Free Astronomy Magazine November-December 2021

duction of a film. In no episode is the term “Harlington” associated with characters or locations, while “Straker” stands for Ed- ward Straker, officially CEO of the Studios, but actually SHADO’s commander-in-chief. Played by actor George Victor Bishop (aka Ed Bishop), Com- mander Edward “Ed” Straker is a former U.S. Air Force colonel, pilot and astronaut, and native of Boston, Massachusetts. It was he who proposed, in the 1970s, the creation of SHADO, following the