Time Patrol Uniforms

Uniforms in Poul Anderson's Technic History remind us of what is said about uniforms in Anderson's Time Patrol series: first, that Patrol uniforms are rarely worn; secondly, that they bear the Patrol symbol, an hour glass in a shield.

Unfortunately, Anderson describes the symbol only near the end of the series and then only because it plays a role in the plot at that point. Any visual adaptation of the series would have to display the symbol up front from the beginning in the opening instalment, "Time Patrol." Dramatizations can enhance and improve on an original text although we are more used to them doing the opposite.