Manhunt (Captain Scarlet)
| "Manhunt" | |
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| Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons episode | |
| Episode no. | Episode 04 |
| Directed by | Alan Perry |
| Written by | Tony Barwick |
| Cinematography by | Paddy Seale |
| Editing by | Harry MacDonald |
| Production code | 05 |
| Original air date | 20 October 1967 |
| Recurring/Guest appearances | |
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Voices of: |
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Voices of:
Charles Tingwell as
Harris
Martin King as
Culver Security Chief Richards
Mechanic
Paul Maxwell as
Culver Guard
Jeremy Wilkin as
2nd Guard
David Healy as
3rd Guard
Spectrum Geiger Operator
"Manhunt" is the fourth episode of the Supermarionation television series Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons. It was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on 20 October 1967 on ATV Midlands, was written by Tony Barwick and directed by Alan Perry. In this episode, Spectrum launches a ground search for Captain Black after he becomes detectable on long-range Geiger counters.
The Culver Atomic Centre has been infiltrated by Captain Black, who is forced to quickly slip away after he is discovered by security staff. Entering a radioactive area, he is exposed to a short-life atomic isotope, which leaves him detectable on long-range Geiger counters for a period of 48 hours. Spectrum, which now has proof that Black has been a Mysteron agent since the Zero-X mission's return to Earth, begins a ground search with Detector Trucks in an attempt to capture him.
Within the search area around the Culver Atomic Centre, Black murders a fuel station mechanic to access a concealed Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle. When Captains Scarlet and Blue arrive to requisition the SPV, they encounter the Mysteron reconstruction of the mechanic, who attempts to shoot them but is gunned down by Scarlet. The Detector Trucks pick up Black's trace as he speeds down a highway. Captain Ochre mounts a roadblock to stop him, but Black is warned of the obstruction by the Mysteron voice and ordered to return to the Culver Atomic Centre, where he will be undetectable to Spectrum within the surrounding radiation. Symphony Angel, sighting Black from the air, lands her interceptor nearby. She is abducted by Black, who drives through the Culver gates to gain entry to the complex.
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