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Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons: Season 1

32 episodes Premiered Sep 29, 1967 Updated Jul 29, 2026

Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons is a British Supermarionation television series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson. The series premiered in 1967 and consists of one season. The show is set in 2068 and revolves around the war between Earth and the Mysterons, a Martian enemy. The world security organisation, Spectrum, is led by Captain Scarlet, an indestructible agent who fights against the Mysterons. The series is

Season overview

Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons is a British Supermarionation television series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson. The series premiered in 1967 and consists of one season. The show is set in 2068 and revolves around the war between Earth and the Mysterons, a Martian enemy. The world security organisation, Spectrum, is led by Captain Scarlet, an indestructible agent who fights against the Mysterons. The series is classified as Action & Adventure, Animation, and Sci-Fi & Fantasy. The show's opening credits feature a warning that Captain Scarlet is indestructible, while the viewer is not. The series was produced in 1967 and 1968, and its format is characteristic of the Supermarionation style, which combines puppetry and live-action elements.

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Episodes

S1·E1

The Mysterons

Sep 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.

S1·E2

Winged Assassin

Oct 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 Lon

S1·E3

Big Ben Strikes Again

Oct 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

S1·E4

Manhunt

Oct 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

S1·E5

Avalanche

Oct 27, 1967 · 26 min

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

S1·E6

White as Snow

Nov 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.

S1·E7

The Trap

Nov 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 deleg

S1·E8

Operation Time

Nov 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 De

S1·E9

Spectrum Strikes Back

Nov 24, 1967 · 26 min

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

S1·E10

Special Assignment

Dec 1, 1967 · 26 min

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

S1·E11

The Heart of New York

Dec 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.

S1·E12

Lunarville 7

Dec 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.

S1·E13

Point 783

Dec 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

S1·E14

Model Spy

Dec 29, 1967 · 26 min

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

S1·E15

Seek and Destroy

Jan 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.

S1·E16

Renegade Rocket

Jan 19, 1968 · 26 min

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

S1·E17

Crater 101

Jan 26, 1968 · 26 min

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

S1·E18

Shadow of Fear

Feb 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.

S1·E19

Dangerous Rendezvous

Feb 9, 1968 · 26 min

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

S1·E20

Fire at Rig 15

Feb 16, 1968 · 26 min

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

S1·E21

Treble Cross

Feb 23, 1968 · 26 min

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

S1·E22

Flight 104

Mar 1, 1968 · 26 min

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

S1·E23

Place of Angels

Mar 8, 1968 · 26 min

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

S1·E24

Noose of Ice

Mar 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.

S1·E25

Expo 2068

Mar 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.

S1·E26

The Launching

Apr 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,

S1·E27

Codename Europa

Apr 9, 1968 · 26 min

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

S1·E28

Inferno

Apr 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.

S1·E29

Traitor

Apr 23, 1968 · 26 min

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

S1·E30

Flight to Atlantica

Apr 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

S1·E31

Attack on Cloudbase

May 7, 1968 · 26 min

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

S1·E32

The Inquisition

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 agen