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"The Inquisition" is the 32nd and final episode of ''Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons'', a British 1960s Supermarionation television series co-created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson. Written by Tony Barwick and directed by Ken Turner, it was first broadcast on 12 May 1968 on ATV London. In this clip show episode, Captain Blue is drugged and reportedly disappears for three months; regaining consciousness on Cloudbase in front of a Spectrum Intelligence agent, he is ordered to prove his identity by demonstrating his knowledge of classified information. Extensive use of flashback footage has resulted in some critics describing "The Inquisition" as "unusual" or "cheap".〔 The series finale, which ends inconclusively with regard to the hostilities between Earth and the Mysterons, is generally considered a disappointment.〔〔 ==Plot== While dining with Captain Scarlet at the Markham Arms pub, an off-duty Captain Blue drinks drugged coffee and disappears. Transmitting to Earth, the Mysterons warn Spectrum that a member of the organisation is destined to betray them all. Blue, having been unconscious, awakes in what appears to be the Cloudbase control room facing a man who introduces himself as Colgan, an agent of Spectrum Intelligence. Colgan states that Blue has been missing for three months and that he must now prove his identity by giving details of Spectrum's secret cipher codes. Wary of his interrogator's motives, and unwilling to divulge classified information, Blue strives to satisfy Colgan by describing some of Spectrum's operations against the Mysterons. However, his efforts are in vain: an account of the Mysteron plot to destroy London ("Big Ben Strikes Again") is dismissed as useless; that of Spectrum's mission to eliminate the Mysteron complex on the Moon ("Crater 101") due to the extensive press coverage that the story generated. Finally, the example of the Mysterons' attempted assassination of Earth's military leaders ("The Trap"), despite never having been reported in the media, is also rejected. Increasingly suspicious of Colgan's interest in the codes, as well as the inexplicable absence of his colleagues, Blue attempts to leave the control room but finds the exit blocked by a man holding a gun and a hypodermic syringe containing truth serum. Realising that he is in the hands of Mysteron reconstructions, Blue throws himself through an observation window and lands on a painted-sky canvas, at which point it is revealed that what appears to be Cloudbase control is in fact a replica built inside an abandoned warehouse. Scarlet arrives in a Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle and destroys the building with the vehicle's front-mounted rocket launcher, informing Blue that he went missing only a few hours before. He tells him "You can tell me all about it back on the real Cloudbase". 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「The Inquisition (Captain Scarlet)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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