1. It has better plots and is not solely based on lumps of machinery.

2. If you can't be bothered to watch it all, the plot is revealed to you within 5 minutes by the Mysteron voice in the opening credits. "THIS is the VOICE of the MYSTERONS! We know you can hear us earth...man. This week our plot is to destroy: the earth capital/cloudbase/some government bigwig by: exploding them/using your own weapons against you/our cunning at precisely 12 noon. Did you get that?!"

3. The Captain Scarlet theme tune is far better for dancing to.

4. We know who the baddie is. It's always Captain Black. And how do we know he's evil? Because he wears black, has stubble and hangs around in graveyards or yards away from a fatal accident. Oh, and he speaks exactly like the Mysterons.

5. The names in Captain Scarlet amuse me more. When they run out of normal colours (like Captain Green or Colonel White) they use Captain Ochre and Captain Magenta. Far funnier than Virgil.

6. The acting in Thunderbirds is so wooden.

7. Our hero Captain Scarlet once went bad and became a drunk and a gambler. Kids tv was far better back then.

8. Captain Scarlet and his chums all have English accents.

9. Does Thunderbirds have two green circles of light every week? No! Captain Scarlet does.

10. The final reason that Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons is better than Thunderbirds is that it just is. And I say so.

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