Trivia

Gerry Anderson originally wanted to remake Thunderbirds (1965) but couldn't secure the rights. It took him two years to get the rights to remake Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (1967). After Gerry's death in 2012, a few years later in 2014, ITV announced it would be remaking Thunderbirds for broadcast in 2015, titled Thunderbirds Are Go (2015).

Gerry Anderson was informed that New Captain Scarlet would be aired in a Saturday evening slot, same as the BBC was going to do with the new series of Doctor Who (2005), which would end up premiering a month after New Captain Scarlet and was expected to do very well in that time slot. However at the last moment ITV, who had invested a large amount of money into New Captain Scarlet, went to Gerry and his production company and asked them to replace the series theme music with an updated version of the original Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (1967) theme tune sung by The Spectrum, using a popular band/recording artist of that year. ITV had apparently wanted to cash in on the popularity of Busted's Thunderbirds Are Go! song from the soundtrack of the 2004 movie Thunderbirds (2004) (which was a movie based on Gerry's original Thunderbirds (1965) TV series). The costs involved would have been enormous and would have been met by the production company rather than ITV, so Gerry refused, knowing that there would be consequences and so ITV ordered the airing date be brought forward before Gerry could go back and make any adjustments and changes that the series needed, including changes in the opening titles. Then ITV went and buried New Captain Scarlet in a Saturday Morning slot within the Ministry of Mayhem show, splitting each episode in two and providing very little publicity. Meanwhile, Doctor Who became a cult hit for the BBC whilst New Captain Scarlet is largely forgotten about and was never repeated on ITV.

The real names of the Spectrum Personnel were:

• Paul Metcalf for Captain Scarlet
• Adam Svenson for Captain Blue
• Conrad Lefkon for Captain Black
• Simone Girradaux for Destiny Angel
• Sir Charles Grey for Colonel White
• Serena Lewis for Lieutenant Green
• Dr Mason Frost for Doctor Gold
• Elaine McGee for Captain Ochre
• Iain Taggart for Captain Grey
• Mario Moro for Captain Magenta
• Rebecca Drake for Harmony Angel
• Caroline Foster-Finch for Rhapsody Angel
• Esther Jackson for Melody Angel
• Yoko Inukai for Symphony Angel
• Bethany Craig for Lieutenant Silver

Also two Captains who appear as background characters and don't speak are Captain Indigo and Captain Brown who are named John Roach and Ricky Nolan respectively, according to behind the scenes promotional material. Whilst a third Captain, Captain Orange doesn't even get a real name.

The first two episodes have a different look compared to the rest of the series because they were made by a different production company.

Certain characters had their nationalities changed from the portrayals of their characters in the 1960s series. Captain Scarlet became a British/American national as opposed to his tradition purely English roots, while Destiny Angel dropped her obvious French background to become an English girl (with British/American nationality) in this newer version.