TV Character Heard But Never Seen - The Mysterons – Captain Scarlet

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The evil, vengeful Martian Mysterons had the best excuse of all for never being seen. They were invisible. We got to see people and machines they created facsimiles of after killing and destroying the originals but we never saw the actual ghostly Mysterons. We often saw the spectral twin-circle lights of a Mysteron observation devise, such as the lenses of all-seeing binoculars or some kind of sniper’s ray-gun rifle, but the Mysterons were as mysterious as it is possible to get. Their voice was heard, mostly during the film noir style opening sequence narrated by Ed (Captain Blue) Bishop. The Mysterons were voiced by Donald Grey. The voice introduced itself in every episode as ‘The voice of the Mysterons’ which seemed to be a collective hive voice rather than an individual spokesperson. Captain Black, the one Facsimile to regularly escape capture by Scarlet and Spectrum used the Voice, though the indestructible hero Captain Scarlet, even when briefly possessed by his own Mysteron in the pilot episode, managed to retain his own Cary Grant accent (voiced by Francis Matthews). The Voice actually ruined the Mysterons. It brazenly told Spectrum just what they planned to do in their next bid at taking over and destroying our World, taunting the heroes by claiming they couldn’t be stopped. If they’d just got on with their attack without broadcasting their terrorist intentions, their invisibility would have ensured their success. It’s a bit like a bank robber telling the police the time, location and date of his next intended heist and then wondering why the cops turned up to arrest him in mid-attempt. Youtube – Captain Scarlet opening sequence with the Mysterons and Captain Black Arthur Chappell