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"Model Spy" is the 14th episode of ''Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons'', a British 1960s Supermarionation television series co-created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson. Written by Bill Hedley and directed by Ken Turner, it was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on on ATV Midlands. In this episode, when the Mysterons vow to assassinate a French intelligence agent posing as a fashion designer, Captains Scarlet and Blue and Destiny and Symphony Angels go undercover to protect the target. ==Plot== The Mysterons plan to assassinate André Verdain. Publicly, Verdain is a fashion designer; privately, he is the Controller of the European Area Intelligence Service in Paris. Colonel White, who suspects that the attempt on the Frenchman's life will most likely be made during a fashion show that he will be hosting in Monte Carlo, assigns Captains Scarlet and Blue and Destiny and Symphony Angels to protect the target. The agents will operate undercover, with Scarlet posing as a PR officer, Blue a photographer, and Destiny and Symphony models employed by the House of Verdain. The Spectrum personnel fly directly to Monte Carlo to avoid the fog-bound Paris airports. They are not the only operatives working undercover, however: Helga and Gabrielle, two of Verdain's models, have been killed in a monotrain derailment and reconstructed in the service of the Mysterons. When the Spectrum agents join Verdain for a tour of Monte Carlo Bay in his luxury yacht, Gabrielle sabotages the engine room; the occupants jump overboard only seconds before the resulting fire causes an explosion that destroys the ship. Despite Scarlet's warnings, Verdain prepares to host a press reception at the Hotel Imperial. An agent resembling Captain Black has recently been sighted in Europe, and Verdain is certain that he will appear during the evening. At a pre-reception cocktail party, Scarlet receives proof that Gabrielle is a Mysteron duplicate when the model remarks that she and Helga flew in from Paris, despite the fact that flights into the French capital had been cancelled. At this moment, Black, stationed outside by a window on a maintenance platform, shoots Verdain with a tranquilliser gun. Helga switches off the lights, and in the confusion, Black and his accomplice abduct Verdain and escape from the hotel in a car. The Spectrum personnel converge on the Mysteron agents with the aid of a homing drug that Scarlet slipped into Verdain's drink. Scarlet and Blue pursue in a convertible and a Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle, Destiny and Symphony in a helicopter. Finally, Black and Helga find themselves caught between the Spectrum forces and a police roadblock. Having been pushed out of the car window by Helga, Verdain regains consciousness in time to see Black, Helga and the vehicle vanish. Later, Verdain expresses his gratitude to his protectors, presenting Destiny and Symphony with gowns courtesy of the House of Verdain. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Model Spy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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