“Mr Teddy Bear” Review
And so, to season 2. As is well document elsewhere, following a prolonged equity strike, Ian Hendry did not return to the show but it carried on with Steed (Macnee […]
“One For The Mortuary” Lost Episode Review
The first Big Finish box set now takes a jump ahead to episode 13 from the first season. The scripts of episodes 4 & 5 are missing and episode 6, […]
“Square Root Of Evil” Lost Episode Review
The first two episodes ever of The Avengers, which comprise the first half of the box set of four audio lost stories, formed a sort of two part establisher for […]
“Police Surgeon: Easy Money” Review
Police Surgeon is of interest because it was the show that The Avengers replaced. Both starred Ian Hendry, and in both he’s playing a doctor on the fringes of a […]
“Brought to Book” Lost Episode Review
Episode 2 of The Avengers is a bit of an oddity. It’s sort-of the second part of a two parter, except that it had a different director and a different […]
“Hot Snow” Lost Episode Review
This is the first in a box-set of four stories produced by audio publisher Big Finish (well known for their original Doctor Who dramas) based on scripts for lost Avengers […]
“The Frighteners” Review
At last! The earliest surviving appearance of Patrick Macnee as John Steed. This is more than half way in to the first season’s run, so the relationship is quite well […]
“The Girl On The Trapeze” Review
Since episode 1 is incomplete and episodes 2-5 are missing, this is the earliest surviving episode of The Avengers. Having missed his debut because of the loss of the 2nd & […]
“Hot Snow” Review
The very first episode of The Avengers is missing – totally missing, until a few years ago – but now we have just the first reel of “Hot Snow” to tantalise […]
Avenging 2014
I’ve decided I’m going to try to watch every surviving episode of The Avengers this year, and while doing so I aim to blog each one. I don’t really need […]
“Day of the Doctor” Review & Podcast
“It’s not a chair, it’s the most dangerous weapon in the Universe.” “Why can’t it be both?” In Day of the Doctor Steven Moffat has chosen to do two things: celebrate […]
Some Random Thoughts About “Ghostwatch”
Last night was the 21st Halloween since Ghostwatch was first broadcast. It’s still brilliant television – the lead ‘actors’ especially Michael Parkinson and Sarah Greene take it absolutely seriously, and […]