Episode 10: The New Avengers
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Other Viewpoints |
Jeu
à trois mains
Drei minus eins gleich Null
Partita
a tre mani
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Mind your own business. A diabolical mastermind has possession of a mind-transfer device which, unlike the one used in "Who's Who???", is one-way, leaving the donor a vegetable. He's after three former operatives, each with a photographic memory and each carrying one-third of a mission-critical document, based on a system devised by Steed. Despite the Avengers' best efforts, individually at least, the documents are all retrieved from the agents' minds, and ready for sale!
IMHO |
It has its moments. Better than most, certainly sillier, but all too often the cute stuff is forced. And the circumstances under which the brain-drain machine is employed stretch the limits of our ability to susp-p-p-pend disbelief. Steed at least has a good time, flexing his automotive muscle out on the race track in typical cool, Steed-like fashion. Terry Wood should have ended his Avengers "career" on a relatively high note with this one episode.
Trivia |
Director Ray Austin, by the way, was the stunt arranger for the Emma Peel era, and made a credited appearance in "The Gravediggers."
Best Scene |
Purdey bursts in on Gambit whilst he is posing in the nude for Helen McKay, a sculptor.
Best Line |
"Mike," Helen moans, "take your clothes off."
Essential Reading |
- The Avengers Declassified by Alan Hayes
- Mrs. Peel... We're Needed by Piers Johnson