Mindbender is the 16th broadcast and the 25th produced episode of British television series UFO.
Plot[]
A UFO comes within four miles of Moonbase, and then blows itself up. And all that can be found at the scene is a diamond-like rock. But when one of the SHADO men brings the rock back into Moonbase, the trouble begins, because anyone who touches the deadly rock believes that everyone they see, even their closest friends, are aliens to be destroyed.
Cast[]
Main Cast[]
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.png "Lake (mindbender).png (125 KB)")
Colonel Virginia Lake
(Wanda Ventham)
(Wanda Ventham)
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Colonel Paul Foster
(Michael Billington)
(Michael Billington)
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General James Henderson
(Grant Taylor)
(Grant Taylor)
.png "Miss Ealand (mindbender).png (141 KB)")
Miss Ealand
(Norma Ronald)
(Norma Ronald)
.png "Lew Waterman (mindbender).png (120 KB)")
Captain Lew Waterman
(Gary Myers)
(Gary Myers)
.png "Nina Barry (mindbender).png (122 KB)")
Lieutenant Nina Barry
(Dolores Mantez)
(Dolores Mantez)
.png "Lt. Ayshea Johnson (mindbender).png (120 KB)")
Guest Cast[]
.png "Dale (mindbender).png (123 KB)")
Lt. Dale
Moonbase Astronaut
(Craig Hunter)
Moonbase Astronaut
(Craig Hunter)
.png "Lt. Andy Conroy (mindbender).png (112 KB)")
Lt. Andy Conroy
Interceptor Pilot
(Al Mancini)
Interceptor Pilot
(Al Mancini)
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Moonbase Astronaut
(cameo)
(cameo)
1st Mexican Bandit
Conroy's hallucination
(Larry Taylor )
Conroy's hallucination
(Larry Taylor )
2nd Mexican Bandit
Conroy's hallucination
(Ricardo Montez)
Conroy's hallucination
(Ricardo Montez)
3rd Mexican Bandit
Conroy's hallucination
(Bill Morgan)
Conroy's hallucination
(Bill Morgan)
Howard Byrne
Star of a TV Series
(Stuart Damon)
Star of a TV Series
(Stuart Damon)
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Film Director
Harington-Straker Studios
(Stephan Chase)
Harington-Straker Studios
(Stephan Chase)
1st Assistant Director
Harington-Straker Studios
(Norton Clarke)
Harington-Straker Studios
(Norton Clarke)
2nd Assistant Director
Harington-Straker Studios
(Paul Greaves)
Harington-Straker Studios
(Paul Greaves)
Captain Beaver James
SHADO HQ Operative
(Charles Tingwell)
SHADO HQ Operative
(Charles Tingwell)
.png "Catherine Scott (mindbender).png (129 KB)")
Catherine Scott
SHADO HQ Operative
(Anouska Hempel)
SHADO HQ Operative
(Anouska Hempel)
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SHADO HQ Operative
(James Marcus)
(James Marcus)
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SHADO HQ Operative
(Maxwell Craig)
(Maxwell Craig)
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SHADO HQ Operative
(cameo)
(cameo)
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SHADO HQ Operative
(cameo)
(cameo)
1.png "SHADO Security (mindebender)1.png (128 KB)")
SHADO HQ Security
(John Lyons)
(John Lyons)
2.png "SHADO Security (mindebender)2.png (114 KB)")
SHADO HQ Security
(Stanley McGeagh)
(Stanley McGeagh)
Film Crew
Harington-Straker Studios
(cameos)
Harington-Straker Studios
(cameos)
Space Interceptor Pilot and Stunt Double - Roy Vincente
Moonbase Medic - Bill Strange
Hardware Used[]
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Moon mobile
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Sky 1
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UFO
Other Images[]
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Trivia[]
- Al Mancini (Lieutenant Andy Conroy) previously appeared in The Cat With Ten Lives. He later portrays a waiter in The Protectors episode See No Evil.
- Stuart Damon (Howard Byrne) is best known as Craig Sterling in The Champions. He later portrays astronaut Parks in the Space:1999 episode Matter of Life and Death and Captain Guido Verdeschi in The Bringers of Wonder parts 1 and 2. Coincidentall, one of his Champions co-stars also appears in Space: 1999 - Anthony Nichols (W.L. Tremayne) portrays Dr. James Warren in The Troubled Spirit.
- Charles Tingwell (Captain Beaver James) previously voiced various characters in the Thunderbirds (TV) episodes Lord Parker's 'Oliday, Ricochet and Give Or Take A Million, Dr. Tony Grant in Thunderbirds Are Go and Doctor Fawn in Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons.
- Al Mancini’s character was originally named ‘Lieutenant Tranter’ and Beaver James was originally ‘Beaver Jones’.