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The Worst Episodes of Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons

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The Worst 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. 6.6/10(73 votes)

    #1 - The Inquisition

    S1:E32

    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.

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    Director:Ken Turner
  2. 6.9/10(79 votes)

    #2 - Renegade Rocket

    S1:E16

    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.

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    Director:Brian Burgess
    Writer:Ralph Hart
  3. 7.2/10(73 votes)

    #3 - Model Spy

    S1:E14

    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.

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    Director:Ken Turner
  4. 7.2/10(69 votes)

    #4 - Traitor

    S1:E29

    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.

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    Director:Alan Perry
  5. 7.4/10(91 votes)

    #5 - The Trap

    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
  6. 7.4/10(87 votes)

    #6 - Spectrum Strikes Back

    S1:E9

    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.

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    Director:Ken Turner
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  8. 7.4/10(80 votes)

    #7 - Shadow of Fear

    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
  9. 7.4/10(72 votes)

    #8 - Fire at Rig 15

    S1:E20

    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.

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    Director:Ken Turner
  10. 7.4/10(69 votes)

    #9 - Expo 2068

    S1:E25

    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.

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    Director:Leo Eaton
  11. 7.5/10(85 votes)

    #10 - Point 783

    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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  12. 7.5/10(75 votes)

    #11 - Seek and Destroy

    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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  13. 7.5/10(70 votes)

    #12 - Inferno

    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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  14. 7.6/10(102 votes)

    #13 - Manhunt

    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(90 votes)

    #14 - Operation Time

    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(78 votes)

    #15 - Special Assignment

    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(74 votes)

    #16 - Dangerous Rendezvous

    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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  18. 7.6/10(68 votes)

    #17 - Flight 104

    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
  19. 7.6/10(68 votes)

    #18 - Codename Europa

    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
  20. 7.6/10(74 votes)

    #19 - Flight to Atlantica

    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
  21. 7.7/10(115 votes)

    #20 - Winged Assassin

    S1:E2

    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
  22. 7.7/10(94 votes)

    #21 - Avalanche

    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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  23. 7.7/10(84 votes)

    #22 - The Heart of New York

    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
  24. 7.7/10(73 votes)

    #23 - Place of Angels

    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
  25. 7.7/10(70 votes)

    #24 - The Launching

    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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  26. 7.7/10(87 votes)

    #25 - Attack on Cloudbase

    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

Worst Episodes Summary

"The Inquisition" is the worst rated episode of "Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons". It scored 6.6/10 based on 73 votes. Directed by Ken Turner and written by Tony Barwick, it aired on 5/14/1968. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Renegade Rocket".