“The Springers” Lost Episode Review
Note: as mentioned, I’ve been delving into my drafts folder; first up are some Lost Episodes of The Avengers as produced on audio by Big Finish. This one is from the third […]
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“The Miser” Review
Another fine adventure with an elaborate extortion plot with plenty of action involving a class 81 diesel locomotive, and a helicopter car chase. It’s colourful again, and exciting, and a […]
“Return to Castle De’ath” Review
“Mrs Peel! We’re needed!” The extraordinary excitement of Steed and Mrs Peel returning in a tale of pernicious pipers has caused me to leap-frog my overdue Lost Episode reviews (I took last […]
Avenging 2014 (Reprise)
First of all, this whole ‘watch every episode and blog it’ thing has taught me that committing to write a blog post every couple of days, even when its just a […]
The Music of The Avengers
One of the things I fell in love with in The Avengers was the music – specifically Laurie Johnson’s incredible musical scores, and the wonderful theme The Shake. I love Johnny Dankworth’s original […]
“The Avengers” Review (The Whole Lot)
So, after a few days to allow the dust to settle on my Avengers DVD collection, here are a few thoughts on the series as a whole, as well as […]
Avenging October
So, that’s it. All the remaining original Avengers have now been watched. I’ll look back over the whole lot in another post, but the October episodes represent a curious mix […]
“Bizarre” Review
So, that’s in then. The final notes of The Shake die away. The last of the (original) Avengers. 137 episodes… and they chose to end with this one. Bizarre. We’re back […]
“Get-A-Way!” Review
After a couple of very straight episodes, this is a throwback to the silliness of season 5 – perhaps a reflection of this being produced a year earlier. Philip Levene’s […]
“Pandora” Review
Unsettling. The Avengers has been about adventure and thrills, not about psychological torture. Even when psychological torture has been the explicit goal of the diabolical mastermind (eg. The House That […]
“Take Over” Review
The central conceit in this episode is one of Flemingesque sadism: surgically implanted phosphor bombs. It’s a simple set-up where it’s almost impossible to imagine how Steed or his friends […]
“Requiem” Review
Really, truly terrible things happening to The Avengers feels like it’s against the rules. It violates the casual invulnerability of our heroes. So death, serious injury, bereavement, betrayal – they can […]