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The Best Episodes of Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons

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The Best Episodes of Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons

Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, often referred to as Captain Scarlet, is a 1960s British science-fiction television series produced by the Century 21 Productions company...

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  1. 8.1/10(148 votes)

    #1 - The Mysterons

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    S1:E1

    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"?

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  2. 8.0/10(83 votes)

    #2 - Lunarville 7

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    S1:E12

    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.

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    Director:Robert Lynn
  3. 7.8/10(106 votes)

    #3 - Big Ben Strikes Again

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    S1:E3

    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.

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  4. 7.8/10(88 votes)

    #4 - White as Snow

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    S1:E6

    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.

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  5. 7.8/10(73 votes)

    #5 - Crater 101

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    S1:E17

    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.

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    Director:Ken Turner
  6. 7.7/10(114 votes)

    #6 - Winged Assassin

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    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.

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    Director:David Lane
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  8. 7.7/10(92 votes)

    #7 - Avalanche

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    S1:E5

    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.

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  9. 7.7/10(65 votes)

    #8 - Treble Cross

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    S1:E21

    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.

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    Director:Alan Perry
  10. 7.7/10(72 votes)

    #9 - Place of Angels

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    S1:E23

    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.

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    Director:Leo Eaton
    Writer:Leo Eaton
  11. 7.7/10(73 votes)

    #10 - Noose of Ice

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    S1:E24

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

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    Director:Ken Turner
  12. 7.7/10(69 votes)

    #11 - The Launching

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    S1:E26

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

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  13. 7.7/10(86 votes)

    #12 - Attack on Cloudbase

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    S1:E31

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

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    Director:Ken Turner
  14. 7.6/10(100 votes)

    #13 - Manhunt

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    S1:E4

    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.

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    Director:Alan Perry
  15. 7.6/10(88 votes)

    #14 - Operation Time

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    S1:E8

    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.

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  16. 7.6/10(77 votes)

    #15 - Special Assignment

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    S1:E10

    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.

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    Director:Robert Lynn
  17. 7.6/10(83 votes)

    #16 - The Heart of New York

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    S1:E11

    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.

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    Director:Alan Perry
  18. 7.6/10(73 votes)

    #17 - Dangerous Rendezvous

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    S1:E19

    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.

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  19. 7.6/10(67 votes)

    #18 - Flight 104

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    S1:E22

    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.

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    Director:Robert Lynn
  20. 7.6/10(67 votes)

    #19 - Codename Europa

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    S1:E27

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

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    Director:Alan Perry
    Writer:David Lee
  21. 7.5/10(73 votes)

    #20 - Seek and Destroy

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    S1:E15

    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.

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  22. 7.5/10(69 votes)

    #21 - Inferno

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    S1:E28

    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.

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  23. 7.5/10(73 votes)

    #22 - Flight to Atlantica

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    S1:E30

    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.

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    Director:Leo Eaton
  24. 7.4/10(89 votes)

    #23 - The Trap

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    S1:E7

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

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    Director:Alan Perry
  25. 7.4/10(84 votes)

    #24 - Point 783

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    S1:E13

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

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  26. 7.4/10(78 votes)

    #25 - Shadow of Fear

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    S1:E18

    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.

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    Director:Robert Lynn

Best Episodes Summary

"The Mysterons" is the best rated episode of "Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons". It scored 8.1/10 based on 148 votes. Directed by Desmond Saunders and written by Sylvia Anderson, Gerry Anderson, it aired on 9/29/1967. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Lunarville 7".