Season 1
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Season 1

32 Episodes1967

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!

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Episodes (32)

The Mysterons
Ep 1

The Mysterons

1967-09-2928m
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
Ep 2

Winged Assassin

1967-10-0626m
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
Ep 3

Big Ben Strikes Again

1967-10-1326m
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
Ep 4

Manhunt

1967-10-2026m
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
Ep 5

Avalanche

1967-10-2726m
The Mysterons threaten to destroy key links in the Frost Line Outer Space Defence System.
White as Snow
Ep 6

White as Snow

1967-11-0326m
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
Ep 7

The Trap

1967-11-1026m
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
Ep 8

Operation Time

1967-11-1726m
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
Ep 9

Spectrum Strikes Back

1967-11-2426m
The Mysteron Gun and the Mysteron detector - two new anti-Mysteron devices - are unveiled at a top secret location.
Special Assignment
Ep 10

Special Assignment

1967-12-0126m
Captain Scarlet resigns from Spectrum and deals arms to Captain Black! Can our hero really have joined the Mysterons?
The Heart of New York
Ep 11

The Heart of New York

6.0
1967-12-0826m
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
Ep 12

Lunarville 7

1967-12-1526m
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
Ep 13

Point 783

1967-12-2226m
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
Ep 14

Model Spy

1967-12-2926m
Captain Scarlet goes undercover as a Fashion PR when models are endangered by the Mysterons.
Seek and Destroy
Ep 15

Seek and Destroy

1968-01-0526m
In a plot to kill the spectrum Angels, the Mysterons get into a thrilling mid-air dogfight with Melody, Rhapsody and Harmony.
Renegade Rocket
Ep 16

Renegade Rocket

1968-01-1926m
A major is killed, resurrected and controlled by the Mysterons with the dastardly aim of launching a Variable Geometry Rocket!
Crater 101
Ep 17

Crater 101

1968-01-2626m
A dangerous lunar mission turns deadly for Scarlet, Blue and Lieutenant Green.
Shadow of Fear
Ep 18

Shadow of Fear

1968-02-0226m
Astronomers at K14 Observatory are monitoring signals from a hidden satellite that has made a successful landing on the Martian moon Phobos.
Dangerous Rendezvous
Ep 19

Dangerous Rendezvous

1968-02-0926m
Following a special discovery, Spectrum makes contact with the Mysterons in order to negotiate peace.
Fire at Rig 15
Ep 20

Fire at Rig 15

1968-02-1626m
An oil rig inferno enables the Mysterons to gain control of an explosives expert for deadly and destructive purposes.
Treble Cross
Ep 21

Treble Cross

1968-02-2326m
A world Air Force Major is killed and reconstructed by the Mysterons in order to destroy the world capital.
Flight 104
Ep 22

Flight 104

1968-03-0126m
A flight carrying Scarlet, Blue and their ward Dr Conrad - a leading astrophysicist - is put in jeopardy by the Mysterons.
Place of Angels
Ep 23

Place of Angels

6.0
1968-03-0826m
The Mysterons steal a deadly virus and threaten to drop it into the Los Angeles water supply.
Noose of Ice
Ep 24

Noose of Ice

1968-03-1226m
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
Ep 25

Expo 2068

1968-03-2626m
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
Ep 26

The Launching

1968-04-0226m
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
Ep 27

Codename Europa

1968-04-0926m
The Mysterons threaten to destroy the Triumvirate of Europe, the three most powerful men on Earth after the World President.
Inferno
Ep 28

Inferno

1968-04-1626m
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
Ep 29

Traitor

1968-04-2326m
The finger of blame points at Captain Scarlet after a series of hovercraft accidents.
Flight to Atlantica
Ep 30

Flight to Atlantica

1968-04-3026m
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
Ep 31

Attack on Cloudbase

1968-05-0726m
After the Mysterons threaten Spectrum's Cloudbase headquarters, a large fast-moving trace appears on the radar.
The Inquisition
Ep 32

The Inquisition

1968-05-1426m
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.