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With the ultra-sonic oil wells and Spectrum's main oil refinery at Bensheba not so far from Rig 15, and possible targets, explosive specialist Jason Smith is hired to extinguish the fire with his vast range of high explosive charges.
Approaching the blazing rubble, Smith falls down in front of his tractor and is reconstructed by the Mysterons The fire is extingyished, but the real Smith is buried in the rubble by his duplicate.
The next day, the doppelganger Smith departs early from the site leaving his original body near the downed rig alerting Captain Scarlet that the Mysteron is on his way to the Bensheba oil refinery to annihilate its entire processing plant.moreless
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Francis Matthews
Captain Scarlet (Paul Metcalfe)
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Ed Bishop
Captain Blue (Adam Svenson)
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Donald Gray
Colonel White (Charles Grey) / Captain Black (Conrad Turner) / Voice Of The Mysterons
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Cy Grant
Lieutenant Green (Seymour Griffiths)
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David Healy
Jason Smith
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Jeremy Wilkin
Rig Controller Kinley
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TRIVIA (6)
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The Score: Bensheba survives. Spectrum: 16 Mysterons: 4.
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Mysteron Reconstructions: Jason Smith (rig fire/van crash).
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Spectrum Losses: 1 SPV, 1 oil tank, 1 Rig 15. Scarlet is killed but recovers.
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Collateral Damage: Jason's van is destroyed.
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As Captain Black watches the situation through binoculars, the bright daylight shot clearly shows his pasty facial complexion but his hands look perfectly normal.
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Colonel White orders a meeting of all Spectrum personnel, but only Captains Grey, Scarlet, Blue and Doctor Fawn show up.
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QUOTES (1)
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Mysterons: This is the voice of the Mysterons. We know that you can hear us Earthmen. We have observed the pathetic attempts of Spectrum to combat us and we have decided to render them powerless. We intend to immobilize the whole of Spectrum.
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NOTES (3)
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This is the last episode produced to include Barry Gray's original end title music before it was replaced by the version by The Spectrum band.
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The original script placed the Spectrum refinery at Bethsheba instead of Bensheba.
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The Jason Smith puppet would appear in many episodes of this series as well as episodes of Joe 90 and The Secret Service.
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