Show notes
Hello, and welcome to the first episode of season 2 of Nerdist Camp. We have a slight gear change this season as we head full on into 2026. This season we’re going to focus less on genres and overviews of topics we love, and we’re going to be taking a deeper dive into specific films, books, TV, music etc.
Liked Thunderbirds, Stingray, Joe 90, and Captain Scarlet, but couldn’t get past the marionettes? Ever thought, those scale scene models are wasted on puppets, they should make a real science-fiction. Then look no further, for today we have you covered. In a series where Gerry Anderson takes the action and replaces lumber for luvvies, we look at UFO, the 1970 live action series that would combine model work with, some would say, acting more wooden than the puppets, and would only run for one season. Was it the Firefly of its day, or should it be filed away?
UFO is available to watch, for free, now on ITVX
UFO Episode List (original production order)
1. Identified
2. Exposed
3. The Cat with Ten Lives
4. Conflict
5. A Question of Priorities
6. E. S. P.
7. Kill Straker!
8. Sub-Smash
9. Destruction
10. The Square Triangle
11. Close Up
12. The Psycho bombs
13. Survival
14. Mindbender
15. Flight Path
16. The Man Who Came Back
17. The Dalotek Affair
18. Time lash
19. Ordeal
20. Court Martial
21. Computer Affair
22. Confetti Check A- OK.
23. The Sound of Silence
24. Reflections in the Water
25. The Responsibility Seat
26. The Long Sleep
This is the order they were shown in on ATV in the Midlands
but every broadcaster showed them in a different sequence.
First broadcast: 16th September 1970 Last of run: 7th August 1971.
News
- John Carpenter‘s The Thing has been selected by the Library of Congress as one of this year’s 25 films to join the National Film Registry due to their cultural, historic or aesthetic importance to preserve the nation’s film heritage.
- John Carpenter's 'The Thing' Has Been Added to the National Film Registry - Bloody Disgusting
This fortnight we are recommending
Kris
- Death Cap: The Mushroom Murders
- Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
- The Secret Service (ITVX)
- Alien Earth soundtrack (Jeff Russo). I got the limited edition vinyl with the cellulose cover.
Andi
- Shrinking - Apple TV
- Relinq - Convert Music Links Between Spotify, Apple Music & YouTube Music
- 'Bigfoot' sighting at Staffordshire beauty spot as dad says 'it moved so fast' - Stoke-on-Trent Live
- Flying Toasters Screensaver — Classic After Dark Returns
- Star Trek: Starfleet Academy - Paramount+
- MAN MACHINE - NEW NIGHTMARES SEASON C4. 1993 - YouTube
- The first of three documentaries transmitted in 1993, in conjunction with the MOVIE NIGHTMARES film season in which artists, scientists and writers offer insights into their vision of the future. MAN-MACHINE looks at the latest developments in artificial intelligence, robotics and plastic surgery. Contributions from `cyber-punk' authors William Gibson and Bruce Sterling, artist Hr Giger, scientist Marvin Minsky (Head of Computing at MIT) and Dr Joseph Rosen, leading exponent of 'virtual reality' surgery.
“Right about now - ish” (anniversaries we might have missed)
- 40 years since Challenger (28th January)
- Brief clip of Childrens BBC Newround show breaking Challenger Shuttle disaster news - YouTube