Fire at Rig 15
| "Fire at Rig 15" | |
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| Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons episode | |
| Episode no. | Episode 20 |
| Directed by | Ken Turner |
| Written by | Bryan Cooper |
| Cinematography by | Julien Lugrin |
| Editing by | Harry MacDonald |
| Production code | 14 |
| Original air date | 16 February 1968 |
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Voices of: |
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Voices of:
Jeremy Wilkin as
Kinley
Gary Files as
Charlie Hansen
David Healy as
Jason Smith
Martin King as
Oil Worker
"Fire at Rig 15" is the 20th episode of the Supermarionation television series Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons. It was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on 16 February 1968 on ATV Midlands, was written by Bryan Cooper and directed by Ken Turner.
In this episode, the Mysterons target the oil refinery which provides all the fuel for Spectrum's vehicles in an attempt the immobilise the whole organisation.
In the Middle East desert, the Mysterons sabotage an oil drill at Rig 15 by opening a safety valve, releasing a jet of oil which quickly ignites and turns Rig 15 into an inferno. The nearby refinery, Bensheba, is the one source of fuel for the Spectrum Organisation's vehicles. In view of a Mysteron threat to immobilise Spectrum, Colonel White fears that the enemy will attack this fuel supply and dispatches Captains Scarlet and Blue to Rig 15.
On arrival, Scarlet and Blue learn from the controller, Kinley, and his assistant, Hansen, that an explosives expert, Jason Smith, has been called in to "blow out" the fire using a carefully placed charge. However, while Smith positions the device, Captain Black, observing from a distance, uses the Mysteron influence to kill the specialist, who is then reconstructed. The device detonates and the fire is extinguished according to plan.
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