Begin with the new Spectrum
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New Captain Scarlet
Spectrum is back. Enter Gerry Anderson’s computer-animated reimagining of Captain Scarlet, where an indestructible agent faces the Mysterons with a new team, new machines and a new visual language.
- Spectrum reimagined
- 26 episodes
- First broadcast in 2005
New Captain Scarlet
Where to begin
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Machines
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Rhino
The Rhino brings armour, speed and heavy firepower to Spectrum’s ground operations. Transported from Skybase by the Albatross, it fills the pursuit and assault role occupied by the SPV in the original series, with a new design built for the CGI world.
- Organisation: Spectrum
- Transport: Albatross
Falcon Interceptor
The Angels’ Falcon Interceptors launch from Skybase to meet threats in the air. The base’s internal systems support their refuelling and rearmament, making the fighters part of a carefully connected operational system. They are the new series’ counterpart to the classic Angel Interceptors.
- Pilots: The Angels
- Base: Skybase
Albatross
Spectrum’s heavy transporter carries Rhinos from Skybase to the scene of a mission. The relationship between carrier and ground vehicle gives the organisation a clear deployment sequence and brings a familiar Anderson rescue-and-logistics idea into its new tactical world.
- Purpose: Heavy transport
- Cargo: Rhino vehicles
Cheetah
The Cheetah is Spectrum’s rapid-response car, built for pursuit and reconnaissance. Its short-range flight capability lets it continue when the road is no longer enough, turning a car chase into the kind of changing, multi-stage action sequence the new series could realise digitally.
- Purpose: Rapid response
- Capability: Road and short-range flight
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Characters
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Captain Scarlet
In the 2005 reimagining, Scarlet returns from Mars changed by contact with the Mysterons. His extraordinary ability to recover makes him central to Spectrum’s defence, but his humanity and personal relationships remain at stake. Wayne Forester voices this new incarnation.
- Series: New Captain Scarlet
- Voice: Wayne Forester
Captain Black
Once a Spectrum officer and colleague of Scarlet, Black becomes the Mysterons’ instrument on Earth. The new series gives his conflict with the team a particularly personal edge through his past relationships. Nigel Plaskitt provides his voice.
- Series: New Captain Scarlet
- Voice: Nigel Plaskitt
Destiny Angel
Destiny is one of Spectrum’s Falcon pilots and a major presence in the reimagined series. Her relationships with Scarlet and Black make the conflict more than an operational threat. Emma Tate voices an Angel who combines professional skill with a strong personal stake in the war.
- Role: Falcon pilot
- Voice: Emma Tate
Captain Blue
Scarlet’s field partner brings a forceful, direct approach to Spectrum’s operations. Their friendship gives the action a personal foundation as Blue works alongside a man who can survive dangers he cannot. Robbie Stevens voices the reimagined Captain Blue.
- Series: New Captain Scarlet
- Voice: Robbie Stevens
Colonel White
Spectrum’s commander directs the defence against the Mysterons from Skybase. His responsibilities extend beyond tactics to the welfare of the people under his command, including a close, protective bond with Lieutenant Green. Mike Hayley provides his voice.
- Role: Commander of Spectrum
- Voice: Mike Hayley
Lieutenant Green
Lieutenant Green coordinates Skybase’s communications and supports Spectrum’s missions from its operations centre. This is a new characterisation for the reimagined series, voiced by Jules de Jongh, with her own relationships within the team.
- Role: Skybase communications
- Voice: Jules de Jongh
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Places
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Skybase
The CGI series’ airborne headquarters houses Spectrum’s command staff, aircraft and ground vehicles. Its launch, recovery and maintenance systems show how the organisation’s machines work together. Skybase reimagines the role of Cloudbase with a distinct design and operating logic.
- Organisation: Spectrum
- Commander: Colonel White
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The story of New Captain Scarlet
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Spectrum reimagined
Gerry Anderson returned to his indestructible hero with a new television series in 2005. New Captain Scarlet reworks the war between Spectrum and the Mysterons through computer-generated imagery, a new voice cast and a more personal set of relationships. It is a fresh version of the premise, distinct from the original 1967 continuity.
A mission to Mars brings Captains Scarlet and Black into contact with the Mysterons. Scarlet returns changed, with extraordinary powers of recovery; Black becomes an instrument of the enemy. The danger is global, but it also reaches directly into the lives of the people who knew them before.
Making Hypermarionation
The production combined digital characters, motion capture, computer-built environments and a new fleet of vehicles under the banner of Hypermarionation. Across 26 episodes, it took an Anderson action series into spaces and movements that would have been difficult to achieve with physical puppets.
David Lane served as supervising director, Ron Thornton as CGI producer, Mark Harris as production designer and Dominic Lavery as concept art director. Phil Ford wrote the majority of the series, with John Brown and Brian Finch also contributing. Crispin Merrell composed its music.
Read the full production history for the development from the early CGI test film to the television series.
A team with something personal at stake
Wayne Forester voices Captain Scarlet, with Robbie Stevens as Captain Blue and Nigel Plaskitt as Captain Black. Emma Tate’s Destiny Angel is central to the story as both a pilot and someone whose relationships are changed by the conflict.
Colonel White, voiced by Mike Hayley, commands the organisation from Skybase. Jules de Jongh’s Lieutenant Green is a new characterisation of Spectrum’s communications role. Friendship, loyalty and the difficulty of recognising an enemy within a familiar person give the action its emotional consequences.
Skybase and the new hardware
Skybase replaces Cloudbase as the airborne headquarters. Falcon Interceptors provide aerial defence, Rhinos take on the ground pursuit role, and Albatross transports carry the heavier equipment into action. The Cheetah adds short-range flight to a rapid-response car.
The machines are designed as a working system, with launch, transport and recovery sequences that explain how Spectrum reaches a crisis. Their relationship to the classic equipment is recognisable, but their names, shapes and capabilities belong to this production.
Where to start
Begin with the two-part Instrument of Destruction, which establishes the mission to Mars and the new versions of Scarlet and Black. Then follow the series as Spectrum learns more about its enemy and its own vulnerabilities.
Our ten-episode guide offers a route into further highlights. If you are comparing versions, visit the original Captain Scarlet hub for the Supermarionation team, Cloudbase and the SPV.
A later chapter in Gerry’s television work
The series first appeared on British television within the Saturday-morning programme Ministry of Mayhem. Its original scheduling made the complete episodes harder to discover than the production deserved, but subsequent releases have allowed viewers to explore the series as a sustained body of work.
As Gerry’s final completed television series, New Captain Scarlet is also a useful insight into his continued interest in new production technology. The same impulse that once pushed puppet and miniature filming forward now took him into an entirely digital form.
Production record
Anderson Entertainment / Gerry Anderson Productions / The Indestructible Production Company. Produced 2003–05; 26 episodes of approximately 25 minutes. First broadcast in 2005.
Series Created and Produced by Gerry Anderson
Supervising Director: David Lane
CGI Producer: Ron Thornton
Line Producer: Mark Sherwood
Production Designer: Mark Harris
Music by Crispin Merrell
Directors: David Lane, Mark Woollard & Dominic Lavery
Writers: Phil Ford, John Brown & Brian Finch
Concept Art Director: Dominic Lavery
Editor: Andy Walter
Associate Producer: Gerry Donohoe
Created in Hypermarionation
Produced by Anderson Entertainment for Gerry Anderson Productions plc
Voice Cast:
Wayne Forester, Julia Brahms, Robbie Stevens, Jeremy Hitchen, Emma Tate, Heather Tobias, Mike Hayley, Bill Roberts, Nigel Plaskitt, Suzie Westerby, Jules de Jongh, Glenn Wrage
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