Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons (1967-8) - Gerry Anderson's TV sci-fi with
puppets, concerned an alien invasion of the Earth and the heroism of those in Spectrum
organisation that fought against the Mysteron threats. The British SF show featured two
futuristic rotorcraft: the Spectrum "heli-jet" (with its unique tail rotor
design) was used for patrol duties, while the larger "magnacopter" performed
transport work. Both helicopters were excellent models were created by special effects
wizard Derek Meddings.
Captain Scarlet (2005) - the re-launch of Gerry Anderson's sci-fi TV adventure
series, about an elite military organisation defending planet Earth from the threats
of alien Mysterons, has 21st century CGI visuals replacing the original show's puppets,
and features a sleek hi-tech Hummingbird multi-task helicopter.
Season two (13 stories) features more CGI helicopters, with one Hummingbird failing to escape
from a hijacked stealth warship in episode Proteus, while the opening sequence of episode
Syrtis Major has three choppers used by Spectrum agents during their raid on a corporate HQ
tower. The Storm At The End Of The World has a Hummingbird flying to Alaskan mining town
Ragnarok, where our heroes prevent an evil plot but the bad guys destroy the helicopter, before
Scarlet and Blue can escape. Shape Shifter has a pair of Hummingbirds searching a lakeside
for the missing hero.
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