The Avengers : Series 5 : A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Station :summary

Subject	0-5	Subject	0-5	Subject	0-5	Subject	0-5
Direction	3½ stars	Music	3 stars	Humour	5 stars	Intro & tag	3½ stars
Mastermind	4 stars	Plot	3½ stars	Emma	3½ stars	Set Design	2½ stars
Overall (0-10)	Fast-paced fun from beginning to end in this special episode for all the trainspotters. They certainly seem to cover all demographics when producing stories for The Avengers and this isn't the least of them. Full steam ahead to adventure!					8 stars

Emma finds a toy train in her living room - a summons from Steed.
They're needed to meet an agent who's discovered foul things afoot on the trains, and it's not the food for a change. When the agent fails to show, and Steed discovers his briefcase, they investigate the disused station of Norborough. Dissidents are passing on information through the ticket inspector on the train, one of them being Salt, a clerk in the Admiralty. They plot to explode a bomb under the Prime Minister by remote control, when they pass by on another train. As the minutes tick towards 8.57pm, Emma and Crewe, the owner of Norborough station (played very humorously by John Laurie from Dad's Army), tackle the train's unfriendly passengers and staff. Steed gets the enemy all steamed up, and they're dispatched in the fog. Crewe, however, finds himself unable to stop the train.
The Avengers, having discovered neither of them actually voted for him, avoid the Prime Minister's long speech of thanks by pretending they're out.

The Cars

Marque/Model	Colour	Number Plate
Class 86 (AL6) Electric Train - Goods train for Wolverhampton HL to Chester via Shrewsbury	blue, white and yellow	3D 66 (E3152?)
Class 86 BR Electric Train - passenger express to London	blue, white and yellow	1A 57 (E3...)
Class 86 BR Electric Train - passenger express to London	blue, white and yellow	1A 59 (E3...)
Class 86 BR Electric Train - passenger express to London	blue, white and yellow	1A 61 (E3...)
Class 86 BR Electric Train - passenger express	blue, white and yellow	1[] 15 (E3...)
Class 86 BR Electric Train - passenger express to London	blue, white and yellow	1A 66 (E3...)
Class 86 BR Electric Train	blue, white and yellow	?? ?? (E3...)

Who's Killing Whom?

Victim	Killer	Method	click a name to see the face
Unnamed thug [big]	^V*	Lucas		Garrotted with tie
Lucas	Groom ^V*	Pistol
Bart ^V*	Steed & himself ^V*	Slams door on pistol, causing Bart to shoot himself
Salt ^V*	Groom ^V*	Pistol
George Warren	Groom ^V*	Machine-gun
Groom ^V*	Emma & Crewe	Thrown from speeding train

The Fashions

Emma's Fashions	Steed's Fashions
lilac dress piped in dark blue, with matching jacket blue jacket with white cotton skivvy & cap, matching skirt & shoes, white stockings white skivvy, dark blue jacket, white shoes, orange skirt, white gloves yellow jacket & trousers, white skivvy (not rollneck) white boots black catsuit with silver trim (1)	grey/brown/green sports coat with brass buttons, 2 vents, 1 button on pockets (2 hip, breast), 2 buttons on cuffs, 3 buttons (cravat: green with spots, grey (checked?) trousers, brown shoes) grey single-breasted 3 piece flaps suit, white shirt , green tie,white spots & matching handkerchief, tan bowler, umbrella (colour??) ..loses bowler & umbrella grey pinstripe 3 piece 3 button suit, royal blue tie, pale grey/blue shirt

Emma's Fashions

Steed's Fashions

lilac dress piped in dark blue, with matching jacket
blue jacket with white cotton skivvy & cap, matching skirt & shoes, white stockings
white skivvy, dark blue jacket, white shoes, orange skirt, white gloves
yellow jacket & trousers, white skivvy (not rollneck) white boots
black catsuit with silver trim
(1)

grey/brown/green sports coat with brass buttons, 2 vents, 1 button on pockets (2 hip, breast), 2 buttons on cuffs, 3 buttons (cravat: green with spots, grey (checked?) trousers, brown shoes)
grey single-breasted 3 piece flaps suit, white shirt , green tie,white spots & matching handkerchief, tan bowler, umbrella (colour??)
..loses bowler & umbrella
grey pinstripe 3 piece 3 button suit, royal blue tie, pale grey/blue shirt

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The Cars

Who's Killing Whom?

The Fashions