Season 1

Captain Scarlet and the MysteronsSeason 1

1967
32 Episodes

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
S01E01
9.0

The Mysterons

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.

29 Sept 196728m
Winged Assassin
S01E02
8.0

Winged Assassin

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.

06 Oct 196726m
Big Ben Strikes Again
S01E03
7.0

Big Ben Strikes Again

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

13 Oct 196726m
Manhunt
S01E04
8.0

Manhunt

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.

20 Oct 196726m
Avalanche
S01E05
8.0

Avalanche

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

27 Oct 196726m
White as Snow
S01E06
8.0

White as Snow

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.

03 Nov 196726m
The Trap
S01E07
8.0

The Trap

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...

10 Nov 196726m
Operation Time
S01E08
7.0

Operation Time

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.

17 Nov 196726m
Spectrum Strikes Back
S01E09
6.0

Spectrum Strikes Back

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

24 Nov 196726m
Special Assignment
S01E10
7.0

Special Assignment

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

01 Dec 196726m
The Heart of New York
S01E11
6.0

The Heart of New York

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.

08 Dec 196726m
Lunarville 7
S01E12
9.0

Lunarville 7

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.

15 Dec 196726m
Point 783
S01E13
7.0

Point 783

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.

22 Dec 196726m
Model Spy
S01E14
6.0

Model Spy

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

29 Dec 196726m
Seek and Destroy
S01E15
10.0

Seek and Destroy

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

05 Jan 196826m
Renegade Rocket
S01E16
6.0

Renegade Rocket

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

19 Jan 196826m
Crater 101
S01E17
9.0

Crater 101

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

26 Jan 196826m
Shadow of Fear
S01E18
6.0

Shadow of Fear

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

02 Feb 196826m
Dangerous Rendezvous
S01E19
8.0

Dangerous Rendezvous

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

09 Feb 196826m
Fire at Rig 15
S01E20
8.0

Fire at Rig 15

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

16 Feb 196826m
Treble Cross
S01E21
9.0

Treble Cross

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

23 Feb 196826m
Flight 104
S01E22
9.0

Flight 104

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

01 Mar 196826m
Place of Angels
S01E23
7.0

Place of Angels

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

08 Mar 196826m
Noose of Ice
S01E24
10.0

Noose of Ice

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

12 Mar 196826m
Expo 2068
S01E25
8.0

Expo 2068

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.

26 Mar 196826m
The Launching
S01E26
8.0

The Launching

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!

02 Apr 196826m
Codename Europa
S01E27
8.0

Codename Europa

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

09 Apr 196826m
Inferno
S01E28
10.0

Inferno

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.

16 Apr 196826m
Traitor
S01E29
7.0

Traitor

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

23 Apr 196826m
Flight to Atlantica
S01E30
9.0

Flight to Atlantica

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.

30 Apr 196826m
Attack on Cloudbase
S01E31
10.0

Attack on Cloudbase

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

07 May 196826m
The Inquisition
S01E32
5.0

The Inquisition

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.

14 May 196826m