The Worst Episodes of Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons

#1 Worst Episode
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6.6/10(87 votes)
#1 - The Inquisition
S1:E325/14/1968
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.
Director:Ken Turner
Writer:Tony Barwick
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Director:Ken Turner
Writer:Tony Barwick
7.0/10(93 votes)
#2 - Renegade Rocket
S1:E161/19/1968
A major is killed, resurrected and controlled by the Mysterons with the dastardly aim of launching a Variable Geometry Rocket!
Director:Brian Burgess
Writer:Ralph Hart
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Director:Brian Burgess
Writer:Ralph Hart
7.1/10(84 votes)
#3 - Traitor
S1:E294/23/1968
The finger of blame points at Captain Scarlet after a series of hovercraft accidents.
Director:Alan Perry
Writer:Tony Barwick
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Director:Alan Perry
Writer:Tony Barwick
7.3/10(85 votes)
#4 - Model Spy
S1:E1412/29/1967
Captain Scarlet goes undercover as a Fashion PR when models are endangered by the Mysterons.
Director:Ken Turner
Writer:Bill Hedley
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Director:Ken Turner
Writer:Bill Hedley
7.4/10(99 votes)
#5 - Spectrum Strikes Back
S1:E911/24/1967
The Mysteron Gun and the Mysteron detector - two new anti-Mysteron devices - are unveiled at a top secret location.
Director:Ken Turner
Writer:Tony Barwick
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Director:Ken Turner
Writer:Tony Barwick
7.4/10(82 votes)
#6 - Fire at Rig 15
S1:E202/16/1968
An oil rig inferno enables the Mysterons to gain control of an explosives expert for deadly and destructive purposes.
Director:Ken Turner
Writer:Bryan Cooper
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Director:Ken Turner
Writer:Bryan Cooper

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7.4/10(81 votes)
#7 - Expo 2068
S1:E253/26/1968
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.
Director:Leo Eaton
Writer:Shane Rimmer
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Director:Leo Eaton
Writer:Shane Rimmer
7.5/10(104 votes)
#8 - The Trap
S1:E711/10/1967
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...
Director:Alan Perry
Writer:Alan Pattillo
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Director:Alan Perry
Writer:Alan Pattillo
7.5/10(100 votes)
#9 - Point 783
S1:E1312/22/1967
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.
Director:Robert Lynn
Writers:Peter Curran, David Williams
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Director:Robert Lynn
Writers:Peter Curran, David Williams
7.5/10(93 votes)
#10 - Shadow of Fear
S1:E182/2/1968
Astronomers at K14 Observatory are monitoring signals from a hidden satellite that has made a successful landing on the Martian moon Phobos.
Director:Robert Lynn
Writer:Tony Barwick
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Director:Robert Lynn
Writer:Tony Barwick
7.5/10(90 votes)
#11 - Seek and Destroy
S1:E151/5/1968
In a plot to kill the spectrum Angels, the Mysterons get into a thrilling mid-air dogfight with Melody, Rhapsody and Harmony.
Director:Alan Perry
Writers:Peter Curran, David Williams
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Director:Alan Perry
Writers:Peter Curran, David Williams
7.6/10(119 votes)
#12 - Manhunt
S1:E410/20/1967
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.
Director:Alan Perry
Writer:Tony Barwick
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Director:Alan Perry
Writer:Tony Barwick
7.6/10(103 votes)
#13 - Operation Time
S1:E811/17/1967
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.
Director:Ken Turner
Writers:Richard Conway, Stephen J. Mattick
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Director:Ken Turner
Writers:Richard Conway, Stephen J. Mattick
7.6/10(87 votes)
#14 - Flight to Atlantica
S1:E304/30/1968
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.
Director:Leo Eaton
Writer:Tony Barwick
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Director:Leo Eaton
Writer:Tony Barwick
7.6/10(85 votes)
#15 - Dangerous Rendezvous
S1:E192/9/1968
Following a special discovery, Spectrum makes contact with the Mysterons in order to negotiate peace.
Director:Brian Burgess
Writer:Tony Barwick
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Director:Brian Burgess
Writer:Tony Barwick
7.6/10(83 votes)
#16 - Inferno
S1:E284/16/1968
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.
Director:Alan Perry
Writers:Shane Rimmer, Tony Barwick
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Director:Alan Perry
Writers:Shane Rimmer, Tony Barwick
7.6/10(79 votes)
#17 - Codename Europa
S1:E274/9/1968
The Mysterons threaten to destroy the Triumvirate of Europe, the three most powerful men on Earth after the World President.
Director:Alan Perry
Writer:David Lee
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Director:Alan Perry
Writer:David Lee
7.7/10(82 votes)
#18 - Flight 104
S1:E223/1/1968
A flight carrying Scarlet, Blue and their ward Dr Conrad - a leading astrophysicist - is put in jeopardy by the Mysterons.
Director:Robert Lynn
Writer:Tony Barwick
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Director:Robert Lynn
Writer:Tony Barwick
7.7/10(92 votes)
#19 - Special Assignment
S1:E1012/1/1967
Captain Scarlet resigns from Spectrum and deals arms to Captain Black! Can our hero really have joined the Mysterons?
Director:Robert Lynn
Writer:Tony Barwick
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Director:Robert Lynn
Writer:Tony Barwick
7.8/10(80 votes)
#20 - Treble Cross
S1:E212/23/1968
A world Air Force Major is killed and reconstructed by the Mysterons in order to destroy the world capital.
Director:Alan Perry
Writer:Tony Barwick
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Director:Alan Perry
Writer:Tony Barwick
7.8/10(81 votes)
#21 - The Launching
S1:E264/2/1968
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!
Director:Brian Burgess
Writers:Peter Curran, David Williams
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Director:Brian Burgess
Writers:Peter Curran, David Williams
7.8/10(83 votes)
#22 - Place of Angels
S1:E233/8/1968
The Mysterons steal a deadly virus and threaten to drop it into the Los Angeles water supply.
Director:Leo Eaton
Writer:Leo Eaton
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Director:Leo Eaton
Writer:Leo Eaton
7.8/10(86 votes)
#23 - Noose of Ice
S1:E243/12/1968
Tritonium alloy mining operations at Hotspot Tower in the North Pole are threatened when a Mysteron agent cuts the power to vital heating elements.
Director:Ken Turner
Writer:Tony Barwick
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Director:Ken Turner
Writer:Tony Barwick
7.8/10(98 votes)
#24 - The Heart of New York
S1:E1112/8/1967
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.
Director:Alan Perry
Writer:Tony Barwick
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Director:Alan Perry
Writer:Tony Barwick
7.8/10(101 votes)
#25 - Attack on Cloudbase
S1:E315/7/1968
After the Mysterons threaten Spectrum's Cloudbase headquarters, a large fast-moving trace appears on the radar.
Director:Ken Turner
Writer:Tony Barwick
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Director:Ken Turner
Writer:Tony Barwick