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* TheWikiRule: [[http://captainscarlet.wikia.com/wiki/ Captain Scarlet Wiki]]
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* NamesTheSame: It is rumoured that music group The Spectrum's involvement came about more or less accidentally; Gerry Anderson was made aware that their name and the SPECTRUM organisation's name might cause a trademark conflict. Rather than pick a new name or call the lawyers in, he chose to TakeAThirdOption and offered them the title-theme gig.
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* YouLookFamiliar: With this series, Century 21 created a stable of "repertory puppets" to be the series' "actors" (complete with a casting directory booklet for the directors to pick from). As a result, many of the puppets made repeat appearances throughout the series as different characters, often with minimally different styling.
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* TheDanza: Colonel White's real name is Charles Gray, and he is voiced by Donald Gray. Originally the actor Creator/Charles Gray was born [[OneSteveLimit Donald Gray but changed his name to avoid confusion.]]
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* TheDanza: Colonel White's real name is Charles Gray, and he is voiced by Donald Gray. Originally the The actor Creator/Charles Gray Creator/CharlesGray was actually born [[OneSteveLimit Donald Gray but changed his name to Charles for his Equity membership]], to avoid confusion.]]confusion with Donald Gray. Ironically, Donald Gray's name was also a StageName - his real name was Eldred Tidbury.
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* ActingForTwo:
** Donald Gray voiced Colonel White and Captain Black.
** Liz Morgan voiced Destiny, Rhapsody and Harmony Angel.
** Donald Gray voiced Colonel White and Captain Black.
** Liz Morgan voiced Destiny, Rhapsody and Harmony Angel.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: When the show started production, Creator/GerryAnderson hoped to have an idea for a guest star to appear in each episode. For the pilot episode, for example, Patrick [=McGoohan=] was asked to guest star as the voice of the World President. [=McGoohan=] wasn't able to work it into his schedule, so he bowed out. Eventually Anderson scrapped the guest star idea entirely, as it was too expensive.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: When the show started production, Creator/GerryAnderson hoped to have an idea for a guest star to appear in each episode. For the pilot episode, for example, Patrick [=McGoohan=] Creator/PatrickMcGoohan was asked to guest star as the voice of the World President. [=McGoohan=] wasn't able to work it into his schedule, so he bowed out. Eventually Anderson scrapped the guest star idea entirely, as it was too expensive.
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* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: During the [=1990s=], when many Supermarionation series were introduced to a new generation by repeats on the BBC, eight episodes of ''Captain Scarlet'' were adapted for audio, with new linking narration by Ed Bishop. The company responsible delivered them... and they were never released. They have since been made available, most notably by Creator/BigFinish in a boxset collecting together all the show's audio material.
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** The show's SmashCut style was Amusingly played with by Radio/ChrisEvans in ''TFI Friday'', where he would try to flip his head between two cameras in time with the ''Captain Scarlet'' riff.
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** The show's SmashCut style was Amusingly amusingly played with by Radio/ChrisEvans in ''TFI Friday'', where he would try to flip his head between two cameras in time with the ''Captain Scarlet'' riff.
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** The SmashCut style was also used in episode 28 of WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries.
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** The SmashCut style was also used in episode 28 of WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries.''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries''.
** Episode 6 of ''WebVideo/UnfinishedLondon'' would reference the SmashCut style.
** Episode 6 of ''WebVideo/UnfinishedLondon'' would reference the SmashCut style.
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* CastingGag: The episode "The Trap" involved a conference of the world air forces taking place in a castle that wouldn't look out of place in a Film/HammerHorror movie. A year before the show aired, Captain Scarlet's voice actor was in ''Film/DraculaPrinceOfDarkness''.
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-->''Although voice artist Lian Shin is credited on 20 episodes of the series, ("The Launching") features her only vocal appearance as Harmony Angel and she does not portray any other characters. For all of Harmony's previous speaking roles, her voice was provided by Liz Morgan... Harmony is seen in a number of later episodes, but this is the last time that she speaks.''
* TheDanza: Colonel White's real name is Charles Gray, and he is voiced by Donald Gray. Originally the actor Charles Gray was born [[OneSteveLimit Donald Gray but changed his name to avoid confusion.]]
* TheDanza: Colonel White's real name is Charles Gray, and he is voiced by Donald Gray. Originally the actor Charles Gray was born [[OneSteveLimit Donald Gray but changed his name to avoid confusion.]]
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-->''Although voice artist Lian Shin is credited on 20 episodes of the series, ("The Launching") features her only vocal appearance as Harmony Angel and she does not portray any other characters. For all of Harmony's previous speaking roles, her voice was provided by Liz Morgan... Harmony is seen in a number of later episodes, but this is the last time that she speaks.''
* TheDanza: Colonel White's real name is Charles Gray, and he is voiced by Donald Gray. Originally the actorCharles Creator/Charles Gray was born [[OneSteveLimit Donald Gray but changed his name to avoid confusion.]]
* TheDanza: Colonel White's real name is Charles Gray, and he is voiced by Donald Gray. Originally the actor
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** The show's SmashCut style was Amusingly played with by Chris Evans in ''TFI Friday'', where he would try to flip his head between two cameras in time with the ''Captain Scarlet'' riff.
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** The show's SmashCut style was Amusingly played with by Chris Evans Radio/ChrisEvans in ''TFI Friday'', where he would try to flip his head between two cameras in time with the ''Captain Scarlet'' riff.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: When the show started production, Gerry Anderson hoped to have an idea for a guest star to appear in each episode. For the pilot episode, for example, Patrick [=McGoohan=] was asked to guest star as the voice of the World President. [=McGoohan=] wasn't able to work it into his schedule, so he bowed out. Eventually Anderson scrapped the guest star idea entirely, as it was too expensive.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: When the show started production, Gerry Anderson Creator/GerryAnderson hoped to have an idea for a guest star to appear in each episode. For the pilot episode, for example, Patrick [=McGoohan=] was asked to guest star as the voice of the World President. [=McGoohan=] wasn't able to work it into his schedule, so he bowed out. Eventually Anderson scrapped the guest star idea entirely, as it was too expensive.expensive.
* WorkingTitle: ''The Mysterons''.
* WorkingTitle: ''The Mysterons''.
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* TheWikiRule: [[http://captainscarlet.wikia.com/wiki/ Captain Scarlet Wiki]]
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** The Criminal Tugboat duo in the {{''WesternAnimation/Tugs'' }}episode "''Pirate''" have the same ominous green eyes as the Mysterons. This is a nice ActorAllusion to the series director David Mitton who started his career working as an assistant sfx modeler in Captain Scarlet
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** The Criminal Tugboat duo in the {{''WesternAnimation/Tugs'' }}episode ''{{WesternAnimation/TUGS}}'' episode "''Pirate''" have the same ominous green eyes as the Mysterons. This is a nice ActorAllusion to the series director David Mitton who started his career working as an assistant sfx modeler in Captain Scarlet
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** The Criminal Tugboat duo in the ''WesternAnimation/Tugs'' episode "''Pirate''" have the same ominous green eyes as the Mysterons. This is a nice ActorAllusion to the series director David Mitton who started his career working as an assistant sfx modeler in Captain Scarlet
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** The Criminal Tugboat duo in the ''WesternAnimation/Tugs'' episode {{''WesternAnimation/Tugs'' }}episode "''Pirate''" have the same ominous green eyes as the Mysterons. This is a nice ActorAllusion to the series director David Mitton who started his career working as an assistant sfx modeler in Captain Scarlet
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** The Criminal Tugboat duo in the ''WesternAnimation/TUGS'' episode "''Pirate''" have the same ominous green eyes as the Mysterons. This is a nice ActorAllusion to the series director David Mitton who started his career working as an assistant sfx modeler in Captain Scarlet
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** The Criminal Tugboat duo in the ''WesternAnimation/TUGS'' ''WesternAnimation/Tugs'' episode "''Pirate''" have the same ominous green eyes as the Mysterons. This is a nice ActorAllusion to the series director David Mitton who started his career working as an assistant sfx modeler in Captain Scarlet
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** The Criminal Tugboat duo in the ''WesternAnimation/TUGS'' episode "''Pirate''" have the same ominous green eyes as the Mysterons. This is a nice ActorAllusion to the series director David Mitton who started his career working as an assistant sfx modeler in Captain Scarlet
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* ReferencedBy: The show's SmashCut style was Amusingly played with by Chris Evans in ''TFI Friday'', where he would try to flip his head between two cameras in time with the ''Captain Scarlet'' riff.
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** The show's SmashCut style was Amusingly played with by Chris Evans in ''TFI Friday'', where he would try to flip his head between two cameras in time with the ''Captain Scarlet'' riff.
** The show's SmashCut style was Amusingly played with by Chris Evans in ''TFI Friday'', where he would try to flip his head between two cameras in time with the ''Captain Scarlet'' riff.
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** Music/Apollo440 referenced the series in their song "High On Your Own Supply", with the line "You're no Captain Scarlet, you're not indestructible".
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Patrick [=McGoohan=] was asked to guest star as the voice of the World President in the pilot, but he was unable to commit to the episode.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: When the show started production, Gerry Anderson hoped to have an idea for a guest star to appear in each episode. For the pilot episode, for example, Patrick [=McGoohan=] was asked to guest star as the voice of the World President in President. [=McGoohan=] wasn't able to work it into his schedule, so he bowed out. Eventually Anderson scrapped the pilot, but he guest star idea entirely, as it was unable to commit to the episode.too expensive.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Patrick McGoohan was asked to guest star as the voice of the World President in the pilot, but he was unable to commit to the episode.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Patrick McGoohan [=McGoohan=] was asked to guest star as the voice of the World President in the pilot, but he was unable to commit to the episode.
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** The SmashCut style was also used in episode 28 of WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries.
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* ActorAllusion:
** Colonel White's real name is Charles Gray, and he is voiced by Donald Gray. Originally the actor Charles Gray was born [[OneSteveLimit Donald Gray but changed his name to avoid confusion.]]
** The episode "The Trap" involved a conference of the world air forces taking place in a castle that wouldn't look out of place in a Film/HammerHorror movie. A year before the show aired, Captain Scarlet's voice actor was in ''Film/DraculaPrinceOfDarkness''.
** Colonel White's real name is Charles Gray, and he is voiced by Donald Gray. Originally the actor Charles Gray was born [[OneSteveLimit Donald Gray but changed his name to avoid confusion.]]
** The episode "The Trap" involved a conference of the world air forces taking place in a castle that wouldn't look out of place in a Film/HammerHorror movie. A year before the show aired, Captain Scarlet's voice actor was in ''Film/DraculaPrinceOfDarkness''.
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* ActorAllusion:
** Colonel White's real name is Charles Gray, and he is voiced by Donald Gray. Originally the actor Charles Gray was born [[OneSteveLimit Donald Gray but changed his name to avoid confusion.]]
**CastingGag: The episode "The Trap" involved a conference of the world air forces taking place in a castle that wouldn't look out of place in a Film/HammerHorror movie. A year before the show aired, Captain Scarlet's voice actor was in ''Film/DraculaPrinceOfDarkness''.
** Colonel White's real name is Charles Gray, and he is voiced by Donald Gray. Originally the actor Charles Gray was born [[OneSteveLimit Donald Gray but changed his name to avoid confusion.]]
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* ActorAllusion: Colonel White's real name is Charles Gray, and he is voiced by Donald Gray. Originally the actor Charles Gray was born [[OneSteveLimit Donald Gray but changed his name to avoid confusion.]]
** The episode "The Trap" involved a conference of the world air forces taking place in a castle that wouldn't look out of place in a Film/HammerHorror movie. A year before the show aired, Captain Scarlet's voice actor was in Film/DraculaPrinceOfDarkness.
** The episode "The Trap" involved a conference of the world air forces taking place in a castle that wouldn't look out of place in a Film/HammerHorror movie. A year before the show aired, Captain Scarlet's voice actor was in Film/DraculaPrinceOfDarkness.
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* ActorAllusion: ActorAllusion:
** Colonel White's real name is Charles Gray, and he is voiced by Donald Gray. Originally the actor Charles Gray was born [[OneSteveLimit Donald Gray but changed his name to avoid confusion.]]
** The episode "The Trap" involved a conference of the world air forces taking place in a castle that wouldn't look out of place in a Film/HammerHorror movie. A year before the show aired, Captain Scarlet's voice actor was inFilm/DraculaPrinceOfDarkness.''Film/DraculaPrinceOfDarkness''.
** Colonel White's real name is Charles Gray, and he is voiced by Donald Gray. Originally the actor Charles Gray was born [[OneSteveLimit Donald Gray but changed his name to avoid confusion.]]
** The episode "The Trap" involved a conference of the world air forces taking place in a castle that wouldn't look out of place in a Film/HammerHorror movie. A year before the show aired, Captain Scarlet's voice actor was in
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* ActorAllusion: Colonel White's real name is Charles Gray, and he is voiced by Donald Gray. Originally the actor Charles Gray was born [[OneSteveLimit Donald Gray but changed his name to avoid confusion.]]
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-->''Although voice artist Lian Shin is credited on 20 episodes of the series, ("The Launching") features her only vocal appearance as Harmony Angel and she does not portray any other characters. For all of Harmony's previous speaking roles, her voice was provided by Liz Morgan... Harmony is seen in a number of later episodes, [[UnfortunateImplications but this is the last time that she speaks]].''
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* TheOtherDarrin: Harmony Angel is voiced by Liz Morgan except for "The Launching", where she's voiced by Lian-Shin. [[UnfortunateImplications While it's not her last episode, it's the last episode where the series' only Asian character has any dialogue.]]
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* TheOtherDarrin: Harmony Angel is voiced by Liz Morgan except for "The Launching", where she's voiced by Lian-Shin. [[UnfortunateImplications While it's not her last episode, it's the last episode where the series' only Asian character has any dialogue.]]
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* TheOtherDarrin: Harmony Angel is voiced by Liz Morgan except for "The Launching", where she's voiced by Lian-Shin. [[UnfortunateImplications While it's not her last episode, it's the last episode where the series' only Asian character has any dialogue.]]
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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: ''New Captain Scarlet'' suffered from much of this, including having the last episodes aired OutOfOrder. In addition, as of the end of 2011 it has yet to be aired anywhere in North America and there hasn't even been a DVD release there.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen
** One episode from the 2005 remake was removed because Gerry Anderson thought it was too scary for younger children. As a result, this was one reason the last few episodes of Season 2 were aired out of order. Humorously however, the Episode "Grey Skulls" was given the description for this episode on the Season 2 DVD inside cover Episode List. The voice cast (along with Supermarionation voice legend Shane Rimmer) performed the censored script, "The House of Dolls" at one of the "Fanderson" conventions.
** As noted under AscendedExtra, Captain Ochre seemed headed for lead character status at the end of the series, had a third season been commissioned.
** Also, the revelation that [[spoiler:there are Mysterons willing to help the humans stop the war (in "The Achilles Messenger")]] likely would have been further explored had there been a third season.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen
** One episode from the 2005 remake was removed because Gerry Anderson thought it was too scary for younger children. As a result, this was one reason the last few episodes of Season 2 were aired out of order. Humorously however, the Episode "Grey Skulls" was given the description for this episode on the Season 2 DVD inside cover Episode List. The voice cast (along with Supermarionation voice legend Shane Rimmer) performed the censored script, "The House of Dolls" at one of the "Fanderson" conventions.
** As noted under AscendedExtra, Captain Ochre seemed headed for lead character status at the end of the series, had a third season been commissioned.
** Also, the revelation that [[spoiler:there are Mysterons willing to help the humans stop the war (in "The Achilles Messenger")]] likely would have been further explored had there been a third season.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen
** One episode from the 2005 remake was removed because Gerry Anderson thought it was too scary for younger children. As a result, this was one reason the last few episodes of Season 2 were aired out of order. Humorously however, the Episode "Grey Skulls" was given the description for this episode on the Season 2 DVD inside cover Episode List. The voice cast (along with Supermarionation voice legend Shane Rimmer) performed the censored script, "The House of Dolls" at one of the "Fanderson" conventions.
** As noted under AscendedExtra, Captain Ochre seemed headed for lead character status at the end of the series, had a third season been commissioned.
** Also, the revelation that [[spoiler:there are Mysterons willing to help the humans stop the war (in "The Achilles Messenger")]] likely would have been further explored had there been a third season.
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* BillingDisplacement: We'll let Chris Bentley explain this one (from ''The Complete Gerry Anderson: The Authorised Episode Guide''):
-->''Although voice artist Lian Shin is credited on 20 episodes of the series, ("The Launching") features her only vocal appearance as Harmony Angel and she does not portray any other characters. For all of Harmony's previous speaking roles, her voice was provided by Liz Morgan... Harmony is seen in a number of later episodes, [[UnfortunateImplications but this is the last time that she speaks]].''
* {{Defictionalization}}: Both catchphrases of the show have been borrowed by American private spaceflight firm [=SpaceX=] to describe its readiness for rocket launches, modified to "[=SpaceX=] Is Green" or "[=SpaceX=] Is Red".
* NamesTheSame: It is rumoured that music group The Spectrum's involvement came about more or less accidentally; Gerry Anderson was made aware that their name and the SPECTRUM organisation's name might cause a trademark conflict. Rather than pick a new name or call the lawyers in, he chose to TakeAThirdOption and offered them the title-theme gig.
* ReferencedBy: The show's SmashCut style was Amusingly played with by Chris Evans in ''TFI Friday'', where he would try to flip his head between two cameras in time with the ''Captain Scarlet'' riff.
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: ''New Captain Scarlet'' suffered from much of this, including having the last episodes aired OutOfOrder. In addition, as of the end of 2011 it has yet to be aired anywhere in North America and there hasn't even been a DVD release there.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen
** One episode from the 2005 remake was removed because Gerry Anderson thought it was too scary for younger children. As a result, this was one reason the last few episodes of Season 2 were aired out of order. Humorously however, the Episode "Grey Skulls" was given the description for this episode on the Season 2 DVD inside cover Episode List. The voice cast (along with Supermarionation voice legend Shane Rimmer) performed the censored script, "The House of Dolls" at one of the "Fanderson" conventions.
** As noted under AscendedExtra, Captain Ochre seemed headed for lead character status at the end of the series, had a third season been commissioned.
** Also, the revelation that [[spoiler:there are Mysterons willing to help the humans stop the war (in "The Achilles Messenger")]] likely would have been further explored had there been a third season.
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-->''Although voice artist Lian Shin is credited on 20 episodes of the series, ("The Launching") features her only vocal appearance as Harmony Angel and she does not portray any other characters. For all of Harmony's previous speaking roles, her voice was provided by Liz Morgan... Harmony is seen in a number of later episodes, [[UnfortunateImplications but this is the last time that she speaks]].''
* {{Defictionalization}}: Both catchphrases of the show have been borrowed by American private spaceflight firm [=SpaceX=] to describe its readiness for rocket launches, modified to "[=SpaceX=] Is Green" or "[=SpaceX=] Is Red".
* NamesTheSame: It is rumoured that music group The Spectrum's involvement came about more or less accidentally; Gerry Anderson was made aware that their name and the SPECTRUM organisation's name might cause a trademark conflict. Rather than pick a new name or call the lawyers in, he chose to TakeAThirdOption and offered them the title-theme gig.
* ReferencedBy: The show's SmashCut style was Amusingly played with by Chris Evans in ''TFI Friday'', where he would try to flip his head between two cameras in time with the ''Captain Scarlet'' riff.
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: ''New Captain Scarlet'' suffered from much of this, including having the last episodes aired OutOfOrder. In addition, as of the end of 2011 it has yet to be aired anywhere in North America and there hasn't even been a DVD release there.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen
** One episode from the 2005 remake was removed because Gerry Anderson thought it was too scary for younger children. As a result, this was one reason the last few episodes of Season 2 were aired out of order. Humorously however, the Episode "Grey Skulls" was given the description for this episode on the Season 2 DVD inside cover Episode List. The voice cast (along with Supermarionation voice legend Shane Rimmer) performed the censored script, "The House of Dolls" at one of the "Fanderson" conventions.
** As noted under AscendedExtra, Captain Ochre seemed headed for lead character status at the end of the series, had a third season been commissioned.
** Also, the revelation that [[spoiler:there are Mysterons willing to help the humans stop the war (in "The Achilles Messenger")]] likely would have been further explored had there been a third season.
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