| "Place of Angels" | |
|---|---|
| Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons episode | |
| Episode no. | Episode 27 |
| Directed by | Leo Eaton |
| Written by | Leo Eaton |
| Cinematography by | Julien Lugrin |
| Editing by | Harry MacDonald |
| Production code | SCA 23[1] |
| Original air date | 8 March 1968 |
| Guest character voices | |
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"Place of Angels" is the 27th 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 and directed by Leo Eaton, it was first broadcast on 8 March 1968 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 "Place of Angels", Spectrum pursues a Mysteron agent who has stolen a vial of synthetic virus with the potential to kill millions of people.
- ^ Bentley, Chris (2017). Hearn, Marcus (ed.). Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons: The Vault. Cambridge, UK: Signum Books. pp. 176–177. ISBN 978-0-995519-12-1.