| "Lunarville 7" | |
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| Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons episode | |
| Episode no. | Episode 15 |
| Directed by | Robert Lynn |
| Written by | Tony Barwick |
| Cinematography by | Julien Lugrin |
| Editing by | Bob Dearberg |
| Production code | SCA 15[1] |
| Original air date | 15 December 1967 |
| Guest character voices | |
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"Lunarville 7" is the 15th episode of Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, a British Supermarionation television series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and produced by their company Century 21 Productions. Written by Tony Barwick and directed by Robert Lynn, it was first broadcast on 15 December 1967 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 best asset in its fight against the Mysterons.
The first part of a story arc that concludes in "Dangerous Rendezvous", "Lunarville 7" sees Scarlet, Captain Blue and Lieutenant Green investigate a lunar colony after its controller unexpectedly declares the Moon a neutral body in Earth's conflict with Mars. In 1981, the episode was re-edited to form a segment of the American-made Captain Scarlet compilation film Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars.