Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (1967–1968): Season 1, Episode 3 - Big Ben Strikes Again - full transcript
The Mysterons threaten to blow up London with a bomb they have stolen. Spectrum race against time to stop this latest and greatest threat to mankind.
(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.
(clock chiming)
(dramatic orchestral music)
- Escort vehicle calling.
Everything okay, Macy?
Yeah, everything s fine.
We're making good time.
- Some job that driver's got,
shipping atomic bombs around.
- It's not a bomb, it's a
nuclear device for settle use.
- What's the difference?
It'll still make a mess of the
city if anything went wrong.
- Oh relax, what can go wrong?
(suspenseful orchestral music)
(dramatic orchestral music)
- Hey Macy, have you gone crazy?
I can't hold it.
I just can't hold it.
(screeching tires)
(crashing)
It's out of control.
It's out of my control.
- [Ominous Voice] This is
the voice of the Mysterons
We know that you can hear us,
Earthmen.
You attacked our complex on Mars
and you will pay a heavy price.
Our next act of retaliation
will be to destroy the
city of London
Do you hear, Earthman?
We will destroy the
city of London.
(foreboding orchestral music)
(upbeat urgent orchestral music)
(screeching tires)
Macy, can you hear me, Macy?
Ah, it's no good, the
radios dead.
- I'll try and pass.
We've got to stop him.
He's going too fast.
He's not going to make
that next turn.
(screeching tires)
(crashing)
Escort vehicle to HQ,
we've lost contact with
the transporter.
Repeat, we have lost contact.
(suspenseful orchestral music)
(screeching tires)
(crashing)
(suspenseful orchestral music)
(screeching tires)
(dramatic percussion music)
- We're now at the east
end of Park View.
Negative.
(dramatic percussion music)
- Nothing, after two and
a half hours, nothing.
120 ton transporter doesn't
just vanish into thin air.
- We have every available
man working on it, sir.
- I don't care if it takes
every man we've got.
That atomic device
must be found.
What's the score on the radio
activity check, captain?
- That s out, I'm afraid,
colonel.
The transporters heavily
lined with lead.
No detectable radiation
can get through.
Have you checked on
the trigger mechanism?
- Yes, sir.
It's a five key
electrical trigger with
built in safety circuits.
Time for a 12 hour detonation,
but you need the five
keys to set it
and each one is held
by a different person.
- Well, that's something.
I want that transporter
or the driver,
or both, found and fast,
understood?
- Yes, sir.
- Sir.
- The Mysterons intend to
destroy London.
A high destruction ratio
nuclear device vanishes.
The conclusion's obvious.
- Lieutenant Green.
- Yes, sir?
- Make this a red alert.
(engine roaring)
This is a red alert, not a
stroll around the deck. Move!
(engines roaring)
(slow mysterious
orchestral music)
- This is Macy, are you
receiving me?
Over.
Come in please
Is anyone hearing this?
Over.
It's dead.
(slow calming jazzy music)
Anyone around?
(walking footsteps)
(echoing knock)
(dripping water )
- [Announcer] We hope
you've enjoyed our program.
Joe Twilight will take
you through til six.
Then it remains for me to
wish you a very goodnight.
Goodnight everyone.
(clock chiming)
One,
two,
three,
(clock chiming)
(water dripping)
11,
12.
13!
13?
(scuttling)
Who's there?
(suspenseful orchestral music)
(walking footsteps)
Who is it?
(clicking)
Oh no.
No!
Stop!
(clicking)
(foreboding orchestral music)
(somber orchestral music)
(excited anticipatory
orchestral music)
(foreboding percussion music)
Daybreak.
- Colonel White?
- What is it, Lieutenant?
- Captain Scarlet has arrived.
- Come in, Captain.
What's the news on the driver?
- He's in one piece,
but he's pretty shaken.
Captain Blue is bringing
him to Cloud Base.
- Where exactly was he found?
- In a side street near the
river about an hour ago.
Right.
When he arrives, take him
straight to the conference room.
(dramatic percussion music)
How do you feel, Macy?
- Much better, thank you, sir.
I realize you've been
through a good deal,
but we need your help.
Just try to tell us
everything you remember.
Take your time
- Well, it started
late last night.
I guess it was around dawn.
- [Colonel] Go on.
- [Macy] I came to
in the street.
How I got there, I
just don't know.
Well, I was wondering
what to do when
your people came along in a car.
You know the rest.
- Thank you, Macy
You've had a bad time.
Doctor Forn will take
care of you and
could realize you've
been through it.
Well, we've heard it
through twice.
- There is not a
lot to go on, sir.
- It's all we've got.
- The computer tells
us that there are about
2000 car parks in London,
fit Macy's description.
- I don't care if there
are 2,000,000.
It's got to be found.
Check every word Macy
said and then
start over and check it again.
It's now 0900 hours.
The fuse was set just
after midnight.
That gives us three hours.
(dramatic orchestral music)
(ticking)
Lieutenant Green, do
we have the lab report
on Macys clothing?
- It's just come in, sir.
Nothing significant.
Nothing to help us find
the .
- We're missing something.
I know were missing something.
(rewinding)
- Sir, I think I've got it.
Lieutenant, let the
colonel hear from 904 feed.
(rewinding)
[Macy] I know it
sounds fantastic,
but its struck 13.
[Colonel] Are you
certain about this?
- [Macy] Sure, I had no idea
of how long I'd been out,
so I counted pretty carefully.
It was 13.
- He'd been through
a rough time.
Anyone in his condition
could have miscounted.
- Right, that's what we assume.
Now, let's assume Macy
counted correctly
and heard Big Ben strike 13.
What's the only explanation?
- I'm with you, captain.
Lieutenant Green, project
central London.
Program a circle using
Big Ben as center.
And how far do you calculate,
Captain?
Well, let's see, uh,
760 miles per hour, uh,
well, its no more
than 1500 yards.
- Use a 1500 yard radius.
How many car parks within
that area, Lieutenant?
(clicking)
- Only two that fit
the description.
One in Jupiter Way,
the other in Park View.
- Lets go, Captain Scarlet.
- I don't get it.
- I'll explain later.
You have less than an hour.
(dramatic percussion music)
Have the police
cleared the street?
- Just the immediate area.
A large scale evacuation
was impossible.
[Radio] We've checked out
the Jupiter Way car park.
It's not here.
SIG, Captain Ochre.
Well, looks like it's our baby.
- We'll soon know.
There it is.
I'll blow the door.
(whirring)
(blasting)
(screeching tires)
We've located the transporter.
Request defusing procedure.
- The computer checked on us,
captain.
It's a long tricky procedure
and there just isn't time.
The transporter was scheduled
to deliver the device
to a construction site
about 10 miles from
your present position.
You will drive the
transporter there
and take it down to the
prepared excavation,
two miles underground.
It can be safely allowed
to detonate at this point.
Is that understood?
- [Captain Blue] SIG, colonel.
- Your route has been cleared.
You have just under 19 minutes.
One more thing,
Captain Scarlet drives
the transporter, alone.
- But colonel, I--
- [Colonel] That's an order.
Good luck, Captain.
- Lets go.
(dramatic percussion music)
(screeching tires)
I'll lead the way.
Keep your foot down.
Every second s going to count.
(ticking)
(dramatic orchestral music)
(screeching tires)
(seductive music)
(stalled engine)
Come on, come on
(ticking)
(suspenseful orchestral music)
(crashing metal)
(honking)
(screeching tires)
- How much further?
- We must be near.
(ticking)
Drive straight into
the elevator.
I'll get to the control panel.
Closing the doors now.
Hold tight.
I'm sending you down flat out.
(elevator whirring)
Come on, get down there.
(ticking)
Brace yourself for the impact.
Time's running out.
Get back in that lift.
(foreboding orchestral music)
Hurry it up!
Take her up.
(ticking)
(explosion)
Are you all right?
Captain Scarlet?
Are you all right?
- I will be, Captain
I will be.
- [Woman] You get quite
a view from up here.
- It could have looked a
lot different.
- Yes.
- Say, you never did
explain how you
pinpointed that car park.
- I've been waiting.
- For what?
- Midnight
Now, Macy was in the car park,
which is a few yards down the
street from this restaurant.
He was sure he heard 13
and this could only happen
at a distance of around
1500 yards from Big Ben.
Right.
But I still don't see
how he heard 13.
- We're sitting about a
mile away from Big Ben
and the chimes we are
hearing are taking
approximately four and a
half seconds to reach us.
Right.
- Well, Macy said he turned
on his radio, remember?
- [Captain Scarlet] Yes.
- All right, let's do the same.
(clock chiming)
You count, Captain Scarlet.
- All right.
That's two,
three--
Now, we re hearing the
chimes instantaneously
over this radio.
The radio's here,
Big Ben's over there.
- I think I'm beginning
to understand.
- Good.
Now, sound travels at 760
miles per hour.
That s seven over the radio,
but only six live from Big Ben.
But Big Ben is 1500 yards away,
so its four and a half
seconds behind the radio.
- [Woman] The radio is
one chime ahead.
- 10.
- Now listen.
11.
12.
13.
- That last chime came
live from Big Ben.
- 13.
I'll make that my lucky number.
(cheerful orchestral music)
(dramatic music)
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- Captain Scarlet ?
? Captain Scarlet ?
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? Captain Scarlet ?
- [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.
(clock chiming)
(dramatic orchestral music)
- Escort vehicle calling.
Everything okay, Macy?
Yeah, everything s fine.
We're making good time.
- Some job that driver's got,
shipping atomic bombs around.
- It's not a bomb, it's a
nuclear device for settle use.
- What's the difference?
It'll still make a mess of the
city if anything went wrong.
- Oh relax, what can go wrong?
(suspenseful orchestral music)
(dramatic orchestral music)
- Hey Macy, have you gone crazy?
I can't hold it.
I just can't hold it.
(screeching tires)
(crashing)
It's out of control.
It's out of my control.
- [Ominous Voice] This is
the voice of the Mysterons
We know that you can hear us,
Earthmen.
You attacked our complex on Mars
and you will pay a heavy price.
Our next act of retaliation
will be to destroy the
city of London
Do you hear, Earthman?
We will destroy the
city of London.
(foreboding orchestral music)
(upbeat urgent orchestral music)
(screeching tires)
Macy, can you hear me, Macy?
Ah, it's no good, the
radios dead.
- I'll try and pass.
We've got to stop him.
He's going too fast.
He's not going to make
that next turn.
(screeching tires)
(crashing)
Escort vehicle to HQ,
we've lost contact with
the transporter.
Repeat, we have lost contact.
(suspenseful orchestral music)
(screeching tires)
(crashing)
(suspenseful orchestral music)
(screeching tires)
(dramatic percussion music)
- We're now at the east
end of Park View.
Negative.
(dramatic percussion music)
- Nothing, after two and
a half hours, nothing.
120 ton transporter doesn't
just vanish into thin air.
- We have every available
man working on it, sir.
- I don't care if it takes
every man we've got.
That atomic device
must be found.
What's the score on the radio
activity check, captain?
- That s out, I'm afraid,
colonel.
The transporters heavily
lined with lead.
No detectable radiation
can get through.
Have you checked on
the trigger mechanism?
- Yes, sir.
It's a five key
electrical trigger with
built in safety circuits.
Time for a 12 hour detonation,
but you need the five
keys to set it
and each one is held
by a different person.
- Well, that's something.
I want that transporter
or the driver,
or both, found and fast,
understood?
- Yes, sir.
- Sir.
- The Mysterons intend to
destroy London.
A high destruction ratio
nuclear device vanishes.
The conclusion's obvious.
- Lieutenant Green.
- Yes, sir?
- Make this a red alert.
(engine roaring)
This is a red alert, not a
stroll around the deck. Move!
(engines roaring)
(slow mysterious
orchestral music)
- This is Macy, are you
receiving me?
Over.
Come in please
Is anyone hearing this?
Over.
It's dead.
(slow calming jazzy music)
Anyone around?
(walking footsteps)
(echoing knock)
(dripping water )
- [Announcer] We hope
you've enjoyed our program.
Joe Twilight will take
you through til six.
Then it remains for me to
wish you a very goodnight.
Goodnight everyone.
(clock chiming)
One,
two,
three,
(clock chiming)
(water dripping)
11,
12.
13!
13?
(scuttling)
Who's there?
(suspenseful orchestral music)
(walking footsteps)
Who is it?
(clicking)
Oh no.
No!
Stop!
(clicking)
(foreboding orchestral music)
(somber orchestral music)
(excited anticipatory
orchestral music)
(foreboding percussion music)
Daybreak.
- Colonel White?
- What is it, Lieutenant?
- Captain Scarlet has arrived.
- Come in, Captain.
What's the news on the driver?
- He's in one piece,
but he's pretty shaken.
Captain Blue is bringing
him to Cloud Base.
- Where exactly was he found?
- In a side street near the
river about an hour ago.
Right.
When he arrives, take him
straight to the conference room.
(dramatic percussion music)
How do you feel, Macy?
- Much better, thank you, sir.
I realize you've been
through a good deal,
but we need your help.
Just try to tell us
everything you remember.
Take your time
- Well, it started
late last night.
I guess it was around dawn.
- [Colonel] Go on.
- [Macy] I came to
in the street.
How I got there, I
just don't know.
Well, I was wondering
what to do when
your people came along in a car.
You know the rest.
- Thank you, Macy
You've had a bad time.
Doctor Forn will take
care of you and
could realize you've
been through it.
Well, we've heard it
through twice.
- There is not a
lot to go on, sir.
- It's all we've got.
- The computer tells
us that there are about
2000 car parks in London,
fit Macy's description.
- I don't care if there
are 2,000,000.
It's got to be found.
Check every word Macy
said and then
start over and check it again.
It's now 0900 hours.
The fuse was set just
after midnight.
That gives us three hours.
(dramatic orchestral music)
(ticking)
Lieutenant Green, do
we have the lab report
on Macys clothing?
- It's just come in, sir.
Nothing significant.
Nothing to help us find
the .
- We're missing something.
I know were missing something.
(rewinding)
- Sir, I think I've got it.
Lieutenant, let the
colonel hear from 904 feed.
(rewinding)
[Macy] I know it
sounds fantastic,
but its struck 13.
[Colonel] Are you
certain about this?
- [Macy] Sure, I had no idea
of how long I'd been out,
so I counted pretty carefully.
It was 13.
- He'd been through
a rough time.
Anyone in his condition
could have miscounted.
- Right, that's what we assume.
Now, let's assume Macy
counted correctly
and heard Big Ben strike 13.
What's the only explanation?
- I'm with you, captain.
Lieutenant Green, project
central London.
Program a circle using
Big Ben as center.
And how far do you calculate,
Captain?
Well, let's see, uh,
760 miles per hour, uh,
well, its no more
than 1500 yards.
- Use a 1500 yard radius.
How many car parks within
that area, Lieutenant?
(clicking)
- Only two that fit
the description.
One in Jupiter Way,
the other in Park View.
- Lets go, Captain Scarlet.
- I don't get it.
- I'll explain later.
You have less than an hour.
(dramatic percussion music)
Have the police
cleared the street?
- Just the immediate area.
A large scale evacuation
was impossible.
[Radio] We've checked out
the Jupiter Way car park.
It's not here.
SIG, Captain Ochre.
Well, looks like it's our baby.
- We'll soon know.
There it is.
I'll blow the door.
(whirring)
(blasting)
(screeching tires)
We've located the transporter.
Request defusing procedure.
- The computer checked on us,
captain.
It's a long tricky procedure
and there just isn't time.
The transporter was scheduled
to deliver the device
to a construction site
about 10 miles from
your present position.
You will drive the
transporter there
and take it down to the
prepared excavation,
two miles underground.
It can be safely allowed
to detonate at this point.
Is that understood?
- [Captain Blue] SIG, colonel.
- Your route has been cleared.
You have just under 19 minutes.
One more thing,
Captain Scarlet drives
the transporter, alone.
- But colonel, I--
- [Colonel] That's an order.
Good luck, Captain.
- Lets go.
(dramatic percussion music)
(screeching tires)
I'll lead the way.
Keep your foot down.
Every second s going to count.
(ticking)
(dramatic orchestral music)
(screeching tires)
(seductive music)
(stalled engine)
Come on, come on
(ticking)
(suspenseful orchestral music)
(crashing metal)
(honking)
(screeching tires)
- How much further?
- We must be near.
(ticking)
Drive straight into
the elevator.
I'll get to the control panel.
Closing the doors now.
Hold tight.
I'm sending you down flat out.
(elevator whirring)
Come on, get down there.
(ticking)
Brace yourself for the impact.
Time's running out.
Get back in that lift.
(foreboding orchestral music)
Hurry it up!
Take her up.
(ticking)
(explosion)
Are you all right?
Captain Scarlet?
Are you all right?
- I will be, Captain
I will be.
- [Woman] You get quite
a view from up here.
- It could have looked a
lot different.
- Yes.
- Say, you never did
explain how you
pinpointed that car park.
- I've been waiting.
- For what?
- Midnight
Now, Macy was in the car park,
which is a few yards down the
street from this restaurant.
He was sure he heard 13
and this could only happen
at a distance of around
1500 yards from Big Ben.
Right.
But I still don't see
how he heard 13.
- We're sitting about a
mile away from Big Ben
and the chimes we are
hearing are taking
approximately four and a
half seconds to reach us.
Right.
- Well, Macy said he turned
on his radio, remember?
- [Captain Scarlet] Yes.
- All right, let's do the same.
(clock chiming)
You count, Captain Scarlet.
- All right.
That's two,
three--
Now, we re hearing the
chimes instantaneously
over this radio.
The radio's here,
Big Ben's over there.
- I think I'm beginning
to understand.
- Good.
Now, sound travels at 760
miles per hour.
That s seven over the radio,
but only six live from Big Ben.
But Big Ben is 1500 yards away,
so its four and a half
seconds behind the radio.
- [Woman] The radio is
one chime ahead.
- 10.
- Now listen.
11.
12.
13.
- That last chime came
live from Big Ben.
- 13.
I'll make that my lucky number.
(cheerful orchestral music)
(dramatic music)
Subtitles: Kilo
? - Captain Scarlet
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? - Captain Scarlet
- Captain Scarlet ?
? - Captain Scarlet
- Captain Scarlet ?
? - Captain Scarlet
- Captain Scarlet ?
? Captain Scarlet ?
? In-des-tructible ?
? Captain Scarlet ?