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12. THE SOUND OF SILENCE A UFO follows a NASA craft towards Earth and is so close that SHADO daren't attack it, so they have to let it land. A missing person report in the vicinity of where SHADO believe the UFO has landed leads the search team headed by Foster to the family farm of...

11. A QUESTION OF PRIORITIES SYNOPSIS: Ed Straker faces a searing problem when he has to choose between his duty to protect Earth and risking his son's life! S.H.A.D.O. Commander Ed Straker has one contact left with the girl he loved, married but neglected in the zealous pursuit of...

10. THE MAN WHO CAME BACK SYNOPSIS: What has happened to a spaceship pilot during a two months’ disappearance? His return spells menace for members of the S.H.A.D.O. Organisation and a shock for his girl-friend. Spaceship pilot Craig Collins disappears when making a re-entry after a UFO...

9. SURVIVAL Under cover of a heavy meteor storm, a UFO evades SHADO's defences and lands on the Moon undetected. An alien sniper approaches Moonbase on foot and shoots at a window in the astronaut ready room, causing an explosive decompression, killing one of the Interceptor pilots. Col...

8. ESP John Croxley has always been " gifted" or cursed as he sees it with Extra Sensory Perception. Even as a kid he could guess the contents of other kids sandwich boxes at school. Now a middle-aged married man his power is growing and it is destroying him. He seeks medical help but his mind...

7. CONFETTI CHECK A-O.K SYNOPSIS: Security proves to be "the other woman" in the tragic triangle that breaks up Ed Straker's marriage. The birth of twins to a S.H.A.D.O. Operative's wife brings back very sad memories for Commander Ed Straker. He remembers the day, early in the 1970's...

6. THE DALOTEK AFFAIR SYNOPSIS: Disaster threatens when the Moonbase radio and video link with Earth fails. But what has caused it? The sudden failure of all the radio and video equipment on Moonbase is an alarming mystery. It means that the video link with Earth has broken down and that...

5. THE SQUARE TRIANGLE SYNOPSIS: An eternal triangle becomes a square when a woman finds that she has killed an alien from outer space instead of her husband. Commander Straker little suspects when he deliberately allows a UFO to land in England - in the hope of capturing an intact craft...

4. CONFLICT While departing from the Moon, Lunar Module 32, commanded by Steve Maddox, intercepts in its radar an unidentified object shortly before re-entry. The audience sees that this is a small alien limpet-like UFO, hiding in the wreck of the Apollo 8 space wreck, which interrupts...

3. FLIGHT PATH SYNOPSIS: A man's devotion to his wife is used as a weapon to force him to turn traitor. But how can forces from another planet achieve this? The link between Paul Roper of S.H.A.D.O. Moonbase and a S.H.A.D.O. H.Q. medical technician named Dawson is remote, but it spells...

ORBIT Egrorian: Now, then, Avon. What would you say if I offered you mastery of the galaxy? Avon: Oh, I would say thank you. Vila: For a whole galaxy? Oh, come on, Avon, show the man some gratitude. Egrorian: You really are an excessively cautious person, and so mistrustful. Avon: That is...

More about the above episode and its non transmission, from archivetvmusings.blog There’s a clear irony in the fact that Sex & Violence, a story which concerned itself with the question of censorship, was pulled from the schedules and was never transmitted. Given the very depleted nature of...

54. Top security situations can be discussed in a crowded restaurant. 55. A pack of dogs is always handy to have around in case a cat telepathically controlled by aliens is on the loose. 56. If an alien you interrogate in English can't understand you, give him an injection to lower his...

'The Beautiful People' (4 Parts) by P.J. Hammond When Mikki attends a ‘Peace and Love’ fête in the village of Dewerton, she is refused admission by two beautiful girls called Dee and Emm, and a handsome young man named Jay. Curiously, old people are allowed free entry, and are permitted to...

'Sisters Deadly' (3 Parts) by Victor Pemberton Chas is invited to Bliss Cottage to photograph the one-hundredth birthday party of Matilda Edgington, to be held by her sister Letty and attended by many of her old friends. But during the celebrations Chas is knocked unconscious, and when he...

'Mama Doc' (3 Parts) by Maggie Allen While visiting a toy fair with his two children, Doctor MacDonald is kidnapped by a fake policeman, and later on, Chas witnesses the same policeman steal a doll from the children. MacDonald’s colleague, Professor Darian, seeks Mr. Sweet and Tarot’s help...

'Peacock Pie' (3 Parts) by P.J. Hammond When Mikki bumps into an ordinary-looking man in the street, she becomes instantly struck with the uncharacteristic idea of going on holiday to a lonely place far away. The next day, a security team delivers their cash boxes to an abandoned house...

'The Power of Atep' (4 Parts) by P.J. Hammond Mikki experiences a strange dream of Egypt, in which she sees a bizarre ceremony, a mummy, and then Tarot. Meanwhile, Mr. Sweet and Tarot investigate the theft of the ancient mummy of powerful Egyptian minister Atep, stolen from the museum. As...

Series 3 'The Meddlers' (3 Parts) by P.J. Hammond When Tarot answers an advertisement concerning a new conjuring trick, he meets photographer Chas Diamond and his journalist sister Mikki. They tell him that the market where their studio flat is located has been plagued by bad luck and...

'The Eye of Ra' (4 Parts) by Michael Winder When a priceless diamond called ‘The Eye of Ra’ goes on display in London, Tarot learns that the diamond has magical properties, and that its light is capable of turning people into six-inch-high chalk statuettes. The diamond is also sought by...