The Cat With Ten Lives is the 4th broadcast and the 19th produced episode of British television series UFO.
Plot[]
When SHADO interceptor pilot Regan and his wife Jean find a Siamese cat in the road, it spells trouble for them. First Jean is abducted by a UFO. Then Regan begins to go crazy, in a frenzy which reaches a climax when he knocks Colonel Foster unconscious. It's Straker who first realises that Regan is being turned into an alien, being that has Regan in its power. The first step of the solution will be to catch the escaped cat, by sending a pack of dogs after it.
Cast[]
Main Cast[]
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.png "Lake (cat with 10 lives).png (122 KB)")
Colonel Virginia Lake
(Wanda Ventham)
(Wanda Ventham)
.png "Lt. Ayshea Johnson (cat with 10 lives).png (124 KB)")
.png "Foster (cat with 10 lives).png (140 KB)")
Colonel Paul Foster
(Michael Billington)
(Michael Billington)
.png "Barery (cat with 10 lives).png (130 KB)")
.png "Doctor Doug Jackson (cat with 10 lives).png (104 KB)")
Doctor Doug Jackson
(Vladek Sheybal)
(Vladek Sheybal)
Guest Cast[]
Jim Regan
Interceptor Pliot
(Alexis Kanner)
Interceptor Pliot
(Alexis Kanner)
Jean Regan
Jim's Wife
(Geraldine Moffat)
Jim's Wife
(Geraldine Moffat)
Albert Thompson
Regan's cousin
(Colin Gordon)
Regan's cousin
(Colin Gordon)
Muriel Thompson
Albert's Wife
(Eleanor Summerfield)
Albert's Wife
(Eleanor Summerfield)
Lt. Andy Conroy
Interceptor Pliot
(Al Mancini)
Interceptor Pliot
(Al Mancini)
Steve Minto
Interceptor Pilot
(Steven Berkoff)
Interceptor Pilot
(Steven Berkoff)
Carol Miller
Moonbase Operative
(Andrea Allan)
Moonbase Operative
(Andrea Allan)
.png "Moonbase Operative (cat with 10 lives).png (136 KB)")
Moonbase Operative
(Maureen Tann)
(Maureen Tann)
.png "Miss Holland (cat with 10 lives).png (123 KB)")
Miss Holland
Straker's Temporary Secretary
(Lois Maxwell)
Straker's Temporary Secretary
(Lois Maxwell)
.png "Morgan (cat with 10 lives).png (124 KB)")
Morgan
SHADO Guard
(Windsor Davies)
SHADO Guard
(Windsor Davies)
.png "SHADO HQ Operative (cat with 10 lives).png (128 KB)")
SHADO HQ Operative
(cameo)
(cameo)
SHADO HQ Operatives - John Clifford and Malcolm Johns
Voice Only Cast[]
Voiceprint Identification - Keith Alexander
Hardware Used[]
SHADO Car
Moon Transporter
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Moonbase Rocket Launcher
.png "S.I.D (cat with 10 lives).png (457 KB)")
S.I.D
(Mel Oxley)
(Mel Oxley)
.png "Space interceptors (cat with 10 lives).png (438 KB)")
Space Interceptors
.png "UFO (cat with 10 lives).png (736 KB)")
UFO
Venus Probe
Trivia[]
- Andrea Allan first appeared in the series as a nurse in A Question of Priorities and was first seen as Lieutenant Carol Miller in The Sound of Silence. She reprises this role in Reflections In The Water and Mindbender and later appears as Nurse Paula in the Space:1999 episode Alpha Child.
- Maureen Tann (Moonbase Operative) appears again in Destruction and Reflections In The Water and in Space:1999 as a nurse in Force of Life and a Main Mission operative in Alpha Child and The Last Sunset.
- Geraldine Moffat (Jean Regan) reappears as Maria Milworth in The Protectors episode Goodbye George.
- Windsor Davies (Captain Morgan) later voices Sergeant Major Zero and Dr. Kiljoy in Terrahawks.
- Lois Maxwell (Miss Holland) previously voiced Lieutenant Atlanta Shore in Stingray and reprises her role as Miss Holland in The Man Who Came Back.