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Season 1

Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons

1967
Episodes: 32

Overview

2068: Earth is at war with a bizarre Martian enemy - the Mysterons. Only Spectrum the world security organisation, and its number one agent, Captain Scarlet, can hope to defend the planet against the invading aliens and stop the interglactic war of nerves before Earth is destroyed!

Episodes

The Mysterons

1. The Mysterons

September 29, 1967

28 min

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"?

Guest Stars: Paul Maxwell, Elizabeth Morgan, Charles Tingwell

Winged Assassin

2. Winged Assassin

October 6, 1967

26 min

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.

Guest Stars: Janna Hill, Paul Maxwell, Elizabeth Morgan

Big Ben Strikes Again

3. Big Ben Strikes Again

October 13, 1967

26 min

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.

Guest Stars: Elizabeth Morgan, Sylvia Anderson, Paul Maxwell

Manhunt

4. Manhunt

October 20, 1967

26 min

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.

Guest Stars: Paul Maxwell, Janna Hill, Charles Tingwell

Avalanche

5. Avalanche

October 27, 1967

26 min

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.

Guest Stars: Elizabeth Morgan, Paul Maxwell, Charles Tingwell

White as Snow

6. White as Snow

November 3, 1967

26 min

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.

Guest Stars: Janna Hill, Elizabeth Morgan, Paul Maxwell

The Trap

7. The Trap

November 10, 1967

26 min

Following the latest Mysteron threat, Captain Scarlet is dispatched to supervise security at the International Air Conference at Glen Garry Castle in Scotland.

Guest Stars: Sylvia Anderson, Janna Hill, Gary Files

Operation Time

8. Operation Time

November 17, 1967

26 min

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.

Guest Stars: Paul Maxwell, Elizabeth Morgan, Charles Tingwell

Spectrum Strikes Back

9. Spectrum Strikes Back

November 24, 1967

26 min

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.

Guest Stars: Paul Maxwell, Janna Hill, Elizabeth Morgan

Special Assignment

10. Special Assignment

December 1, 1967

26 min

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.

Guest Stars: Sylvia Anderson, Gary Files, Martin King

The Heart of New York

11. The Heart of New York

December 8, 1967

6.0
26 min

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.

Guest Stars: Gary Files, David Healy, Martin King

Lunarville 7

12. Lunarville 7

December 15, 1967

26 min

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.

Guest Stars: Gary Files, David Healy, Martin King

Point 783

13. Point 783

December 22, 1967

26 min

The Mysterons take control of an experimental super-tank in an attempt to assassinate the Supreme Commander of earths armed forces.

Guest Stars: Sylvia Anderson, Elizabeth Morgan, Paul Maxwell

Model Spy

14. Model Spy

December 29, 1967

26 min

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.

Guest Stars: Janna Hill, Sylvia Anderson, Elizabeth Morgan

Seek and Destroy

15. Seek and Destroy

January 5, 1968

26 min

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.

Guest Stars: Elizabeth Morgan, Sylvia Anderson, Charles Tingwell

Renegade Rocket

16. Renegade Rocket

January 19, 1968

26 min

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.

Guest Stars: Sylvia Anderson, Elizabeth Morgan, Paul Maxwell

Crater 101

17. Crater 101

January 26, 1968

26 min

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.

Guest Stars: Sylvia Anderson, Gary Files, David Healy

Shadow of Fear

18. Shadow of Fear

February 2, 1968

26 min

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.

Guest Stars: Sylvia Anderson, Paul Maxwell, Charles Tingwell

Dangerous Rendezvous

19. Dangerous Rendezvous

February 9, 1968

26 min

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.

Guest Stars: Sylvia Anderson, Charles Tingwell, Jeremy Wilkin

Fire at Rig 15

20. Fire at Rig 15

February 16, 1968

26 min

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.

Guest Stars: Gary Files, David Healy, Martin King

Treble Cross

21. Treble Cross

February 23, 1968

26 min

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.

Guest Stars: Gary Files, Elizabeth Morgan, David Healy

Flight 104

22. Flight 104

March 1, 1968

26 min

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.

Guest Stars: Gary Files, Elizabeth Morgan, David Healy

Place of Angels

23. Place of Angels

March 8, 1968

6.0
26 min

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.

Guest Stars: Elizabeth Morgan, Janna Hill, Sylvia Anderson

Noose of Ice

24. Noose of Ice

March 12, 1968

26 min

Tritonium alloy mining operations at Hotspot Tower in the North Pole are threatened when a Mysteron agent cuts the power to vital heating elements.

Guest Stars: Gary Files, David Healy, Martin King

Expo 2068

25. Expo 2068

March 26, 1968

26 min

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.

Guest Stars: Elizabeth Morgan, Gary Files, Martin King

The Launching

26. The Launching

April 2, 1968

26 min

When the Mysterons threaten to destroy President Roberts within twelve hours, Captain Scarlet is assigned to guard the skeptical President of the United States.

Guest Stars: Elizabeth Morgan, Janna Hill, Sylvia Anderson

Codename Europa

27. Codename Europa

April 9, 1968

26 min

The Mysterons threaten to destroy the Triumvirate of Europe, the three most powerful men on Earth after the World President.

Guest Stars: Elizabeth Morgan, Gary Files, Martin King

Inferno

28. Inferno

April 16, 1968

26 min

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.

Guest Stars: Janna Hill, Elizabeth Morgan, Jeremy Wilkin

Traitor

29. Traitor

April 23, 1968

26 min

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.

Guest Stars: Elizabeth Morgan, Gary Files, David Healy

Flight to Atlantica

30. Flight to Atlantica

April 30, 1968

26 min

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.

Guest Stars: Janna Hill, Jeremy Wilkin, Gary Files

Attack on Cloudbase

31. Attack on Cloudbase

May 7, 1968

26 min

After the Mysterons threaten Spectrum's Cloudbase headquarters, a large fast-moving trace appears on the radar.

Guest Stars: Janna Hill, Elizabeth Morgan, Gary Files

The Inquisition

32. The Inquisition

May 14, 1968

26 min

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.

Guest Stars: Martin King, Janna Hill, Sylvia Anderson

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