The Rotters

Episode aired Dec 16, 1968
52m

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6.6/10

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Members of the Institue of Timber Technology have been killed to prevent them from standing in the way of a dastardly plot hatched by WormDoom Ltd, a pair of assassins who have perfected a c... Read allMembers of the Institue of Timber Technology have been killed to prevent them from standing in the way of a dastardly plot hatched by WormDoom Ltd, a pair of assassins who have perfected a chemical which destroys all kinds of wood and which they plan to release from pillar boxes ... Read allMembers of the Institue of Timber Technology have been killed to prevent them from standing in the way of a dastardly plot hatched by WormDoom Ltd, a pair of assassins who have perfected a chemical which destroys all kinds of wood and which they plan to release from pillar boxes around the country... unless Steed and Miss King can stop them.

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6.6/10

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Patrick Macnee and Linda Thorson in The Avengers (1961)

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Trivia
Wainwright wears the same Guards tie that Colonel Stonehouse wears in "Take Me To Your Leader".

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(at around 28 mins) When the wooden gate is sprayed with the wood rot. The gate disappears and so do the chain links that locked the gate shut, seconds later the chain reappears on the ground where Tara King picks it up.

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Mother: Well, come along Rhonda, pump, pump! I'm taking on a starboard list.

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5/10

The rotters

Another wacky idea of a pair of snobby assassins perfecting a chemical which destroys all kinds of wood. Their diabolical plan is to release it from pillar boxes around the country... can Steed and Miss King stop them? I think they can but not without some detecting, and the usual action and mayhem. It's a rather routine episode, doesn't stand out too much, though a chemical removing wood is a good idea. It has some good fights- Tara is a good puncher:

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