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"The Most Special Agent" is the first episode of the British Supermarionation television series ''Joe 90''. It was written by series creators Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, directed by production controller Desmond Saunders, and first broadcast on 29 September 1968 on ATV Midlands. In the pilot episode, Professor Ian "Mac" McClaine demonstrates the powers of his latest invention - the Brain Impulse Galvanoscope Record And Transfer (BIG RAT) - to his friend, Sam Loover, by transferring his knowledge and experience to his nine-year-old son, Joe. Explaining how Joe and the BIG RAT could prove to be invaluable assets in maintaining world peace, Shane Weston, commander-in-chief of the London branch of the World Intelligence Network (WIN), posits a mission in which Joe steals a prototype Russian fighter aircraft. ==Plot== Professor Ian "Mac" McClaine invites his friend Sam Loover to his Dorset cottage to view his latest invention, the Brain Impulse Galvanoscope Record And Transfer (BIG RAT). Mac reveals that the BIG RAT interfaces with the human brain, allowing knowledge and experience to be transferred electronically from one person to another. To demonstrate this function, Mac implants his own "brain pattern" into his nine-year-old adopted son, Joe. The test's success is revealed when, under questioning, Joe displays expert knowledge of the C-3400 supercomputer. Although Mac is already in negotiations with Convex Computers for the sale of his device, Loover — an agent of the World Intelligence Network (WIN) — believes that the BIG RAT could prove to be the ultimate weapon in the fight for world peace. The McClaines are soon summoned to a meeting with Loover's superior, Shane Weston, at WIN Headquarters in London. Proposing that the machine's existence be kept secret, Weston posits a fictitious mission to explain how Joe, aided by the BIG RAT, could become WIN's most special agent ... In London, reporters interview a Russian pilot about the MiG-242, the world's most powerful fighter-bomber. Although the pilot is quick to point out the MiG-242's specifications are unrivalled by any aircraft in the West, he is unaware that Professor McClaine and Sam Loover are transmitting his brain pattern by means of a concealed antenna to the McClaine cottage, where it is subsequently transferred to Joe via the BIG RAT. The boy is then supplied with a unique pair of glasses fitted with electrodes that, while worn, give him access to all the pilot's knowledge and experience. Joe's mission is to capture a MiG-242 and fly it to England, thus removing the Eastern Bloc's tactical advantage over the West. Travelling to a Moscow airbase, Mac and Joe join a group of aviation experts who, in a first for Western correspondents, are permitted to view the MiG-242 at close range. Joe slips past security and takes off in one of the parked aircraft. Brought before the base commander, the soldier acting as tour guide insists that the MiG-242 is in the hands of a child; furious, the commander orders his arrest. In the air, Joe shoots down three other MiG-242s that have been scrambled to intercept him. He then turns his attention to a missile base on the ground, leaving the installation in ruins. Joe flies across the rest of Europe unhindered, landing at Manston Airfield in Kent. Escaping from the cockpit before armoured vehicles arrive, he is picked up by Sam in Mac's flying Jet-Air Car. A local farmer's eyewitness account of the incident meets with scepticism from the airfield controller ... Ending his speculation, Weston reminds the McClaines that the West and Russia are in fact at peace and that no aircraft by the name MiG-242 exists. Mac is outraged by the suggestion that Joe work for WIN, insisting that the boy is too young to embark on such a dangerous career. When Loover emphasises his son's extraordinary potential, however, the Professor grudgingly accepts Weston's proposal. 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 Most Special Agent」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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