I found a page on YouTube with nice 720P versions of the entire series of Gerry Anderson's UFO. Sadly there are Spanish subtitles on the bottom of the image. It's always something. Still, I can take a look at them and find out if it's worth buying. I wouldn't buy the US set, not even if I loved the series, the complete set on Amazon USA is over 200 bucks for the 26 episodes. The British version on Amazon UK is £29.95 which, depending on the exchange rate and shipping, would probably be close to 50 bucks. Still steep for 26 episodes.
Ed Bishop plays Commander Edward Straker and he heads SHADO. That's the Supreme Headquarters, Alien Defense Organization and they fight the aliens that are harvesting humans for their organs. SHADO has their HQ hidden under a movie studio and Ed is the studio head. They used three studios for their settings, MGM-British Studios, Pinewood and British National Studios.
There's plenty of special effects, miniature sets and space ships. It's the same effects people that worked on the previous Gerry and Sylvia Anderson puppet shows.
I remember watching these episodes as a teen back in 1970-71. I enjoyed them when I first saw them. Decades later I've forgotten everything about them so they'll be new to me. I downloaded them to watch later. Like the Space 1999 series I'll wait to finish the Supermartionation programs first.
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