SHADO Technical Operations Manual by Chris Thompson

Tonally, it is a darker book but shows the occasional moral quandary in S.H.A.D.O.’s operations.”

In contrast, the S.H.A.D.O Technical Operations Manual is very much a piece of literature that is designed never to see the light of day and gives a wider overview of a future that is barely a decade from the time it was conceived. It was also written like an informative travel document, so a big part of it delved into an everyday view of the base from a lifestyle point of view. “Firstly, the Moonbase Alpha Technical Operations Manual was an optimistic overview of an alternate history space program and required a lot of retrospective world building to tie everything together. “I had to go into UFO with a slightly different mindset than I did with Space 1999 ,” Thompson said. Thompson and Clements previously collaborated on the Anderson Entertainment book, Space: 1999 – Moonbase Alpha Technical Operations Manual, which received critical acclaim upon its publication in 2021.

The series ran for one 26-episode season, from 1970 to 1971, with the pilot directed by Gerry Anderson based on a teleplay he wrote with Sylvia Anderson and Tony Barwick. UFO preceded the hit Anderson science-fiction series Space: 1999 and shares much of its design aesthetic.Īcross the oversized (300 x 230 x 22mm) and lavishly illustrated (180+ brand-new illustrations) hardcover book’s 208 pages, Thompson and Clements explore S.H.A.D.O.’s history, introduce readers to the show’s inventive vehicles and equipment via illustrations and blueprints, and share an overview of everything known about the dangerous unidentified aliens, a dying race that – in 1980 - abducts humans and harvests their organs. Technical Operations Manual immerses readers in the classic show, which followed the Supreme Headquarters Alien Defense Organization as it sought to defend Earth in the face of a significantly advanced alien menace – all while maintaining absolute secrecy of its efforts and methods from the general population. Written by Chris Thompson and Andrew Clements, and published by Anderson Entertainment, the UFO: S.H.A.D.O. The vivid and imaginative world of Gerry Anderson’s 1970 British cult sci-fi series UFO will explode to life again with the October 2022 release of the UFO: S.H.A.D.O. Oversize, Lavishly Illustrated New Book Immerses Readers Deep in the World of Gerry Anderson’s Cult-Favorite Alien Invasion Series, UFO 12 September 2022 UFO: S.H.A.D.O Technical Operations Manual On the Way from Anderson Entertainment

SHADO Technical Operations Manual by Chris Thompson