<P> Colonel White is a character in the 1960s Supermarionation television series Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons . He is the commander - in - Chief of Spectrum, the security organisation dedicated to defending Earth against the Mysterons from Mars . He is also the commander of Cloudbase . </P> <P> He is British and his real name is Charles Grey (possibly named after Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey). </P> <P> In the series, White spends much of his time at his circular desk in the Cloudbase control room . The only episodes in which he is seen to leave the base are "White as Snow", "Spectrum Strikes Back", "Special Assignment" and "Flight to Atlantica". His assistant is Lieutenant Green . White is dedicated to his work and expects high levels of discipline from his agents . However, he has complete faith in their abilities . </P> <P> Very little of Colonel White's identity or biography is revealed in the original series . In the episode "White as Snow" he goes undercover and uses the alias Robert Snow, this being the only time he refers to any name other than his Spectrum codename in a televised episode . </P>

Personal assistant to colonel white in captain scarlet