Episode 14 - Something Nasty In The Nursery

Subject	0-5	Subject	0-5	Subject	0-5	Subject	0-5
Direction		Music		Humour		Intro & tag	+
Mastermind		Plot		Emma		Set Design
Overall (0-10)	Joseph	There's continuity error after error in this episode but in my opinion it doesn't matter. The central idea is wonderfully original, the direction is very good and we have Patrick Newell in a pre-Mother part. Wonderful.
	Piers	A fun episode, all hallucinogenic drugs, espionage and mayhem; and damned close to being in my top ten. It falls short due to the spotty direction and annoying trimming for transmission. We needed a more careful editor on this one.

Mrs Peel is roused by a toy merry-go-round - another of Steed's quirky summonses.
Military bigwigs are returning to the nursery and divulging sensitive secrets in their childlike state. The Avengers are led to the Guild of Noble Nannies, formerly run by the official's old Nanny, now under the guidance of Goat who, disguised as Nanny Roberts, has been visiting her old charges and using a drugged bouncing ball to make them spill the beans. Steed's on the spot at the last attack, but the villains don't notice his gloves and think him back in the nursery also. In the ensuing fight, Goat loses his hair and Wilmot shoots the fraud.
The Avengers retire to gaze into a crystal ball, revealing that viewers should tune in the same time next week. Steed's visions are too much for Mrs Peel, who demurely covers the ball.

Victim	Killer	Method	click a name to see the face
Dobson	Mr Goat V*	Pistol
James	Mr Goat V*	?
Martin	Mr Goat V*	Booby-trapped Jack-in-the-box
Nanny Roberts ??	Gordon V* ?	lethal injection
Mr Goat V*	Wilmot	Pistol