Operation Time

"Our next act of retaliation will be to kill time"

Operation Time
Air date	17 November 1967
Written by	Richard Conway & Stephen J. Mattick
Directed by	Ken Turner
Edited by	John Beaton
Production Order
previous	Manhunt
next	Renegade Rocket
Broadcast Order
previous	The Trap
next	Spectrum Strikes Back

Operation Time is the 6th produced, and the 8th broadcast, episode of the British television series Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons.

Plot

In an exclusive London clinic, General J. F. Tiempo - Commander of the Western Regional World Defence - is due to undergo a brain operation, under the supervision of Dr. Theodore Magnus, a pioneering surgeon who has developed a revolutionary piece of apparatus known as the Cerebral Pulsator...

Night falls, and tragedy strikes...as, driving home, Magnus dies when his car is forced off the road by Captain Black. The now-Mysteronised Magnus returns to the clinic, with one purpose only - to kill Time!

Synopsis

Main article: Operation Time/Storyline

Regular Cast

Captain Scarlet
(Francis Matthews)

Captain Blue
(Ed Bishop)

Colonel White
(Donald Gray)

Lieutenant Green
(Cy Grant)

Doctor Fawn
(Charles Tingwell)

Captain Ochre
(Jeremy Wilkin)

Captain Magenta
(Gary Files)

Captain Grey
(Paul Maxwell )

Captain Black
(Donald Gray)

The Mysterons
(Donald Gray)

Melody Angel
(Cameo)

Guest Cast

Dr. Theodore Magnus
(Martin King)

General Tiempo
(Paul Maxwell)

Dr. Turner
Gary Files

1st Medical Student
(Gary Files)

2nd Medical Student
(Jeremy Wilkin)

Porter Benson
(Jeremy Wilkin)

Radiographer
(Jeremy Wilkin)

Nurse
(Elizabeth Morgan)

Morgan
(Charles Tingwell)

Cameo Roles

Doctor

Notes

• Filming started on Stage 4 on 20 February 1967.

Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons

Characters: Spectrum: Captain Scarlet • Captain Blue • Colonel White • Lieutenant Green • Destiny Angel • Captain Black • Symphony Angel • Captain Brown • Rhapsody Angel • Captain Grey • Melody Angel • Captain Ochre • Harmony Angel • Captain Magenta • Doctor Fawn • Captain Indigo • Spectrum Guards Others: The Mysterons • World President Younger • Lieutenant Dean • Navigator Conway • Director-General Xian Yoh • Delta Garage Attendant • DT19 Pilot • DT19 Co-Pilot • Airport Chief • Airport Operator • Director-General Impersonator • Spectrum Agent 042 • Assassin • Macey • 1st London Police Officer • 2nd London Police Officer • 3rd London Police Officer • 4th London Police Officer • 5th London Police Officer • 6th London Police Officer • Woman Driver • Harris (Manhunt) • Security Chief Richards • Geiger Operator • Delta Garage Mechanic • Culver Guard 1 • Culver Guard 2 • General Ward • Eddie • Sergeant Marshall • Lieutenant Burroughs • Trapper • Red Deer Sentry Joe • Cariboo Sentry • Big Bear Sentry • Dead Body • Bob Lynn • TVR-17 Controller • Helijet Pilot • USS Panther II Captain • Lieutenant Belmont • Soames • Davidson • Clark • Commodore Goddard • Captain Holt • Morton • Distillery Attendant • Dr. Theodore Magnus • General Tiempo • Dr. Turner • 1st Medical Student • 2nd Medical Student • Porter Benson • Radiographer • Nurse (Operation Time) • Morgan • Doctor (Operation Time) • General Peterson • Doctor Giadello • 1st Warden (Post 14) • 2nd Warden (Post 28) • Mason • Steele • Kramer • Dice Club Croupier • Barman • Nuclear City Security Chief • Attendant Delta garage • Kruger • Doig • Carl • Fire Warden • Lunar Controller • Orson • S.I.D • Shuttle Pilot • Supreme Commander of Earth Forces • Colonel Storm • Major Brooks • General Cope • Captain Hassel • Pete • MCA Tanker Driver's Mate • Arab • Andre Verdain • Helga • Gabrielle • Casino commissionaire • Model • Fairfield • Jackson • Fire Chief • Major Stone • Joe Johnson • Phil Machin • Major Reeves • Linda Nolan • Frazer • Shroeder • Doctor Breck • Doctor Carter • Doctor Angelini • Doctor Kurnitz • Doctor Kurnitz' Secretary • Kinley • Charlie Hansen • Jason Smith • Major Gravener • Doctor Baxter • Doctor Mitchell • Nurse (Treble Cross) • Harris (Treble Cross) • Doctor Ernst Conrad • Bill Williams • Newspaper Reporter • Joe (Flight 104) • Doctor Denton • Judith Chapman • Airport Mechanic • General Rebus • Neilson • Rhoades • Captain (Expo 2068) • Doctor Sommers • Driver (Expo 2068) • Seneca Pilot • Lumberjack (Expo 2068) • Raynor • Mervin Brand • President Roberts • Vice President • Vice-president's Wife • Professor Gabriel Carney • President Conrad Olafson • President John L. Henderson • SKR4 Captain • SKR4 Navigator • Major Moran • Sergeant (Inferno) • Commander Williams • Maxwell Airbase Sergeant • Colgan • Mysteron Agent (The Inquisition) TV Series Episodes: The Mysterons • Winged Assassin • Big Ben Strikes Again • Manhunt • Avalanche • White as Snow • The Trap • Operation Time • Spectrum Strikes Back • Special Assignment • The Heart Of New York • Lunarville 7 • Point 783 • Model Spy • Seek and Destroy • Traitor • Renegade Rocket • Crater 101 • Shadow Of Fear • Dangerous Rendezvous • Fire at Rig 15 • Treble Cross • Flight 104 • Place of Angels • Noose of Ice • Expo 2068 • The Launching • Codename Europa • Inferno • Flight to Atlantica • Attack on Cloudbase • The Inquisition Audio Adventures: Introducing Captain Scarlet • Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons • Captain Scarlet is Indestructible • Captain Scarlet of Spectrum • Captain Scarlet versus Captain Black Books: Young Corgi • The Vault Locations: Cloudbase • Maximum Security Building Vehicles and Craft: Spectrum Saloon Car • Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle • Maximum Security Vehicle • Angel Interceptor • Spectrum Passenger Jet • Spectrum Helicopter • Spectrum Hovercraft • Spectrum Radar Van • Magnacopter • Zero-X