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because he assumed that they would not appear in any other episodes. In the end, however, Trim's concepts for the car and the other vehicles (the
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magazine ranked the SPC one of the top 10 vehicles from the Gerry
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246:(2005), the SPC's successor is known as the
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567:from the original on 2 October 2017
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648:from the original on 1 August 2019
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1071:Captain Scarlet vs. the Mysterons
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331:Gerry Anderson's Captain Scarlet
95:Bulletproof windscreen and tyres
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221:, delegated to his assistant,
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92:Strengthened nose for ramming
209:The original script for the
38:Spectrum Patrol Car toy by
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519:Bentley 2017, p. 83.
258:In 2015, James Taylor of
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800:Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle
636:Treadaway, John (2012).
353:Bentley, Chris (2001).
84:General characteristics
931:The Heart of New York
889:Spectrum Strikes Back
840:Big Ben Strikes Again
611:Telegraph Media Group
79:Spectrum Organisation
973:Dangerous Rendezvous
561:Bauer Consumer Media
501:: 'The Mysterons'".
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424:Denham, Sam (2017).
136:18 feet (5.5 m)
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1036:Attack on Cloudbase
959:Flight to Atlantica
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243:New Captain Scarlet
231:New Captain Scarlet
175:New Captain Scarlet
156:Spectrum Saloon Car
152:Spectrum Patrol Car
144:8 feet (2.4 m)
56:(29 September 1967)
19:Spectrum Patrol Car
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306:Vivid Imaginations
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166:television series
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638:"Scarlet Thunder"
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61:Created by
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621:31 August
571:6 January
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994:Inferno
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