Captain Scarlet (comic story)
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An otherwise untitled Captain Scarlet comic story was printed in TV Century 21 in June 1969.
It featured as its primary setting Unity City, a location first introduced in The Daleks story Duel of the Daleks, thus constituting a crossover with the Doctor Who universe.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Captain Scarlet
- Captain Black
- Colonel White
- Colonel Blue
- Doctor Fawn
- Lieutenant Green
- President Roberts
- Philip Lawrence
- Jim Brady
- J. Watson
- General Crawford
- Assassin
- Motorcyclist
- Guard
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- News of the Mysteron plot is collected by TV 21 newsman Jim Brady and screened for release by Spectrum, while visual re-writes are performed by J. Watson in Unity City.
- The Mysteron War has endured for two years, with both sides winning victories and sustaining defeats at various times.
- It is Crawford's job to collect the Valour Star medals from a silversmith on Atlantic Street.
- Captain Black finds it easier than he expected to replace the medals with explosive replicas, postulating that the staff are at lunch.
- According to Captain Scarlet, Captain Blue knows the Paris area "like the back of his hand".
- Roberts describes the six men awarded with Valour Stars as "valiant fighters for right" and "champions of liberty".
Story notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The character of J. Watson, who is responsible for the "visual re-write" of the special report on the Mysteron plot, is a clear allusion to this story's artist Jim Watson.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Captain Black is an "instrument of terror to avenge his masters on Earth's act of folly". (PROSE: Scarlet Kidnapped!, Rogues Gallery)
- Captain Black was once a member of Spectrum. (PROSE: Capt. Black Mars Expedition Lost!, COMIC: Traitor Black Gives In!)
- The Mysterons make another attempt on the life of World President Roberts, in addition to the six men receiving the Valour Star. (COMIC: Spectrum Top Security File No. CZ6PA)
- Captain Blue is being honoured for risking his life in order to save President Polenski of the Bratvian Republic. (PROSE: Hero Award)
