CAPTAIN SCARLET 'White as Snow' - Barry Gray

Indestructible - Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, often referred to as simply 'Captain Scarlet', is a science fiction television series produced by the Century 21 Productions Television company of Gerry Anderson, John Read, Reg Hill and Sylvia Anderson. It was first shown in the United Kingdom (originally on ATV Midlands, but later the whole of the UK) between September 1967 and May 1968. It used puppetry (Supermarionation) and scale model special effects.

The series is one of several of popular science-fiction TV adventure series the Andersons produced in the 1960s, beginning with Supercar and followed by Fireball XL5, Stingray, Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, Joe 90, and the little-seen The Secret Service. Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons was the first series made after the international success of Thunderbirds in 1964-66.

Spectrum personnel have military ranks and colour based code names (hence Captain Scarlet), and they are headed by Colonel White. Other characters include Captains Blue, Ochre, Grey, and Magenta, Lieutenant Green and the five female fighter pilots, who have a different collective codename — the Angels — and are individually Destiny, Symphony, Melody, Rhapsody, and Harmony.

Trivia: According to Gerry Anderson's DVD audio commentary for the episode "Attack on Cloudbase," he conceived the idea of the Mysteron rings after seeing a television advert in which a logo traced the figure of a woman. Reg Hill suggested that the rings could be made into a transparency and then panned across the puppet sets using a slide projector.

"Captain Scarlet is indestructible. You are NOT. Remember this. DO NOT TRY TO IMITATE HIM!"

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[langley2205]

Brilliant editing. Brought back so many happy memories. Thanks a lot..

[Soundtrackcollector]

@langley2205 thanks ...I'm glad you enjoyed the vid.

[jettscream]

loyal anderson lover. 1964 born, this is good and well presented as it could have been in 1970s , thank you

[Soundtrackcollector]

Glad it took back to those viewing days,

(originally on ATV Midlands, but later the whole of the UK).

Thanks for your comment.

[skodatrainz]

This is the "Video" of the mysterons !! Crackin Vid 5*

[Soundtrackcollector]

"The Mysterons. Sworn enemies of Earth...possessing the ability to recreate an exact likeness of an object or person. But first--they must destroy."

Knocked bottle, cat's wail, powerful searchlights flash on.

The assassin opens fire with machine gun but none of his bullets apparently manages to penetrate.

Spectrum officer fires his own gun and the attacker grunts as he falls to the ground dead.

Drum roll, "Leading the fight--one man fate has made indestructible. His name: Captain Scarlet."

[deadbeatdynamo]

Why isn't real life this cool?

[darren2514fv]

used for the 1981 Captain Scarlet vs the Mysterons movie ending credit sequence

[shootthattiger]

wow this is a great altenate version they should have used it in some of the episodes

[jettscream]

total respect, original and talented , well done, we are entitled to be wowed by what we saw as kids today and forever. Jet Norfolk

[dropdeadugly100]

deadbeatdynamo@ I'd get so pissed sweating super glue every time i got into a situation with the mysterons!

[MsBkirk]

@xwsftassell The organ sounds a bit Northern Soul too - I can imagine the Spectrum team doing those moves on a powdered dance floor!

[ChelseaAllTheWay13]

Ah Destiny Angel.

[huvander]

Fantastic !! Great vid !!

[lndac02]

very good production values compared to the drivel churned out now. Mind you as i was a kid then and a parent now, i might be biased LOL

[kaledranger18]

all tv has to be about freindship and stuffs like that. Back in the 60's they werent afraid to show a bit of PROPER violence.Run over by cars, struck down by lightning, MANY crashing planes and the odd car crash. In short, LONG LIVE CAPTAIN SCARLET!!

[CI5AgentSweeps]

FANTASTIC editing, one of the best tunes in Captain Scarlet (they are all good though!)