Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet
| Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet | |
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Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet title screenshot
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| Also known as | 'Captain Scarlet New Captain Scarlet |
| Genre |
Action Adventure Science fiction Thriller |
| Created by | Gerry Anderson |
| Written by | Gerry Anderson John Brown Brian Finch Phil Ford |
| Directed by |
David Lane Dominic Lavery Mark Woollard |
| Voices of |
Julia Brahms Jules Dejongh Wayne Forester Mike Hayley Jeremy Hitchen Bruce Lawrence Nigel Plaskitt William Roberts Robbie Stevens Emma Tate Heather Tobias Suzie Westerby Glenn Wrage |
| Composer(s) | Crispin Merrell |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 26 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Gerry Anderson |
| Producer(s) | Mark Sherwood |
| Editor(s) | Andy Walter |
| Running time | 22 mins per episode (excluding advertisements) |
| Production company(s) | Anderson Entertainment Indestructible Production Company |
| Distributor |
Granada International Sony Pictures Entertainment |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 12 February – 26 November 2005 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows |
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (1967 original series) |
Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet (more commonly New Captain Scarlet or NCS) is a United Kingdom-produced computer-generated imagery action-adventure TV series which debuted in February 2005 as part of the Ministry of Mayhem on ITV. The last show produced by Gerry Anderson and broadcast in his life, it is a Hypermarionation reboot of the classic 1967 Supermarionation series, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson.
In the year 2068, peace on Earth is maintained by the Spectrum Organization, a super-efficient security group, headquartered in the vast floating aircraft carrier Skybase, which hovers on the edge of Earth's atmosphere. Spectrum is manned by agents recruited from various military services, who are each assigned colour codenames to hide their true identities. Under the command of Colonel White, Spectrum has become the supreme peace-keeping force, maintaining a fleet of sophisticated vehicles for use by Spectrum field agents.
A mission to locate the source of mysterious signals originating from Mars unleashed the power of the Mysterons, a ruthless alien consciousness. When Spectrum Captains Scarlet and Black discovered the Mysteron City on Mars, Black mistook the intentions of a probe for a hostile offensive and opened fire, completely destroying the city. Using their power of retrometabolism (the ability to recreate matter), the Mysterons rebuilt their city, killed Black, and promised to crush Earth and its destructive people. This has taken the form of a war of nerves, with the Mysterons using their powers to influence people, vehicles and inanimate objects to fall under their control.
The Mysterons primary Earth agent is Captain Black, recreated from the body of the original Spectrum agent. Captain Scarlet was also engineered to become an agent of destruction, but the Mysterons' hold over him was broken after he fell through a power conduit in the Skybase engineering section. Retaining the original man's memories, personality and loyalties, the new Captain Scarlet also retains the Mysteron ability to survive injuries that would prove fatal to any other person. Spectrum's personnel and facilities are now mainly mobilised to combat the threat of the Mysterons, with Captain Scarlet as their greatest weapon.
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