| "Point 783" | |
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| Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons episode | |
| Episode no. | Episode 5 |
| Directed by | Robert Lynn |
| Written by | |
| Cinematography by | Julien Lugrin |
| Editing by | Bob Dearberg |
| Production code | SCA 5[1] |
| Original air date | 22 December 1967 |
| Guest character voices | |
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"Point 783" is the fifth 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 Peter Curran and David Williams and directed by Robert Lynn, it was first broadcast on 22 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 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 "Point 783", the Mysterons take control of an experimental super-tank in an attempt to assassinate the Supreme Commander of Earth Forces.