Episode
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons: Big Ben Strikes Again
Overview
The Mysterons threaten to destroy London and a truck carrying an atomic device goes missing in the city. The only clue to its whereabouts is the truck driver, found unconscious in the street
Details
- Series
- Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 3
- Air date
- 1967-10-13
- Runtime
- 26 min
Episode context
Big Ben Strikes Again is Episode 3 in Season 1 of Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons. It aired on 1967-10-13. The runtime is 26 min.
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Episode 2: Winged Assassin
The Mysterons threaten the life of the Director General of the United Asian Republic and Spectrum swings into action to protect him as he prepares to board his private plane at London Airport.
Episode 4: Manhunt
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.
More episodes from this season
Episode 1: The Mysterons
A manned expedition led by Captain Black of Spectrum lands on Mars; investigating the planet surface in an exploration vehicle, the crew discover a futuristic alien city.
Episode 5: Avalanche
The Mysterons threaten to destroy key links in the Frost Line Outer Space Defence System.
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 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 8: Operation Time
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.
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 10: Special Assignment
Captain Scarlet resigns from Spectrum and deals arms to Captain Black! Can our hero really have joined the Mysterons?
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.
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 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.