Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars

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Based onCaptain Scarlet and the Mysterons
by Gerry & Sylvia Anderson
Developed byRobert Mandell
Voices ofFrancis Matthews
Ed Bishop
Cy Grant
Donald Gray
Country of originUnited States
Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars
A man wearing a red uniform prepares to pick up a shining crystal with his gloved hands. He is flanked by two men in spacesuits, both holding guns. Against a starfield background, the text of the poster reads: "Family Home Entertainment presents – Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars – Filmed in Supermarionation".
Home video release cover
Based onCaptain Scarlet and the Mysterons
by Gerry & Sylvia Anderson
Developed byRobert Mandell
Voices ofFrancis Matthews
Ed Bishop
Cy Grant
Donald Gray
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time91 minutes
Production companyITC Entertainment
Original release
Release1981 (1981)
Related
Captain Scarlet vs. the Mysterons

Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars is a 1981 television film based on the 1960s British puppet TV series Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson. Produced by the New York office of the series' distributor, ITC Entertainment, the film is a compilation of the Captain Scarlet episodes "Shadow of Fear", "Lunarville 7", "Crater 101" and "Dangerous Rendezvous".[1]

Set in 2068, the original series depicts a "war of nerves" between Earth and the Mysterons: a race of Martians with the power to create functioning copies of destroyed people or objects and use them to carry out acts of aggression against humanity. Earth is defended by a military organisation called Spectrum, whose top agent, Captain Scarlet, was killed by the Mysterons and replaced by a reconstruction that subsequently broke free of their control. Scarlet's double has a self-healing power that enables him to recover from injuries that would be fatal to anyone else, making him Spectrum's best asset in its fight against the Mysterons.

Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars had its first home video release in either 1981[2] or January 1982.[3] It was followed by another Captain Scarlet compilation, Captain Scarlet vs. the Mysterons. Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars was negatively received by fans of the original Captain Scarlet.[4] In November 1988, it was broadcast as the second episode of the movie-mocking TV series Mystery Science Theater 3000.

An attempt by Spectrum to survey Mars from space is threatened when the Mysterons murder an astronomer attached to the project and replace him with a doppelganger under their control. Captains Scarlet and Blue track down and kill the reconstruction, but not before it sabotages the mountain observatory that is due to receive the images from the Martian space probe. The observatory is destroyed and the images are lost ("Shadow of Fear").

After the Lunar Controller declares the Moon a neutral party in Earth's struggle with the Mysterons, Scarlet, Blue and Lieutenant Green are sent to lunar colony Lunarville 7 to follow up reports of an unidentified complex being built on the far side of the Moon. They discover that this is a Mysteron installation ("Lunarville 7").

After reporting back to Spectrum, Scarlet, Blue and Green return to the Moon to destroy the Mysteron facility. They successfully extract its pulsating crystal power source, thus disabling its reconstructive capability and allowing it to be permanently destroyed with a nuclear bomb ("Crater 101").

Back on Earth, Dr Kurnitz finds that the crystal pulsator can be adapted to enable direct communication with the Mysterons. Transmitting to Mars, Spectrum commander-in-chief Colonel White requests an end to the hostilities between humanity and the Mysterons ("Dangerous Rendezvous").

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