A series of scientists have been murdered in a literally shocking manner and they all have one thing in common; they worked on the now cancelled 'Project 90'. Further evidence of the connection to 'Project 90' is provided by the fact that the files relating to the project have been incinerated inside their safes. As our protagonists investigate the murders Steed deals, and flirts, with 'Top Hush' secretary Cynthia Wentworth-Howe who keeps her keys in a garter belt. We later learn that 'Project 90' involved 'broadcast power'; an invention which would allow electricity to be broadcast by directed radio waves rather than wires. It is this that the villains are using to kill their targets; the electricity being broadcast to a heavily insulated man whose tough can be deadly! When Mrs Peel is captured they use her as bait for a trap that should kill both her and Steed if it goes according to plan.
This is an enjoyable sci-fi episode; in the opening scene I thought that the grey faced attacker was meant to be a robot done on the cheap but it later became apparent that he was very much human and his rubbery grey 'skin' is really thick insulating make-up. The method of attack is entertaining in a macabre way; the shocks literally blasting the victim through doors or into a wall but all bloodless of course. The story leads to a good climax where Steed and Mrs Peel must fight the electrified villain without getting electrocuted. Along the way there are some laughs to be had; I particularly liked Cynthia Wentworth-Howe and her listing of the various security ratings; the top class being 'button lipped' as well as how she kept her keys in a garter belt as Steed remarked they were still warm!; Caroline Blakiston does a fine job in this role.
This is an enjoyable sci-fi episode; in the opening scene I thought that the grey faced attacker was meant to be a robot done on the cheap but it later became apparent that he was very much human and his rubbery grey 'skin' is really thick insulating make-up. The method of attack is entertaining in a macabre way; the shocks literally blasting the victim through doors or into a wall but all bloodless of course. The story leads to a good climax where Steed and Mrs Peel must fight the electrified villain without getting electrocuted. Along the way there are some laughs to be had; I particularly liked Cynthia Wentworth-Howe and her listing of the various security ratings; the top class being 'button lipped' as well as how she kept her keys in a garter belt as Steed remarked they were still warm!; Caroline Blakiston does a fine job in this role.