 
|
 |
|
 |
In
this series Earth has a security organisation called Spectrum in which
all the agents are named after colours of the spectrum. In the year
2024, Captain Black travels to Mars, discovers a Martian city and, believing
the inhabitants to be hostile, destroys it. The Martians, called Mysterons,
want revenge and decide to wage war against Earth, taking control of
Captain Black and using him as an indestructible agent against Spectrum.
They also kill Captain Scarlet (real name Paul Metcalfe) and revive him through a system called retro-metabolism, but Scarlet remains loyal to Spectrum and uses his power to battle Black and the Mysterons, who are now conducting a war against the Earth. The Supreme Commander of Spectrum is Colonel White, who is based in the aerial headquarters, Cloudbase. The organisation also has a jet fighter force of five female agents called Angels. |
| Symphony
Angel (Karen Wainwright) from Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Melody Angel (Magnolia
Jones) from a cotton farm in the deep South; Rhapsody Angel (Dianne
Simms) from Chelsea in London; Harmony Angel (Chan Kwan) from Tokyo,
Japan and Destiny Angel (Juliette Pontoin) from Paris, France. The puppets
of the Angels were said to be based on some celebrities of the time,
Melody was based on Eartha Kitt and Sylvia Anderson provided her voice;
Destiny was based on Ursula Andress and voiced by Elizabeth Morgan;
Rhapsody was based on Jean Shrimpton and voiced by Elizabeth Morgan;
Harmony was based on Tsai Chin and was voiced in the first episodes
by Elizabeth Morgan. Subsequently, Lian-Shin was hired and voiced Harmony
for the rest of the series. Symphony was voiced by Janna Hill. ATV issued a detailed dossier of every character in the series and the background to the eponymous hero read: “Captain Scarlet is Spectrum’s number one agent and, due to the Mysterons, has the fantastic ability to defy death. He’s English and comes from a family of distinguished soldiers. He is a truly professional agent, carrying out orders fast and efficiently, but off duty is carefree and bursting with energy, popular with all the Spectrum agents and the opposite sex”. |
 |
 |
In previous Gerry Anderson puppet series, the designs of the marionettes
were not made to human proportion because the lip-sync devices were
placed in their heads, making them disproportionate to the bodies. For
the first time, in this series, the lip-sync devices were placed in
the bodies of the puppets, enabling the designers to make marionettes
with human dimensions. As with previous Anderson series, there were
lots of futuristic machines, including a Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle, Helijet,
Passenger Jet and Maximum Security Vehicle. The episode titles were: The Mysterons; Winged Assassin; Big Ben Strikes Again; Manhunt; Avalanche; White As Snow; The Trap; Operation Time; Spectrum Strikes Back; Special Assignment; The Heart of New York; Lunarville 7; Point 783; Model Spy; Seek And Destroy; Traitor; Renegade Rocket; Crater 101; Shadow of Fear; Dangerous Rendezvous; Fire At Rig 15; Treble Cross; Flight 104; Place of Angels; Noose of Ice; Expo 2024; The Launching; Codename Europa; Inferno; Flight to Atlantica ; Attack on Cloudbase; The Inquisition. |
 |
 |