Point 783
| "Point 783" | |
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| Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons episode | |
| Episode no. | Episode 13 |
| Directed by | Robert Lynn |
| Written by | Peter Curran and David Williams |
| Cinematography by | Julien Lugrin |
| Editing by | Bob Dearberg |
| Production code | 4 |
| Original air date | 22 December 1967 |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
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Voices of: |
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Voices of:
Paul Maxwell as
Supreme Commander
Jeremy Wilkin as
Colonel Storm
1st Security Machine
David Healy as
Major Brooks
General Cope
Charles Tingwell as
Captain Hassel
MCA Tanker Driver (Pete)
Martin King as
MCA Tanker Driver's Mate
2nd Security Machine
Merchant
"Point 783" is the 13th episode of Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, a British 1960s Supermarionation television series co-created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson. Written by Peter Curran and David Williams and directed by Robert Lynn, it was first broadcast on 22 December 1967 on ATV Midlands.
In this episode, the Mysterons attempt to assassinate the Supreme Commander of Earth Forces using an experimental superweapon.
The episode begins with a demonstration of the latest in computer-controlled weaponry — the Unitron, an unmanned tank impervious to almost all forms of weaponry. It is controlled by an operator or can be pre-programmed to attack a designated target until it is completely destroyed.
Two army officers (Major Brooks and Colonel Storm) are killed in a car crash and subsequent explosion engineered by the Mysterons and reconstructed to assassinate the Supreme Commander. At a conference chaired by the Commander and Spectrum Captains Scarlet and Blue (Francis Matthews and Ed Bishop), during which Scarlet's "sixth sense" for the Mysterons becomes evident, the Mysterons use Brooks as a live bomb in an attempt to kill the Commander in the same way that they tried to assassinate the World President. However, this trap is avoided when Scarlet, acting on his sixth sense, activates an emergency response system that shields the Commander, Blue and himself from the explosion. This leaves the Mysteron duplicate of Colonel Storm to kill the commander.
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