In 2068, the indestructible Captain Scarlet leads the agents of Spectrum in a war of nerves against the Mysterons from Mars.
Century 21 Television/ITC
Produced: 1967
First UK broadcast: Friday 29th September 1967 – 5.25pm
ATV Midlands Television
32 episodes x 25 minutes
Executive Producer: Gerry Anderson
Producer: Reg Hill
Associate Producer: John Read
Director Supervising Series: Desmond Saunders
Characters Created by Sylvia Anderson
Lighting Cameraman: Julien Lugrin, Paddy Seale and Ted Catford
Supervising Art Director: Bob Bell
Art Director: Grenville Nott
Production Designer: Keith Wilson
Script Editor: Tony Barwick
Supervising Visual Effects Director: Derek Meddings
Visual Effects Directors: Shaun Whittacker-Cook and Jimmy Elliott
Music Composed and Directed by Barry Gray
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The Mysterons
Mars – 2068 AD: a mission to the red planet ends in disaster as the crew make an unprovoked attack on the complex of the Mysterons. Sentient computers left behind by the dying Mysteron race announce that they will destroy all life on Earth in a slow but effective war of nerves. Their first act of retaliation will be the assassination of the World President… Written by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson Directed by Desmond Saunders First UK Airdates:
Repeat Broadcasts (ITV): Anglia
ATV Midlands / Central
Grampian
Granada
London Weekend
Scottish
Southern / TVS
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Winged Assassin
The 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. But the Mysterons have sabotaged a DT19 passenger jet and used retrometabolism to recreate it – under their control! Written by Tony Barwick Directed by David Lane First UK Airdates:
Repeat Broadcasts (ITV): Anglia
ATV Midlands / Central
Granada
Harlech / HTV
London Weekend
Tyne Tees
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Big Ben Strikes Again
The 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. He claims that before he was struck down he distinctly heard Big Ben strike thirteen… Written by Tony Barwick Directed by Brian Burgess Original UK Airdate: 13th October 1967 (ATV Midlands) Additional Voice Cast:
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Point 783
When 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. But the Commander’s aides, Major Brooks and Colonel Storm, are killed in a car crash and both become Mysteron agents… Written by Peter Curranand David Williams Directed by Robert Lynn Original UK Airdate: 22nd December 1967 (ATV Midlands) Additional Voice Cast:
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Manhunt
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. But as the net closes, Black kidnaps Symphony Angel and holds her hostage… Written by Tony Barwick Directed by Alan Perry Original UK Airdate: 20th October 1967 (ATV Midlands) Additional Voice Cast:
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Operation Time
The 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. Tiempo is due to have an operation which involves a new Cerebral Pulsator, but his neurosurgeon Dr. Magnus has already become a Mysteron agent! Written by Richard Conway and Stephen J. Mattick Directed by Ken Turner Original UK Airdate: 17th November 1967 (ATV Midlands) Additional Voice Cast:
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Renegade Rocket
The Mysterons engineer the launch of a Variable Geometry Rocket from Base Concord and their agent, Major Reeves, escapes with the destruct mechanism and target information. While the Angels are despatched to track down Reeves, Scarlet and Blue are sent to Base Concord where they learn that the rocket’s target is the base itself! Written by Ralph Hart Directed by Brian Burgess Original UK Airdate: 19th January 1968 (ATV Midlands) Additional Voice Cast:
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| 8 |
White As Snow
The 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. He goes into hiding on the USS Panther II submarine, unaware that his steward is a Mysteron agent… Written by Peter Curran and David Williams Directed by Robert Lynn Original UK Airdate: 3rd November 1967 (ATV Midlands) Additional Voice Cast:
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Seek And Destroy
When the Mysterons threaten to kill one of the Angels, Scarlet and Blue are sent to Paris to escort Destiny back to Cloudbase. But Captain Black engineers the destruction of three newly-built Angel aircraft – Mysteronised, the Interceptors are set to target Destiny! Written by Peter Curran and David Williams Directed by Alan Perry Original UK Airdate: 5th January 1968 (ATV Midlands) Additional Voice Cast:
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Spectrum Strikes Back
At a secret conference in a hidden Spectrum base housed beneath the hunting lodge of a private African game reserve, Dr. Giadello announces the development of two devices that will turn the tide for Spectrum in their struggle with the Mysterons. But the Mysterons intend to sabotage the conference from within… Written by Tony Barwick Directed by Ken Turner Original UK Airdate: 24th November 1967 (ATV Midlands) Additional Voice Cast:
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| 11 |
Avalanche
When the Mysterons threaten to destroy key links in the Frost Line Outer Space Defence System, Scarlet and Green investigate the mysterious deaths of the personnel at Red Deer Base. The pair are baffled: radiation and toxicity levels read negative and there appears to be no reason for the deaths of the men… Written by Shane Rimmer Directed by Brian Burgess Original UK Airdate: 27th October 1967 (ATV Midlands) Additional Voice Cast:
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| 12 |
Shadow Of Fear
Astronomers at K14 Observatory are monitoring signals from a hidden satellite that has made a successful landing on the Martian moon Phobos. The satellite will transmit close up pictures of Mars back to Earth, but the project is sabotaged when one of the astronomers becomes a Mysteron agent… Written by Tony Barwick Directed by Robert Lynn Original UK Airdate: 2nd February 1968 (ATV Midlands) Additional Voice Cast:
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| 13 |
The Heart Of New York
As 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. The trio of thieves learn of Spectrum¹s war with the Mysterons and decide to fake their own deaths to effect a daring robbery… Written by Tony Barwick Directed by Alan Perry Original UK Airdate: 8th December 1967 (ATV Midlands) Additional Voice Cast:
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Fire At Rig 15
When the Mysterons threaten to immobilise the whole of Spectrum, Scarlet and Blue are sent to the Spectrum oil refinery at Bensheba. Mysteron tampering turns Rig 15 into an inferno and fire control expert Jason Smith becomes a target for the Mysterons’ powers of retrometabolism… Written by Bryan Cooper Directed by Ken Turner Original UK Airdate: February 16th 1968 (ATV Midlands) Additional Voice Cast:
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| 15 |
The Launching
When 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! Written by Peter Curran and David Williams Directed by Brian Burgess Original UK Airdate: 2nd April 1968 (ATV Midlands) Additional Voice Cast:
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Lunarville 7
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. They discover more than they bargained for… Written by Tony Barwick Directed by Robert Lynn Original UK Airdate: 15th December 1967 (ATV Midlands) Additional Voice Cast:
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The Trap
Following 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… Written by Alan Pattillo Directed by Alan Perry Original UK Airdate: November 10th 1967 (ATV Midlands) Additional Voice Cast:
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| 18 |
Model Spy
The Mysterons target fashion designer Andre Verdain, secret controller of the European Area Intelligence Service. Suspecting that the attempt on Verdain’s life will be made at a fashion show in Monte Carlo, Colonel White assigns Destiny and Symphony Angels to go under cover – as fashion models! Written by Bill Hedley Directed by Ken Turner Original UK Airdate: 29th December 1967 (ATV Midlands) Additional Voice Cast:
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Dangerous Rendezvous
Using the Mysteron pulsator recovered from the complex in Crater 101, Dr Kurnitz has developed a transmission device with which Colonel White attempts to contact the Mysterons and sue for peace. The Mysterons arrange a rendezvous in Greenland for peace talks, but Scarlet suspects a trap… Written by Tony Barwick Directed by Brian Burgess Original UK Airdate: 9th February 1968 (ATV Midlands) Note: The events of Dangerous Rendezvous directly follow those seen in Crater 101. Additional Voice Cast:
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Special Assignment
The Mysterons threaten to obliterate North America, but Spectrum is left without its number one agent when Scarlet is dismissed for gambling offences. He is approached by a pair of Mysteron agents who intend to destroy Nuclear City using an SPV supplied by Scarlet, but first he must prove his loyalty by killing Blue! Written by Tony Barwick Directed by Robert Lynn Original UK Airdate: 1st December 1967 (ATV Midlands) Additional Voice Cast:
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| 21 |
Place Of Angels
Mysteron agent Judith Chapman steals a phial of deadly K14 virus – enough to kill ten million people – from Biological Research Station D near Manchester. Scarlet and Blue trail Chapman to New York, realising that she intends to carry out the Mysterons’ threat to destroy the Place of the Angels! Written by Leo Eaton Directed by Leo Eaton Original UK Airdate: 8th March 1968 (ATV Midlands) Additional Voice Cast:
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| 22 |
Crater 101
Scarlet, Blue and Green volunteer for a dangerous mission to remove the power source of the Mysteron complex in Crater 101 before it is destroyed by a low yield atomic device. Travelling to the Moon, they enter the strange complex, unaware that a Mysteron agent has set the atomic device to detonate early! Written by Tony Barwick Directed by Ken Turner Original UK Airdate: 26th January 1968 (ATV Midlands) Note: The events of Crater 101 precede those of Dangerous Rendezvous. Additional Voice Cast:
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Expo 2068
A 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. Spectrum begins a search for the missing lorry but Captain Black sends Scarlet and Blue on a wild goose chase… Written by Shane Rimmer Directed by Leo Eaton Original UK Airdate: 26th March 1968 (ATV Midlands) Additional Voice Cast:
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Traitor
After the inexplicable malfunction of a hovercraft at the Spectrum cadet school at Koala Base, Scarlet and Blue investigate the possibility of sabotage from within. The Mysterons have warned of a traitor in the Spectrum organisation and soon Scarlet has become the prime suspect! Written by Tony Barwick Directed by Alan Perry Original UK Airdate: 14th January 1968 (ATV London) Additional Voice Cast:
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Flight 104
When the Mysterons threaten to sabotage a vital conference at Lake Toma in Switzerland, Scarlet and Blue are assigned to escort the world’s leading astrophysicist, Dr. Conrad, to Geneva. The trio board their plane at Novena Airport, unaware that Flight 104 to Geneva is under Mysteron control… Written by Tony Barwick Directed by Robert Lynn Original UK Airdate: 1st March 1968 (ATV Midlands) Additional Voice Cast:
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| 26 |
Noose Of Ice
Tritonium alloy mining operations at Hotspot Tower in the North Pole are threatened when a Mysteron agent cuts the power to vital heating elements. Scarlet and Blue realise that with the heating elements down, the ice cap that surrounds the base will crush it in less than 30 minutes! Written by Tony Barwick Directed by Ken Turner Original UK Airdate: 12th March 1968 (ATV Midlands) Additional Voice Cast:
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| 27 |
Codename Europa
The Mysterons threaten to destroy the Triumvirate of Europe, the three most powerful men on Earth after the World President. The three are sent to separate maximum security installations, but Mysteronised electronics expert Professor Carney is determined to assassinate each in turn! Written by David Lee Directed by Alan Perry Original UK Airdate: 9th April 1968 (ATV Midlands) Additional Voice Cast:
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| 28 |
Flight To Atlantica
When 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. But the pair have been drugged by tainted champagne and passed false orders by Captain Black… Written by Tony Barwick Directed by Leo Eaton Original UK Airdate: 24th March 1968 (ATV London) Additional Voice Cast:
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| 29 |
Treble Cross
Captain Black engineers the death of chief test pilot Major Gravener, who is retrometabolised as a Mysteron agent as part of the Mysterons’ plan to destroy the World Capital, Futura City. But a pair of doctors manage to resuscitate the real Major Gravener and Spectrum realises that he can impersonate his Mysteron double! Written by Tony Barwick Directed by Alan Perry Original UK Airdate: February 23rd 1968 (ATV Midlands) Additional Voice Cast:
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Attack On Cloudbase
After the Mysterons threaten Spectrum’s Cloudbase headquarters, a large fast-moving trace appears on the radar. When Rhapsody is dispatched to check it out, her Interceptor is shot out of the sky and she is killed instantly. There is only one explanation: the Mysterons themselves have come to Earth! Written by Tony Barwick Directed by Ken Turner Original UK Airdate: 5th May 1968 (ATV London) |
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The Inquisition
A 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. But Blue has his own ideas about how to prove who he is without breaching security… Written by Tony Barwick Directed by Ken Turner First UK Airdates:
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Inferno
The 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. But a Mysteronised SKR4 recovery craft packed with high explosives is hurtling towards Earth with the temple as its target! Written by Tony Barwick and Shane Rimmer Directed by Alan Perry Original UK Airdate: 16th April 1968 (ATV Midlands) Additional Voice Cast:
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| Cast List | |
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| Captain Scarlet | Francis Matthews |
| Captain Blue | Ed Bishop |
| Colonel White | Donald Gray |
| Symphony Angel | Janna Hill |
| Lieutenant Green | Cy Grant |
| Captain Black | Donald Gray |
| Captain Ochre | Jeremy Wilkin |
| Rhapsody Angel | Liz Morgan |
| Captain Grey | Paul Maxwell |
| Destiny Angel | Liz Morgan |
| Captain Magenta | Gary Files |
| Dr. Fawn | Charles Tingwell |
| Melody Angel | Sylvia Anderson |
| Harmony Angel | Lian Shin |
| Voice of the Mysterons | Donald Gray |