- "We will assassinate the Director General of the United Asian Republic."
Winged Assassin is the second produced, and broadcast, episode of the British television series Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons.
Plot[]
Following his fall from the London Car-Vu - and a seemingly-miraculous recovery - Captain Scarlet has now become indestructible! Free of the Mysterons' control, he returns to active duty at Spectrum...
He and Captain Blue are dispatched by Spectrum boss Colonel White to protect Director-General Xian Yoh of the United Asian Republic - the elected leader of two-hundred-million people - who's preparing to board his private plane at London International Airport. However - the Mysterons have sabotaged a DT19 passenger jet and recreated it, using their strange power of retrometabolism...!
Will Captain Scarlet and Captain Blue be able to stop the Mysterons from carrying out their murderous plans?
Regular Characters[]
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(Jeremy Wilkin)
(Paul Maxwell)
(Charles Tingwell)
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(Donald Gray)
Guest Cast[]
(Neil McCallum)
(Neil McCallum)
(Charles Tingwell)
(Jeremy Wilkin)
(Charles Tingwell)
(Janna Hill)
Cameo Roles[]
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Locations[]
Flashback: The Mysterons[]
Trivia[]
- As Captain Scarlet attempts to destroy the DT19's tires, a soundtrack very similar to that of Fireflash (heard in Thunderbirds' first episode - Trapped In The Sky - when it lands on Thunderbird 2's massive Elevator Cars) can be heard in the background.
- Winged Assassin marks the first contributions of voice actors Martin King and Neil McCallum to Captain Scarlet.
- Three of the onlookers is Joe Johnson, 1st Medical Student and Kramer.
- This is first appeared and speaking of Captain Ochre, it was also speaking roles for both Grey and Doctor Fawn.
