Destruction is the 11th broadcast and the 20th produced episode of British television series UFO.
Plot[]
Under the command of Admiral Sheringham, the Navy has been dumping into the sea containers of an experimental nerve gas which proved to be far too dangerous to even used. But SHADO discovers that the Admiral's secretary, Sarah Bosanquet, has been subverted by the aliens through a powerful telescope with which she watches the skies. Either they must stop her giving away too much information, or it may be too late to prevent UFO's from finding the containers and releasing the gas, thereby destroying every form of life on Earth!
Cast[]
Main Cast[]
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Colonel Virginia Lake
(Wanda Ventham)
(Wanda Ventham)
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General James Henderson
(Grant Taylor)
(Grant Taylor)
.png "Foster (destrection).png (121 KB)")
Colonel Paul Foster
(Michael Billington)
(Michael Billington)
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Lieutenant Ayshea Johnson
(Ayshea Brough)
(Ayshea Brough)
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Lieutenant Nina Barry
(Dolores Mantez)
(Dolores Mantez)
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Lieutenant John Masters
(Jon Kelley)
(Jon Kelley)
Guest Cast[]
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SHADO Operative
(Maxwell Craig)
(Maxwell Craig)
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Skydiver Captain
(David Warbeck)
(David Warbeck)
Skydiver Engineer
(Barry Stokes)
(Barry Stokes)
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Skydiver Crewman
(Alan Harris)
(Alan Harris)
.png "Minto (destruction).png (141 KB)")
Steve Minto
(Steven Berkoff)
(Steven Berkoff)
.png "Moonbase operative (destruction).png (140 KB)")
Moonbase Operative
(Maureen Tann)
(Maureen Tann)
Admiral Sheringham
(Edwin Richfield)
(Edwin Richfield)
Sarah Bosenquet
(Stephanie Beacham)
(Stephanie Beacham)
Captain Steven
(hilip Madoc)
(hilip Madoc)
Cooper
2nd Officer
(Peter Blythe)
2nd Officer
(Peter Blythe)
Radar Officer
(Robert Lloyd)
(Robert Lloyd)
Radar Technician
(Michael Ferrand)
(Michael Ferrand)
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Rating
(Jimmy Winston)
(Jimmy Winston)
Photographer
(cameo)
(cameo)
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Disposal team #1
(cameo)
(cameo)
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Disposal team #2
(cameo)
(cameo)
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Disposal team #3
(cameo)
(cameo)
Royal Navy radar crew
(cameos)
(cameos)
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Royal Navy gun crew
(cameos)
(cameos)
Admiralty Square guards
(cameos)
(cameos)
Voice Only Cast[]
SID - Mel Oxley
Hardware Used[]
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S.I.D
(Mel Oxley)
(Mel Oxley)
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SkyDiver
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Sky 1
Space Interceptor
County class guided missle destroyer
Royal Navy
Royal Navy
Guided missile launcher
Nerve gas containers
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UFO
Trivia[]
- Stephanie Beacham (Sarah Bosanquet) reappears as Christie in The Protectors episode Your Witness. The character was originally named ‘Virginia Bosanquet’, but the forename was changed when Colonel Virginia Lake was reintroduced.
- Philip Madoc (Captain Steven) previously appeared in the series as Steven Rutland in A Question of Priorities. He later appears as Commander Anton Gorski in the Space:1999 pilot episode Breakaway.
- This episode marks Steven Berkoff’s second appearance in the series as Captain Steve Minto since The Cat With Ten Lives. He appears again in Reflections In The Water and Mindbender and later portrays Dr. Paul Jorry in the Space Precinct episode Deadline.
- Barry Stokes (Skydiver Engineer) reappears in Reflections In The Water and later portrays Technician Jim Haines in the Space:1999 episode Voyager’s Return.
- Alan Harris (Skydiver Sonar Operator) previously appeared in the series as a Space Interceptors pilot in Kill Straker. He later appears as a Main Mission operative throughout the first season of Space:1999, as a medic in the Space: 1999 episode Dragon’s Domain, and then as the accused prisoner in the Space: 1999 episode Devil’s Planet.
- Standard Naval shell cannons have an effective range of almost 12 miles and it’s revealed here that the UFO’s laser cannons have a greater range than this.