Captain Scarlet (character) - Wikipedia. Captain Scarlet is the fictional main character in Gerry Anderson's British. Supermarionation science- fiction television series Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons and its computer- animated remake, Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet. Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons.
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A close relationship with Destiny Angel is also hinted at several times in the series. Death, Mysteronisation, and resurrection. Both men were reconstructed by the aliens, who assigned their exact likenesses of both men to assassinate the World President. The Captain Brown likeness was turned into a walking bomb for this purpose. When this attempt failed, the Captain Scarlet likeness kidnapped the President from Cloudbase and flew him to England, taking him to the top of the London Car- Vu, a large car park tower. Cornered while holding the President at gunpoint over the city below, the Captain Scarlet likeness was shot by Captain Blue and fell 8. However, at the end of the episode it was revealed that Captain Scarlet was returning to life and had become almost incapable of dying permanently due to the powers of the Mysterons, although the fall had broken the Mysteron programming and returned him to his original personality.
This extraordinary ability heals Scarlet of physical injuries within hours, making him virtually indestructible. Captain Scarlet's Mysteronised body, like those of all Mysteron likenesses, is still vulnerable to electricity and impervious to X- rays. Though Captain Scarlet . His real name is Paul Metcalfe. He has black hair and blue eyes, speaks with a Mid- Atlantic accent and is said to be from Winchester in Hampshire, England. He was born on 1.
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December 2. 03. 6. He is not unfamiliar with gambling and drinking and in the episode . He is also a qualified astronaut. He is a somewhat stereotypical hero in that he is dependable and always gets the job done although he is not always successful. He does, however, have a lighter side. He also has a rather dry wit and sarcastic sense of humour, often using this in dialogue with other Spectrum agents.
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He can turn his hand to a variety of weapons from guns to electric cables. Captain Scarlet is not shown to have any love interests during the series although previous attractions are indicated at some points, and a popular speculation among the fan community of the series is that he has a soft spot for, if not a relationship with, compatriot Rhapsody Angel. Captain Scarlet has a close friendship with Captain Blue, who acts as Captain Scarlet's .
However, Captain Scarlet is friendly with all other Cloudbase personnel, and he has no particular enemies among those with whom he is closely associated. Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet. As a boy of ten, Paul watched his father take humankind's first steps on Mars and vowed to follow in his historic footsteps. He studied astrophysics at MIT before joining the US Air Force. But the outbreak of global terrorist wars, which saw the deaths of both his parents, changed his focus. He transferred to US Special Forces and commanded an elite unit that saw action across the world.
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His second- in- command was Lieutenant Conrad Lefkon, who became his closest friend. With the end of the wars, a new security organisation was established: Spectrum. Paul was an obvious choice for the new organisation, and took on the codename . His good friend Lefkon was also signed up as . After they had discovered the Mysterons' city, Black fired a destructive shot against it, believing they were under attack.
The two men watched in astonishment as the city rebuilt itself, and tried to flee to escape their fate, only to be killed afterwards. The Mysterons rebuilt Scarlet as an invincible human replica to infiltrate Earth and lead their war against the planet. While under the control of the Mysterons, Scarlet tried to destroy Skybase, but was stopped in his efforts by Captain Blue. Falling down through a plasma stream, Scarlet was killed, but recovered later on in Sickbay, under the astonished eyes of Doctor Gold and other onlookers, and revealed himself to be fully free of the Mysterons' control.
Metcalfe's human psyche had survived and regained control of his physical body. Instead of being killed by the power surge, Scarlet was only harmed temporarily, and was restored to life by the genetic mutation of the Mysteron . First and foremost, he is a soldier on the frontline of Earth's defences. However, he is also tormented by what he has become - not fully human.
Utterly fearless and dedicated to saving the human race, for all Scarlet's heroism there is one thing that makes him very uneasy - his growing feelings for Destiny Angel, the girlfriend of his late friend, Captain Black. Abilities. It is not clear if this phenomenon was because he was on the Mysterons' home planet, or if he would hear them, wherever he might be, if they chose to contact him again. In . To support his argument, he makes reference to a line of dialogue spoken by the character of Lieutenant Green in the episode . DO NOT TRY TO IMITATE HIM!!! Archived from the original on 1. December 2. 00. 9.
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