Childhood Nightmares

by **Ryan 4** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 5:55 pm

When I was three, I was hooked on Captain Scarlet. But it wasn't all great:

I used to have consistent nightmares about Captain Black and other Mysteron agents trying to kill me. In one nightmare, my own mother had been reconstructed by the Mysterons!

I also had nightmares about Captain Scarlet infiltrating our home and attempting to ensure that I met with a grisly fate. You can imagine the terror when I went to a Gerry Anderson convention only a week later and I was asked if I wanted my photograph taken with a giant Captain Scarlet cardboard cut-out.

Anyone else had any childhood nightmares involving Scarlet?

Website · by **Sage** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 7:22 pm

Aww poor you.

At the age I got into Anderson shows (eight-ish) there were a few moments of Thunderbirds which scared the hell out me. I couldn't bring myself to watch 'attack of the alligators' until fairly recently.
Where as Scarlet didn't phase me at all, yeah I was a weird little kid.

As it was I was a rabid 'shipper even then. So if anything my dreams were mushy Mills & Boon style epics about Blue & Symphony (I also shipped Scarlet & Destiny), with an endearing childhood innocence.
Of course now things have progress to very very impure thoughts about Ochre.

by **gojohnniegogo** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 1:51 am

Several about Captain Black, infact one only the other day! Very strange! One particular one I remember, was being scared to death I was changing into a mysteron myself - face going pale and a sudden growth of stubble! Yes Captain Scarlet has ruined my life. Just got the full boxset today! Only 20 quid from a store on ebay fan effing tastic!

by **DartBrat701** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 2:13 am

gojohnniegogo wrote: Very strange! One particular one I remember, was being scared to death I was changing into a mysteron myself - face going pale and a sudden growth of stubble!

Now there's a nice mental picture!! :lol:

I have very few CS dreams, but I've had quite a few Thunderbirds dreams.....mostly with Gordon &/or Virgil!!

However, they're just a trifle too provocative for this forum. :wink:

by **Elentari** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 4:08 am

Two dreams come to mind.
I was stranded on a remote planet and rescued by the crew of Fireball XL5.

Later when I got hooked on reading TV21 I dreamt that I had invented a new deadly toy that saved Agent 21's life.

As far as CS is concerned I had many a daydream (having joined TV21's Spectrum Shades) that I'd take part in some dangerous mission and despite all odds somehow save the day. I might add this vision was desperately short on actual detail. :oops:

by **Carrie** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:48 pm

I had a actual CS dream...(as opposed to the daydreams..naturally... :-D

)
I was in a car with Captains Blue and Scarlet..and then all of a sudden, this huge wind picked up....and the car went hurtling out of control heading towards a great cliff....and the words came up in flaming red technicolour (like a movie title!!!) The Day the Sun Turned Blue!!!...and then I woke up with my heart pounding in my chest...
I can still remember the vividness of it to this very day..
silly..now that I look back...

by **Marion** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 11:09 pm

Neat title....

When you gonna write it? :angel)

by **Ryan 4** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 6:44 pm

I had a rather strange dream last night - there were small, mutated lizard/frogs chasing me, and one of the frogs started chasing me with a dead rat. Then Captain Scarlet came along and his fingers fell down (like the Autons from Doctor Who) and a speaker in his hand started playing 'Littlest Things' by Lily Allen. Then I woke up. Today I remembered that I liked the song so I downloaded it. It's a great song.

by **DartBrat701** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 12:31 am

I had a rather peculiar one a couple nights back. I was on a double date with Capt. Magenta, Melody Angel & Dr. Fawn! :roll:

Well anyways, we were at a drive-in movie in a Spectrum Patrol Car, and we saw something that had elements of "Seek And Destroy", "Renegade Rocket" & "Treble Cross" all in one movie.

Now comes the REALLY REALLY weird part; In this movie, Captain Black eventually appeared on Colonel White's main viewscreen, he was wearing a black floor-length trenchcoat and had this evil grin on his face. And then, (hang onto your popcorn!) HE FLASHED AND EXPOSED HIMSELF!!!!! :shock:

Which then, caused the screen to explode! *BOOM!!!* It was the persistant buzz of my alarm, that finally woke me up!

*I remind you all, that this was JUST a dream!* :wink:

by **Carrie** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 11:38 pm

Hmm...you need to stay off the cheese, DartBrat... :wink:

by **DartBrat701** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 2:25 am

That's funny! :-D

Actually, I had taken some cold medicine right before going to bed. :wink:

by **MMK** » Wed May 30, 2007 10:42 am

DartBrat701 wrote:I had a rather peculiar one a couple nights back. I was on a double date with Capt. Magenta, Melody Angel & Dr. Fawn!

Well anyways, we were at a drive-in movie in a Spectrum Patrol Car, and we saw something that had elements of "Seek And Destroy", "Renegade Rocket" & "Treble Cross" all in one movie.

Now comes the REALLY REALLY weird part; In this movie, Captain Black eventually appeared on Colonel White's main viewscreen, he was wearing a black floor-length trenchcoat and had this evil grin on his face. And then, (hang onto your popcorn!) HE FLASHED AND EXPOSED HIMSELF!!!!! Which then, caused the screen to explode! *BOOM!!!* It was the persistant buzz of my alarm, that finally woke me up!

*I remind you all, that this was JUST a dream!*

I WAS going to post "The majority of the daydreams I've had are: me experimenting on the best way to kill Captain Black"

But I can't top your dream... O-beer-O

(reading this discussion has brightened up my day, though).

MMK

P.S. DartBrat, if you get any more... weird... dreams like that, could you post them too... :angel)

please?

by **TRK** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 4:07 am

Hmm, never did have any CS-related dreams. I *have* had dreams about other Supermarionation series--like that one dream where Phones from Stingray was brutally killed and ripped apart by some evil force--but nothing about Captain Scarlet.

by **gojohnniegogo** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 5:18 pm

Aside from the Captain Scarlet one I mentioned, I did have a Thunderbirds one - I think it was supposed to be a new series, and the only thing I remember was the opening sequence was generally the same, but Gordon's name had been changed to Todd! My disgust was huge! How weird!

by **Matt Crowther** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 1:43 pm

Not so much nightmares but having dreams, as a kid, of being one of the Tracy brothers (usually Virgil) or even Captain Magenta once. Needless to say, they don't happen now.