| "Fire at Rig 15" | |
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| Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons episode | |
| Episode no. | Episode 19 |
| Directed by | Ken Turner |
| Written by | Bryan Cooper |
| Cinematography by | Julien Lugrin |
| Editing by | Harry MacDonald |
| Production code | SCA 14[1] |
| Original air date | 16 February 1968 |
| Guest character voices | |
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"Fire at Rig 15" is the 19th episode of Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, a British Supermarionation television series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson. Written by Bryan Cooper and directed by Ken Turner, it was first broadcast on 16 February 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 the reconstructions to carry out specific 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 with a reconstruction that later broke free of their control. Scarlet's double has a self-repairing ability that enables him to recover from injuries that would be fatal to any other person, making Spectrum's strongest asset in its fight against the Mysterons.
In this episode, the Mysterons attempt to immobilise the whole of Spectrum by targeting the oil refinery that supplies the fuel for its vehicles.