The Launching

rdf:langString The Launching

rdf:langString Brian Burgess

rdf:langString John Beaton

rdf:langString List of Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons episodes

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rdf:langString Sylvia Anderson as Trans-Pacific VP's Wife

rdf:langString *Gary Files as Mervin Brand *David Healy as President Roberts *Martin King as Trans-Pacific Vice President *Jeremy Wilkin as Tribune Controller

rdf:langString Ted Catford

rdf:langString SCA 16

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rdf:langString "The Launching" is the 29th episode of Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, a British Supermarionation television series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and filmed by their production company Century 21 Productions. Written by Peter Curran and David Williams and directed by Brian Burgess, it was first broadcast on 2 April 1968 on ATV Midlands. Set in 2068, the series depicts a "war of nerves" between Earth and the Mysterons: a race of Martians with the power to create functioning copies of destroyed people or objects and use them to carry out acts of aggression against humanity. Earth is defended by a military organisation called Spectrum, whose top agent, Captain Scarlet, was killed by the Mysterons and replaced by a reconstruction that subsequently broke free of their control. Scarlet's double has a self-healing power that enables him to recover from injuries that would be fatal to anyone else, making him Spectrum's best asset in its fight against the Mysterons. In "The Launching", Spectrum is mobilised to protect Roberts, the President of the United States, from assassination by the Mysterons. However, as the Mysterons' self-imposed deadline looms, Scarlet realises that Spectrum has misinterpreted the threat.

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