| "The Trap" | |
|---|---|
| Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons episode | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:TheTrapScarletGoddard.jpg) Goddard fires a mounted machine gun at Captain Scarlet. The explosions in this scene were created using Cordtex and petrol gel. | |
| Episode no. | Episode 13 |
| Directed by | Alan Perry |
| Written by | Alan Pattillo |
| Cinematography by | Ted Catford |
| Editing by | Harry MacDonald |
| Production code | SCA 17[1] |
| Original air date | 10 November 1967 |
| Guest character voices | |
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"The Trap" is the 13th 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 Alan Pattillo and directed by Alan Perry, it was first broadcast on 10 November 1967 on ATV Midlands.
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 "The Trap", the Mysterons plot to assassinate the leaders of Earth's air forces. Pattillo had written and directed many episodes of the Andersons' earlier series; however, his script for "The Trap" was to be his sole contribution to Captain Scarlet. The scale model and special effects sequences posed several technical challenges for Century 21. Footage from "The Trap" was subsequently incorporated into the flashback series finale "The Inquisition".
- ^ Bentley 2017, p. 100.