In 1976, Len Deighton, Sean Connery, and Kevin McClory collaborated on a script called 'James Bond Of The Secret Service' in which SPECTRE were behind the infamous Bermuda Triangle disappearances. It never got made. Three years later, Jimmy Sangster wrote 'Demon's Triangle', an episode of 'A Man Called Sloane' based on a similar premise: an aircraft vanishes over an area of the Pacific known as 'Demon's Triangle'. Amongst the passengers is U.N.I.T. agent 'Kelly', carrying in her signet ring a micro-chip containing stolen U.S. defence plans. Sloane and Torque fly out to an island at the heart of the mysterious area where planes and ships disappear without trace. Kelly is alive, but in the clutches of the sinister 'Morgan Lancaster', descendant of the famed pirate Sir Henry Morgan. Lancaster has at his disposal a sonic device capable of 'snatching' planes out of mid-air, and intends hijacking the latest American warplane with a view to selling it to KARTEL.
Sangster is best remembered for his work at Hammer films, yet he also dabbled in the spy genre, penning the Bulldog Drummond spy caper 'Deadlier Than The Male' ( 1966 ) and the 'Touchfeather' and 'John Smith' novels. This is a fun episode, enlivened by Clive Revill's smooth arch villain. Revill had appeared in the pilot 'Death Ray 2000', though as a different character. Nice to see the underused Karen Purcill getting a bigger than average role.
Sloane's gadgets - a door-unlocking device similar to the safe-opening gadget Bond had in 'You Only Live Twice', and a belt containing a wire which, when attached to a light fitting and the lock of a cell door, causes the latter to explode when touched!
Sangster is best remembered for his work at Hammer films, yet he also dabbled in the spy genre, penning the Bulldog Drummond spy caper 'Deadlier Than The Male' ( 1966 ) and the 'Touchfeather' and 'John Smith' novels. This is a fun episode, enlivened by Clive Revill's smooth arch villain. Revill had appeared in the pilot 'Death Ray 2000', though as a different character. Nice to see the underused Karen Purcill getting a bigger than average role.
Sloane's gadgets - a door-unlocking device similar to the safe-opening gadget Bond had in 'You Only Live Twice', and a belt containing a wire which, when attached to a light fitting and the lock of a cell door, causes the latter to explode when touched!