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UFO - Kill Straker
episode 7
UK 1970
produced by Reg Hill, Gerry Anderson (executive) for Century 21 Television, ITC
directed by Alan Perry
starring Ed Bishop, Michael Billington, George Sewell, David Sumner, Vladek Sheybal, Grant Taylor, Keith Alexander, Gabrielle Drake, Antonia Ellis, Dolores Mantez, Harry Baird, Ayshea Brough, Steve Cory, Louise Pajo, Georgina Moon
screenplay by Donald James, created by Gerry Anderson, Sylvia Anderson, Reg Hill, visual effects by Derek Meddings, costumes by Sylvia Anderson/Century 21
TV-series UFO
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Actually, it was a routine mission for Col Paul Foster (Michael
Billington) and Captain Craig (David Sumnder), to fly the Lunar Module
from moon back to earth, but then a UFO attacked, and when their Commander
Straker (Ed Bishop) of SHADO (Supreme Headquarters Alien Defense
Organisation) ordered them an entry angle into earth atmosphere that was
beyond dangerous just to avoid the UFO, and they bounced back into space
instead and only just made it back to the moon, something into Foster and
Craig snapped: First Craig tries to kill Straker on moonbase and then blow
up moonbase as such (he fails on both accounts but dies trying), then
Foster, one of the most loyal SHADO-men, tries to discredit Straker in
front of his superiors. Eventually, he even tries to assassinate Straker -
buit shoots a hole into moonbase's hull that almost costs both men their
lives. He is overcome, captured and examined - and SHADO-doctor Jackson
(Vladek Sheybal) finds out he was hypnotized by the aliens, hypnotized
into killing Straker. Problem is, he can't be fully un-hypnotized, so he
might feel the urge to kill Straker once more at any given time. Straker
trusts Foster though, so he threatens his life on SHADO's shooting range
while ensuring that Foster has plenty of opportunity to shoot him - but
Foster doesn't, instead breaks down ... and that's proof enough for
Straker that Foster is healed. Nice episode that features
plenty of mindgames as well as physical action and of course some
dependably great miniature effects. Sure, there are quite a few plotholes,
and the hypnotism-angle as such of the story is revealed a bit too soon,
but it's greatly acted and decently paced, so as a whole it works just
fine.
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