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| A&E Video (1998) | |||||
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| Vincent Regan | Flight Lt. Chris Drake | |
| Fred Ward | Maj. General David Reece | |
| Maggie O'Neill | Dr Amanda Tucker | |
| Vivienne Soan | Dr. Thompson | |
| Eric Jorrin | RAF Field OP | |
| Paul J. Medford | Nick Shay | |
| Anton Lesser | Lt. Charles Terrell | |
| Tarquin Shaw-Young | RAF Officer | |
| Laura Harling | Emily Tucker | |
| John Shrapnel | Air Marshal Bentley | |
| Zoe Telford | Nurse Louise Reynolds | |
| Phyllis Logan | Squadron Leader Helen Knox | |
| Nicola Buckingham | Echo | |
| Nicola Grier | Detective Sgt. Rebecca Holland | |
| Sheila Grier | Jenny Marchant |
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| Producer | Andrea Calderwood
Jed Mercurio |
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| Writer | Jed Mercurio
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| Cinematography | Simon Kossoff
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| Musician | Richard G. Mitchell
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A six-part mini series produced by the BBC & the American channel, Sci Fi. The mini series went out in 1998. The plot was simply but effective. A team of miltary and scientists discover that a hostile alien force is planning to turn Earth into a breeding farm. Another alien race, the echos, tried to warn the Earth about the aliens (NDS) during the Second World War. However, only one person listened and he went off with the Echo's. In the late 1990's a UFO is shot down with the returning man. Suddenly the a small team is left to defend the Earth. However, the ND'S had been poisioning the Earth for over 50 years and men are dying out while women could become hybrid creatures. Nothing seems able to stop the ND'S. In the final episode a huge ND cloud sollows up land as it moves across the land. The team needs information on the void and two members enter it and die. The last resort after conventual weapons has failed i |
| Seen it: Yes 60 mins 5/8/1998 1. The Last War | ||
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A UFO is shot down over Scotland while it was sending a signal into space. Frustrated by the RAF cover-up, the pilot who downed the craft teams up with a scientist who caught its transmission to find out what craft was.
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| Seen it: Yes 60 mins 5/15/1998 2. The Fourth Dimension | ||
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After a yellow portal appears for a short time trying to drag in the UFO pilot, they decide to remove the implant discovered in his teeth. But as the implant is taken for analysis another portal appears which draws Friday, Tucker and three soldiers into it. Frustrated at his inability to stop it, Reece condones a brutal interrogation of the pilot.
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| Seen it: Yes 60 mins 5/22/1998 3. Only the Dead | ||
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While they manage to get some of the UFO's systems working, the pilot finally tells his story.
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| Seen it: Yes 60 mins 5/29/1998 4. The Fall of Man | ||
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Unable to convince his superiors of the existence of the NDs, Reece tries to trap one using Terell's craft as bait.
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| Seen it: Yes 60 mins 6/5/1998 5. The Battle More Costly | ||
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The town of Kirkhaven becomes the focus as more and more of its inhabitants succumb to the disease spread by Cdr. Friday. Meanwhile Shay tries to find a way to detect the gates, while Preston researches a ND toxin.
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| Seen it: Yes 60 mins 6/12/1998 6. The Shatterer of Worlds | ||
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A huge black hill appears outside Kirkhaven, slowly enveloping more and more land. When even heavy artillery fire leaves it unharmed, Reece decides that someone must try to fly though it and gather data.
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