Captain Scarlet (character)
Captain Scarlet is a male television character who features in Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons.
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Biography
Original
Paul Metcalfe was a male human born in Winchester, Hampshire, England on December 17, 2036 to a family with a long history of military service.
Enrolling in the West Point Military Academy for its four-year course of training, he was "First Captain," or valedictorian, of his graduating class. Joining the World Army Air Force Special Forces, or "Red Berets," he rose quickly through the WAAF ranks in the course of his service and eventually became both the youngest full colonel in the WAAF's history and the WAAF's top weapons expert. This professional achievement, which Metcalfe notched before reaching the age of thirty years, was what brought him to the attention of former WAAF Colonel-cum-World Space Patrol Colonel Conrad Turner, the future Captain Black, who in turn brought him to the attention of the Spectrum Selection Committee. When it did, Colonel Metcalfe "retired" from the WAAF at the Committee's request.
When the Spectrum Selection Committee learned about Colonel Metcalfe from World Space Patrol Colonel Conrad Turner (see Captain Black) in the middle 2060s, it recruited him into its ranks, making him one of the first personnel so chosen. During his course of training, Captain Black became Metcalfe's teacher and friend on Australia's outback roads.
Metcalfe grew rather fond of the Spectrum code name he was assigned, "Captain Scarlet," since his favourite colour is red. During his years of studying in the West Point Military Academy, his nickname was "Big Red," since "red," short for "redcoat," was a reference to the British trainees there, and since he himself was the top-ranked redcoat during this period.
In the spring of 2068, a mistaken, illegal, and unprovoked attack that Captain Scarlet's former teacher, Captain Black, made on the Mysterons' complex on Mars led to them declaring a war of nerves on Earth. Their first act of retaliation consisted of plans to assassinate James T. Younger, President Of The World Government of Earth. Captain Scarlet, by then a full-fledged senior Spectrum officer, was then 'field-partnered' with another Spectrum senior officer, whose own code name was Captain Brown. Both were assigned by their Supreme Commander-In-Chief, Colonel White, to protect World President Younger. They were driving down a mountain road in New York to rendezvous with Younger and escort him to a Spectrum Maximum Security Building. Captain Brown was put in charge of the escort operation, while Captain Scarlet was to report back to Cloudbase after the rendezvous had been put into effect. Captain Scarlet understood his field partner's nervousness as they were fighting a new enemy with powers beyond their understanding and they both agreed to stay vigilant. Unfortunately, however, the Mysterons used their powers to sabotage one of the tyres of their Spectrum Saloon car, causing it to skid off the road and drop to the bottom of a gully, exploding into flames and killing both officers. Captain Brown died from a broken neck, but Captain Scarlet's death seemed much worse than his field partner's, judging by the state that his original body was in afterwards.
Remake
Paul Metcalfe was a male human born in Winchester, England where his mother was a British astrophysicist named Ann Brightman with his father being Tom Metcalfe who was an American pilot that came to join the International Space Agency. When he was 10 years old, he watched his father take part in a manned mission to Mars and take the first step on the planet where he vowed to follow in his historic footsteps. He later came to study astrophysics at MIT before joining the ranks of the U.S. Air Force. Afterwards, an outbreak of global terrorist wars engulfed the world with among those that died in them was both of Paul's parents.
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, Captain Scarlet had black hair, blue eyes were he spoke with a Mid-Atlantic accent but was said to be from Winchester, England. As a member of Spectrum, he was given the codename of Captain Scarlet.
He expressed a preference for steak "with all the trimmings."
Scarlet had a close friendship with Captain Blue who often served as his partner in the field.
Powers and abilities
After encountering the Mysterons, his original body was destroyed and then reconstructed to serve as an agent for the alien race. This gave him the power of 'retrometabolism' whereby he could survive and heal from any injury no matter how serious though his recovery was never instantaneous.
Notes
- Captain Scarlet was created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson where he featured in the setting of Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons.
In other media
Television
- In Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, Captain Scarlet made his debut in the live-action marionation television series where he was voiced by actor Francis Matthews.
Appearances
- Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons:
- New Captain Scarlet:
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