6.0/101 votes#1 - The Heart of New York
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/8/1967
A professional vault break-in duo seek out a minor Spectrum Security Vault, near the coast of New York, where ""useless"" documentation is taken, which proves quite valuable to the lawbreakers. Along with another gang member, they simulate a fake play-act for a forest lookout warden, just on the outskirts of tthe American capital, as hopeless, potentially dangerous drunks. They set-up their car with fake look alike puppets to deceive the warden into thinking that the 3 drunken men that he just warned, has helplessy crashed off the high mountaineous road, and exploded into a fireball. The gang then take care of the warden and, deliberately posing as Mysteronised humans, they announce the force's latest peril to destroy the Second National Bank of New York, however the real Mysterons have yet to announce this at all, except for stating that they will destroy ""The Heart of New York"", but Colonel White understands that the bank is more than vital to full-fill the threat, as it stocks the en
Director: Alan Perry
Writer: Tony Barwick
4.0/101 votes#2 - Kill Straker!
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/4/1970
When a Lunar Module is attacked by a UFO, Straker makes a split-second decision that endangers the astronauts, but ultimately saves them. Later, he is surprised to find his authority being questioned by his most loyal officer, Colonel Paul Foster, who spearheads a campaign against him. Then an attempt is made on Straker's life...
Director: Alan Perry
Writer: Donald James
4.0/101 votes#3 - Close Up
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/16/1970
Straker gets approval from above to build a probe with a camera that will track a UFO back to its home planet. Inexplicably, the Earth technology is capable of following a UFO travelling 8 or 9 times the speed of light and follows it home. The episode ends with a SHADO guy trying to convince Straker that they were wasting their time, even though they picked up some great pictures of the planet.
Director: Alan Perry
Writer: Tony Barwick
4.0/101 votes#4 - Survival
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/6/1971
Foster, whose radio is knocked out and his oxygen line cut, is presumed lost (but they did a crummy job, not even trying to find his body) during a confrontation with a UFO on the moon's surface. Foster is found by an alien, and together, they cross the lunar landscape, developing a friendship when the alien must try to do make-shift repairs on Foster's suit to keep him alive. At the end, a Moonmobile crew finds Foster and misunderstands his intent when he points them to the alien nearby.
Director: Alan Perry
Writer: Tony Barwick
4.0/101 votes#5 - The Dalotek Affair
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/10/1971
Two of the SHADO people, dining at a fancy restaurant, begin to recall this event after one of them sees a diner who was part of Dalotek. A private company installed a facility on the moon which discovered an alien device that disrupted Communications between Moonbase and SHADO on Earth.
Director: Alan Perry
Writer: N/A
4.0/101 votes#6 - The Responsibility Seat
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/8/1973
Freeman takes over temporarily while Straker deals with a woman apparently determined to investigate what SHADO is all about.
Director: Alan Perry
Writer: Tony Barwick
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"The Heart of New York" is the best rated episode directed by Alan Perry. It scored 6/10 based on 1 votes. It was written by Tony Barwick. It aired on 12/8/1967 and is rated 2.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Kill Straker!".