Captain Scarlet (and the Mysterons) will be the latest of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s classic Supermarionation TV series to be shown on Talking Pictures TV! The series arrives Saturday, June 1 at 3 pm. You can read the Gerry Anderson website press release here.
The series was first shown between September 1967 and May 1968, and depicted the adventures of global security organisation Spectrum defending the Earth from an accidentally triggered war between themselves and the malevolent Mysterons from Mars. The indestructible Captain Scarlet leads the fight against the Mysterons, who in turn are spearheaded by their Earth-based operative, former Spectrum agent Captain Black.
The terrifying Mysterons, identified only through their disembodied voice and iconic projected green rings, poses the power of retrometabolism and are able to destroy and replicate a person or vehicle to become under their control. The indestructible Captain Scarlet, himself a recovered Mysteron doppelganger, leads the charge in defending the Earth from the Mysterons’ war of nerves!
I remember watching this one many of repeats in the ’70s — not sure if I saw it when it was originally broadcast. It always struck me as being very dark, and it’s easy to watch the opening and decide the “accidentally triggered” war was largely the fault of human explorers on Mars.
I will definitely be setting the recorder. Until then, here’s a taster:
Symmetry Junction 