Episode complete credited cast: | |||
Patrick Macnee | ... | John Steed | |
Diana Rigg | ... | Emma Peel | |
Peter Bowles | ... | Thyssen | |
Geoffrey Bayldon | ... | Clapham | |
Judy Parfitt | ... | Vesta | |
Imogen Hassall | ... | Anjali | |
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Edward Caddick | ... | Sweeney |
Nicholas Smith | ... | Parker | |
Roger Booth | ... | Tubby Vincent | |
Ricardo Montez | ... | Josino (as Richard Montez) | |
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Clifford Earl | ... | Paxton |
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Rocky Taylor | ... | Mitchell |
Notorious criminals are escaping but nobody knows where and two agents investigating their last known location, Tudor mansion Mackidockie Court, are both killed. When the avengers link the house to the murders Emma is captured by its owner, Waldo Thyssen, who claims to have built a time machine, through which the miscreants are escaping to previous centuries, and sends her through to the sixteenth century to be tortured by himself in the guise of an Elizabethan ancestor. Steed works out the whereabouts of the house and follows, stepping through time to save Emma. Written by don @ minifie-1
I have a great fondness for "The Avengers." This episode is one of my favorites. Steed and Mrs. Peel go back in time to find notorious men who have made off with the money from their country's coffers. Ingenious casting helps this episode. The marvelous Peter Bowles plays multiple roles. There are many colorful incidental characters. The story zips along with restrained hilarity and definitely tongue-in-cheek. You can count on "The Avengers" to never get too gloomy. If you want to know the essence of the color Avengers episodes, and why they are still extremely popular today, this is the episode to watch. It's a joy from beginning to end.