How would you describe your character in UFO? Who is, according to you, Commander Straker.

Yes, I played Commander Straker in UFO, I am very pleased to say. To describe Straker... He's like one of those people to whom there's only two colours in life, black and white. And he has very high dedication and he doesn't care what happens in the grey. It's only black or white. It works or it doesn't work. It's good or its bad. It serves the purpose. In a way you could say that's kind of a dangerous attitude because it's what they call inflexible. He's like those men who are down in the ground with the missile going to rush over anywhere and they sit there and they get the bell and press the button. You need men like that but you have to be very careful of them.

What was your relationship with Gerry Anderson, the creator of the series, and what do you think in general about Gerry Anderson?

My relationship with Gerry Anderson and what I think about him, I have great respect for him because the work that he has done for England and all over the world is very unusual. Only in science fiction, he's always in one genre. So he knows that. He has an imagination to make it all happen and he has longevity. He's been many years as a producer. So in a very risky business like film making, if you are a survivor, if you are still there, you must admire these people. And my relationship with Gerry Anderson is not social. No, we don't see each other at parties, but its only professional and I've always found him very fair man to work for and he's loyal, because I have worked for him many times, in addition to UFO. And I'm pleased to say that they're planning to do another series of Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons and so many two, three, weeks ago I worked with Gerry to make the voice of Captain Blue, again. So we are waiting to hear that. That's an exclusive.

How did you come to have the role of Commander Straker?

Well I got the part of Commander Straker because I had worked in Captain Scarlet, so I knew Gerry, and between Captain Scarlet and UFO he had made a feature film which I was in called Doppelgänger. And I think when they were setting up UFO they saw my self in that film and said, ah I think he would be good to play Straker. Because originally he was only meant to be in small part of UFO. They make one episode in 10 days, they say Straker will only be there for three days, shooting, and the rest would be other things. Straker would stay in the office and say: get out there and do that and do this and press the button, you know, and go... and stay in the office. And Peter Gordino and Bellington and other young men will have the adventures. But Straker, like Frankenstein, you know the monster, he sort of took over. And the writers, they like Straker, good to write for, so he had more adventures.

What can you tell us about the glamorous commander of Moonbase, Lieutenant Gay Ellis, actress Gabrielle Drake, of course.

Well again, she was a beautiful woman in a beautiful costume and in a beautiful set. But the one thing that always amused me about Lieutenant Gay Ellis on Moonbase, Gabriele Drake, was she had the absolutely perfect English accent. And when she said "Interceptors immediate launch" it was beautiful. It was like "Tea is now being served." It was just absolutely wonderful, beautiful speech. Wonderful English. She was very glamorous, they were all glamorous. Dolores and Tony Ellis, and the other girls who were on Moonbase. And I'm happy to say that Gabriele is still working in the theatre in London and so am I, I guess.