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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.
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (Season 1)
The Mysterons (Episode 1) 9.0
Writer: Sylvia Anderson
Air date: 1967-09-29
Runtime: 28 min
Overview: A 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.
Winged Assassin (Episode 2) 8.0
Writer: Tony Barwick
Air date: 1967-10-06
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: 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.
Big Ben Strikes Again (Episode 3) 7.0
Writer: Tony Barwick
Air date: 1967-10-13
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: 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
Manhunt (Episode 4) 8.0
Writer: Tony Barwick
Air date: 1967-10-20
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: 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.
Avalanche (Episode 5) 8.0
Writer: Shane Rimmer
Air date: 1967-10-27
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: The Mysterons threaten to destroy key links in the Frost Line Outer Space Defence System.
White as Snow (Episode 6) 8.0
Writer: Peter Curran
Air date: 1967-11-03
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: 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.
The Trap (Episode 7) 8.0
Writer: Alan Pattillo
Air date: 1967-11-10
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: 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...
Operation Time (Episode 8) 7.0
Writer: Richard Conway
Air date: 1967-11-17
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: 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.
Spectrum Strikes Back (Episode 9) 6.0
Writer: Tony Barwick
Air date: 1967-11-24
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: The Mysteron Gun and the Mysteron detector - two new anti-Mysteron devices - are unveiled at a top secret location.
Special Assignment (Episode 10) 7.0
Writer: Tony Barwick
Air date: 1967-12-01
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: Captain Scarlet resigns from Spectrum and deals arms to Captain Black! Can our hero really have joined the Mysterons?
The Heart of New York (Episode 11) 6.0
Writer: Tony Barwick
Air date: 1967-12-08
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: 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.
Lunarville 7 (Episode 12) 9.0
Writer: Tony Barwick
Air date: 1967-12-15
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: 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.
Point 783 (Episode 13) 7.0
Writer: Peter Curran
Air date: 1967-12-22
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: 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.
Model Spy (Episode 14) 6.0
Writer: Bill Hedley
Air date: 1967-12-29
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: Captain Scarlet goes undercover as a Fashion PR when models are endangered by the Mysterons.
Seek and Destroy (Episode 15) 10.0
Writer: Peter Curran
Air date: 1968-01-05
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: In a plot to kill the spectrum Angels, the Mysterons get into a thrilling mid-air dogfight with Melody, Rhapsody and Harmony.
Renegade Rocket (Episode 16) 6.0
Writer: Ralph Hart
Air date: 1968-01-19
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: A major is killed, resurrected and controlled by the Mysterons with the dastardly aim of launching a Variable Geometry Rocket!
Crater 101 (Episode 17) 9.0
Writer: Tony Barwick
Air date: 1968-01-26
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: A dangerous lunar mission turns deadly for Scarlet, Blue and Lieutenant Green.
Shadow of Fear (Episode 18) 6.0
Writer: Tony Barwick
Air date: 1968-02-02
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: Astronomers at K14 Observatory are monitoring signals from a hidden satellite that has made a successful landing on the Martian moon Phobos.
Dangerous Rendezvous (Episode 19) 8.0
Writer: Tony Barwick
Air date: 1968-02-09
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: Following a special discovery, Spectrum makes contact with the Mysterons in order to negotiate peace.
Fire at Rig 15 (Episode 20) 8.0
Writer: Bryan Cooper
Air date: 1968-02-16
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: An oil rig inferno enables the Mysterons to gain control of an explosives expert for deadly and destructive purposes.
Treble Cross (Episode 21) 9.0
Writer: Tony Barwick
Air date: 1968-02-23
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: A world Air Force Major is killed and reconstructed by the Mysterons in order to destroy the world capital.
Flight 104 (Episode 22) 9.0
Writer: Tony Barwick
Air date: 1968-03-01
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: A flight carrying Scarlet, Blue and their ward Dr Conrad - a leading astrophysicist - is put in jeopardy by the Mysterons.
Place of Angels (Episode 23) 7.0
Writer: Leo Eaton
Air date: 1968-03-08
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: The Mysterons steal a deadly virus and threaten to drop it into the Los Angeles water supply.
Noose of Ice (Episode 24) 10.0
Writer: Tony Barwick
Air date: 1968-03-12
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: Tritonium alloy mining operations at Hotspot Tower in the North Pole are threatened when a Mysteron agent cuts the power to vital heating elements.
Expo 2068 (Episode 25) 8.0
Writer: Shane Rimmer
Air date: 1968-03-26
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: 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.
The Launching (Episode 26) 8.0
Writer: Peter Curran
Air date: 1968-04-02
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: 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!
Codename Europa (Episode 27) 8.0
Writer: David Lee
Air date: 1968-04-09
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: The Mysterons threaten to destroy the Triumvirate of Europe, the three most powerful men on Earth after the World President.
Inferno (Episode 28) 10.0
Writer: Shane Rimmer
Air date: 1968-04-16
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: 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.
Traitor (Episode 29) 7.0
Writer: Tony Barwick
Air date: 1968-04-23
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: The finger of blame points at Captain Scarlet after a series of hovercraft accidents.
Flight to Atlantica (Episode 30) 9.0
Writer: Tony Barwick
Air date: 1968-04-30
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: 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.
Attack on Cloudbase (Episode 31) 10.0
Writer: Tony Barwick
Air date: 1968-05-07
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: After the Mysterons threaten Spectrum's Cloudbase headquarters, a large fast-moving trace appears on the radar.
The Inquisition (Episode 32) 5.0
Writer: Tony Barwick
Air date: 1968-05-14
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: 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.
Seasons
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