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The episode begins with a report that the Navy may have had dealings with a UFO! However, when Straker tries to get information from Naval authorities, they aren't the least bit cooperative. So, Foster tries to wheedle information out of one of the high muckity-muck's secretaries, Miss Bosanquet (Stephanie Beacham). Well, are they in for a huge surprise, as the secretary is, in fact, controlled by aliens AND she's using an evil alien device to attack SHADO craft!

Overall, a rather interesting episode that's worth seeing. By the way, you may recognize the very young and beautiful Stephanie Beacham as the same lady who played Sable on "The Colbys" and "Dynasty". Once again, she plays someone who is pure evil...but also mega-hot.

1. This was a very interesting episode because someone other than SHADOW (the Royal Navy) was successful in shooting down an alien spacecraft. The Navy ship was in the area because they were preparing to drop special containers into the sea, containers which held a very powerful poison. It is guessed that the aliens were in the area because they were making a practice run to sabotage the dumping operation. 2. When the aliens send a second spacecraft they are able to somehow disable the Navy ship's defensive systems, and they proceed to attack the ship. Fortunately SHADOW comes to the rescue. We see a great reaction from the ship's captain when he sees the Skydiver jet come launching up out of the water. The captain also clearly sees the aliens' spacecraft. HE KNOWS. It's possible that other crew members saw it too. What will SHADOW do to contain this? 3. I have to agree with another reviewer that this episode was made a little more enjoyable due to the appearances of Stephanie Beacham and Wanda Ventham, two ladies who are very easy on the eyes.

"Destruction" shows up, once again, that a fault with "UFO" and other Gerry Anderson shows was that the men who wrote the stories were too often guilty of not singing from the same hymn book.

In the opening episode, we had an alien die in Shadow Control's medical centre and the following autopsy showed that the alien had numerous transplants, including one forcibly "donated" by Captain Carlin's sister. The reason for alien incursions seemingly being to harvest organs from humans and Straker even suggested that the aliens viewed humans like a farmer views his pigs, not with malice but with detachment. Dr Jackson later suggests that the aliens have no physical form thus they need humans so they can take over their bodies completely.

In "Destruction" we have the Royal Navy trying to dump a chemical weapon, so dangerous that it'd destroy all forms of life on the planet, into an underwater trench. The containers are designed to last for hundreds of years, by which time, the poison would be harmless. Cue a UFO attacking the ship and the canisters of gas as they fall into the ocean. The aliens suddenly want to inherit a planet devoid of any life?? It rather reminds me of the Dracula film where the poor chap is so tired of being raised from the dead that he plans to poison the entire population with an updated form of The Black Death.