Mission to Montreal

Ian Hendry had left the show as Dr Keel when the second series began.

Jon Rollason came in as Dr Martin King with Patrick Macnee now the star of the show.

Mission to Montreal has a more adventure vibe about it, even using stock footage of a ship leaving Liverpool docks.

Carla Berotti plays a famous actress who is feeling vulnerable. Her double was murdered in the film studios. She is also in possession of a hidden microfilm with the plans of a defence system. This was the reason her double was mistakenly killed.

Dr King is looking after Berotti who is drinking too much. Steed is playing the ship's steward and only belated enters the proceedings. They are all keeping an eye out for Berotti as they fear another attempt will be made on her life.

Of course it could be anyone on the ship who could be assisting the henchman, there seem to be some shifty individuals about. Events are complicated as the ship's second engineer is secretly married to Berotti.

I found the episode to be rather dull. Most of it is set in the interior of the ship as Berotti feels needy and her small entourage run around her. It lacks the grittiness of the first series which was a crime drama and does not have the fantasy sci fi edge of the later shows. I thought it dragged a bit.