The Mysterons

rdf:langString The Mysterons

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rdf:langString A man dressed in a scarlet uniform and cap holds a suited male civilian hostage, using the civilian as a shield while pointing a gun at an off-screen enemy. The agent and hostage are standing on a metal structure, which is shown to be high above the ground due to the scale of the buildings and streets below them.

rdf:langString The Mysteron double of Captain Scarlet holds the World President hostage.

rdf:langString Len Walter

rdf:langString List of Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons episodes

rdf:langString *Paul Maxwell as :World President *Charles Tingwell as :Captain Brown :Lieutenant Dean :Spectrum Helicopter A42 Pilot :Spectrum Headquarters, London *Jeremy Wilkin as :Human Captain Black :Delta Garage Attendant :Radio Speaker

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rdf:langString The finger is on the trigger. About to unleash a force with terrible powers, beyond the comprehension of man. This force we shall know as "the Mysterons" ... This man will be our hero, for fate will make him indestructible. His name: Captain Scarlet. ... This is the trigger: a Martian Exploration Vehicle. Inside, three men from Earth ...

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rdf:langString — Title sequence narration, unique to this episode, by Ed Bishop in character as Captain Blue.

rdf:langString Gerry and Sylvia Anderson

rdf:langString "The Mysterons" (sometimes referred to incorrectly as "Mars – 2068 A.D.") is the first 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 (originally AP Films or APF). Written by the Andersons and directed by Desmond Saunders, it was first officially broadcast on 29 September 1967 on ATV Midlands, although it had received an unscheduled test screening in the London area five months earlier. Set in 2068, the series depicts a "war of nerves" between Earth and the Mysterons: a hostile race of Martians with the ability to create functioning copies of destroyed people or objects and use these reconstructions to carry out specific acts of aggression against humanity. Earth is defended by a military organisation called Spectrum, whose top agent, Captain Scarlet, was murdered by the Mysterons and replaced with a reconstruction that later broke free of their control. The double of Scarlet has powers of self-repair that enable him to recover from injuries that would be fatal to any other person, which make him Spectrum's best asset in its fight against the Mysterons. The first episode begins with a crew of human astronauts destroying the Mysteron city on Mars over a misunderstanding, after which the Mysterons reconstruct the settlement and declare war on humanity. On Earth, Captain Scarlet and fellow Spectrum officer Captain Brown are killed in a car crash and replaced with Mysteron doubles programmed to carry out the aliens' first threat – to assassinate the World President. "The Mysterons" was filmed in January 1967. The finished episode differs significantly from the Andersons' "pilot" script, especially with regard to Scarlet's biology as a Mysteron double. Patrick McGoohan was intended to voice the World President but scheduling conflicts and budget constraints prevented his casting. The episode was well received by the voice cast after it was completed and has since been praised by critics. It has drawn comment for its levels of violence, particularly during a scene in which Brown's double physically explodes. The episode was adapted for audio in 1967 and novelised in 1993.

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