When I was a kid, one of the things I loved about this series was that the good guys didn't necessarily win. That was new to me. I also think it was a smart move, given that you knew the main character basically couldn't die.
This is the brilliance and daring of Captain Scarlet: it's a family show in which (a) it's about terrorism, (b) the humans are the initial (in error) aggressors, (c) there's always one act of retaliation carried out as a Mysteron duplicate agent requires the original to be killed first, and (d) at the end of the episode, the terrorists occasionally win. Yeah, try getting THAT made today.
I love the comment "This is where we normally have the honourable mentions, but I can't think of any, so here's some stuff blowing up instead" part. A very impressive collection though. Much appreciated.👍
In "Model Spy" it's glossed over but it is an excellent idea (for evil doers) to kill all on board the monorail. That way the real targets are disguised amongst the mass casualty event. There's your fridge horror / fridge logic for the day. :)
How was this show not an awesome experience for a kid growing up in the 60s! I would see myself biting nails not bearing the wait for it to come on the telly back then..
I had Shadow of Fear on VHS when I was a kid, must have only been 4 years old watching the Observatory get obliterated and the men getting massacred. Such glorious violence that you seldom see in kids shows anymore. Bring back Captain Scarlet!
I know it's only a dream sequence but had the events of Attack on Cloudbase actually happened that would have been one hell of a victory for The Mysterons! A very good vid, great job!
I think it should have been included because when I first saw it as a kid, circa 1967, and didn't get upset with story lines that used the dream sequence device, this episode scared the SNOT out of me. I thought there was no way Spectrum could recover. Thank heavens, I remember thinking, it was only a dream! Whew! A very vivid memory I might add.
Well technically it is because at the begginging of the episode symphony is shot down by an unkown thing it could have been the mysterons heck they could have used there spaceships and maybe there powers made symphony wander off instead of staying put and then making her collapse from the heat and then they make that dream
@@thefurrybastard1964 That's very plausible because the Mysterons very easily could win. They just prefer toying with Spectrum. They didn't take too kindly to Spectrum's talk of peace in 'Dangerous Rendezvous.'
You could have added the pilot/first episode of Captain Scarlet to the honorable mentions, because of how the Mysterons had killed hundreds of Spectrum personel at the Spectrum Maximum Security Building and how Captain Brown was killed and taken over by the Mysterons, along with Captain Black and Captain Scarlet. :D
I first viewed this Stateside, in '69 I believe. I was aware of Anderson & Co. even then but very quickly thought nearly aloud, "This is most definitely NOT Thunderbirds," with each episode broadcast on an NYC affiliate weekday afternoons, when the kids presumably returned from school. Good picks on this list, and I'll definitely go along with the top pick. Honorable Mention should go to "Fire at Rig 15" and "Flight to Atlantica". My favorite episode in which the Mysterons come THIS close to winning? "Big Ben Strikes Again," the first-third-or-so of which remains remarkably suspenseful.
It was a brilliant series but at the age of 6 I found it scary. Looking back on it I can see why. Captain Scarlet was a much darker and more sinister series than any of its predecessors. Had it been made with real actors rather than puppets it would have had a 15 rating.
This is the voice of the Mysterons we know that you can here us Earthmen. Your attack on our base will be avenged. We will get you in the new release of the series of he Mysterons and Captain Magenta. Scarlet is a waste of time he keeps coming back. Bugger!
Remember: The Mysterons are not "Space Villains," the Martian expedition led by SPECTRUM Captain Black were the aggressors, they destroyed the Mysterons no questions asked - but what a surprise!
remember when Captain Black got the clap in Monte Carlo and then he told them he was like " dayum son!! they call me Colonel White boiiiiiiiiii" and pulled out an 8 ball of cocaine
what about the last episode of captain scarlet? i remember the mysterons heading straight to skybase and made light work of it, destroying it...i remember a shot of captain white standing in defeat and the picture spinning...that was like wow, the bad guys won totally!
Some of these aren't exactly victories for the Mysterons. Yes, is some episodes have heavy casualties but it's Spectrum who won in the end. For example, in Point 783 and Model Spy the Mysterons' target is saved.
Love these - keep it up 👍🏽 I once had Captain Black as my answerphone message. He said… “This is Captain Black, relaying instructions from the Mysterons… You know what you must do…” Dum, Dum, Dum - DumDumDumDUM!! I had no cold-calling time-wasters call me after that … I must put it back on… where’s that episode… 👍🏽
This is exactly one of the reasons why Captain Scarlet was my favourite Gerry Anderson production! Even as a kid, I remembered being bored with how every show on TV had the heroes always win, which is obviously unrealistic. It makes me root for Spectrum as their victories feel earned!
In the pilot episode when The Mysterons try to assassinate the world president, although he escapes the maximum security building just before a Mysteronised Captain Brown explodes when in charge of his security, they don't take into account who else was in that building & perished when it went up.
Great list. Heart Of New York and Inferno are among my favourites Does Flight To Atlantica count? I'm just thinking; Captains Blue and Ochre are assigned to patrol around and protect the base in Atlantica, but due to the champagne they drank which got drugged by the Mysterons and as a result them not noticing that Captain Black has switched instructions, they end up bombing the base, therefore the Mysterons get their way.
They only succeeded in bombing the base's automated defence tower. Atlantica Base itself is saved when Scarlet shoots the bomber down, while Blue and Ochre manage to eject.
Watching Winged Assassin is somewhat of a bittersweet experience for me, it was one of the first episodes I saw as a kid and the DT-19 crash kind of haunted young me for a long time - not to mention the fact that the Mysterons succeed by essentially just a few dozen metres, if Scarlet had been just a little quicker the plane would have been stopped just short of the jet. Still an episode I very much enjoy though.
According to the Century 21 Tech Talk videos on your channel, Captain Grey was originally a WASP agent from Stingray. Is that correct, or just Brains's theory to connect the series together?
But they couldn't kill time, and the death of Dr Magnus showed spectrum the mysterons previously unknown vulnerability to electricity thus creating the mysteron gun.also the revelation of the mysterons inability to be penetrated by x Ray's lead to the creation of that camera to identify mysterons effectively
"Attack on Cloudbase" should have been the grand finale - instead of the "it was all a dream" bullshit, have it end with Cloudbase's destruction (and presumably, Colonel White and Captain Blue KIA along with most of the other Spectrum operatives), leaving Earth open for Mysteron rule (unless Captain Scarlet has an ace up his sleeve)... it would have given the series closure while at the same time doubling as a sequel hook for a continuation, maybe 20 years down the line.
Really hoping for a rerun of the new Captain Scarlet after the new Thunderbirds, or even better, a new series after Thunderbirds Are go. Perhaps we can get a Mysteron or Spectrum reference in the series?
The thing is, in comparing both Captain Scarlet and The Mysterons and New Captain Scarlet, The Mysterons were barely successful. If we remove partial victories like Avalanche or Noose of Ice, since they don't really count as a consecutive win. Episodes where The Mysterons are actually victorious are: Captain Scarlet and The Mysterons: Winged Assassin, The Shadow of Fear, Inferno. 3 episodes. New Captain Scarlet: Enigma. 1 episode. It's only a two episode difference, so I don't see why people have to keep going 'oh, but The Mysterons won most of the time in the original' - they didn't, so stop it.
Great show, great marionettes, special effects, stories, characters, etc. What is the status with Firestorm the new Gerry Anderson marionette series? It's been 2 years it seems without updates.
Shadow of Fear is a Mysteron loss, surel they do a lot of damage, but spectrum managed to get their satellite deployed Colonel White has the Mysterons in his back pocket. It's a shame we never see Operation Sword though.
If Grey is so good at his job why is he not the main character. Oh wait hes not an early version of the Six Million Dollar Man. Which was a rip off of Captain Scarlet. FIGHT ME MOTHERFUCKERS.
When I was a kid, one of the things I loved about this series was that the good guys didn't necessarily win. That was new to me. I also think it was a smart move, given that you knew the main character basically couldn't die.
This is the brilliance and daring of Captain Scarlet: it's a family show in which (a) it's about terrorism, (b) the humans are the initial (in error) aggressors, (c) there's always one act of retaliation carried out as a Mysteron duplicate agent requires the original to be killed first, and (d) at the end of the episode, the terrorists occasionally win.
Yeah, try getting THAT made today.
I love the comment "This is where we normally have the honourable mentions, but I can't think of any, so here's some stuff blowing up instead" part.
A very impressive collection though. Much appreciated.👍
In "Model Spy" it's glossed over but it is an excellent idea (for evil doers) to kill all on board the monorail. That way the real targets are disguised amongst the mass casualty event.
There's your fridge horror / fridge logic for the day. :)
How was this show not an awesome experience for a kid growing up in the 60s! I would see myself biting nails not bearing the wait for it to come on the telly back then..
a lot of people forget scarlet is dead. the paul metcalfe we know is the mysteron copy. just good.
I had Shadow of Fear on VHS when I was a kid, must have only been 4 years old watching the Observatory get obliterated and the men getting massacred. Such glorious violence that you seldom see in kids shows anymore. Bring back Captain Scarlet!
I know it's only a dream sequence but had the events of Attack on Cloudbase actually happened that would have been one hell of a victory for The Mysterons!
A very good vid, great job!
I think it should have been included because when I first saw it as a kid, circa 1967, and didn't get upset with story lines that used the dream sequence device, this episode scared the SNOT out of me. I thought there was no way Spectrum could recover. Thank heavens, I remember thinking, it was only a dream! Whew! A very vivid memory I might add.
Well technically it is because at the begginging of the episode symphony is shot down by an unkown thing it could have been the mysterons heck they could have used there spaceships and maybe there powers made symphony wander off instead of staying put and then making her collapse from the heat and then they make that dream
Maybe they don't actually *want* to win. They may be happy with the chaos, disruption and destruction they cause.
@@thefurrybastard1964 That's very plausible because the Mysterons very easily could win. They just prefer toying with Spectrum. They didn't take too kindly to Spectrum's talk of peace in 'Dangerous Rendezvous.'
@@TheropodHunter So the Mysterons are basically space trolls... figures.
You could have added the pilot/first episode of Captain Scarlet to the honorable mentions, because of how the Mysterons had killed hundreds of Spectrum personel at the Spectrum Maximum Security Building and how Captain Brown was killed and taken over by the Mysterons, along with Captain Black and Captain Scarlet. :D
Harry Rayner but the mysterons couldn't kill the world president and inadvertently created Captain Scarlet
More likely, they didn't count on one of their creations being turned against them.
Spectrum is Green
I first viewed this Stateside, in '69 I believe. I was aware of Anderson & Co. even then but very quickly thought nearly aloud, "This is most definitely NOT Thunderbirds," with each episode broadcast on an NYC affiliate weekday afternoons, when the kids presumably returned from school. Good picks on this list, and I'll definitely go along with the top pick. Honorable Mention should go to "Fire at Rig 15" and "Flight to Atlantica". My favorite episode in which the Mysterons come THIS close to winning? "Big Ben Strikes Again," the first-third-or-so of which remains remarkably suspenseful.
It was a brilliant series but at the age of 6 I found it scary. Looking back on it I can see why. Captain Scarlet was a much darker and more sinister series than any of its predecessors. Had it been made with real actors rather than puppets it would have had a 15 rating.
i saw it first aired september 27th 67 aged 6 too.i was imenched
This is the voice of the Mysterons we know that you can here us Earthmen. Your attack on our base will be avenged. We will get you in the new release of the series of he Mysterons and Captain Magenta. Scarlet is a waste of time he keeps coming back. Bugger!
Happy 50th Anniversary, Captain Scarlet! ;D
The moment in Heart Of New York where Black locks the crooks in the vault and just walks out...okay, they may be crooks, but DAMN, that's cold, son!
The bit where the guy gets blown up, is the gorest thing, I have ever seen, in a children's show. Another winner for Gerry Anderson.
Remember:
The Mysterons are not "Space Villains," the Martian expedition led by SPECTRUM Captain Black were the aggressors,
they destroyed the Mysterons no questions asked - but what a surprise!
Good choice of music and well put together.
remember when Captain Black got the clap in Monte Carlo and then he told them he was like " dayum son!! they call me Colonel White boiiiiiiiiii" and pulled out an 8 ball of cocaine
The times when captain scarlet and spectrum had to settle with partial victories over the mysterons
what about the last episode of captain scarlet? i remember the mysterons heading straight to skybase and made light work of it, destroying it...i remember a shot of captain white standing in defeat and the picture spinning...that was like wow, the bad guys won totally!
HAL9000 Computer sadly for the bad buys it was only a dream. In the end the good guys won
Awesome video, thanks for making.
Some of these aren't exactly victories for the Mysterons.
Yes, is some episodes have heavy casualties but it's Spectrum who won in the end.
For example, in Point 783 and Model Spy the Mysterons' target is saved.
I agree. Victories are really when the mysterons achieve there target, such as inferno. Not the casualties they inflict on the way
#1 - Right On. Great episode and story.
Love these - keep it up 👍🏽
I once had Captain Black as my answerphone message. He said…
“This is Captain Black, relaying instructions from the Mysterons… You know what you must do…” Dum, Dum, Dum - DumDumDumDUM!!
I had no cold-calling time-wasters call me after that … I must put it back on… where’s that episode… 👍🏽
I never understood how being Mysteronised made Captain Scarlet indestructible, but nobody else.
Because people tried to save him
Captain Black still scares me
In “Flight To Atlantica”, though the Mysterons don’t succeed, they still obliterate the defence tower.
This is exactly one of the reasons why Captain Scarlet was my favourite Gerry Anderson production! Even as a kid, I remembered being bored with how every show on TV had the heroes always win, which is obviously unrealistic. It makes me root for Spectrum as their victories feel earned!
Could you do top ten spectrum win defeats the mysterons
In the pilot episode when The Mysterons try to assassinate the world president, although he escapes the maximum security building just before a Mysteronised Captain Brown explodes when in charge of his security, they don't take into account who else was in that building & perished when it went up.
Some of those wins were actually still also wins for spectrum coz they foiled the Mysterons threat, IJS 😊
How was this show not a serious fire hazard
Great list. Heart Of New York and Inferno are among my favourites
Does Flight To Atlantica count? I'm just thinking; Captains Blue and Ochre are assigned to patrol around and protect the base in Atlantica, but due to the champagne they drank which got drugged by the Mysterons and as a result them not noticing that Captain Black has switched instructions, they end up bombing the base, therefore the Mysterons get their way.
They only succeeded in bombing the base's automated defence tower. Atlantica Base itself is saved when Scarlet shoots the bomber down, while Blue and Ochre manage to eject.
@@theomnicontentchannel2203 I guess that explains it.
Watching Winged Assassin is somewhat of a bittersweet experience for me, it was one of the first episodes I saw as a kid and the DT-19 crash kind of haunted young me for a long time - not to mention the fact that the Mysterons succeed by essentially just a few dozen metres, if Scarlet had been just a little quicker the plane would have been stopped just short of the jet. Still an episode I very much enjoy though.
Same with Shadow of Fear too, sometimes I like to imagine a different end where Scarlet and Blue manage to remove the bomb just in time.
Man! Does captn black and Gary Sinise ever look alike LoL!
What if Captain Black had NOT fired
Shadow of Fear is the only one where we see Cloudbase move. The observatory is K14 not K19.
Although doubtless many widows were made that night. :'(
at 01:38 i have to agree
According to the Century 21 Tech Talk videos on your channel, Captain Grey was originally a WASP agent from Stingray. Is that correct, or just Brains's theory to connect the series together?
That's correct, Grey captained Stingray while Green was a Hydrophone operator
@@ACtheLegend that would explain why Lieutenant Green is the communications officer for Spectrum...
Just saying, but Manhunt is the best episode of all of Gerry Anderson's programs. Partly due to the music.
Barry Gray was an underappreciated genius
this is where we put honorable mentions, but i can't think of any so here some shots of stuff blowing up
Pity that Captain Black never got free from the Mysterons.
What happened to captain brown?
Why does it say chapters at the beginning of the video?
Five years ago, yes I enjoyed that 😊
whats the music we hear at 5:40. i cant find the track name anywhere
Operation Time was pretty much a win situation as the Mysterons infiltrated Cloudbase and temporarily killed Scarlet once again!
But they couldn't kill time, and the death of Dr Magnus showed spectrum the mysterons previously unknown vulnerability to electricity thus creating the mysteron gun.also the revelation of the mysterons inability to be penetrated by x Ray's lead to the creation of that camera to identify mysterons effectively
And proved that even Captain Scarlet is entirely invincible.
"Attack on Cloudbase" should have been the grand finale - instead of the "it was all a dream" bullshit, have it end with Cloudbase's destruction (and presumably, Colonel White and Captain Blue KIA along with most of the other Spectrum operatives), leaving Earth open for Mysteron rule (unless Captain Scarlet has an ace up his sleeve)... it would have given the series closure while at the same time doubling as a sequel hook for a continuation, maybe 20 years down the line.
You know Inferno was a big victory for the enemy6
This was a kids program, yet it was more thought out than adult programs today.
Really hoping for a rerun of the new Captain Scarlet after the new Thunderbirds, or even better, a new series after Thunderbirds Are go. Perhaps we can get a Mysteron or Spectrum reference in the series?
There was a reference to Spectrum's satellite in Heist Society - Season 1 Episode 17 :)
The new series is somewhere on utube.
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Anthony Asencio they’re fine. We accept all currencies and there’s a handy converter at the top of the site.
The thing is, in comparing both Captain Scarlet and The Mysterons and New Captain Scarlet, The Mysterons were barely successful. If we remove partial victories like Avalanche or Noose of Ice, since they don't really count as a consecutive win. Episodes where The Mysterons are actually victorious are:
Captain Scarlet and The Mysterons:
Winged Assassin,
The Shadow of Fear,
Inferno.
3 episodes.
New Captain Scarlet:
Enigma.
1 episode.
It's only a two episode difference, so I don't see why people have to keep going 'oh, but The Mysterons won most of the time in the original' - they didn't, so stop it.
Spectrum is green
Winged Assassin, just cause it's the 2nd episode
good good
Great show, great marionettes, special effects, stories, characters, etc. What is the status with Firestorm the new Gerry Anderson marionette series? It's been 2 years it seems without updates.
Are you a backer? Backers only getting updates at this time ;)
Okay, I'm glad to hear there are updates, confirming this project is still moving forward! Thanks. Looking forward to it.
Shadow of Fear is a Mysteron loss, surel they do a lot of damage, but spectrum managed to get their satellite deployed Colonel White has the Mysterons in his back pocket. It's a shame we never see Operation Sword though.
But there's no way to receive the information from the camera on the probe, so the mission was a dud :(
Don't forget the one where the Mysterons suffocated several military bases
That was in the list
actually the mysterons only fail always
What?
If Grey is so good at his job why is he not the main character. Oh wait hes not an early version of the Six Million Dollar Man. Which was a rip off of Captain Scarlet. FIGHT ME MOTHERFUCKERS.