The Avengers : Series 5 : The See-Through Man :summary

Subject	0-5	Subject	0-5	Subject	0-5	Subject	0-5
Direction	3 stars	Music	2½ stars	Humour	2½ stars	Intro & tag	3½ stars
Mastermind	2 stars	Plot	2 stars	Emma	3 stars	Set Design	2½ stars
Overall (0-10)	Well, they really did miss the mark on this one, didn't they? Nothing really engaging - I would think not one viewer would buy the invisible man story for more than a minute. Not as funny as it should have been (or they thought it was??) and not villainous enough either.					5½ stars

Mrs Peel is surprised to find a message on one of her microscope slides, saying she's needed to investigate an apparently invisible man.
Ambassador Brodny is convinced that Major Vazin, a top agent recently arrived in England, has acquired the secret of invisibility. A front for their government, The Eastern Drug Corporation, recently purchased the formula from Quilby - a mad professor expertly played by Roy Kinnear. It is all a plot to fool the British government into diverting much needed resources into pointless research but the Avengers see through the scheme.
They dispatch the villains, and flummox Brodny, before going out for something to eat, if they can catch up to the old Rolls that has a will of its own!

The Cars

Marque/Model	Colour	Number Plate
Mini	red	735 CMD
Lotus Elan S3	glacier blue	SJH 499D
Bentley Speed Six 1926	British racing green	RX 6180
Austin Taxi (late 40s/early 50s)	fawn, purple curtains	PXL 748
Jaguar Mk II 3.8	bronze/brown	711 TPC
DAF 44	dark green	KLW 363D
Bedford tiptruck	beige	-
Austin A110 Westminster	grey	-
Rolls Royce 40/50 Siver Ghost, 1909 Owned by Lord Montagu and on display at Beaulieu - National Motor Museum. This particular car was originally a limousine supplied to Colonel Fergusson of Dundee. It was found in the mid-1950s as a breakdown truck at Berwick-on-Tweed. The reproduction bodywork was constructed by Leslie Willis in the style of a Barker Roi des Belges.	white/silver	R 1909

Who's Killing Whom?

Victim	Killer	Method	click a name to see the face
Lord Daviot [big]	Alexandre Vazin ^V*	Shotgun
Ackroyd	Alexandre Vazin ^V*	Strangled?
Professor Quilby	Alexandre Vazin ^V*	?

The Fashions

Emma's Fashions	Steed's Fashions
pink sleeveless sundress (see also above) white jacket, high collar, flaps on breasts & black skivvy, trousers, gloves & ankle boots orange print dress (2) striped sundress & pale pink stockings purple catsuit with blue trim mid blue catsuit, pale blue trim, with jacket and fob watch & blue boots	blue shirt, red & blue tie (diagonal pattern), slate jacket bronze tie, grey 3 piece single-breasted suit, 3 buttons, flaps on pockets including breast & black bowler & umbrella, beige shirt grey double-breasted suit, velvet collar, 2 vents, 4 buttons, flaps on pockets & white shirt grey bowler & umbrella, navy tie white spots charcoal overcoat over above, later with dove grey gloves black dinner suit & bow tie, pleated shirt. brown suit & bowler, light khaki shirt, dark green tie - maybe the sports coat from "The Winged Avenger"?

Emma's Fashions

Steed's Fashions

blue shirt, red & blue tie (diagonal pattern), slate jacket
bronze tie, grey 3 piece single-breasted suit, 3 buttons, flaps on pockets including breast & black bowler & umbrella, beige shirt
grey double-breasted suit, velvet collar, 2 vents, 4 buttons, flaps on pockets & white shirt grey bowler & umbrella, navy tie white spots
charcoal overcoat over above, later with dove grey gloves
black dinner suit & bow tie, pleated shirt.
brown suit & bowler, light khaki shirt, dark green tie - maybe the sports coat from "The Winged Avenger"?

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The Episode Guide to Series 5 (1967) of The Avengers

Episode 4 - The See-Through Man

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The Cars

Who's Killing Whom?

The Fashions