Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
| Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons | |
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| Genre | Science fiction, action, adventure, marionette puppetry (Supermarionation) |
| Created by |
Gerry Anderson Sylvia Anderson |
| Written by | Gerry Anderson Sylvia Anderson Tony Barwick Shane Rimmer Peter Curran David Williams Alan Pattillo Richard Conway Stephen J. Mattick Bill Hedley Ralph Hart, Bryan Cooper Leo Eaton David Lee |
| Directed by |
Ken Turner Robert Lynn Alan Perry Brian Burgess Leo Eaton Desmond Saunders David Lane |
| Voices of |
Francis Matthews Ed Bishop Donald Gray Cy Grant Liz Morgan Jeremy Wilkin Gary Files Paul Maxwell Charles Tingwell Janna Hill Sylvia Anderson David Healy Martin King Lian-Shin Neil McCallum Shane Rimmer |
| Opening theme | "The Mysterons" |
| Ending theme | "Captain Scarlet" |
| Composer(s) | Barry Gray |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 32 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Gerry Anderson |
| Producer(s) | Reg Hill |
| Running time | 25 minutes approx. |
| Production company(s) | Century 21 Television |
| Distributor | ITC Entertainment |
| Release | |
| Original network | ATV |
| Picture format |
35 mm film 4:3 aspect ratio |
| Audio format | Mono |
| Original release | 29 September 1967 – 14 May 1968 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Thunderbirds |
| Followed by | Joe 90 |
| Related shows | Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet |
| Website | |
| Captain Scarlet (Original Television Soundtrack) |
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| Soundtrack album by Barry Gray | |
| Released | 17 November 2003 (UK) 9 December 2003 (US) |
| Length | 78:57 |
| Label | Silva Screen Records |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Classic FM Magazine | |
| Uncut | |
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| Soundtrack album by Barry Gray | |
| Released | 8 October 2015 |
| Genre | Television soundtrack |
| Label | Fanderson |
| Producer | Tim Mallett and Kindred Productions |
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, often referred to as Captain Scarlet, is a 1960s British science-fiction television series produced by the Century 21 Productions company of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, John Read and Reg Hill. First broadcast on ATV Midlands from September 1967 to May 1968, it has since been transmitted in more than 40 other countries, including the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. Characters are presented as marionette puppets alongside scale model sets and special effects in a filming technique that the Andersons termed "Supermarionation". This technology incorporated solenoid motors as a means of synchronising the puppet's lip movements with pre-recorded dialogue.
Set in 2068,Captain Scarlet presents the hostilities between Earth and a race of Martians known as the Mysterons. After human astronauts attack their city on Mars, the vengeful Mysterons declare war on Earth, initiating a series of reprisals that are countered by Spectrum, a worldwide security organisation. Spectrum boasts the extraordinary abilities of its primary agent, Captain Scarlet. During the events of the pilot episode, Scarlet acquires the Mysteron healing power of "retro-metabolism" and is thereafter considered to be virtually "indestructible", being able to recover fully from injuries that would normally be fatal.
Captain Scarlet, the eighth of ten puppet series that the Andersons produced during the 1950s and 1960s, was preceded by Thunderbirds and followed by Joe 90 and The Secret Service. In terms of visual aesthetic, the series represented a departure from Thunderbirds on account of its use of non-caricatured puppets sculpted in realistic proportions. Re-run a number of times in the UK and purchased by the BBC in 1993, the 32-episode series has entailed tie-in merchandise since its first appearance, from dolls to original novels and comic strips in the Century 21 Publications children's magazine, TV Century 21.
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