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Post by MS on Oct 9, 2012 19:49:58 GMT -5
The Mauritius Penny: Season 2, Episode 7. Written by Malcolm Hulke and Terrance D(i)cks. Overall a pretty enjoyable episode. There is one notable aspect of this episode and that is with Cathy sneaking into a meeting of a neo-Fascist movement. This scene would later be reused for the Doctor Who season 12 opener and Fourth Doctor debut Robot with Sarah Jane Smith filling in the Cathy spot in the scene. The reason why the Doctor Who serial has the same scene as The Mauritius Penny is because it was written by The Mauritius Penny co-writer Terrance D(i)cks although he would later state it wasn’t intentional, it just simply remain in his consciousness without memory of where it came from. The Mauritius Penny’s other writer Malcolm Hulke had also written for Doctor Who but not the aforementioned Doctor Who serial as it was a solo effort from D(i)cks. Ironically not only did Hulke not write the Fourth Doctor’s debut but he did not write any of the Fourth Doctor stories as he stopped writing Doctor Who just prior to the Fourth Doctor’s arrival. Another irony is that The Mauritius Penny guest starred David Langton and he was one actor who was approached to play Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart in Doctor Who but refused with the part eventually going to Nicholas Courtney with the character eventually becoming the Brigadier. Robot was one Doctor Who serial that Courtney appeared as the Brigadier. Therefore the irony is that if Langton had accepted the offer to play Lethbridge-Stewart in Doctor Who then he would have been the only actor to appear in both The Mauritius Penny & Robot.
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Post by MS on Oct 29, 2012 20:13:24 GMT -5
Death of a Great Dane: Season 2, Episode 8. Guest stars Frederick Jaeger. Didn’t really enjoy this episode. Felt rather incoherent including what the episode title has to do with the episode’s plot.
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Post by MS on Nov 22, 2012 3:36:17 GMT -5
The Sell-Out: Season 2, Episode 9. Second of three episodes of Jon Rollason as Dr Martin King. Guest stars Frank Gatlif and Arthur Hewlett. Steed with the aid of Dr King investigates why a mission-critical person always gets killed. Obviously as the episode title says someone has sold out. However the biggest sell-out is this episode as it has delivered nothing in thrills and excitement.
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Post by MS on Nov 24, 2012 20:56:19 GMT -5
The Sell-Out: Season 2, Episode 9. Second of three episodes of Jon Rollason as Dr Martin King. Guest stars Frank Gatlif and Arthur Hewlett. Steed with the aid of Dr King investigates why a mission-critical person always gets killed. Obviously as the episode title says someone has sold out. However the biggest sell-out is this episode as it has delivered nothing in thrills and excitement. In a remarkable coincidence The Sell-Out got mentioned in the following article about the development of Doctor Who, an article that is recent to my remarks about The Sell-Out: www.doctorwhonews.net/2012/11/23Nov1962-231112000008.html
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Post by MS on Feb 4, 2013 1:49:11 GMT -5
Death On The Rocks: Season 2, Episode 10. The rocks in the episode title is in reference to diamonds and people have unfortunately died from them. Overall not a bad episode and it was not a bad situation which saw Steed and Cathy pretending to be husband and wife.
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Post by MS on Jun 26, 2013 17:08:26 GMT -5
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Post by MS on Jul 21, 2013 22:32:43 GMT -5
Traitor In Zebra: Season 2, Episode 11. Guest stars Noel Coleman, William Gaunt and June Murphy. Not a bad episode about the jamming of a new satellite tracking system every time it gets used. William Gaunt does well with his character. Too bad what happens to his character here.
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Post by MS on Jul 23, 2013 18:21:57 GMT -5
Sixth Doctor Colin Baker has been cast in The Avengers in the Big Finish audio remake of the first two episodes of the TV series playing Dr Richard J Tredding, Dr David Keel’s practice colleague.
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Post by MS on Jul 26, 2013 7:57:09 GMT -5
From News In Time and Space: For Big Finish’s audio re-creation of the lost episodes of The Avengers has Anthony Howell being cast as Dr David Keel and Julian Wadham as John Steed.
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Post by MS on Jul 28, 2013 1:45:42 GMT -5
Patrick Macnee's introduction to The Avengers 50th weekend: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiqdPIrLKzkPatrick Macnee recorded this video about 50th anniversary of The Avengers in 2011 as he looks back on his time on that show.
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Post by MS on Jul 31, 2013 17:29:10 GMT -5
Trailer for Big Finish’s remake of The Lost Episodes of The Avengers: www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/the-lost-episodes---volume-1-934In addition to Sixth Doctor Colin Baker, Seventh Doctor companion actor Sophie Aldred (Ace) also has been cast in The Lost Episodes of The Avengers. She has been cast in episode 3 Square Root of Evil.
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Post by MS on May 16, 2014 20:46:11 GMT -5
From News In Time and Space: It was announced back in March that Big Finish Productions has signed an extended licence with STUDIOCANAL to produce full cast audio productions of the entire first season of The Avengers.
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Post by MS on Mar 19, 2015 16:33:47 GMT -5
Mrs Emma Peel will finally return to The Avengers for Big Finish: scifibulletin.com/2015/03/19/mrs-peel-joins-steed-at-big-finish/As all of the Mrs Peel TV episodes are in existence, the previous Big Finish Avengers releases having been remakes of the lost TV episodes, the Mrs Peel releases for Big Finish will instead be based on comic strips published in 1966 and 1967. Diana Rigg will not reprise Emma Peel for Big Finish as a new actor for the character is sought instead.
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Post by MS on May 17, 2015 23:31:22 GMT -5
Death Dispatch: Season 2, Episode 13. Guest stars Gerald Harper in the first of three appearances in the series all as different characters. Subsequent to this episode Harper played the title character in Adam Adamant Lives! which was co-developed by The Avengers creator Sydney Newman. Steed and Cathy investigate the murder of a British courier in Jamaica. A very fun episode with Steed and Cathy’s investigation including Cathy in her bra and Cathy as a maid pretending she does not speak English to one of the villains before this led them to the politician who was behind this situation that led to the courier’s murder.
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Post by MS on May 18, 2015 18:47:49 GMT -5
Dead on Course: Season 2, Episode 14. Third and final appearance by Jon Rollason as Dr Martin King. Steed and Dr King investigates a suspicious plane crash and it does not seem to be a coincidence that happened to crashed nearby a convent. Not bad episode although it felt a little rushed at the end.
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