"Flight To Atlantica" has tones of the Star Trek OS episode "The Naked Time" as the main Spectrum cast, apart from Colonel White (the uninvited!!) gather to drink a toast to Spectrum's first anniversary with champagne donated by a "well wisher". We watch the Mysteron rings of evil pass over the bottles so we know immediately, that this is not going to end well. By chance, Captain Scarlet gets his glass broken, then a supremely annoyed Colonel White appears and asks what the hell is going on....a party without inviting the supreme commander!!?? Thus, Captain Scarlet's throat remains dry.
The Mysterons announce that they're going to destroy the World Navy's Atlantica Base, a complex full of missiles and killer subs. There's a wreck near the base that needs destroying so Spectrum take on the job. The Angel pea shooters not being up to the job, Colonel White orders Captain Blue and Captain Ochre to bomb the thing. The dodgy champagne is effecting them by the time they reach Maxwell Air Base because they appear drunk and neither Captain notices that Captain Black swaps their maps and that instead of the wreck, they'll be bombing Atlantica Base!
Back at Cloudbase, EVERYONE is goofing off, even Doctor Fawn. White and Scarlet discover that the champagne contained a pesticide that makes people irrational. With Blue and Ochre flying off course, towards Atlantica Base, it's a race against the clock to stop them. With the bomber in range, White orders Scarlet to shoot them down. He eventually obeys. With the bomber about to crash, Captain Blue hits the eject buttons and he and Captain Ochre survive, but Atlantica Base is very badly damaged, so a partial victory for The Mysterons.
To show his appreciation for their efforts, Colonel White has a party celebrating Spectrum's anniversary, this time with "real champagne" carrying a Captain Scarlet label. A fairly fitting ending to a fun episode, which no doubt, Ed Bishop and Jeremy Wilkin enjoyed the most, as their characters behaved like a pair of drunks!
8/10.
The Mysterons announce that they're going to destroy the World Navy's Atlantica Base, a complex full of missiles and killer subs. There's a wreck near the base that needs destroying so Spectrum take on the job. The Angel pea shooters not being up to the job, Colonel White orders Captain Blue and Captain Ochre to bomb the thing. The dodgy champagne is effecting them by the time they reach Maxwell Air Base because they appear drunk and neither Captain notices that Captain Black swaps their maps and that instead of the wreck, they'll be bombing Atlantica Base!
Back at Cloudbase, EVERYONE is goofing off, even Doctor Fawn. White and Scarlet discover that the champagne contained a pesticide that makes people irrational. With Blue and Ochre flying off course, towards Atlantica Base, it's a race against the clock to stop them. With the bomber in range, White orders Scarlet to shoot them down. He eventually obeys. With the bomber about to crash, Captain Blue hits the eject buttons and he and Captain Ochre survive, but Atlantica Base is very badly damaged, so a partial victory for The Mysterons.
To show his appreciation for their efforts, Colonel White has a party celebrating Spectrum's anniversary, this time with "real champagne" carrying a Captain Scarlet label. A fairly fitting ending to a fun episode, which no doubt, Ed Bishop and Jeremy Wilkin enjoyed the most, as their characters behaved like a pair of drunks!
8/10.
