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Mysteron agents and having the Spectrum team abandon their codenames during their assignment. (However, Chris Bentley notes that while the last point is true of Scarlet and Blue, the two Angels still go
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has been sighted in Europe and
Verdain is sure that he will make an appearance at the event. During the pre-reception cocktail party, Gabrielle inadvertently reveals herself to be a Mysteron agent when she tells Scarlet that she flew in from Paris while it was fog-bound. Before Scarlet can challenge
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magazine writes that although the "gimmicky" episode "has its silly moments", it is significant for revealing
Scarlet and Blue's real names as well as for the "brutal highpoint" of Verdain being pushed out of Black and Helga's moving car. Andrew Pixley and Julie Rogers of
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with the power to create functioning copies of destroyed people or objects and use them to carry out acts of aggression against humanity. Earth is defended by a military organisation called
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model railway track, which proved much easier to shoot. The model shots of
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