Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (1967) s01e16 Episode Script

(footsteps clicking)
- [Narrator] The Mysterons,
sworn enemies of Earth.
Possessing the ability to
recreate an exact likeness
or object or person.
But first, they must destroy.
(bottles clattering)
(cat screeching)
(lights popping)
(guns firing)
(one shoot)
(man moans)
(dramatic music)
Leading the fight one man,
fate has made indestructible.
his name, Captain Scarlet.
(upbeat music)
- Well, it was very nice
seeing you again, Major.
- Well, I appreciate
the opportunity
of looking over Cloudbase,
and I've been most impressed.
I'm glad to hear it.
A lot of time and
money was spent
making it the most efficient
base ever built by man.
- The majors plane is
ready to leave, Colonel.
- [White] Thank you, Lieutenant.
- Duty calls, I'll say goodbye.
(dramatic music)
- I'm sorry I was late
meeting the Spectrum jet.
How soon do we arrive
at Base Concord?
- Oh, in a matter of
minutes, Major Reeves.
- Good, I have a
great deal to do.
- Will you be there long, Major?
Major?
- Strange.
- Something wrong, sir?
- Need some air.
I'm going out on deck.
(dramatic music)
(shouts)
[Captain] Feeling better, sir?
- Better, uh, oh, yes, I
feel a new man.
(dramatic music)
- Can I help you, sir?
I'm Major Reeves.
- Oh, yes, they told us
you were arriving, Major.
- You're alone?
- Yes, sir,
but I can call the
rest of the crew.
No, secure the doors.
- Sir?
- I'm telling you
to secure the doors.
Yes, sir.
- I want you to put this
program into operation at once.
- Excuse me, sir, but
this is impossible.
The VGR is top security.
Do it.
- But this isn't even an
official order.
You need five-star
authorization.
- This makes it official.
(gunshot booms)
(dramatic music)
(bells clanging)
- [Mysterons] This is the
voice of the Mysterons.
We know that you can hear us,
Earth men.
We are going to launch one of
your own incendiary rockets
and you will have no way
of knowing its target.
We have not forgotten.
We will continue our
war of nerves.
(owl hooting)
(computer clicking and whirring)
- 0.24, 720.
Code word Zed-E-R-O, zero.
(dramatic music)
Fire.
(rocket whooshing)
(buzzer buzzing)
- Open up in there.
Open up in there.
(buzzer buzzing)
- [Commander] What in
blazes goes on here?
- [Guard] Whoever's in
there won't open the doors.
- Well, use the emergency
detonator, row it in.
(dramatic music)
Whoever did this had to
be one of our own people.
No one else could've
gotten past security.
- The only person that
entered the control room
was the new rocket expert,
Major Reeves.
- Impossible, he was
assigned to us
directly from Cloudbase
and they can confirm it.
Call up Colonel White, Spectrum.
(dramatic music)
- I've been trying to
contact you, Commander.
Our tracking monitors
picked up a rocket
which appears to come
from your base.
- Somethings very wrong.
Our rocket controllers been
shot and a VGR launched.
A variable geometry rocket.
Who do you think is responsible?
Looks like Major Reeves is
the only possible suspect.
- [White] Major Reeves,
the man we just sent you?
- Right, he was the only person
to enter the control room.
- Could the controller
have launched the VGR
and then shot himself?
- It s possible, but that
doesn't account for the fact
that Major Reeves has
disappeared,
and the flight program
unit is missing.
- [Airstrip Announcer]
Airstrip to control.
[Base Commander] Go ahead,
airstrip.
- [Airstrip Announcer] There s
been an unauthorized takeoff
by an interceptor jet.
- Who's the pilot?
- [Airstrip Announcer]
Space Major Reeves.
- Well, that clinches it.
Did you hear that, Colonel?
- I heard, I think you've
proved your point, Commander.
It looks bad.
My guess is that Major Reeves
has been taken over by
the Mysterons.
Is the rocket armed?
- I'm afraid so.
It has an incendiary warhead.
- [White] What's the target?
- Well, that s just it,
we can t tell.
- What?
- [Commander] Reeves took
the flight program unit.
Without that, we've no
way of knowing the target.
- [White] Are you telling
me it could strike anywhere?
- Right, could be London,
Washington, Moscow,
just about any place.
(rocket whooshing)
- Lieutenant Green,
order an immediate search
for Major Reeves.
Launch all Angels.
- Yes, sir.
Angels One, Two, and
Three, immediate launch.
[Melody] S.I.G.
(engine whooshing)
- You will proceed as directed
and search plan red to
find Major Reeves.
He's flying an interceptor jet,
type J17.
He left Base Concord
at 1800 hours
and is believed to be
carrying a stolen unit.
It is imperative that
this is retrieved
and returned to Base
Concord as fast as possible.
Repeat, we must locate Reeves
and that flight program unit.
(engines whooshing)
Was Major Reeves a close friend,
Colonel?
- He was a friend, but we
must face facts.
He's almost certainly
now a Mysteron.
Lieutenant, get Captain Scarlet
and Captain Blue up here.
Yes, sir.
- We're in a tight spot.
We know the situation, sir.
- Good.
The tracking stations
around the world
should find the rocket.
- Will Base Concord be able to
destroy it by remote control?
- Yes, when they've wired
in the new units
and if they can find
the program code word.
And only Reeves knows that.
- Right, we've got to
locate him, and fast.
- Negative so far,
continuing search.
- [Green] Right, Melody Angel.
- He should be
somewhere in this area.
Since we know how fast
he can travel,
he can't have got more than
100 miles from the rocket base.
Every three minutes, we re
projecting the new radius.
Each Angel is scanning an
area with high powered radar.
One of them is certain to
pick up Reeves.
(engine whooshing)
- I'm starting a new sweep.
So far, no sign of Major Reeves.
[Green] S.I.G, Rhapsody.
- [Harmony] Negative,
he is not in this area.
- Right, Harmony Angel.
We have negative reports
from other Angels.
He must be in your region,
Melody.
- Yes, Colonel, I've just
picked up something on my radar.
It could be Reeves.
International fix system
2826, heading 048 magnetic.
(dramatic music)
I should have visual
contact any second now.
Yes, yes, confirm, have located
interceptor jet type J17.
- Don't lose him,
just track him.
We need that unit.
Captain Scarlet?
- Yes, sir.
- I want you and Captain
Blue to go to Base Concord.
- We'll leave immediately,
Colonel.
- Remember, time is against us.
Every second takes that
rocket nearer it's target.
(dramatic music)
- Glad to have you with us.
What s the news?
- We've located Reeves, sir.
Great. we needed a break
Have you sighted the rocket yet?
No, sir, and Ive extended
the range as far as possible.
- Well, someone must
pick it up soon.
- Sir?
- What is it?
The reports on the VGR, sir.
- Well, what do they say?
- All negative, sir.
Not one tracking station
has located it.
Well, that's impossible.
It can t have disappeared.
(rocket whooshing)
I can't understand it, I
just can t understand it.
I thought the VGR was designed
to fly under the radar screen.
- Only in the final
stages of an attack.
It comes down about 50
miles from its target.
The wings swing into position
and then it flies like
a conventional plane.
- So it's still flying
as a rocket now
- Yes, Captain.
- Well, could it
still be too high?
- Wait a minute, if
it's traveling
on an absolutely
vertical flight path,
the radar would lose it.
Yes, it's just possible.
- A vertical flight path?
You realize what you re saying?
- Yes, sir, if its
going straight up,
it must be programmed to
come down in this area,
and the only target within
300 miles is Base Concord.
(dramatic music)
I hate to say this, Sergeant,
but I think its the
only explanation.
This base is under attack
from one of its own rockets,
a rocket specifically
designed to overcome
any form of defense and
reach its target.
(dramatic music)
(rocket whooshing)
(rocket whooshing)
(engines rumbling)
- Sir, the replacement
unit's been fitted.
Emergency procedures are
nearly complete.
- Well, that's something.
I want all non-essential
personnel evacuated immediately.
If the rocket hits, it could
start a chain reaction.
I hope Spectrum realize the
urgency of the situation.
Yes, Commander, we
certainly do.
- Still have visual
contact with Reeves.
- Tail with him.
Angels Two and Three
are on their way.
What is your position?
- IFS 2467, heading
124 magnetic.
I am closing in.
We are right behind you,
Melody.
(planes whooshing)
- I've been hit.
I'm going to eject.
- We're going after Reeves.
Send rescue unit to pick
up Melody Angel.
- Right, but stay out
of rocket range.
- [Harmony] S.I.G.
- Sir.
- What is it?
The rocket, sir, its
just come on the screen.
Ah, at last it's within range.
Right, try for the air destruct.
- We need the code word, sir.
- Well, start at able and
work on through the list.
- A-B-L-E, able.
- Well, I don t think
this is very helpful.
That rocket is the most
advanced of its kind ever built.
- I know.
(buzzer buzzes)
(rocket whooshing)
- Negative
- We'd need a week
A-B-L-Y.
Ably.
What are the chances.
of finding the right code word,
Commander?
- Well, there are 10,000
listed in our manual,
so I guess its 10,000 to one.
- A real long shot.
Yes, Captain, too long.
- Negative
- A-B-U-T.
(buzzer buzzes)
(rocket whooshing)
Negative.
- We're stumbling around
like blind men.
Unless we get Reeves and
that code word,
we really haven't a chance.
- A-C-H-E, ache.
(dramatic music)
(engines whooshing)
Well come up on one
each side of Reeves.
[Harmony] Right, Rhapsody.
- I'm going to try to reason
with him on the radio.
- S.I.G.
- [Rhapsody] And
stay behind him.
Remember, he's already
shot down Melody.
- Don't worry, I'll be careful.
(planes whooshing)
- Major Reeves, we are
going to escort you
back to Base Concord.
You have no choice but
to come with us.
Unless you return to Base
Concord, we will shoot you down.
You'll not do that.
I have something you need.
- Time is running out, Major.
If you do not alter course,
we have nothing to lose.
We will shoot you down.
- In that case, I have
nothing to lose.
- Reeves, can you hear me,
Reeves?
(planes whooshing)
He's crashing his aircraft.
Don't be a fool.
Reeves!
Major Reeves has
deliberately crashed.
There is no chance of recovering
the flight program unit.
(dramatic music)
A-L-L-Y, ally.
Negative.
- What's the position,
Captain Scarlet?
The whole base is evacuated.
- [White]And the commander?
- He was the last to leave.
- Right, we ve done all we can
Leave immediately.
The rocket will strike in
approximately three minutes.
(dramatic music)
Captain Scarlet, I'm giving
you an order, leave at once.
- Well
- I never could
resist a long shot.
- [White] Captain Scarlet.
- I'm sorry, Colonel,
radio SIR.
- A-L-M-S, alms.
Negative.
(rocket whooshing)
- A-L-P-S, Alps.
(rocket whooshing)
- You will both face a
court martial for this.
Come in, Captain Scarlet.
Impact minus 38 seconds.
(buzzer buzzes)
Negative.
A-L-S-O, also.
(buzzer buzzes)
Negative.
- Impact minus 20 seconds.
(dramatic music)
- [Blue] A-L-T-O, alto.
(buzzer buzzes)
Negative.
- 15.
Just timefor one more try.
A-M-E-N, amen.
- 10.
(rocket whooshing)
Eight, seven, six, five,
four, three, two.
- Negative.
- One, zero.
(explosion booms)
- We did it, Adam, we did it.
(dramatic music)
- Well, you must be feeling
very pleased with yourselves.
- Well, yes, sir, we did
save the base.
- You did not save the base.
Naval frogmen found
the flight program unit
near the wreckage of Reeves's
jet at the bottom of the sea.
The code word was zero.
Where were you up to?
Um
- Amen, sir.
- Very appropriate, but
a long way from zero.
The rocket was destroyed
by a stroke of fate.
Our whole organization
is built on discipline
and you willfully
disobeyed a direct order.
This cannot and will
not be tolerated.
I'm considering further action,
dismissed.
- Will they be court martialed,
Colonel?
- No, but one more
question like that,
Lieutenant, and you will be.
They are brave men, and
Spectrum needs brave men
in our continuing fight
against the Mysterons.
(military music)
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