Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (1967–1968): Season 1, Episode 8 - Operation Time - full transcript
The Mysterons' cryptic threat to "kill time" has the Spectrum personnel stumped until Captain Magenta realizes that their target is General Tiempo, the Commander of Western Region World Defence.
(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.
(mysterious music)
- Can you hear me, Mr. Morgan?
- Yes, doctor.
- You know what we're
going to do.
Are you comfortable?
- Yes, Dr. Magnus, I'm fine.
- Good, let's begin.
X-rays.
- Will the patient be
conscious throughout?
- Yes, they use a
local anesthetic.
Dr. Magnus needs to check
the patient's reaction.
[Magnus] Scalpel.
Pulse?
- Pulse, normal.
Breathing, steady.
- Electrolytic cream.
Clamp.
It looks fine, small probe.
- Pulse, 85 increasing.
- Relax, Mr. Morgan.
Cream, nurse.
Right, switch on the
cerebral pulsator.
Give me the electrodes.
- He's introducing the
electrodes to the frontal area.
- This is the critical part.
- Pulse?
- [Anesthetist] Steady at 89.
- Good, electrodes in position.
I'll take over.
- He's about to apply
the current.
- One mistake now...
(rapid beeping)
- This is the voice of
the Mysterons.
We know that you can hear us,
Earth men.
We will continue to
take our revenge.
You will pay for your act
of aggression.
Our next act of retaliation
will be to kill time.
We will kill time.
- Time.
Kill time.
What do they mean?
- The computer's compiled a list
of anything associated with
time held in the memory bank.
- Yes colonel, but it's
over 14 microfiles long.
- Well, we cannot hope
to cover even one percent
of the possibilities, somehow
we must narrow the field.
I've sent out a worldwide
alert to all Spectrum agents.
I want reports on
anything suspicious.
We will set up field
headquarters in strategic cities.
Captain Blue.
- Yes, colonel?
- You will leave for New
York immediately.
- Yes, sir.
- Captain Grey, take
Rio de Janeiro.
- Yes, sir.
- Captain Ochre, Moscow.
And you, Captain Scarlet,
London.
- Yes, sir.
- Sir.
- Right gentlemen, that is all.
- Cloud promenade deck D.
Prepare Spectrum jets
for immediate launch.
Colonel White?
- Yes, lieutenant?
- Could the Mysteron
threat to kill time
be some sort of trick?
- Trick?
No, lieutenant, rest
assured they intend
to destroy something
or somebody.
- Dr. Magnus.
- Ah, there you are, Turner.
How's the patient?
- He's fine, I expect a
complete recovery.
- Good, I was rather
pleased myself.
Went off without a hitch.
- Then I take it we're
all set up for tomorrow?
- Yes, I can see no
point in waiting.
- [Benson] Your car, Dr. Magnus.
- Good, thank you.
Well, I'll go and see
the general right away.
- Have my car brought
around please, Benson.
- Right away, sir.
- Goodnight Magnus.
- See you in the morning,
goodnight Turner.
(knock at door)
- Come in.
- Professor Magnus is
here to see you, General.
- Ah, doctor.
- Please, don't get up general.
I just came to confirm
that the operation
will take place tomorrow.
- I'm glad to hear it doctor.
I don't like this
waiting around.
- I understand, sir.
There is one thing.
- [General] Yes?
- I need your signature
on this release.
- Release?
Do you anticipate any
complications?
- No. general, as I told
you, any brain operation
is delicate, but the
cerebral pulsator
has eliminated most of the risk.
In fact, I performed a very
similar operation just today
and the patient is fine.
The release is a formality.
- Well, if you say so, Magnus.
- If you'd like to wait
and get a second opinion,
we can postpone it a week or so.
- No, no, no, let's get
it over with.
Give me the release,
I'll sign it now.
Thank you.
- Come on, come on.
(gunshot and shattering glass)
(cars honking)
(intense chase music)
Lost him.
Now, calm down and
find the police.
(gunshot)
(gunshot)
(skidding tires)
(mysterious music)
- Dr. Magnus, tomorrow you
will kill time.
Tomorrow you will kill time.
- Destiny Angel has just landed,
sir.
- Has she anything to report?
- No, sir, just the
latest dispatches
from London and New York.
- And I assume they
tell us nothing.
- No, sir, I'm afraid not.
- Nothing, nothing.
Nothing.
- [Magenta] I've got it!
I got it!
Colonel White, I've got it!
- What the-
- I know what the
Mysterons are going to do.
It's here in the paper!
It came to me in a flash.
I don't know why we
didn't think of it before!
It's so obvious now, so obvious.
- This is Colonel White.
Is that you, Captain Magenta?
- Yes, sir. I'm
trying to tell you-
- Slow down, Captain, and
tell me clearly and slowly
what you have found.
I was checking the
papers for a lead,
when I noticed that
General Tiempo,
commander of the western region
world defense is in London
for an operation.
- Get to the point, Captain.
- Well, that's it Colonel.
General Tiempo is an obvious
target for the Mysterons,
and Tiempo, in Spanish,
means time.
Kill time, kill Tiempo.
- Doctor Magnus?
I hope I didn't startle you.
- No, No I uh, I was
checking on my patient.
Who are you, anyway?
- Captain Scarlet, Spectrum.
- Uh, what's going on?
Is it time for the operation?
- Not quite, general, there's
been a change of plan.
I have orders to escort
you both to Cloud Base.
- I demand an explanation.
- It's very simple, Dr. Magnus.
We believe that the Mysterons
plan to assassinate
General Tiempo,
and decided to bring him
here for his own safety.
- That's all very well,
Colonel White,
but the general was due
to have a serious
operation this morning.
- We have adequate
facilities here on Cloud Base
for any operation, don't
you agree, Dr. Fawn?
- Yes, we have the facilities,
but in view of the
Mysteron threat,
I would suggest we postpone
the operation for a week or so.
- Absolutely out of
the question!
As the general's doctor,
I demand that we go
ahead immediately.
- But I understood, doctor-
- Immediately, doctor.
- All right, he's your
patient, Dr. Magnus.
Prepare the sick bay.
Has the transporter arrived?
- Yes, sir, Dr. Turner
and the radiographer
are in the sick bay,
and Dr. Magnus's apparatus
has been installed.
- Good, you all have
your orders.
Dr. Fawn, you will assist
in the actual operation.
- Yes, sir.
- The rest of us will watch
on internal television.
I don't have to remind you
that the tightest possible
security's essential.
Where is the general now?
- In the X-ray room, sir.
- Right, a couple more, a
little to the left, general.
Now, one more.
That should be fine.
You'll get those up
to the theater
as quickly as possible, please.
- Yes, sir.
- Lieutenant Green.
- Yes, sir?
- Keep open contact
with the sick bay.
I want to hear every
word that is said.
- Yes, colonel.
- I have a feeling that
the Mysteron attempt
on General Tiempo's life
is very close.
- Let's get on with it.
- We're waiting for the X-rays.
- Well, can someone
hurry them up?
- Hm, that Magnus should keep
his hands out of the way.
- Are we ready now?
- Yes.
- Right, X-rays.
Scalpel.
- Are you all right?
- Of course, what do you mean?
Electrolytic cream.
(dramatic music)
- Pulse, normal,
breathing steady.
- Probe.
Switch on the cerebral pulsator.
Set the voltage for 1.7.
- But doctor, that's
far too high!
- I'll thank you doctor,
to remember I'm performing
this operation.
- Should we stop it, sir?
- No, wait.
- Give me the electrodes.
- But this is impossible.
unless-
Magnus!
- I'll take over the pulsator.
- Hold it right there.
- Let me pass.
- I've got strict orders,
no one's to go in there.
- I've got to stop
the operation.
- I said no one.
- Pulse rate rising rapidly,
breathing spasmodic.
Pulse still increasing, Dr.
Magnus.
- No, and that's final!
- Then I must see Colonel White!
(frantic beeping)
Colonel White!
- Pulse 120.
124, breathing irregular,
deteriorating.
Magnus!
(dramatic music)
- Magnus is a Mysteron!
Hold him!
- It's too late, earth man.
He's dead.
- You're wrong, Magnus.
You've killed Captain Scarlet.
- [Colonel] Dr. Magnus,
consider yourself under arrest.
- Look out!
- After him!
- This is a Cloud Base alert.
Seal all exits from Deck C.
Apprehend Dr. Magnus.
This is a Cloud Base alert.
- Have you got him?
- No, no he's locked himself
in the generator room.
We could get in through
the maintenance door.
- Good idea.
- Well let's go!
- No, captain, I
better go alone.
Don't be a fool, Magnus.
You failed!
Give yourself up and
we'll try and help you.
- Help me, earth man?
If I'm to fail, at least
you will die first.
- Finally Colonel, I'd
like to thank you
and all the members of
Spectrum for what you've done.
- There's no need, general,
that's what we're here for.
- Well, uh, thank you anyway.
- I would like to thank Captain
Scarlet for volunteering
to take General Tiempo's
place during the operation.
Once again, he has
saved the situation
and demonstrated his
remarkable powers of recovery.
Well, Dr. Magnus is
dead, but we have learned
a little more about
the Mysterons.
First, they are
impervious to x-rays.
A most important point.
And secondly, it is
obvious that electricity
is their Achilles heel.
High voltage current can kill
Mysterons as well as men.
(dramatic music)
Subtitles: Kilo
? - Captain Scarlet
- Captain Scarlet ?
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- Captain Scarlet ?
? - Captain Scarlet
- Captain Scarlet ?
? - Captain Scarlet
- Captain Scarlet ?
? Captain Scarlet ?
? In-des-tructible ?
? 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.
(mysterious music)
- Can you hear me, Mr. Morgan?
- Yes, doctor.
- You know what we're
going to do.
Are you comfortable?
- Yes, Dr. Magnus, I'm fine.
- Good, let's begin.
X-rays.
- Will the patient be
conscious throughout?
- Yes, they use a
local anesthetic.
Dr. Magnus needs to check
the patient's reaction.
[Magnus] Scalpel.
Pulse?
- Pulse, normal.
Breathing, steady.
- Electrolytic cream.
Clamp.
It looks fine, small probe.
- Pulse, 85 increasing.
- Relax, Mr. Morgan.
Cream, nurse.
Right, switch on the
cerebral pulsator.
Give me the electrodes.
- He's introducing the
electrodes to the frontal area.
- This is the critical part.
- Pulse?
- [Anesthetist] Steady at 89.
- Good, electrodes in position.
I'll take over.
- He's about to apply
the current.
- One mistake now...
(rapid beeping)
- This is the voice of
the Mysterons.
We know that you can hear us,
Earth men.
We will continue to
take our revenge.
You will pay for your act
of aggression.
Our next act of retaliation
will be to kill time.
We will kill time.
- Time.
Kill time.
What do they mean?
- The computer's compiled a list
of anything associated with
time held in the memory bank.
- Yes colonel, but it's
over 14 microfiles long.
- Well, we cannot hope
to cover even one percent
of the possibilities, somehow
we must narrow the field.
I've sent out a worldwide
alert to all Spectrum agents.
I want reports on
anything suspicious.
We will set up field
headquarters in strategic cities.
Captain Blue.
- Yes, colonel?
- You will leave for New
York immediately.
- Yes, sir.
- Captain Grey, take
Rio de Janeiro.
- Yes, sir.
- Captain Ochre, Moscow.
And you, Captain Scarlet,
London.
- Yes, sir.
- Sir.
- Right gentlemen, that is all.
- Cloud promenade deck D.
Prepare Spectrum jets
for immediate launch.
Colonel White?
- Yes, lieutenant?
- Could the Mysteron
threat to kill time
be some sort of trick?
- Trick?
No, lieutenant, rest
assured they intend
to destroy something
or somebody.
- Dr. Magnus.
- Ah, there you are, Turner.
How's the patient?
- He's fine, I expect a
complete recovery.
- Good, I was rather
pleased myself.
Went off without a hitch.
- Then I take it we're
all set up for tomorrow?
- Yes, I can see no
point in waiting.
- [Benson] Your car, Dr. Magnus.
- Good, thank you.
Well, I'll go and see
the general right away.
- Have my car brought
around please, Benson.
- Right away, sir.
- Goodnight Magnus.
- See you in the morning,
goodnight Turner.
(knock at door)
- Come in.
- Professor Magnus is
here to see you, General.
- Ah, doctor.
- Please, don't get up general.
I just came to confirm
that the operation
will take place tomorrow.
- I'm glad to hear it doctor.
I don't like this
waiting around.
- I understand, sir.
There is one thing.
- [General] Yes?
- I need your signature
on this release.
- Release?
Do you anticipate any
complications?
- No. general, as I told
you, any brain operation
is delicate, but the
cerebral pulsator
has eliminated most of the risk.
In fact, I performed a very
similar operation just today
and the patient is fine.
The release is a formality.
- Well, if you say so, Magnus.
- If you'd like to wait
and get a second opinion,
we can postpone it a week or so.
- No, no, no, let's get
it over with.
Give me the release,
I'll sign it now.
Thank you.
- Come on, come on.
(gunshot and shattering glass)
(cars honking)
(intense chase music)
Lost him.
Now, calm down and
find the police.
(gunshot)
(gunshot)
(skidding tires)
(mysterious music)
- Dr. Magnus, tomorrow you
will kill time.
Tomorrow you will kill time.
- Destiny Angel has just landed,
sir.
- Has she anything to report?
- No, sir, just the
latest dispatches
from London and New York.
- And I assume they
tell us nothing.
- No, sir, I'm afraid not.
- Nothing, nothing.
Nothing.
- [Magenta] I've got it!
I got it!
Colonel White, I've got it!
- What the-
- I know what the
Mysterons are going to do.
It's here in the paper!
It came to me in a flash.
I don't know why we
didn't think of it before!
It's so obvious now, so obvious.
- This is Colonel White.
Is that you, Captain Magenta?
- Yes, sir. I'm
trying to tell you-
- Slow down, Captain, and
tell me clearly and slowly
what you have found.
I was checking the
papers for a lead,
when I noticed that
General Tiempo,
commander of the western region
world defense is in London
for an operation.
- Get to the point, Captain.
- Well, that's it Colonel.
General Tiempo is an obvious
target for the Mysterons,
and Tiempo, in Spanish,
means time.
Kill time, kill Tiempo.
- Doctor Magnus?
I hope I didn't startle you.
- No, No I uh, I was
checking on my patient.
Who are you, anyway?
- Captain Scarlet, Spectrum.
- Uh, what's going on?
Is it time for the operation?
- Not quite, general, there's
been a change of plan.
I have orders to escort
you both to Cloud Base.
- I demand an explanation.
- It's very simple, Dr. Magnus.
We believe that the Mysterons
plan to assassinate
General Tiempo,
and decided to bring him
here for his own safety.
- That's all very well,
Colonel White,
but the general was due
to have a serious
operation this morning.
- We have adequate
facilities here on Cloud Base
for any operation, don't
you agree, Dr. Fawn?
- Yes, we have the facilities,
but in view of the
Mysteron threat,
I would suggest we postpone
the operation for a week or so.
- Absolutely out of
the question!
As the general's doctor,
I demand that we go
ahead immediately.
- But I understood, doctor-
- Immediately, doctor.
- All right, he's your
patient, Dr. Magnus.
Prepare the sick bay.
Has the transporter arrived?
- Yes, sir, Dr. Turner
and the radiographer
are in the sick bay,
and Dr. Magnus's apparatus
has been installed.
- Good, you all have
your orders.
Dr. Fawn, you will assist
in the actual operation.
- Yes, sir.
- The rest of us will watch
on internal television.
I don't have to remind you
that the tightest possible
security's essential.
Where is the general now?
- In the X-ray room, sir.
- Right, a couple more, a
little to the left, general.
Now, one more.
That should be fine.
You'll get those up
to the theater
as quickly as possible, please.
- Yes, sir.
- Lieutenant Green.
- Yes, sir?
- Keep open contact
with the sick bay.
I want to hear every
word that is said.
- Yes, colonel.
- I have a feeling that
the Mysteron attempt
on General Tiempo's life
is very close.
- Let's get on with it.
- We're waiting for the X-rays.
- Well, can someone
hurry them up?
- Hm, that Magnus should keep
his hands out of the way.
- Are we ready now?
- Yes.
- Right, X-rays.
Scalpel.
- Are you all right?
- Of course, what do you mean?
Electrolytic cream.
(dramatic music)
- Pulse, normal,
breathing steady.
- Probe.
Switch on the cerebral pulsator.
Set the voltage for 1.7.
- But doctor, that's
far too high!
- I'll thank you doctor,
to remember I'm performing
this operation.
- Should we stop it, sir?
- No, wait.
- Give me the electrodes.
- But this is impossible.
unless-
Magnus!
- I'll take over the pulsator.
- Hold it right there.
- Let me pass.
- I've got strict orders,
no one's to go in there.
- I've got to stop
the operation.
- I said no one.
- Pulse rate rising rapidly,
breathing spasmodic.
Pulse still increasing, Dr.
Magnus.
- No, and that's final!
- Then I must see Colonel White!
(frantic beeping)
Colonel White!
- Pulse 120.
124, breathing irregular,
deteriorating.
Magnus!
(dramatic music)
- Magnus is a Mysteron!
Hold him!
- It's too late, earth man.
He's dead.
- You're wrong, Magnus.
You've killed Captain Scarlet.
- [Colonel] Dr. Magnus,
consider yourself under arrest.
- Look out!
- After him!
- This is a Cloud Base alert.
Seal all exits from Deck C.
Apprehend Dr. Magnus.
This is a Cloud Base alert.
- Have you got him?
- No, no he's locked himself
in the generator room.
We could get in through
the maintenance door.
- Good idea.
- Well let's go!
- No, captain, I
better go alone.
Don't be a fool, Magnus.
You failed!
Give yourself up and
we'll try and help you.
- Help me, earth man?
If I'm to fail, at least
you will die first.
- Finally Colonel, I'd
like to thank you
and all the members of
Spectrum for what you've done.
- There's no need, general,
that's what we're here for.
- Well, uh, thank you anyway.
- I would like to thank Captain
Scarlet for volunteering
to take General Tiempo's
place during the operation.
Once again, he has
saved the situation
and demonstrated his
remarkable powers of recovery.
Well, Dr. Magnus is
dead, but we have learned
a little more about
the Mysterons.
First, they are
impervious to x-rays.
A most important point.
And secondly, it is
obvious that electricity
is their Achilles heel.
High voltage current can kill
Mysterons as well as men.
(dramatic music)
Subtitles: Kilo
? - Captain Scarlet
- Captain Scarlet ?
? - Captain Scarlet
- Captain Scarlet ?
? - Captain Scarlet
- Captain Scarlet ?
? - Captain Scarlet
- Captain Scarlet ?
? Captain Scarlet ?
? In-des-tructible ?
? Captain Scarlet ?