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Captain Scarlet and the MysteronsSeason 1

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

  • E01 The Mysterons

    9.0

    Sep 29, 1967 · 28m

    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.

  • E02 Winged Assassin

    8.0

    Oct 6, 1967 · 26m

    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.

  • E03 Big Ben Strikes Again

    7.0

    Oct 13, 1967 · 26m

    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

  • E04 Manhunt

    8.0

    Oct 20, 1967 · 26m

    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.

  • E05 Avalanche

    8.0

    Oct 27, 1967 · 26m

    The Mysterons threaten to destroy key links in the Frost Line Outer Space Defence System.

  • E06 White as Snow

    8.0

    Nov 3, 1967 · 26m

    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.

  • E07 The Trap

    8.0

    Nov 10, 1967 · 26m

    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...

  • E08 Operation Time

    7.0

    Nov 17, 1967 · 26m

    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.

  • E09 Spectrum Strikes Back

    6.0

    Nov 24, 1967 · 26m

    The Mysteron Gun and the Mysteron detector - two new anti-Mysteron devices - are unveiled at a top secret location.

  • E10 Special Assignment

    7.0

    Dec 1, 1967 · 26m

    Captain Scarlet resigns from Spectrum and deals arms to Captain Black! Can our hero really have joined the Mysterons?

  • E11 The Heart of New York

    6.0

    Dec 8, 1967 · 26m

    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.

  • E12 Lunarville 7

    9.0

    Dec 15, 1967 · 26m

    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.

  • E13 Point 783

    7.0

    Dec 22, 1967 · 26m

    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.

  • E14 Model Spy

    6.0

    Dec 29, 1967 · 26m

    Captain Scarlet goes undercover as a Fashion PR when models are endangered by the Mysterons.

  • E15 Seek and Destroy

    10.0

    Jan 5, 1968 · 26m

    In a plot to kill the spectrum Angels, the Mysterons get into a thrilling mid-air dogfight with Melody, Rhapsody and Harmony.

  • E16 Renegade Rocket

    6.0

    Jan 19, 1968 · 26m

    A major is killed, resurrected and controlled by the Mysterons with the dastardly aim of launching a Variable Geometry Rocket!

  • E17 Crater 101

    9.0

    Jan 26, 1968 · 26m

    A dangerous lunar mission turns deadly for Scarlet, Blue and Lieutenant Green.

  • E18 Shadow of Fear

    6.0

    Feb 2, 1968 · 26m

    Astronomers at K14 Observatory are monitoring signals from a hidden satellite that has made a successful landing on the Martian moon Phobos.

  • E19 Dangerous Rendezvous

    8.0

    Feb 9, 1968 · 26m

    Following a special discovery, Spectrum makes contact with the Mysterons in order to negotiate peace.

  • E20 Fire at Rig 15

    8.0

    Feb 16, 1968 · 26m

    An oil rig inferno enables the Mysterons to gain control of an explosives expert for deadly and destructive purposes.

  • E21 Treble Cross

    9.0

    Feb 23, 1968 · 26m

    A world Air Force Major is killed and reconstructed by the Mysterons in order to destroy the world capital.

  • E22 Flight 104

    9.0

    Mar 1, 1968 · 26m

    A flight carrying Scarlet, Blue and their ward Dr Conrad - a leading astrophysicist - is put in jeopardy by the Mysterons.

  • E23 Place of Angels

    7.0

    Mar 8, 1968 · 26m

    The Mysterons steal a deadly virus and threaten to drop it into the Los Angeles water supply.

  • E24 Noose of Ice

    10.0

    Mar 12, 1968 · 26m

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

  • E25 Expo 2068

    8.0

    Mar 26, 1968 · 26m

    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.

  • E26 The Launching

    8.0

    Apr 2, 1968 · 26m

    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!

  • E27 Codename Europa

    8.0

    Apr 9, 1968 · 26m

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

  • E28 Inferno

    10.0

    Apr 16, 1968 · 26m

    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.

  • E29 Traitor

    7.0

    Apr 23, 1968 · 26m

    The finger of blame points at Captain Scarlet after a series of hovercraft accidents.

  • E30 Flight to Atlantica

    9.0

    Apr 30, 1968 · 26m

    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.

  • E31 Attack on Cloudbase

    10.0

    May 7, 1968 · 26m

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

  • E32 The Inquisition

    5.0

    May 14, 1968 · 26m

    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.