Identifying themselves as the Mysterons, the aliens claim to have discovered the secret of " reversing matter " ( a power later referred to as " retrometabolism ").

Other British color television programmes include Stingray ( 1964 – 1965 ), which was the first British TV show to be filmed entirely in color, Thunderbirds ( 1965 – 1966 ) and Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons ( 1967 – 1968 ).

Anderson originally intended the Mysterons to be more conventional Martians, later choosing to make them effectively invisible so that the series would not feel dated.

They are categorically stated to be energy beings, with one being shown to be capable of transforming into the " green rings ", and are to some extent individualised – there is a dissenting faction in the " Mysteron consciousness " ( as a member of the faction puts it ) that believes that, given time, humans will outgrow their destructive impulses and become more like the Mysterons themselves.

Following Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, Joe 90 was purposely conceived and developed to be a different kind of Supermarionation series, placing the narrative emphasis less on action, advanced technology and visual effects and more on characterisation and plotlines subscribing more to the spy thriller genre than science fiction.

In the very first episode " The Mysterons " an attendant remarks to Captain Blue that it must be a challenge to drive backwards.

As the Mysterons somehow disable the cannons on the SPV's front ( Captain Blue presses the " Fire " buttons but nothing happens ), Captain Scarlet ejects Captain Blue and, in what would normally be a suicidal maneuver, rams the wheels of the DT-19 as it is speeding on the runway to try to stop it.

The disappointment of this outcome was intensified by the knowledge that Series Two of Thunderbirds would be cut down to six episodes and that AP Films ' upcoming television project would be a brand-new series, which would later be titled Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons and screened from 1967.

In the pre-production stages of their next puppet series, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, the Andersons would opt to script a second appearance of the Zero-X spacecraft to link the continuities of Thunderbirds and its sequel, which is supposed to be set in the same fictional universe.

Voice acting was recorded in six days at the Anvil Films Recording Studio at Denham in Buckinghamshire, where dialogue for Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons would also be recorded.

The TV Century 21 comic book depicted the Mysterons as both energy beings and a computer collective.

* Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons ( 1967 – 1968 ) – The Martians at war with Earth are the Mysterons — an invisible race of superbeings hell-bent on revenge after an unprovoked attack on their Martian city by Captain Black, a Spectrum agent investigating strange alien signals.

Duos of equal importance on TV such as Kate McArdle and Allie Lowell ( Kate & Allie ), Oscar Madison and Felix Unger ( The Odd Couple ), Bret Maverick and Bart Maverick ( Maverick ), Captain Scarlet and Captain Blue ( Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons ), or Laverne De Fazio and Shirley Feeney ( Laverne & Shirley ), are sometimes both called sidekicks to each other, although the usual sense of the term denotes inequality.

After a misunderstanding results in human astronauts destroying their base, the vengeful Mysterons declare war on Earth, initiating a succession of reprisal attacks that are countered by Spectrum, an international security organisation.

The inhabitants of the settlement, the Mysterons, are sentient computers that form a collective consciousness.

This ability is used to conduct a " war of nerves " against Earth, in which the Mysterons issue threats against specific targets ( from world leaders and military installations to whole cities and continents ) and then destroy and reconstruct whatever instruments are required ( whether human or machine ) to execute their plans.

Although the Mysterons are able to manipulate events from Mars, their actions on Earth are usually performed by their replicated intermediaries.

Its altitude theoretically renders it invulnerable to attack, but the Mysterons are always looking for ways to penetrate its defences.

The Mysterons are a fictional race of extraterrestrials, native to the planet Mars, which appear in the British science-fiction Supermarionation television series Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons ( 1967 – 68 ) and Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet ( 2005 ), symbolised by ubiquitous projected green rings and the deep bass voice of their human convert, Captain Black.

The Mysterons themselves are never seen on screen.

Mysterons are also able to control the minds of their human victims, whether the subject has been replicated or not.

The Mysterons wish to break through security at Nuclear City with an SPV, and are hiring Captain Scarlet, now stripped of his captaincy, to help.

This sequence was first seen on the two Thunderbirds feature films ( Thunderbirds are GO-premiering December 12, 1966-and Thunderbird 6 ), and two more Supermarionation series for ATV, Captain Scarlet and The Mysterons ( 1967 – 68 ) and Joe 90 in 1968.

Spectrum's personnel and facilities are now mainly mobilized to combat the threat of the Mysterons.

The description mentions Scarlet taking a camping holiday with his sister and her son when they are attacked by the Mysterons.

The finale is a flashback episode that ends inconclusively with regards to the war between Earth and Mars and the fate of Spectrum and the Mysterons.

The crew's hostile actions lead to a " war of nerves " with the Mysterons in Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons.

This has taken the form of a war of nerves, with the Mysterons using their amazing powers to influence people, vehicles and inanimate objects to fall under their control.

Captain Scarlet becomes Spectrum's foremost weapon in its fight against the Mysterons after the events of the pilot episode, in which the Mysterons threaten to assassinate the World President as their first act of retaliation.

After Zero X returns to Earth, he disappears, and thereafter is the instrument of the Mysterons ' campaign of vengeance against Earth for what they saw as unwarranted aggression.

He vanished upon landing at Glenn Field, and shortly after the Mysterons issued their first threat against Earth.

Using their incredible power of retrometabolism, the ability to recreate matter, the Mysterons reconstructed the city and pledged to take vengeance on the people of Earth for their unprovoked attack.

* The series also establishes new aspects of the Mysterons, revealing that most retain some remnants of the original personalities and feelings of the people killed ( in the original series this is depicted as unique to Scarlet ).

Set in 2068, the series charts the hostilities between Earth and a race of Martians known as the Mysterons.

Hostilities between Earth and the Mysterons commence following a Zero-X expedition on Mars led by Captain Black of the Earth security organisation Spectrum.

Dedicating themselves to a " slow, but nonetheless effective " retaliation for the unprovoked attack on their Martian complex, the Mysterons seize telepathic control of Black and return him to Earth, making him instrumental in avenging the Mysterons by recruiting other persons and objects in a similar fashion.

Through Captain Black, the Mysterons relay instructions to other agents on Earth and compel him to undertake acts of terrorism and murder through their disembodied voice.

The Zero-X ( spelling variants include: " Zero X " or " Zero-X ") is a fictional Earth spacecraft that appeared in two of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's Supermarionation productions, the 1966 film Thunderbirds Are Go and the 1967 television series Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons.

The Mysterons primary Earth agent is Captain Black, recreated from the body of the original Spectrum agent.

Gerry Anderson made science fiction series for ITV using the puppet based ' Supermarionation ' technique including Fireball XL5 ( 1962 – 63 ), Thunderbirds ( 1965 – 66 ), Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons ( 1967 & 68 ), and Stingray ( 1964 – 65 ) which all retain a following.

When the Mysterons reconstructed their city and threatened to assassinate the World President, they seized control over Black's mind.

Following the destruction, the three men crew of the MEV witnessed the miraculous re-materialisation (" retro-metabolism ", as it is termed in the TV series ) of the Mysteron city, and for their act of aggression the Mysterons took control of Black's mind and body as the principal agent of their vengeance.