Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons: Season 1

Air Date

September 29, 1967

Episodes

32 episodes

Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons

Season 1

Overview

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

The Mysterons

1. The Mysterons

9.0
September 29, 1967
28 min

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.

Winged Assassin

2. Winged Assassin

8.0
October 6, 1967
26 min

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.

Big Ben Strikes Again

3. Big Ben Strikes Again

7.0
October 13, 1967
26 min

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

Manhunt

4. Manhunt

8.0
October 20, 1967
26 min

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.

Avalanche

5. Avalanche

8.0
October 27, 1967
26 min

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

White as Snow

6. White as Snow

8.0
November 3, 1967
26 min

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.

The Trap

7. The Trap

8.0
November 10, 1967
26 min

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...

Operation Time

8. Operation Time

7.0
November 17, 1967
26 min

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.

Spectrum Strikes Back

9. Spectrum Strikes Back

6.0
November 24, 1967
26 min

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

Special Assignment

10. Special Assignment

7.0
December 1, 1967
26 min

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

The Heart of New York

11. The Heart of New York

6.0
December 8, 1967
26 min

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.

Lunarville 7

12. Lunarville 7

9.0
December 15, 1967
26 min

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.

Point 783

13. Point 783

7.0
December 22, 1967
26 min

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.

Model Spy

14. Model Spy

6.0
December 29, 1967
26 min

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

Seek and Destroy

15. Seek and Destroy

10.0
January 5, 1968
26 min

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

Renegade Rocket

16. Renegade Rocket

6.0
January 19, 1968
26 min

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

Crater 101

17. Crater 101

9.0
January 26, 1968
26 min

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

Shadow of Fear

18. Shadow of Fear

6.0
February 2, 1968
26 min

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

Dangerous Rendezvous

19. Dangerous Rendezvous

8.0
February 9, 1968
26 min

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

Fire at Rig 15

20. Fire at Rig 15

8.0
February 16, 1968
26 min

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

Treble Cross

21. Treble Cross

9.0
February 23, 1968
26 min

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

Flight 104

22. Flight 104

9.0
March 1, 1968
26 min

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

Place of Angels

23. Place of Angels

7.0
March 8, 1968
26 min

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

Noose of Ice

24. Noose of Ice

10.0
March 12, 1968
26 min

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

Expo 2068

25. Expo 2068

8.0
March 26, 1968
26 min

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.

The Launching

26. The Launching

8.0
April 2, 1968
26 min

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!

Codename Europa

27. Codename Europa

8.0
April 9, 1968
26 min

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

Inferno

28. Inferno

10.0
April 16, 1968
26 min

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.

Traitor

29. Traitor

7.0
April 23, 1968
26 min

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

Flight to Atlantica

30. Flight to Atlantica

9.0
April 30, 1968
26 min

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.

Attack on Cloudbase

31. Attack on Cloudbase

10.0
May 7, 1968
26 min

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

The Inquisition

32. The Inquisition

5.0
May 14, 1968
26 min

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.