Episode 122: Emma Peel Era
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  Tag

Steed attempts to repair Emma's toaster—with explosive results.

  Stats ?

  A.K.A.

 Le retour des Cybernautes

 Und noch einmal Roboter

 Il ritorno del cibernauta

 El Regreso De Los Cybernautas

 De terugkeer van de robots

  Other Viewpoints

• Illuminations
• Visitor reviews
• The GLG Report

RETURN OF THE CYBERNAUTS

Steed Pulls Some Strings
Emma Becomes a Puppet

Production completed: 15 June 1967
UK Premiere (London, Season 6): 28 September 1967
US Premiere (New York, Season 3): 21 February 1968

The brother of the slain cybernaut inventor Dr. Armstrong pays a trio of top scientists to devise some hideous, lingering means of punishment for Steed and Emma's crime.

 IMHO

I'm in a distinct minority on this one: for some reason, it just rubs me the wrong way, in spite of a great guest actor and some of the most notable Steed/Emma interactions ever filmed. Perhaps it is because it bears an unfortunate resemblance to Star Trek's "Spock's Brain" when Emma is marching 'round like a robot toward the end—makes me want to walk onto the set in a suit of armor and start hitting people over the head with a rubber chicken (in homage to Monty Python when a skit became "too silly"). I also have some built-in bias against sequels, for they rarely measure up to the originals—and this one is no exception. But it ranked as a visitor fave, so go figure.

 Trivia

The original, "The Cybernauts," inspired two sequels: this one and "The Last of the Cybernauts...??"

 On Location

Neville was kidnapped at the ever-popular Haberdasher Aske's School, Elstree—see On Location for a recent view. Exteriors of Beresford's house are courtesy of Woolmers Park, Letty Green.

 Best Scene

Several—any time Steed got a little jealous.

 Best Line

Steed, referring to the toaster from the tag scene, remarks, "That's the first thing Great Britain's ever got into orbit."

 Essential Reading

RETURN OF THE CYBERNAUTS

Teleplay by
Directed by

Philip Levene
Robert Day

Full production credits

CAST

John Steed
Emma Peel
Paul Beresford
Benson
Dr. Neville
Professor Chadwick
Dr. Russell
Dr. Garnett
Conroy
Rosie
Hunt
Cybernaut

Patrick Macnee 007
Diana Rigg 007
Peter Cushing #
Frederick Jaeger #
Charles Tingwell #
Fulton Mackay #
Roger Hammond
Anthony Dutton #
Noel Coleman #
Aimi MacDonald
Redmond Phillip
Terry Richard

# DOPPELGANGERS

Noel Coleman

Traitor in Zebra

Peter Cushing

The Eagle's Nest

Anthony Dutton

All Done with Mirrors

Frederick Jaeger

Target!
Death of a Great Dane
The Cybernauts

Fulton Mackay

You'll Catch Your Death
Bizarre

Charles Tingwell

The Nutshell
 

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