Publisher's Synopsis
'They may be years ahead of the human race but we've got one thing they haven't: bloody-mindedness!'
What was the most fascinating thing about Straker and his contest with the Aliens in Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's all-time classic sci fi epic UFO? Was it the strange, surreal powers of the Alien menace, how they raised the dead, turned people into bombs, manipulated time, controlled minds and twisted reality itself? Or was it the mind of Straker, his courage, intuition, cunning and lightning fast ability to take decisive and deadly action? SHADO's war with the invaders had cost him a marriage and the life of his son. But with the switch to Pinewood studios, the final battle would be for his sanity.
Featuring a detailed look at the plot and themes of the Pinewood episodes of UFO, (apart from 'Mindbender' which is detailed in Volume 2: Straker's Private Life) this third and final volume of the UFO Series Guide looks at the influence of writers from The Prisoner. There is also a look at revival attempts such as Bump Map's 1990s attempt and the independent project Shadowfall and a look at how the proposed second season of UFO became Space:1999.
