Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
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Season 1
Episode 1
The Mysterons
Fri Sep 29 1967
Directed by, Desmond Saunders |
Written by, Sylvia Anderson | Gerry Anderson |
Spectrum officer Captain Black attacks an alien city on Mars, invoking the wrath of its ethereal inhabitants: The Mysterons. Their first act of vengeance is the attempted assassination of the World President. As part of their scheme, The Mysterons kill Captain Scarlet. They reconstruct him, now invincible and under their control but otherwise indistinguishable from the real Captain Scarlet. Will Spectrum detect the imposter in time? Will fate free the un-killable Scarlet from the Mysteron influence, making him a powerful asset for humanity in this "war of nerves"?
Episode 2
Winged Assassin
Fri Oct 06 1967
Directed by, David Lane |
Written by, Tony Barwick |
The Mysterons second target is the Director General of the United Asian Republic. Spectrum swings into action to protect him as he prepares to board his private plane at London Airport.
Episode 3
Big Ben Strikes Again
Fri Oct 13 1967
Directed by, Brian Burgess |
Written by, Tony Barwick |
The Mysterons threaten to destroy London and a truck carrying an atomic device goes missing and is hidden somewhere in the city. The only clue to its whereabouts is the truck driver, found unconscious in the street.
Episode 4
Manhunt
Fri Oct 20 1967
Directed by, Alan Perry |
Written by, Tony Barwick |
A manhunt begins for former Spectrum agent Captain Black after a failed break in at a nuclear power plant, where he is accidentally exposed to radiation and becomes detectable for 48 hours.
Episode 5
Avalanche
Fri Oct 27 1967
Directed by, Brian Burgess |
Written by, Shane Rimmer |
When the Mysterons threaten to destroy key links in the Frost Line Outer Space Defence System, Captain Scarlet and Lieutenant Green race to investigate the mysterious deaths of the personnel at Red Deer Base.
Episode 6
White as Snow
Fri Nov 03 1967
Directed by, Robert Lynn |
Written by, Peter Curran | David Williams |
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.
Episode 7
The Trap
Fri Nov 10 1967
Directed by, Alan Perry |
Written by, Alan Pattillo |
Following the latest Mysteron threat, Captain Scarlet is dispatched to supervise security at the International Air Conference at Glen Garry Castle in Scotland.
Episode 8
Operation Time
Fri Nov 17 1967
Directed by, Ken Turner |
Written by, Richard Conway | Stephen J. Mattick |
The Mysterons' cryptic threat to "kill time" has the Spectrum personnel stumped until Captain Magenta realizes that their target is General Tiempo, the Commander of Western Region World Defence.
Episode 9
Spectrum Strikes Back
Fri Nov 24 1967
Directed by, Ken Turner |
Written by, Tony Barwick |
Spectrum and the World President attend a secret conference on an African game reserve to demonstrate two new anti-Mysteron gadgets, a Mysteron Detector and a Mysteron Gun but the aliens announce they intend to sabotage the event.
Episode 10
Special Assignment
Fri Dec 01 1967
Directed by, Robert Lynn |
Written by, Tony Barwick |
The Mysterons threaten to obliterate the continent of North America, but Spectrum is left without its number one agent when Captain Scarlet is dismissed for gambling offenses.
Episode 11
The Heart of New York
Fri Dec 08 1967
Directed by, Alan Perry |
Written by, Tony Barwick |
As the Mysterons threaten to destroy the "Heart of New York", Captain Scarlet and Captain Blue investigate the theft of Grade A Security documents from the Spectrum security vaults.
Episode 12
Lunarville 7
Fri Dec 15 1967
Directed by, Robert Lynn |
Written by, Tony Barwick |
When the Lunar Controller claims he can negotiate peace between the moon and the Mysterons, Captain Scarlet, Captain Blue and Lieutenant Green are sent to the moon to investigate.
Episode 13
Point 783
Fri Dec 22 1967
Directed by, Robert Lynn |
Written by, Peter Curran | David Williams |
The Mysterons take control of an experimental super-tank in an attempt to assassinate the Supreme Commander of earths armed forces.
Episode 14
Model Spy
Fri Dec 29 1967
Directed by, Ken Turner |
Written by, Bill Hedley |
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
Fri Jan 05 1968
Directed by, Alan Perry |
Written by, Peter Curran | David Williams |
When the Mysterons threaten to kill one of the Angels, Captain Scarlet and Captain Blue are sent to Paris, where Destiny Angel is on holiday, to escort her back to the safety of Cloudbase.
Episode 16
Renegade Rocket
Fri Jan 19 1968
Directed by, Brian Burgess |
Written by, Ralph Hart |
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.
Episode 17
Crater 101
Fri Jan 26 1968
Directed by, Ken Turner |
Written by, Tony Barwick |
Captain Scarlet, Captain Blue and Lieutenant Green volunteer for a dangerous mission to remove the power source of the Mysteron complex inside Crater 101, on the far side of the Moon, before it is destroyed by a low yield atomic device.
Episode 18
Shadow of Fear
Fri Feb 02 1968
Directed by, Robert Lynn |
Written by, Tony Barwick |
Captain Scarlet and Captain Blue are sent to observe an operation to obtain vital orbital reconnaissance photographs of Mars. But the project is put in danger when one of the astronomers is taken over by The Mysterons.
Episode 19
Dangerous Rendezvous
Fri Feb 09 1968
Directed by, Brian Burgess |
Written by, Tony Barwick |
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.
Episode 20
Fire at Rig 15
Fri Feb 16 1968
Directed by, Ken Turner |
Written by, Bryan Cooper |
When the Mysterons threaten to immobilize the whole of Spectrum, Captain Scarlet and Captain Blue are sent to the Spectrum oil refinery at Bensheba to protect the fuel that powers all of Spectrums vehicles.
Episode 21
Treble Cross
Fri Feb 23 1968
Directed by, Alan Perry |
Written by, Tony Barwick |
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.
Episode 22
Flight 104
Fri Mar 01 1968
Directed by, Robert Lynn |
Written by, Tony Barwick |
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.
Episode 23
Place of Angels
Fri Mar 08 1968
Directed by, Leo Eaton |
Written by, Leo Eaton |
Mysteron agent Judith Chapman, steals a phial of deadly K14 virus - enough to kill ten million people - from Biological Research Station with the intent of poisoning a unknown cities water supply.
Episode 24
Noose of Ice
Tue Mar 12 1968
Directed by, Ken Turner |
Written by, Tony Barwick |
Tritonium alloy mining operations at Hotspot Tower in the North Pole are threatened when a Mysteron agent cuts the power to vital heating elements.
Episode 25
Expo 2068
Tue Mar 26 1968
Directed by, Leo Eaton |
Written by, Shane Rimmer |
A truck carrying an atomic core 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
Tue Apr 02 1968
Directed by, Brian Burgess |
Written by, Peter Curran | David Williams |
When the Mysterons threaten to destroy President Roberts within twelve hours, Captain Scarlet is assigned to guard the skeptical President of the United States.
Episode 27
Codename Europa
Tue Apr 09 1968
Directed by, Alan Perry |
Written by, David Lee |
The Mysterons threaten to destroy the Triumvirate of Europe, the three most powerful men on Earth after the World President.
Episode 28
Inferno
Tue Apr 16 1968
Directed by, Alan Perry |
Written by, Shane Rimmer | Tony Barwick |
Captain Scarlet and the rest of Spectrum are in a desperate race against time to defeat the Mysteron's latest threat, the total destruction of the massive desalination plant at Najama, high in the Andes Mountains.
Episode 29
Traitor
Tue Apr 23 1968
Directed by, Alan Perry |
Written by, Tony Barwick |
After a series of suspicious Spectrum hovercraft crashes, Captain Scarlet and Captain Blue are sent to the Australian Outback investigate if the Mysterons claims that their is a traitor in Spectrum is true.
Episode 30
Flight to Atlantica
Tue Apr 30 1968
Directed by, Leo Eaton |
Written by, Tony Barwick |
Spectrum personnel inexplicably take leave of their senses, due to drinking some champagne drugged by the Mysterons, who have threaten to destroy the World Navy Complex at Atlantica.
Episode 31
Attack on Cloudbase
Tue May 07 1968
Directed by, Ken Turner |
Written by, Tony Barwick |
After the Mysterons threaten Spectrum's Cloudbase headquarters, a large fast-moving trace appears on the radar.
Episode 32
The Inquisition
Tue May 14 1968
Directed by, Ken Turner |
Written by, Tony Barwick |
Captain Blue disappears from a restaurant. He awakes to find it is 3 months later and Spectrum Security want to know where he has been, and if he is even the real Captain Blue.