Expo 2068

"Expo 2068"
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons episode
Episode no.Episode 28
Directed byLeo Eaton
Written byShane Rimmer
Editing byHarry MacDonald
Production codeSCA 29[1]
Original air date26 March 1968 (1968-03-26)
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"Expo 2068" is the 28th episode of Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, a British Supermarionation television series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and filmed by their production company Century 21 Productions. Written by Shane Rimmer and directed by Leo Eaton, it was first broadcast on 26 March 1968 on ATV Midlands.

Set in 2068, the series depicts a "war of nerves" between Earth and the Mysterons: a hostile race of Martians with the power to create functioning copies of destroyed people or objects and use them to carry out acts of aggression against humanity. Earth is defended by a military organisation called Spectrum, whose top agent, Captain Scarlet, was murdered by the Mysterons and replaced by a reconstruction that later broke free of their control. Scarlet's double has a self-healing power that enables him to recover from injuries that would be fatal to anyone else, making him Spectrum's best asset in its fight against the Mysterons.

In "Expo 2068", the Mysterons steal a nuclear reactor as part of a plot to devastate the Atlantic Seaboard of North America.

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