History YMMV / UFO1970

** Straker dismisses Mark Bradley's suspicion that his re-assignment from the Moonbase (due to his romance with Lt. Ellis) may have been due to their higher ups not approving of interracial romance. He casually states that "Prejudice burned itself out five years ago.". This show taking place in circa 1980, from today's point of view, that just seems rather naive, even for a show created in 1969.[[note]]The rationale that was ultimately given was that certain parties felt that Lt. Ellis' romantic feelings for Bradley would get in the way of her ordering him into dangerous situations as a interceptor pilot[[/note]]

** Referencnes to the ''Skydiver's'' jet "Sky One" are odd now that it's the name of a TV channel.

** The excessive FanService is the most obvious factor, along with military professionals wearing miniskirts (Something it shared with ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''). It also ''mostly'' falls into the "men do the fighting, women do the support roles" paradigm, but [[FairForItsDay women in positions of authority (Colonel Virginia Lake, and Lieutenants Gay Ellis and Nina Barry) are treated as competent professionals]], and engaged in some physical violence.

** On the DVDCommentary for episode 1, Creator/GerryAnderson stated that he believes the most dated aspect of the show to be the amount of smoking and drinking on display - and boy was he right. This varies from the unintentionally funny such as Straker's alcohol-vending machine and limitless supply of cigarettes, over the horrifying, such as moon personnel smoking within the recycled air of their base, the irresponsible (Straker drinking at work), and the outright dangerous, such as doctors smoking around seriously ill patients. It has also been noted that the actors sometimes smoked so heavily that the camera ended up being obscured under a foggy haze.

** The string vests (mesh undershirts) worn by the submarine crews are, to say the least, a rather strange looking fashion choice, which tends to draw snarky comments from fans and detractors alike. If it's supposed to be played for fanservice it doesn't succeed very well, because the men's hairy chests are not too exciting to look at, and while it's hinted that the women are bare-breasted under the shirts nothing is ever shown (and in the few closeup shots the women clearly have opaque lining in front). The effect is just weird and seriously under-dressed, especially in contrast to the futuristic-looking uniforms of the ground and space crews.

** On the DVDCommentary for episode 1, Creator/GerryAnderson stated that he believes the most dated aspect of the show to be the amount of smoking and drinking on display - and boy was he right. This varies from the unintentionally funny such as Straker's alcohol vending machine and limitless supply of cigarettes, to the horrifying such as moon personnel smoking within the recycled air of their base, to the outright dangerous such as doctors smoking around seriously ill patients. It has also been noted that the actors sometimes smoked so heavily that the camera ended up being obscured under a foggy haze.

* WTHCostumingDepartment: The string vests (mesh undershirts) worn by the submarine crews are, to say the least, a rather strange looking fashion choice, which tends to draw snarky comments from fans and detractors alike. If it's supposed to be played for fanservice it doesn't succeed very well, because the men's hairy chests are not too exciting to look at, and while it's hinted that the women are bare-breasted under the shirts nothing is ever shown (and in the few closeup shots they are clearly wearing opaque undergarments). The effect is just weird and seriously under-dressed, especially in contrast to the futuristic-looking uniforms of the ground and space crews.

** Creator/JohnLevene (Sergeant Benton from ''Series/DoctorWho'') appears in an uncredited role as an interceptor pilot.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/JohnLevene (Sergeant Benton from ''Series/DoctorWho'') appears in an uncredited role as an interceptor pilot.

** One for both [[AtomPunk earlier]] and [[LibertariansInSpace later]] science fiction when Straker disparages the idea that private companies have any legitimate role in the space industry except mining gold on the Moon. Creator/RobertAHeinlein would turn in his grave! ([[UsefulNotes/SpaceX Elon Musk]] would appear unperturbed).

* WTHCustomingDepartment: The string vests (mesh undershirts) worn by the submarine crews are, to say the least, a rather strange looking fashion choice, which tends to draw snarky comments from fans and detractors alike. If it's supposed to be played for fanservice it doesn't succeed very well, because the men's hairy chests are not too exciting to look at, and while it's hinted that the women are bare-breasted under the shirts nothing is ever shown (and in the few closeup shots they are clearly wearing opaque undergarments). The effect is just weird and seriously under-dressed, especially in contrast to the futuristic-looking uniforms of the ground and space crews.

** Straker dismisses Mark Bradley's suspicion that his removal from the Moonbase (due to a romantic relationship with Lt. Ellis) may have been due to their higher ups not approving of interracial romance. He casually states that "Prejudice burned itself out five years ago.". This show taking place in circa 1980, from today's point of view, that just seems rather naive, even for a show created in 1969.
** References to the ''Skydiver's'' jet "Sky One" are odd now that it's the name of a TV channel.