That should be the motto of the VGR rocket, which is strangely reminiscent of Thunderbird 1 the way it's wings swing out and it flies like a normal plane. Reeves crashing his plane like that to prevent anyone getting the code box was kind of odd even for a Mysteron. They usually just blow themselves up but he kills himself seemingly just to spite Spectrum so they can't save the base. Unfortunately for him, this leads to Spectrum's biggest piece of luck ever when the code box activates underwater and destroys the VGR. Although if the process for entering codewords at Base Concord had been quicker they might have had more of a chance. They really couldn't have done it any slower. It must take about 20 seconds for each word when one person could do it in about 5.
Oddly, like Dr. Magnus in Operation Time, Reeves seems to use Captain Scarlet's gun when he's on Base Concord. A good episode with plenty of suspense towards the end, only spoiled by Spectrum's rather undeserved good luck.moreless
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A Variable Geometry Rocket is hijacked by a Space Major Reeves, an old friend of Colonel White, who launches the space-plane and makes a quick departure in a fighter jet with the rocket's flight programme unit, to which only he knows the 4-letter self-destruct code, to obliterate the rocket before it knocks out an essential target, which happens to be Base Concord, the state-of-the-art airbase where the rocket originally left from.
Captains Scarlet and Blue are assigned to self-destruct the rocket before it reaches Base Concord, but to accomplish this, they have to check 10,000 possible 4-lettered code-words, starting from 'ABLE', and they don't even know that Reeves has set the destruct code-word as 'ZERO'.moreless
Captains Scarlet and Blue are assigned to self-destruct the rocket before it reaches Base Concord, but to accomplish this, they have to check 10,000 possible 4-lettered code-words, starting from 'ABLE', and they don't even know that Reeves has set the destruct code-word as 'ZERO'.moreless
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Sylvia Anderson
Melody Angel (Magnolia Jones)
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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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Liz Morgan
Destiny Angel (Juliette Pontoin) / Rhapsody Angel (Diane Sims)
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TRIVIA (14)
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The Score: Base Concord survives. Spectrum: 13 Mysterons: 3.
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Mysteron Reconstructions: Major Reeves (drowns/crashes plane).
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Spectrum Losses: 1 Angel Interceptor.
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Collateral Damage: 1 VGR, 1 jet.
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Major Reeves normally has two gold stars on his uniform, but his Mysteron copy only has one when it appears for the first time.
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As Reeves crashes his plane, Rhapsody can be seen using a handheld radio while in the cockpit of her Angel However, she was wearing a helmet, which comes with a radio built in. She even used it earlier.
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During the chase with Reeves' jet, Melody wasn't wearing her flying goggles in one shot.
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As Reeves' plane and the Angels enter a dive, the clouds also tip over indicating the camera has simply been tilted to simulate the dive.
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Given the emergency on their hands and the impending destruction of the base, the procedure for trying destruct code words is extremely slow. It takes two people around 15 seconds for each word, when it should only take one person less than 5.
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The rocket was programmed to attack it's own base by going straight up and straight down again, yet it launched and later attacked the base at an angle.
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Major Reeves shot the rocket control station operator with Captain Scarlet's gun. The Mysteron Dr. Magnus in "Operation: Time" also aquired Scarlet's gun.
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When Major Reeves shot the controller, his finger didn't press the trigger.
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After being shot by Major Reeves, the dead controller keeps moving his head.
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The radar map of Base Concord shows the base to be located in Japan.
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QUOTES (2)
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Mysterons: This is the voice of the Mysterons. We know that you can hear us Earthmen. We are going to launch one of your own incendiary rockets and you will have no way of knowing it's target. We have not forgotten. We will continue our war of nerves.
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(Captain Scarlet and Captain Blue have both disobeyed orders. Colonel White tells them to leave while he decides if he should court martial them) Lieutenant Green: Will they be court martialled sir? Colonel White: No, but another question like that, Lieutenant and you will be. They are brave men and Spectrum needs brave men in the continuing fight against the Mysterons.
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Spectrum's Yellow Fox VIP tanker is seen evacuating Base Concord.
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The orange radar screen that shows Japan would go on to appear in the UFO episode "Identified".
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During the evacuation of Base Concord, a yellow tractor and trailer carrying a red rocket can be seen. The tractor section (painted red) appeared in the Thunderbirds episodes "Martian Invasion" and "The Duchess Assignment". The trailer carried the Martian Space Probe in "Day of Disaster".
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