8.1/10144 votes#1 - The Mysterons
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/1967
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"?
Director: Desmond Saunders
Writer: Sylvia Anderson, Gerry Anderson
7.8/10110 votes#2 - Winged Assassin
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/6/1967
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.
Director: David Lane
Writer: Tony Barwick
7.8/10101 votes#3 - Big Ben Strikes Again
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/13/1967
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.
Director: Brian Burgess
Writer: Tony Barwick
7.6/1095 votes#4 - Manhunt
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/20/1967
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.
Director: Alan Perry
Writer: Tony Barwick
7.7/1087 votes#5 - Avalanche
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/27/1967
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.
Director: Brian Burgess
Writer: Shane Rimmer
7.8/1083 votes#6 - White as Snow
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/3/1967
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.
Director: Robert Lynn
Writer: Peter Curran, David Williams
7.4/1084 votes#7 - The Trap
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/10/1967
Following the latest Mysteron threat, Captain Scarlet is dispatched to supervise security at the International Air Conference at Glen Garry Castle in Scotland.
Director: Alan Perry
Writer: Alan Pattillo
7.5/1082 votes#8 - Operation Time
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/1967
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.
Director: Ken Turner
Writer: Stephen J. Mattick, Richard Conway
7.3/1079 votes#9 - Spectrum Strikes Back
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/24/1967
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.
Director: Ken Turner
Writer: Tony Barwick
7.5/1071 votes#10 - Special Assignment
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/1/1967
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.
Director: Robert Lynn
Writer: Tony Barwick
7.6/1078 votes#11 - The Heart of New York
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/8/1967
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.
Director: Alan Perry
Writer: Tony Barwick
8.0/1076 votes#12 - Lunarville 7
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/15/1967
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.
Director: Robert Lynn
Writer: Tony Barwick
7.4/1078 votes#13 - Point 783
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/22/1967
The Mysterons take control of an experimental super-tank in an attempt to assassinate the Supreme Commander of earths armed forces.
Director: Robert Lynn
Writer: Peter Curran, David Williams
7.1/1067 votes#14 - Model Spy
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/29/1967
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.
Director: Ken Turner
Writer: Bill Hedley
7.5/1069 votes#15 - Seek and Destroy
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/5/1968
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.
Director: Alan Perry
Writer: Peter Curran, David Williams
6.9/1072 votes#16 - Renegade Rocket
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/19/1968
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.
Director: Brian Burgess
Writer: Ralph Hart
7.7/1069 votes#17 - Crater 101
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/26/1968
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.
Director: Ken Turner
Writer: Tony Barwick
7.4/1074 votes#18 - Shadow of Fear
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/2/1968
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.
Director: Robert Lynn
Writer: Tony Barwick
7.6/1068 votes#19 - Dangerous Rendezvous
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/9/1968
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.
Director: Brian Burgess
Writer: Tony Barwick
7.4/1067 votes#20 - Fire at Rig 15
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/16/1968
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.
Director: Ken Turner
Writer: Bryan Cooper
7.7/1061 votes#21 - Treble Cross
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/23/1968
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.
Director: Alan Perry
Writer: Tony Barwick
7.6/1063 votes#22 - Flight 104
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/1/1968
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.
Director: Robert Lynn
Writer: Tony Barwick
7.7/1068 votes
7.8/1068 votes#24 - Noose of Ice
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/12/1968
Tritonium alloy mining operations at Hotspot Tower in the North Pole are threatened when a Mysteron agent cuts the power to vital heating elements.
Director: Ken Turner
Writer: Tony Barwick
7.3/1063 votes#25 - Expo 2068
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/26/1968
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.
Director: Leo Eaton
Writer: Shane Rimmer
The Best Episodes of Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons Season 1
Every episode of Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons Season 1!
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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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The Mysterons" is the best rated episode of "Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons" season 1. It scored 8.1/10 based on 144 votes. Directed by Desmond Saunders and written by Sylvia Anderson, Gerry Anderson, it aired on 9/29/1967. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Winged Assassin".