Montgomery
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Richard_Montgomery