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Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
Captain Scarlet heads up an international intelligence agency as they battle against the Mysterons, an alien species from Mars that vows vengeance after a misunderstanding with humans.
- Created by:
- Sylvia Anderson, Gerry Anderson
- Cast:
- Francis Matthews, Ed Bishop, Donald Gray, Cy Grant
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Network:
- Associated Television
Episode guide
Seasons
Season 1
Episodes
E01
Episode 1
★ 9.0The Mysterons
1967-09-29 · 28mA manned expedition led by Captain Black of Spectrum lands on Mars; investigating the planet surface in an exploration vehicle, the crew discover a futuristic alien city.
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E02
Episode 2
★ 8.0Winged Assassin
1967-10-06 · 26mThe Mysterons threaten the life of the Director General of the United Asian Republic and Spectrum swings into action to protect him as he prepares to board his private plane at London Airport.
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E03
Episode 3
★ 8.5Big Ben Strikes Again
1967-10-13 · 26mThe Mysterons threaten to destroy London and a truck carrying an atomic device goes missing in the city. The only clue to its whereabouts is the truck driver, found unconscious in the street
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E04
Episode 4
★ 9.0Manhunt
1967-10-20 · 26mThe Mysterons make their first mistake when Captain Black, revealed to have become a Mysteron agent, breaks into the Culver Atomic Centre and is exposed to radioactivity that will enable Spectrum to track him with directional geiger counters.
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E05
Episode 5
★ 8.0Avalanche
1967-10-27 · 26mThe Mysterons threaten to destroy key links in the Frost Line Outer Space Defence System.
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E06
Episode 6
★ 8.0White as Snow
1967-11-03 · 26mThe Mysterons threaten to kill Colonel White and after their initial attempt fails, White elects to leave Cloudbase so as not to place the other Spectrum agents in jeopardy.
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E07
Episode 7
★ 8.0The Trap
1967-11-10 · 26mFollowing the latest Mysteron threat, Scarlet is dispatched to supervise security at the International Air Conference at Glen Garry Castle. Discovering a plot to gun down the delegates, he is captured and thrown in the castle dungeons...
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E08
Episode 8
★ 7.0Operation Time
1967-11-17 · 26mThe Mysterons' cryptic threat to ’kill time’ has the Spectrum personnel stumped until Magenta realises that their target is General Tiempo, the Commander of Western Region World Defence.
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E09
Episode 9
★ 6.0Spectrum Strikes Back
1967-11-24 · 26mThe Mysteron Gun and the Mysteron detector - two new anti-Mysteron devices - are unveiled at a top secret location.
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E10
Episode 10
★ 7.0Special Assignment
1967-12-01 · 26mCaptain Scarlet resigns from Spectrum and deals arms to Captain Black! Can our hero really have joined the Mysterons?
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E11
Episode 11
★ 6.0The Heart of New York
1967-12-08 · 26mAs the Mysterons threaten to destroy the ‘Heart of New York’, Scarlet and Blue investigate the theft of Grade A Security documents from the Spectrum security vaults.
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E12
Episode 12
★ 9.0Lunarville 7
1967-12-15 · 26mWhen the Lunar Controller announces the Moon's independence from Earth in the war of nerves with the Mysterons, Scarlet, Blue and Green journey to Lunarville 7 to investigate.
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E13
Episode 13
★ 7.0Point 783
1967-12-22 · 26mWhen the Mysterons threaten the life of the Supreme Commander of Earth Forces, Scarlet and Blue are assigned to escort him to SHEF HQ in New York to chair a briefing on the Unitron, an advanced unmanned tank.
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E14
Episode 14
★ 6.0Model Spy
1967-12-29 · 26mCaptain Scarlet goes undercover as a Fashion PR when models are endangered by the Mysterons.
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E15
Episode 15
★ 10.0Seek and Destroy
1968-01-05 · 26mIn a plot to kill the spectrum Angels, the Mysterons get into a thrilling mid-air dogfight with Melody, Rhapsody and Harmony.
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Episode 16
★ 6.0Renegade Rocket
1968-01-19 · 26mA major is killed, resurrected and controlled by the Mysterons with the dastardly aim of launching a Variable Geometry Rocket!
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E17
Episode 17
★ 9.0Crater 101
1968-01-26 · 26mA dangerous lunar mission turns deadly for Scarlet, Blue and Lieutenant Green.
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E18
Episode 18
★ 6.0Shadow of Fear
1968-02-02 · 26mAstronomers at K14 Observatory are monitoring signals from a hidden satellite that has made a successful landing on the Martian moon Phobos.
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E19
Episode 19
★ 8.0Dangerous Rendezvous
1968-02-09 · 26mFollowing a special discovery, Spectrum makes contact with the Mysterons in order to negotiate peace.
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E20
Episode 20
★ 8.0Fire at Rig 15
1968-02-16 · 26mAn oil rig inferno enables the Mysterons to gain control of an explosives expert for deadly and destructive purposes.
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E21
Episode 21
★ 9.0Treble Cross
1968-02-23 · 26mA world Air Force Major is killed and reconstructed by the Mysterons in order to destroy the world capital.
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E22
Episode 22
★ 9.0Flight 104
1968-03-01 · 26mA flight carrying Scarlet, Blue and their ward Dr Conrad - a leading astrophysicist - is put in jeopardy by the Mysterons.
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E23
Episode 23
★ 7.0Place of Angels
1968-03-08 · 26mThe Mysterons steal a deadly virus and threaten to drop it into the Los Angeles water supply.
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Episode 24
★ 10.0Noose of Ice
1968-03-12 · 26mTritonium alloy mining operations at Hotspot Tower in the North Pole are threatened when a Mysteron agent cuts the power to vital heating elements.
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E25
Episode 25
★ 8.0Expo 2068
1968-03-26 · 26mA lorry carrying an atomic core reactor to the new Manicougan power complex falls into the hands of the Mysterons who intend to strike the Atlantic Seaboard of North America.
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E26
Episode 26
★ 8.0The Launching
1968-04-02 · 26mWhen the Mysterons threaten to destroy President Roberts within twelve hours, Scarlet is assigned as bodyguard to the sceptical President. But when 11 hours pass without incident, Scarlet begins to suspect that he is guarding the wrong target!
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E27
Episode 27
★ 8.0Codename Europa
1968-04-09 · 26mThe Mysterons threaten to destroy the Triumvirate of Europe, the three most powerful men on Earth after the World President.
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E28
Episode 28
★ 10.0Inferno
1968-04-16 · 26mThe Mysterons threaten to destroy the de-salination plant at Najama in the Andes, so Scarlet and Blue are sent to observe the plant from an Aztec temple that overlooks it.
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E29
Episode 29
★ 7.0Traitor
1968-04-23 · 26mThe finger of blame points at Captain Scarlet after a series of hovercraft accidents.
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E30
Episode 30
★ 9.0Flight to Atlantica
1968-04-30 · 26mWhen the Mysterons threaten to destroy the World Navy Complex at Atlantica, Blue and Ochre fly a V17 Air Force bomber to destroy a wreck that has been sighted drifting towards the base.
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E31
Episode 31
★ 10.0Attack on Cloudbase
1968-05-07 · 26mAfter the Mysterons threaten Spectrum's Cloudbase headquarters, a large fast-moving trace appears on the radar.
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E32
Episode 32
★ 5.0The Inquisition
1968-05-14 · 26mA drugged Captain Blue awakes to find himself under interrogation on Cloudbase. He has apparently been missing for three months and must now prove his identity to Intelligence agent Colgan by revealing Spectrum's top secret cypher codes.
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Francis Matthews
Captain Scarlet (voice)
Ed Bishop
Narrator / Captain Blue (voice)
Donald Gray
The Mysterons / Colonel White / Captain Black (voice)
Cy Grant
Lieutenant Green (voice)