Episode 122: Emma Peel Era |
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Production completed: 15 June 1967 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.
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.
The original, "The Cybernauts," inspired two sequels: this one and "The Last of the Cybernauts...??"
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.
Several—any time Steed got a little jealous.
Steed, referring to the toaster from the tag scene, remarks, "That's the first thing Great Britain's ever got into orbit."
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RETURN OF THE CYBERNAUTS |
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Teleplay by |
Philip Levene |
CAST |
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John Steed |
Patrick Macnee 007 |
Noel Coleman |
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Peter Cushing |
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Anthony Dutton |
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Frederick Jaeger |
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Fulton Mackay |
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Charles Tingwell |
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