True, but Berkoff does have plenty of form for this kind of thing. He has
appeared in his fair share of Hollywood films then slagged off both the
films and his fellow actors for working on them.
No doubt in all humility, he presents himself as a man of high principle.
Hmmmm.

Regards
John

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From: "Bill Cotter" <bcotter@...>
To: <SHADO@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 1:27 AM
Subject: [SHADO] Re: UFO mentioned in The Times


I read this as the writer trying to be sarcastic, saying that none
of these shows were good enough for Berkoff to watch but were ok for
him to be in.

Bill

--- In SHADO@yahoogroups.com, Marc Martin <marc@...> wrote:
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> Hi all,
>
> Teresa from ISOSHADO noted that the the February 28th
> "People" column in the UK newspaper "The Times" by Hugo Rifkind
> takes a jab at UFO in a blurb about actor Steven Berkoff
> (who played one of Interceptor pilots):
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>    "Speaking as part of Jewish Book Week, Steven Berkoff
>     told audiences of being captivated by books as a child.
>     'We were spared the corrosive, dumbing, negative,
>     anaesthetic impact of television,' he said. Certainly,
>     television can be pretty shoddy. In particular, we're
>     thinking of The Avenger, The Saint, The Professionals,
>     UFO, War and Rememberance, Star Trek Deep Space Nine,
>     Children of Dune and Jonathan Creek. Now remind us,
>     which actor was it that they all had in common?'
>
> This writer seems rather annoying... :-)
>
> Marc
>







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Welcome Ken!
I am sure you will find this list very friendly and full of useful and
enjoyable information.
Interesting choice of the favourite episode.
All the best,
Branko


>From: "ken" <kenpitcher@...>
>Reply-To: SHADO@yahoogroups.com
>To: SHADO@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [SHADO] new to site
>Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 19:20:30 -0000
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>Hi..My name is Ken and new to this yahoo group site SHADO. I am a mega
>fan of UFO, and hope to chat with many like minded people. my fav
>episode is 'The Dalotek affair'
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When I was about 11 years old (yeeeeeK!) I was so blown away by
watching UFO that had just been aired by my local tv staion here in
the uk, that I wrote to Gerry Anderson to express my liking of the
show, he in turned sent me some photos, my correspondence with Gerry
lasted whilst he was producing 'The protectors' I still have the
letters today.

I use to be a member of the Ed Bishop fan club, I think it cost £1 to
join back in the aerly 70's. Have been to one of the Fandersons UFO
conventions back in the
80's.

My interest today in UFO is still as strong as ever. I mainly surf the
internet as to new sites or re visit regular sites for up-dates

Friends of mine think I am a bit off the wall, but thats me.

Welcome to SHADO, Ken!

It sounds like you might have some interesting/unique items -- do you
own a scanner?  It might be interesting for some people to see
scans/photos
of the photos that Gerry sent you, or an old issue of the Ed Bishop
fan club newsletter, etc.

And *we* don't think you're crazy... :-)

Marc

> When I was about 11 years old (yeeeeeK!) I was so blown away by
> watching UFO that had just been aired by my local tv staion here in
> the uk, that I wrote to Gerry Anderson to express my liking of the
> show, he in turned sent me some photos, my correspondence with Gerry
> lasted whilst he was producing 'The protectors' I still have the
> letters today.

Thought this might be of interest to someone.  If not, please ignore:

http://tinyurl.com/eon6d

Jeff

Hi all,

The Fanderson News page has information about a revised version of THE
COMPLETE BOOK OF UFO:

   http://www.fanderson.org.uk/news.html#CompUFOHB

This version will be hardback, new information, and even a few pages of
color photos!

It also mentions that the original version of this book sold for high
prices... I didn't realize that!

Marc

Hi, Marc,

Thursday, March 2, 2006, 1:12:16 PM, you wrote:

M> Hi all,

M> The Fanderson News page has information about a revised version of THE
M> COMPLETE BOOK OF UFO:

M>   http://www.fanderson.org.uk/news.html#CompUFOHB

M> This version will be hardback, new information, and even a few pages of
M> color photos!

M> It also mentions that the original version of this book sold for high
M> prices... I didn't realize that!

So if this version contains stuff the previous didn't, then it wasn't
really "Complete," now was it?

--

Jonathan Andrew Sheen

http://www.leviathanstudios.com
Leviathan of the GEI (Detached.)
jsheen@...

"What'dya expect? I'm a New Yorker!"
-Anonymous New York Firefighter, 9/12/01

> So if this version contains stuff the previous didn't, then it wasn't
> really "Complete," now was it?

Heh, heh... well, I think that unfilmed script for THE PATRIOT
caught everybody by surprise...  and we've only known about that
for 11 months!

As I recall, the #1 complaint about the first edition was:

   "What, no color photos?"

So I suspect the #1 complaint about this edition will be:

   "What, only 8 pages of color photos?"

:-)

Marc

Hi all;
On MSN they have a "Where's Roswell" and a bout on UFOs.
If you click on the link, it brings up a page with links on UFO/ Flying Saucers,
et.
Any ways Marc's site is listed and is up in the list.


http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=what+is+a+ufo%3F&FORM=ADONN


Just a bit of fun.

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Hi all,

Product Enterprise has updated their website with a new
page for their upcoming Lt. Ellis:

   http://www.productenterprise.com/anderson-gayellis.html

I don't know how they can claim "Stunning Likeness", when
it doesn't look anything like Lt. Ellis!

Marc

You're right Marc.  Doesn't look like her at all.  The face isn't even close,
and at the angle the full shot is taken at, her hips look WAY too wide.  And I
hope this doesn't sound rude, but the space between her legs where they meet her
body looks awfully wide too.  Or am I seeing things???

   Jeff

Marc Martin <marc@...> wrote:
   Hi all,

Product Enterprise has updated their website with a new
page for their upcoming Lt. Ellis:

http://www.productenterprise.com/anderson-gayellis.html

I don't know how they can claim "Stunning Likeness", when
it doesn't look anything like Lt. Ellis!

Marc



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Agreed, the space between her legs does not look right.  It looks a bit like
when a very young kid draws someone and they never get the proportions of the
body right, or draw someone with, say, a triangular body from which the limbs
sprout out at odd angles.

   Having said that, I would be charitable and say that it does look like Gay
Ellis - if you stand in front of it with your back to it and in pitch dark!

Jeffrey Nelson <1shado1@...> wrote:
   You're right Marc. Doesn't look like her at all. The face isn't even close,
and at the angle the full shot is taken at, her hips look WAY too wide. And I
hope this doesn't sound rude, but the space between her legs where they meet her
body looks awfully wide too. Or am I seeing things???

Jeff

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This week's cartoon is a half new and
half re-run sort of.
The original drawing was poor, so this
one is the old text and new drawing.

Some days, it's not worth Ford getting
out of bed.

link: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SHADO/files/identa.jpg

Regards, Kevin.

--- In SHADO@yahoogroups.com, "davrecon" <davrecon@...> wrote:
>
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> Hey Kev try this idea....
>
>
>     Show Straker in SHADO control center, standing in front
> of a monitor showing all the incoming UFO's

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> Dave H.
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Dave.
This is a rough sketch as all UFO cartoons start.
(and usually finish)
Straker's face is drawn separately at a larger size, then
inserted into the drawing after scanning.
The smaller the faces, the more difficult they become
to draw. Additions/Deletions?
Is this what you had in mind?

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SHADO/files/hqb.jpg

Regards, Kevin.

I think this is one of the FUNNIEST yet.
Thanks;
Steve Christensen

mmmmmmmm. If thats a stunning likeness to Gay Ellis, then I am Tom
Cruise's double. I wont be rushing out to buy it.

I wonder if I should have Gabrielle contacting her solicitors?  If Jessica
Alba can sue over her photo being used on the cover of Playboy then she as a
much better case with this.

James K.


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Mentioned when I joined the shado group I had letters I recieved from
Gerry Anderson. Having lived in France for a while most of my gear is
still in a relations house to which I am off to visit. I will try and
hunt down the letters and post them in the file section for all to
see, plus some photos that I had framed.
Oh the reason why I chose 'The Dalotek affair' as my fav. episode, I
just loved anything to do with moonbase.

Surely you jest. Gabrielle signed away all rights to her likeness in exchange
for a paycheck
and residuals for the first 2 reruns of the series when she accepted the job.
I'd suggest that anyone who wants to see more figures support PE's efforts -
besides, you never
know what may happen; someone might just sculpt up a better looking head to
replace the one that comes
with the doll. Without the doll, you wouldn't have a body to attach it to.
AT


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>From: SumitonJD@...
>Sent: Mar 4, 2006 12:19 PM
>To: SHADO@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [SHADO] Lt. Ellis
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>I wonder if I should have Gabrielle contacting her solicitors?  If Jessica
>Alba can sue over her photo being used on the cover of Playboy then she as a
>much better case with this.
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The uniform is awful. I hope the change it, and make it more accurate.
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But if they (PE) are going to continue to do such a lousy job, I'm not sure that
I WANT to see more figures.  I still haven't bought any of the Mobiles because
of the terrible weathering job done on them.  But I guess I shouldn't complain. 
At least THEY are recognizable as SHADO Mobiles.  Unfortunately, The Gay Ellis
doll isn't recognizable as Gay Ellis.

   Jeff

High Cotton <highcotton51@...> wrote:
   I'd suggest that anyone who wants to see more figures support PE's efforts -
besides, you never
know what may happen; someone might just sculpt up a better looking head to
replace the one that comes
with the doll. Without the doll, you wouldn't have a body to attach it to.
AT


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Jeffrey Nelson wrote:
> But if they (PE) are going to continue to do such a lousy job,
  > I'm not sure that I WANT to see more figures.  I still haven't
> bought any of the Mobiles because of the terrible weathering
  > job done on them.

Note that Comet Miniatures sells an "unweathered" PE SHADO Mobile,
and it's quite nice.  Here is a photo:

    http://ufoseries.com/temp/peCleanMobile.jpg

I also chose not to buy the original Mobile because it didn't
look right, and I'm also not going to buy a Lt. Ellis figure
that doesn't look like Lt. Ells.

Marc

hi Ken,

--- In SHADO@yahoogroups.com, "ken" <kenpitcher@...> wrote:

> Oh the reason why I chose 'The Dalotek affair' as my fav. episode, I
> just loved anything to do with moonbase.

The Dalotek Affair is tonites ep on ITV 4 - on the box as I write
this.  I'll see what (if any) edits have been done later.... after
I've looked at last week's ep The Man Who Came Back  :-)

Sarah

Thanks, Marc.  I've been considering one of those.  Is Comet Miniatures
repainting and selling the badly painted ones, or is PE doing a special run of
these just for Comet Miniatures?  I wish FAB Gear had the "clean" version for
sale.

   FWIW, I could live with the head on the Ellis doll, if it was just meant to be
a "generic" Moonbase operative head, instead of Gay's head.  I think it actually
turned out quite nicely, other than lacking the resemblance claimed by PE.  The
head appears much nicer than the body/uniform.

   Jeff

Marc Martin <marc@...> wrote:

Note that Comet Miniatures sells an "unweathered" PE SHADO Mobile,
and it's quite nice. Here is a photo:

http://ufoseries.com/temp/peCleanMobile.jpg

I also chose not to buy the original Mobile because it didn't
look right, and I'm also not going to buy a Lt. Ellis figure
that doesn't look like Lt. Ells.

Marc



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Thanks, Marc.  I've been considering one of those.  Is Comet Miniatures
repainting and selling the badly painted ones, or is PE doing a special run of
these just for Comet Miniatures?  I wish FAB Gear had the "clean" version for
sale.

   FWIW, I could live with the head on the Ellis doll, if it was just meant to be
a "generic" Moonbase operative head, instead of Gay's head.  I think it actually
turned out quite nicely, other than lacking the resemblance claimed by PE.  The
head appears much nicer than the body/uniform.

   Jeff


Marc Martin <marc@...> wrote:  Note that Comet Miniatures sells an
"unweathered" PE SHADO Mobile,
and it's quite nice. Here is a photo:

http://ufoseries.com/temp/peCleanMobile.jpg

I also chose not to buy the original Mobile because it didn't
look right, and I'm also not going to buy a Lt. Ellis figure
that doesn't look like Lt. Ells.

Marc



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Jeffrey Nelson wrote:
> Thanks, Marc.  I've been considering one of those.  Is Comet Miniatures
  > repainting and selling the badly painted ones, or is PE doing a
  > special run of these just for Comet Miniatures?

They appear to be a second (corrected) run from Product Enterprise.
I don't think they've been repainted.

Marc

Hi all,

On one of the Space:1999 forums, someone is going through
a 1975 directory of actors.  One of the actors, Ian Landles,
has UFO on his credits list:

    http://ufoseries.com/temp/IanLandles.jpg

Anyone recognize that face?  Perhaps a background person
in Skydiver or SHADO HQ?

Marc

A while ago,a member asked the meaning of
the test Gay Ellis was doing on the monitor
during the "Computer Affair" episode.
I have seen a similar sort of test published
in a newspaper,and have drawn the tests from
the above episode with _possible_ solutions.
These are by no means the correct answers,
and would welcome any alternative view.
I had to think about the answers for quite
a while, whereas Gay Ellis had about 3 seconds.
So it looks like I needn't apply for a job at SHADO.

The four tests seen clearly during the episode
are here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SHADO/files/tests.jpg

Kevin.

He looks a bit like the guy (he had longer hair) who was occasionally at the
SkyDiver controls - on the 1st floor level (always thought that little lift was
overkill... cool though...)

Best, Griff

-----Original Message-----
Hi all,

On one of the Space:1999 forums, someone is going through
a 1975 directory of actors.  One of the actors, Ian Landles, has UFO on his
credits list:

    http://ufoseries.com/temp/IanLandles.jpg

Anyone recognize that face?  Perhaps a background person
in Skydiver or SHADO HQ?

Marc

On Sun, 5 Mar 2006 10:24:16 -0000
"Griff" <griff@...> wrote:

> He looks a bit like the guy (he had longer hair) who was occasionally at the
> SkyDiver controls - on the 1st floor level (always thought that little lift
was
> overkill... cool though...)

Yes, one of the Skydiver operatives I reckon. That photo appears to have been
taken in '73 or '74 judging by the attire, so he would have been a few years
younger when he appeared in UFO.