Captain Kremmen in Liverpool on Christmas Day in 1950, Kremmen grew up with an interest in becoming an astronaut like his idol, Dan Dare. In the animated version, he bears a striking resemblance to Kenny Everett, who was also born in Liverpool on Christmas Day (but in 1944). Graduating from the Space Academy, Kremmen went on to become the world's most fabulous man, as well as a captain for Star Corps. He also has bionic veins, and a bionic left foot with a detachable big toe that converts into a space cannon. According to a 'computer read-out' at the beginning of the
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons dolls to a driving-themed video game, released for the PlayStation 2 platform in 2006. The ATV game show "The Golden Shot", presented by Bob Monkhouse, adopted "Captain Scarlet" as the theme for its 1967 Christmas special. Broadcast live on 23 December, the programme featured guest appearances from Francis Matthews and "The Spectrum", who performed their latest single, "Headin' for a Heatwave". To complement the TV episodes, Century 21 released five further "Captain Scarlet" stories as audio adventures on vinyl record EPs, each running to approximately 21 minutes, and starring the original voice cast, in 1967. "TV Century 21" script editor