In 2068, the indestructible Captain Scarlet leads the agents of Spectrum in a war of nerves against the Mysterons, who seek revenge for the accidental destruction of their base on Mars.In 2068, the indestructible Captain Scarlet leads the agents of Spectrum in a war of nerves against the Mysterons, who seek revenge for the accidental destruction of their base on Mars.In 2068, the indestructible Captain Scarlet leads the agents of Spectrum in a war of nerves against the Mysterons, who seek revenge for the accidental destruction of their base on Mars.
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- TriviaThe voice of the Mysterons, and hence that of Captain Black as a Mysteron agent, was produced by having Donald Gray read his lines as its provider at normal speed whilst the tape recorder was accelerated; when the tape recording was played back at normal speed, the sound of Gray's voice became deeper and slower than his own, and hence more ominous and menacing.
- GoofsIn Spectrum Strikes Back (1967) it is mentioned that the only thing that can kill a Mysteron agent is high voltage electricity and that Spectrum has made an anti-Mysteron gun. However in both previous and following episodes we see normal guns with bullets killing Mysteron agents. Plus the Mysteron Gun does not appear in any other episodes except this one.
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Captain Black: This is Captain Black, relaying instructions from the Mysterons on mars. You know what you must do.
- Crazy creditsThe opening credit sequence of some early episodes ends with the spoken warning: "Captain Scarlet is indestructible. You are not - remember this. Do not try to imitate him."
- Alternate versionsFour episodes were edited together with some new special effects for a 1980 TV Movie titled Captain Scarlet vs. the Mysterons (1980). A further compilation of the four lunar based episodes were compiled a year later for a sequel entitled Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars (1981).
- ConnectionsEdited into Captain Scarlet vs. the Mysterons (1980)
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Technically superior but lacks charm of 'Thunderbirds'
Anderson's follow up to 'Thunderbirds' is far more brutal and pessimistic about the future. Virtually every episode begins with the Mysterons murdering someone to 'reconstruct' them under their control. The puppets are technically superior to ThunderBirds, Stingray etc and the special effects by Derek Meddings and co are excellent. There are some nice touches-the multi-racial, equal opportunity organisation 'Spectrum', the puppet 'guest stars',particularly the Robert Mitchum lookalike, and the fact that Colonel White, the Spectrum commander and the Mysterons share the same voice (is this symbolically significant as opposed to Anderson economising on actors?).However, overall it lacked the charm and innocent appeal of its predecessors. For pedants like me there were also some holes in the basic concept. It was quietly forgotten that Captain Scarlet himself was not the original but a Mysteron reconstruction. Was there no danger of him being taken over again? Like the workings of the Star Trek transporter the exact nature of his indestructibility was left vague. In the opening credits he is shown to be bullet proof, but in the series itself he just seems to be able to recover quickly from catastrophic injuries. Anyway, as far as I recall none of the other Mysteron agents were indestructible so why was he? Anderson is reputedly remaking the series as of 2003 so perhaps we'll learn some answers. Hope it's better than some of his latter day shows like 'Terrahawks' and the abysmal 'Space Precinct'
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By what name was Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (1967) officially released in India in English?
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