"Lunarville 7" | |
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Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons episode | |
Episode no. | Episode 12 |
Directed by | Robert Lynn |
Written by | Tony Barwick |
Cinematography by | Julien Lugrin |
Editing by | Bob Dearberg |
Production code | 16 |
Original air date | 15 December 1967 |
Guest appearance(s) | |
Voices of: |
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Voices of:
David Healy as
Lunar Controller
Martin King as
Orson
Gerry Anderson as
SID (uncredited)
Gary Files as
Shuttle Pilot
Jeremy Wilkin as
Launch Controller
"Lunarville 7" is the 12th episode of the British Supermarionation television series Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons. It was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on 15 December 1967 on ATV Midlands. It was written by Tony Barwick and directed by Robert Lynn, and forms the introduction to a story arc that is resumed in the later episode "Crater 101".
In this episode, Captain Scarlet, Captain Blue and Lieutenant Green are dispatched to a lunar colony following reports of unauthorised construction on the far side of the Moon. In the 1980s, footage from "Lunarville 7" was re-edited and incorporated into Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars, a Captain Scarlet compilation film.
In a transmission sent from Lunarville 7, the Lunar Controller declares the Moon officially neutral in the war between Earth and Mars. Intelligence, meanwhile, has revealed the Humboldt Sea on the far side of the Moon to be the site of a new, unidentified and unauthorised construction. Captain Scarlet, Captain Blue and Lieutenant Green are dispatched to Lunarville 7 ostensibly to hand over the World President's letter of response to the Controller, but also secretly to investigate the base and follow up on Spectrum's orbital reconnaissance.