Original subtitles

(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.

(dramatic music)

- Snow Cougar 21 to Hot Spot Control.

[Man] Hot Spot Control, come in Snow Cougar 21.

- I'm approaching Eskimo Booster Station.

Are there any special orders?

- [Man] Yes, make it a thorough service and hurry it up.

Met report says the weathers closing in.

Force nine blizzard expected.

It may be the last inspection 'til the weather eases up,

so don't take any chances.

- Don't worry, I'll see everything's okay

and the lifelines left open.

I know what would happen at the bottom of the tower

if anything went wrong.

- [Man] Right, but get moving

or you'll be caught in the storm.

- I'm on my way, over and out.

(wind whistling)

I can't see.

(dramatic music)

[Narrator] This is the voice of the Mysterons.

We know that you can hear us, Earth men.

You are powerless to defeat us.

Your much boasted new space fleet is doomed to failure.

We will make certain you never

return to our planet, Mars.

- I have the space administration.

C and C, general Reeves, sir.

- I�m not surprised, put him on.

- Colonel, we�ve got to stop the Mysterons this time

or our expedition will never succeed in reaching Mars.

- I fully understand sir,

but there�s a lot of ground to cover.

Where do we start?

- Right here at Space Administration Headquarters.

I'll give you all the data you need,

but you've got to act fast.

- I'll send two of my best men right away, sir.

- [General] We'll be expecting them.

- Get me Captain Scarlet and Captain Blue.

Captain Scarlet? - Sir?

- And Captain Blue? - Yes colonel?

- [Colonel] You will proceed immediately

to Space Administration Headquarters

and report to general Reeves.

- What are the most important aspects

of the new rocket program general?

Well remember, we're trying to cut

the transit time to Mars by 1/3.

That means a new fuel formula,

more advanced electronics, half a dozen things.

We're hoping to begin test orbits in six weeks.

- Then you�re not ready to go?

- No, we've had to change

the specifications of the nose casing material

to withstand the higher stresses involved.

- A difficult problem.

- Yes, and we found that only tritonium alloy.

can give 100% protection.

- Tritonium?

But that�s only made in the laboratory in minute amounts.

- Wrong, we found a natural source

of supply in commercial quantities.

A natural source, where sir?

- The only tritonium mine in the world

is at the bottom of the sea, under the North Pole.

- The North Pole?

- Yes captain

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- There it is.

(ominous music)

A mine under the North Pole.

How do they keep the ice back?

- It�s obviously a tremendous problem.

It'll be interesting to see how they do it.

- I noticed a booster station and power line.

They must need a tremendous supply of power.

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- This is really something, a turnpike at the North Pole.

This is it, hot spot tower.

After the security check, we'll ask to see the commander.

- SIG.

Request you identify yourselves.

- [Scarlet] Spectrum, Captain Scarlet and Captain Blue.

- You may proceed.

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- I'm going out to check the booster at Eskimo again.

Central control is off.

- Rather you than me, It�s 60 below out there.

- It's my job.

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- It�s a long way down.

- Right, the mine is over 1,000 feet below the ice.

- Yes, it means our only link with Spectrum

will be through hot spot tower.

- Well gentlemen, welcome to the hot spot mining complex.

Complex seems the right word.

- It's a remarkable achievement,

but the principle is simple.

I think the map will explain it.

This is Eskimo Booster Station,

the most vital point of the whole setup.

- That�s on the polar ice field?

We saw it as we drove in.

Yes, at Eskimo the power is boosted

to an output of 100,000 volts.

- Dangerously high

- Dangerously?

- Captain Scarlet was thinking its high enough to kill him.

- Well you�re joking, 100,000 volts

would disintegrate any man.

- Captain Scarlet is tougher than most.

- Anyway, as I was saying, here at Eskimo

we boost the power to 100,000

and believe me, we need it.

The powerline and the two supply pipes

are taken along here, above the bridge to the tower.

- Just how do you keep the ice at bay?

Well, that's why we need such high voltage.

These lines here are in fact heating elements

that keep the temperature of the water above freezing.

If the current fails, in less than half an hour

the sea would freeze, and the

expanding ice would crush the tower.

I see what you mean about Eskimo Station.

- Yes, but we're pretty careful about Eskimo.

- It took�s as if you need to be.

- [Narrator] This is Captain Black

relaying instructions from the Mysterons.

The hot spot mining complex must be destroyed.

You know what you must do.

- I know what I must do.

Well that's about it.

We're pretty isolated, but we don't

leave anything to chance.

The Mysterons won't succeed here.

The ring of water around hot spot

is kept at a constant temperature of 60 degrees,

we have a 24 hour aerial patrol,

and our nuclear submarines

are maintaining watch under the ice.

We are perfectly safe.

- I wouldn�t bank on that.

- Those pipelines and cables are the tower's lifeline.

- And if they're broken, no air,

no power, no tritonium mine.

And no space program.

- What was that?

Its probably a bad generator

change over at the booster station.

We have a maintenance man working there now.

- Let's hope that's all it is.

Was that the temperature gauge?

- Yes, it can absorb a 10% voltage fluctuation.

There's no immediate problem.

Now that must be more than a 10% drop.

- You're right.

Ill check the circuits.

- I think you'd better.

Just look at that temperature now.

- It dropped five degrees in a few seconds.

- I've switched the lighting to the auxiliary supply,

but the main circuits aren't responding.

What does that mean?

- It means trouble, a power failure.

- Can we do something about it?

All the circuits are under automated control.

The fault will be traced and repaired.

- Well how long will that take?

- We have a highly efficient emergency procedure.

Everyone knows exactly what to do.

It won't take too long.

- Can we do anything to help?

- No it�s all right, Captain Scarlet.

Well check it out.

- [Scarlet] The temperatures falling fast.

The alpha circuit has been cut.

- How serious is that?

Well it means this is no ordinary power failure.

Someone has cut the main power line

to everything in the tower,

and that includes the heating elements.

- The heating elements?

The sea will begin to freeze.

- I'm afraid so, like a frozen noose

tightening around the neck of the tower.

(ominous music)

The ice is already building up.

I�ve checked right the way back.

The trouble is at the booster station

- We must get those heaters back on,

Or the whole mine will be destroyed.

- Im sorry to say the situation is all too clear.

We�ve no power.

Somehow we�ve got to get to that booster station

and find out what�s wrong.

- That s the answer, but how do we do it?

The elevators are the only way up

and they re out of action.

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- How do you inspect the exterior of the complex?

- We have a waterlock and specially heated suits,

but the pressure variation is enormous.

You'd develop the bends

You'd never reach the surface alive.

- It's our only chance.

I must take it.

- Wait, Neilson the maintenance man at the booster station

is probably a Mysteron, and remember,

high voltage is the one thing that can kill you.

It can also kill you, I must go.

How long do we have?

- Well I'd say in less than 20 minutes,

the sea will freeze completely

and crush the tower like match wood.

- Right, I'd better move fast.

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- General Reeves for you, sir.

Yes, general?

-[General] Trouble colonel,

we've lost contact with hot spot tower.

- Lieutenant Green, get me Captain Scarlet.

- I can't raise Captain Scarlet or Captain Blue.

- They could be at the bottom of the shaft.

In that case, we wouldn�t reach them on Spectrum wavelength.

Looks bad, lieutenant.

I believe it to be the work of the Mysterons.

(ominous music)

- Open the outer door.

(ominous music)

(beeping)

- Yes Captain Scarlet, how are you making out?

- Fine, I ve made it to the surface

but the ice is closing in.

I've got to get across the bridge before it collapses.

- Good, but once you leave the tower

we'll lose radio contact.

- Right, I'm on my way to Eskimo Station.

- SIG, and good luck.

- The towers under tremendous strain.

It wasn�t built to take this sort of pressure.

- Well, it's up to Captain Scarlet now.

(creaking)

Hold out, just a little longer.

(creacking)

(booming)

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- The ice is closing in.

Pressure's really building up.

The temperatures dropped another 10 degrees.

- Captain Scarlet should be at the booster station by now.

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- The temperatures down to minus 30!

The tower cant hold out much longer.

Come on, Captain Scarlet.

- All right Nielson, I know you�re up there.

- Yes, Earthman.

- I warn you Nielson, throw down that gun.

- Don't be stupid, Earth man.

In a few minutes, hot spot tower will be destroyed.

You�ve lost!

Don't try anything, I'm coming down.

(yells)

(electricity crackling) (yelling)

(rumbling)

- The powers on, hes done it.

Captain Scarlet made it!

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- Well, Captain Scarlet you took

a desperate chance in that booster station.

- It was a desperate situation, colonel.

Another couple of minutes and the hot spot tower

would have been crushed.

- Yes, but the Mysterons nearly achieved their object.

The mine was badly damaged,

and will be out of operation for at least six months.

- Yes colonel, they're a formidable adversary,

but we must continue the fight.

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