| "Codename Europa" | |
|---|---|
| Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons episode | |
| Episode no. | Episode 30 |
| Directed by | Alan Perry |
| Written by | David Lee |
| Cinematography by | Julien Lugrin |
| Editing by | John Beaton |
| Production code | SCA 25[1] |
| Original air date | 21 March 1968 |
| Guest character voices | |
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"Codename Europa" is the 30th 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 David Lee and directed by Alan Perry, it was first broadcast on 21 March 1968 on Granada Television.[1]
Set in 2068, the series depicts a "war of nerves" between Earth and the Mysterons: a 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 killed by the Mysterons and replaced by a reconstruction that subsequently 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 "Codename Europa", the Mysterons kill and reconstruct an electronics professor as part of a plot to assassinate the Triumvirate of Europe, the three most powerful politicians on Earth after the World President.