FAB WORLDS OF CAPTAIN SCARLET

There were plenty of puppets that appeared in Captain Scarlet and The Mysterons on display at Fab Worlds of Anderson, thanks to the collectors who brought them along. There was a lot of info cards for each of the puppets too, so I hope I manage to relay that info fairly accurately without getting my strings in a twist . If anyone spots an error let me know.

Oddly enough I got the impression that this original Captain Blue appears to be everyone’s favourite, although this replica studio size Captain Scarlet looks good too and could fool most but the experts.

The villain of the piece, Captain Black, looking suitably Mysteronized with his original ‘pink’ eyes due to age. This is an original ‘frowner’ head. The puppet also sports original hands.

This is an original screen-used ‘normal’ head of Lieutenant Green, who also has original hands.

I believe this is the only known surviving screen-used head of Captain Ochre.

A ‘ grinner’ head of Captain Grey, whose likeness was apparently based on Sean Connery.

A 'normal'  Doctor Fawn.

An original ‘ smiler’ Captain Magenta.(A ‘smiler’ has a moving mouth, while a ‘grinner has a fixed open mouthed grin.)

An 'under-control' Doctor Fawn, with darker skin tones for a later appearance in Joe 90. 

This original screen used head is another of those ‘revamp puppets’ I mentioned on my previous Secret Service post.  It made its first appearance in the Captain Scarlet episode, ‘Lunarville 7’, as the character, Orson. It was later modified with darker skin for an appearance in the Joe 90 episode, ‘King for a Day’, as ‘Driver’.  It made two appearances in Captain Scarlet, five in Joe 90, and two in The Secret Service.

This puppet is best known for its appearance as Frazer in ‘Crater 101’, although it did first appear as Captain Hassel in ‘Point 783’. It went on to be seen in two other Captain Scarlet episodes, five Joe 90’s, and two Secret Services.  

This revamp puppet first appeared in Captain Scarlet episode, ‘Model Spy’ as Andre Verdain. It was later modified with greying temples for the Joe 90 episode, ‘Hi-Jacked.  It made two appearances in Captain Scarlet, seven in Joe 90, and three in The Secret Service.

This puppet was the Captain of the U.S.S. Panther II in the Captain Scarlet episode, ‘ White as Snow’, although it might be more recognisable to fans as Selkirk in the Joe 90 episode,’ Relative Danger’.  It appeared in two Captain Scarlet episodes, three Joe 90 episodes, and three Secret Service episodes.

There were several other puppets on display. Captain Brown, above, who only appeared as that character in two episodes, returned  in several other episodes of Captain Scarlet. ' He' was the Mysteronized villains in  'Renegade Rocket', 'Noose of Ice' and 'Codename Europa'. The puppet also turned up as minor characters in three other Captain Scarlet episodes.

This puppet immaculately dressed on this occasion as a  Spectrum Security Guard  makes several other appearances right up to and including The Secret Service as other characters. It is probably best known as Kruger in the Captain Scarlet episode, 'Heart of New York'.