Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
In the year 2068, Earth receives a mysterious signal from Mars, a newly formed international intelligence and anti-terrorist organization, Spectrum, whose agents are code-named according to various colors, sends one of their top agents, Captain Black, on a mission to find the signal source. He and his crew discover a hidden alien race called The Mysterons, who are curious about Earth and its inhabitants and send signals to meet new life. However Black mistakes a camera for a cannon and orders an attack on the Mysteron complex. This misunderstanding provokes the Mysterons to declare a war of nerves on Earth and throughout the series, they continually make terrorist threats to either kill VIPs such as world leaders, destroy locations such as cities and countries, and in some cases even entire continents. They then attempt to follow through with their threats by using what the Mysterons call "the ability of Retrometablism", simply put they can create an exact duplicate of anyone or anything they kill/destroy and it will be under their control. The Mysteron's first act is to take over Captain Black's mind who then becomes the Mysterons top agent on earth. Meanwhile, Spectrum is put in charge of combating the Mysterons, and when one of their other top agents Captin Scarlet is killed and subjected to the Mysteron duplication process, but he was still alive at the time and as a result, his clone was able to shake off the Mysterons' control. This event gives Scarlet the added side effect of being virtually indestructible and impossible to kill, he can survive any wound as he will eventually heal himself to full recovery. This leaves Captain Scarlet to become Spectrums' greatest asset in the fight against the Mysterons. As an agent of Spectrum, Captain Scarlet is under the leadership of Colonel White, who with the help of his right-hand man, Lieutenant Green are ready to mobilize Spectrum forces at a moment's notice from the airborne aircraft carrier called Cloudbase stationed high above the clouds. These include its fighter squadron, The Angels (5 beautiful yet deadly and skilled female combat pilots) piloting their Angel Interceptors as well as a fleet of other Spectrum Vehicles such as the Spectrum Pursuit Vehicles (SPV), the Spectrum Saloon Cars (SSC), the Spectrum Passenger Jets (SPJ) and the Spectrum Helicopters among the many others. So when a Mysteron threat is announced Captain Scarlet together with his partner, Captain Blue as well as the other Spectrum Captain's seen in the series Captain Ocher, Captain Magenta, and Captain Gray, must be constantly vigilant to fight against the deadly alien menace of the Mysterons from Mars.
- 1967-1968
- 1 season
- A&E Home Video
- Action & Adventure, Suspense, Drama, Family, Horror, Science Fiction
- TV-PG
In the year 2068, Earth receives a mysterious signal from Mars, a newly formed international intelligence and anti-terrorist organization, Spectrum, whose agents are code-named according to various colors, sends one of their top agents, Captain Black, on a mission to find the signal source. He and his crew discover a hidden alien race called The Mysterons, who are curious about Earth and its inhabitants and send signals to meet new life. However Black mistakes a camera for a cannon and orders an attack on the Mysteron complex. This misunderstanding provokes the Mysterons to declare a war of nerves on Earth and throughout the series, they continually make terrorist threats to either kill VIPs such as world leaders, destroy locations such as cities and countries, and in some cases even entire continents. They then attempt to follow through with their threats by using what the Mysterons call "the ability of Retrometablism", simply put they can create an exact duplicate of anyone or anything they kill/destroy and it will be under their control. The Mysteron's first act is to take over Captain Black's mind who then becomes the Mysterons top agent on earth. Meanwhile, Spectrum is put in charge of combating the Mysterons, and when one of their other top agents Captin Scarlet is killed and subjected to the Mysteron duplication process, but he was still alive at the time and as a result, his clone was able to shake off the Mysterons' control. This event gives Scarlet the added side effect of being virtually indestructible and impossible to kill, he can survive any wound as he will eventually heal himself to full recovery. This leaves Captain Scarlet to become Spectrums' greatest asset in the fight against the Mysterons. As an agent of Spectrum, Captain Scarlet is under the leadership of Colonel White, who with the help of his right-hand man, Lieutenant Green are ready to mobilize Spectrum forces at a moment's notice from the airborne aircraft carrier called Cloudbase stationed high above the clouds. These include its fighter squadron, The Angels (5 beautiful yet deadly and skilled female combat pilots) piloting their Angel Interceptors as well as a fleet of other Spectrum Vehicles such as the Spectrum Pursuit Vehicles (SPV), the Spectrum Saloon Cars (SSC), the Spectrum Passenger Jets (SPJ) and the Spectrum Helicopters among the many others. So when a Mysteron threat is announced Captain Scarlet together with his partner, Captain Blue as well as the other Spectrum Captain's seen in the series Captain Ocher, Captain Magenta, and Captain Gray, must be constantly vigilant to fight against the deadly alien menace of the Mysterons from Mars.
Season 1 Episode Guide
32 Episodes 1967 - 1968
Episode 1
The Mysterons
27 mins
Captain Black mistakes a Mysteron camera for a cannon, which I understand since it looks like one, and attacks a Mysteron complex. The Mysterons misunderstand and start a war of nerves, putting Captain Black under their control. They threaten to kill the World President. Captain Scarlet and Brown are killed and reconstructed by the Mysterons. The first attempt fails, and during the second attempt Colonel White discovers that the Captain Brown that escorted the president wasn't really Captain Brown, and that Captain Scarlet is under the control of the Mysterons as well. This means the President is in danger.
Episode 2
Winged Assassin
26 mins
The Mysterons second target is the Director General of the United Asian Republic. The Director is on a visit to London and is scheduled to fly back to Asia via London airport but the Mysterons have other plans. After a failed assassination attempt, the Mysterons destroy and rebuild a DT-19 aircraft to aid their mission. Meanwhile Captain Scarlet returns to duty, apparently now virtually indestructible, but will this be enough to stop the Mysterons?
Episode 3
Big Ben Strikes Again
26 mins
A nuclear device is stolen while being transported through London and it doesn't take long for the Mysterons to announce the city itself as their latest target. All Spectrum have to go on is a lead from the driver of the nuclear transporter, who claims that he heard Big Ben strike thirteen times. With time running out, can Spectrum use this cryptic clue to find the device before it's too late?
Episode 4
Manhunt
26 mins
The 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.
Episode 5
Avalanche
26 mins
When the Mysterons target the Frost Line Outer Space Defence System in Canada, Captain Scarlet and Lieutenant Green must neutralize their threat before a trigger-happy General can retaliate.
Episode 6
White as Snow
24 mins
Colonel White leaves Cloudbase after the Mysterons threaten to kill him, reasoning that such a threat endangers the other members of Spectrum. He takes refuge on board a submarine and is assigned protection in the form of Ensign Soames. However, neither the crew nor the Colonel realize that Soames is a Mysteron agent. With the Mysterons seemingly free to carry out their threat, could this be the end for Colonel White?
Episode 7
The Trap
24 mins
Captain Scarlet is sent to a remote castle in Scotland to protect the delegates at a World Air Force conference, unaware that the Mysterons have already compromised security.
Episode 8
Operation Time
26 mins
The Mysterons announce that they are going to kill time. This baffling statement has Spectrum following up countless leads until Captain Magenta guesses the answer. The Spectrum forces prioritize the security of General Tiempo, whom they believe to be the Mysterons target and who is scheduled to undergo revolutionary surgery at the hands of Doctor Magnus. Unbeknownst to Spectrum, Magnus is a Mysteron agent and the General's life is in greater danger than they think.
Episode 9
Spectrum Strikes Back
26 mins
Spectrum Intelligence reveals two new anti Mysteron gadgets (A Mysteron detector and a Mysteron gun) developed from previous knowledge of the Mysterons. These are The Mysterons, however, have different ideas. When Spectrum discover that Captain Indigo is in the hands of the Mysterons, Captain Scarlet is sent after him. However, he has a time limit; Indigo has activated the lift mechanism and nicked the master key, trapping everyone below the lodge as the elevator can't be used at the same time as the lift mechanism. Can Scarlet get the key back and reverse the direction of the lift mechanism before Captain Blue, Colonel White, Dr Giadello, General Peterson and the World President are crushed?
Episode 10
Special Assignment
26 mins
When Captain Scarlet is dismissed from Spectrum for gambling offenses, he is blackmailed by the Mysterons into participating in their plan to obliterate the entirety of North America.
Episode 11
The Heart of New York
26 mins
A trio of bank robbers seek to outwit Spectrum by using the Mysterons' threat to destroy "the heart of New York" to their advantage.
Episode 12
Lunarville 7
25 mins
When 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 reports of an unauthorised complex under construction in the Humboldt Sea.
Episode 13
Point 783
25 mins
The Supreme Commander of Earth Forces is threatened with death by the Mysterons. Scarlet and Blue escort him to a briefing at SHEF, narrowly averting an assassination attempt. Moving the Supreme Commander to a fortified bunker in the desert, Spectrum faces an even greater challenge: the new Unitron tank has been programmed to destroy the Supreme Commander at all costs.
Episode 14
Model Spy
24 mins
Destiny and Symphony Angels go undercover as models when the Mysterons target fashion designer Andre Verdain, who is also the secret controller of the European Area Intelligence Service.
Episode 15
Seek and Destroy
24 mins
When the Mysterons threaten the Spectrum Angels, Scarlet and Blue are ordered to escort Destiny Angel back to Cloudbase, unaware that the aliens have captured three new Angel Interceptors.
Episode 16
Renegade Rocket
25 mins
After the Mysterons engineer the launch of a variable geometry rocket from Base Concord, their agent Major Reeves flees with the destruct mechanism and target information.
Episode 17
Crater 101
26 mins
Scarlet, Blue and Green infiltrate the Mysterons' secret base on the Moon to extract its power source so that it cannot be reconstructed once it is destroyed with an atomic blast.
Episode 18
Shadow of Fear
24 mins
Scarlet and Blue join an operation to obtain vital orbital reconnaissance photos of Mars, but the project is endangered when an astronomer is reconstructed in the service of the Mysterons.
Episode 19
Dangerous Rendezvous
24 mins
Using the Mysteron pulsator recovered from their lunar outpost, Dr. Kurnitz has developed a transmitter with which Colonel White attempts to contact the aliens and sue for peace.
Episode 20
Fire at Rig 15
24 mins
When the Mysterons threaten to immobilize the whole of Spectrum, Scarlet and Blue are sent to the oil refinery at Bensheba to protect the fuel that powers all of Spectrum's vehicles.
Episode 21
Treble Cross
24 mins
Captain Black kills an Air Force test pilot, Major Gravener, who is reconstructed as a Mysteron agent as part of the aliens' plan to destroy the World Capital, Futura City.
Episode 22
Flight 104
25 mins
Scarlet and Blue are tasked with escorting astrophysicist Dr. Conrad to Lake Toma, Switzerland, where he is to attend a conference discussing a possible return mission to Mars.
Episode 23
Place of Angels
24 mins
When Mysteron agent Judy Chapman steals a sample of a synthetic virus capable of killing millions of people, Spectrum must work out where her target, "the Place of the Angels", might be.
Episode 24
Noose of Ice
26 mins
When the Mysterons vow to stop Earth's return to Mars, Scarlet and Blue provide security for a complex on the North Pole responsible for mining a rare metal used for Earth's space fleet.
Episode 25
Expo 2068
26 mins
A truck transporting an atomic reactor to the new Manicougan power complex falls into the hands of the Mysterons, who intend to use it to strike the Atlantic Seaboard of North America.
Episode 26
The Launching
25 mins
When the Mysterons threaten to "destroy President Roberts" within twelve hours, Captain Scarlet is assigned to guard the stubborn President of the United States.
Episode 27
Codename Europa
25 mins
The Mysterons reconstruct an electronics professor as part of their plot to assassinate the Triumvirate of Europe, the three most powerful politicians on Earth after the World President.
Episode 28
Inferno
24 mins
When the Mysterons threaten to destroy a desalination plant in the Andes, Scarlet and Blue set up camp in an nearby Aztec temple, but Captain Black may already be one step ahead of them.
Episode 29
Traitor
25 mins
After a string of suspicious Spectrum hovercraft crashes, Scarlet and Blue are sent to the Australian Outback to verify the Mysterons' claim that there is a traitor within their ranks.
Episode 30
Flight to Atlantica
25 mins
After drinking champagne drugged by the Mysterons - who have threatened to destroy the World Navy Complex at Atlantica - Cloudbase's personnel inexplicably take leave of their senses.
Episode 31
Attack on Cloudbase
26 mins
After Symphony Angel is forced to eject into the Sahara, a rescue effort is cut short when the Mysterons follow through on their threat to arrive on Earth in force and destroy Cloudbase.
Episode 32
The Inquisition
24 mins
When a Spectrum Intelligence agent tells him that he has been missing for months and must prove his identity, Captain Blue recounts his involvement in past operations against the Mysterons.