LAST EDITED ON Jun-20-06 AT 10:26 PM (EDT)
 
The finger is on the trigger, about to unleash a force with terrible powers - beyond the comprehension of Man. This force we shall know as: the Mysterons.

This man will be our hero, for fate will make him indestructible. His name:

Captain Scarlet.

Today's trivia tidbit: in early drafts of the first material to feature the International Police Organization, the paramilitary arm of the agency - what became the Tactical Division - was going to be SPECTRUM, with the Rainbow Agents - Captain Scarlet, Captain Blue, et al. - functioning at a clearance/influence level just below that of the Experts of Justice. Vestiges of this can today be found in things like the unofficial color-code nicknames for particular types of Lensmen (TacDiv "Blue Lensmen" most prominent among them), and the fact that the standard SPECTRUM radio acknowledgement, "S.I.G." ("Spectrum Is Green"), occasionally appears in dialogue.

Over in the Warrior's Legacy universe, SPECTRUM does in fact exist, and is mentioned a couple of times in passing when Gryphon and Zoner discuss international intelligence/enforcement agencies. The WL version of Gryphon holds a SPECTRUM reserve commission; if ever activated, he would be Captain Violet. (In fact, several of the organizations from the Gerry Anderson universe exist in WL, including International Rescue, who are also mentioned in passing at least once. I have no excuse for this blatant breach of the WL universe's "things from fighting games" motif, other than my colossal fondness for Supermarionation shows.)

--G.

Ahhh, so that's where WL Zoner gets that "S.I.G." line from. Been wanting to ask for a while, but never had the presence of mind to do so.

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I loved this show in the really early morning SCI-FI channel block when I was going to school. The episode that revealed how the war started was awesome, and totally surprised me that they made that part of a kid's show.

>I loved this show in the really early morning SCI-FI channel block
>when I was going to school. The episode that revealed how the war
>started was awesome, and totally surprised me that they made that part
>of a kid's show.

As near as I can tell, the United States appears to be the only country where certain forces are pretty damned successful at 'cleaning up' (read sanitizing) what they consider to be children's television. Yes, those same forces work in Britain, but they seem to be somewhat less successful.

We are the country that wiped out a lot of the 'red shirt' death in Space Cruiser Yamato through judicious editing, after all. I'm sure they would've tried it with Captain Scarlet, but the war was so integral to the plot, and it was a 'war on nerves', not an overt, lots of body-strewn battlefields, one.

>(In fact, several of the
>organizations from the Gerry Anderson universe exist in WL, including
>International Rescue, who are also mentioned in passing at least once.
> I have no excuse for this blata