- "Leading the fight, one man fate has made indestructible. His name... Captain Scarlet."
- ―Narrator
| Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons | |
|---|---|
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| Statistics | |
| Title | Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons |
| Format | Supermarionation |
| Running Time | 30 min. |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Network | ATV |
| Seasons | 1 |
| Number of Episodes | 32 |
| Production | |
| Production Company | Century 21 Television |
| Executive Producers | Gerry Anderson Sylvia Anderson John Read |
| Producers | Reg Hill |
| Principal Cast | Francis Matthews; Ed Bishop; Donald Gray; Cy Grant; Elizabeth Morgan; Charles Tingwell; Jeremy Wilkin; Paul Maxwell |
| Air Dates | |
| First Aired | September 29th, 1967 |
| Last Aired | May 14th, 1968 |
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons was a children's science fiction television series which aired in the United Kingdom from 1967 to 1968. The program made use of Supermarionation, a technique that employs puppetry and marionettes in place of live actors. The series was produced by Century 21 Television, an independent film and television studio founded by Reg Hill, John Read, Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson. The series took place in the year 2068 and centered around a race of Martians known as Mysterons and the ongoing hostilities between them and those of planet Earth. Combatting the efforts of the Martians are Earth's global defense network, Spectrum. Spectrum's champion is Captain Scarlet, a bold hero who possesses the ability to return from the dead through a process known as "retro-metabolism".
Episodes[]
| Episode | Title | Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 1x1 | The Mysterons | September 29th, 1967 |
| 1x2 | Winged Assassin | October 6th, 1967 |
| 1x3 | Big Ben Strikes Again | October 13th, 1967 |
| 1x4 | Manhunt | October 20th, 1967 |
| 1x5 | Avalanche | October 27th, 1967 |
| 1x6 | White as Snow | November 3rd, 1967 |
| 1x7 | The Trap | November 10th, 1967 |
| 1x8 | Operation Time | November 17th, 1967 |
| 1x9 | Spectrum Strikes Back | November 24th, 1967 |
| 1x10 | Special Assignment | December 1st, 1967 |
| 1x11 | The Heart of New York | December 8th, 1967 |
| 1x12 | Lunarville 7 | December 15th, 1967 |
| 1x13 | Point 783 | December 22nd, 1967 |
| 1x14 | Model Spy | December 29th, 1967 |
| 1x15 | Seek and Destroy | January 5th, 1968 |
| 1x16 | Renegade Rocket | January 19th, 1968 |
| 1x17 | Crater 101 | January 26th, 1968 |
| 1x18 | Shadow of Fear | February 2nd, 1968 |
| 1x19 | Dangerous Rendezvous | February 9th, 1968 |
| 1x20 | Fire at Rig 15 | February 16th, 1968 |
| 1x21 | Treble Cross | February 23rd, 1968 |
| 1x22 | Flight 104 | March 1st, 1968 |
| 1x23 | Place of Angels | March 8th, 1968 |
| 1x24 | Noose of Ice | March 12th, 1968 |
| 1x25 | Expo 2068 | March 26th, 1968 |
| 1x26 | The Launching | April 2nd, 1968 |
| 1x27 | Codename Europa | April 9th, 1968 |
| 1x28 | Inferno | April 16th, 1968 |
| 1x29 | Traitor | April 23rd, 1968 |
| 1x30 | Flight to Atlantica | April 30th, 1968 |
| 1x31 | Attack on Cloudbase | May 7th, 1968 |
| 1x32 | The Inquisition | May 14th, 1968 |
Notes & Trivia[]
- The complete series of Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons has been released to DVD as well as a region-2 box-set edition.
See also[]
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