All materiel not specifically credited to New Captain Scarlet is from Gerry Anderson's Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons. Captain Black is the Spectrum Organisation's code name for Conrad Turner, who, in background materiel for the original Gerry Anderson's Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons, is described as a former colonel in the World Space Patrol and the former Commanding Officer of Fireball XL-3. The same materiel points out that the exact date and place of his birth are not definitely known, as he was orphaned in the Atomic War of 2028 and had no surviving family, leading a distant relative in Manchester, England, to adopt him.