Episode
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons: Special Assignment
Overview
Captain Scarlet resigns from Spectrum and deals arms to Captain Black! Can our hero really have joined the Mysterons?
Details
- Series
- Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 10
- Air date
- 1967-12-01
- Runtime
- 26 min
Episode context
Special Assignment is Episode 10 in Season 1 of Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons. It aired on 1967-12-01. The runtime is 26 min.
Previous / Next
Episode 9: Spectrum Strikes Back
The Mysteron Gun and the Mysteron detector - two new anti-Mysteron devices - are unveiled at a top secret location.
Episode 11: The Heart of New York
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.
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Episode 12: Lunarville 7
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.
Episode 7: The Trap
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...
Episode 13: Point 783
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.
Episode 6: White as Snow
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.
Episode 14: Model Spy
Captain Scarlet goes undercover as a Fashion PR when models are endangered by the Mysterons.
Episode 5: Avalanche
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Episode 15: Seek and Destroy
In a plot to kill the spectrum Angels, the Mysterons get into a thrilling mid-air dogfight with Melody, Rhapsody and Harmony.
Episode 4: Manhunt
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Episode 16: Renegade Rocket
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