“Trap” Review
The New Avengers never reaches the same heights that The Avengers achieved at its best, but it manages to equal its lows at its worst. And it’s hard to imagine how this […]
Month: December 2014
“Obsession” Review
Flashback time again – but this time we’re into Purdey’s past and an intense and all-consuming relationship with Larry (no, not the Larry she had a thing for in Three […]
“The Lion and The Unicorn” Review
While this opens with a very English country lane car chase, for most of the episode we’re very obviously in France (in a neat inversion of location from Angels of […]
“Medium Rare” Review
There’s an apparently psychic medium in this, failing to spice up a rather weak traitor-in-the-organisation plot. We get to see lots of the department again. Freddie-the-paymaster is another good chum […]
“Angels of Death” Review
Opening on the steps of Montmartre, it’s exciting to be abroad. When were we last abroad in The Avengers? Does The Superlative Seven count? If not, was it Second Sight? Anyway, this time, we’ve […]
The Dread Spectre
Can’t resist a bit of speculation about what we’re going to see in SPECTRE… I must admit, I’m disappointed at the name. I’ve never been a fan of SPECTRE. Never […]
“Dead Men Are Dangerous” Review
Steed has yet another close friend – a schoolfriend in this case – and once again we are regaled with stories of how what a high achieving model of perfection […]
Avenging November
Let’s start off with the title: it’s rubbish. The New Avengers? Why the rebrand? What makes this different from The Avengers? Sure, this is a million miles from the Mrs Peel […]