The Avengers : Series 5 : Mission... Highly Improbable :summary

Subject	0-5	Subject	0-5	Subject	0-5	Subject	0-5
Direction	4 stars	Music	3 stars	Humour	4 stars	Intro & tag	3 stars
Mastermind	2½ stars	Plot	3 stars	Emma	4 stars	Set Design	4 stars
Overall (0-10)	Overall, this is a damn fine episode. A welcome return to the sci-fi escapism and referential postmodernism that The Avengers is famous for. A clever blend of reality and sheer impossibility, as well as a dig at Mission : Highly Impossible. What more could you want?					8 stars

Professor Rushton has invented a miniaturising ray, but his assistant Chivers uses it for unpatriotic activities. First he shrinks the minister who had come to examine their finances, then a snooping Captain, and finally to steal the new Saracen FV603 armoured car. The buyer - Shaffer - is unaware that Steed was inside the armoured car when it was shrunk, and has come along for the ride!. Rescued by Mrs Peel, they escape and Steed is returned to normal size, only for Emma to be shrunk. Emma then frees Steed, the Professor and his daughter, and is in turn returned to normal - "Everything? Everything!" Shaffer and Chivers are then shrunk and collected in Steed's bowler.
With rain expected, Steed offers Emma his still shrunken umbrella...

The Cars

Marque/Model	Colour	Number Plate
Rolls Royce Silver Cloud III (miniature is a Dinky Toys Silver Cloud III 2-door coupé by Mulliner Park Ward)	white	GB 1
Triumph 600cc bike, saddlebags	white	532 PPL
Triumph 600cc bike, saddlebags	white	452 YMF
Triumph 600cc bike, saddlebags	white	779 ALH
Bentley 4.5 litre 1927	British racing green	YT 3942
Landrover MT4 Military truck	blue/white top	-
Landrover MT4 Military truck	blue/white top	368 BLP (MT4 594)
Triumph TR4	powder blue, black roof	NGN 444D
Saracen Armoured Car (later shrunk)	tan	FV603
Landrover SWB	dark green,green top	-
Landrover LWB hardtop	pale blue/grey, tan roof	-
Landrover LWB hardtop	pale blue/grey, tan roof	RY 913
Mercedes 230 SL Roadster 1966	white	LGK 75D
Lotus Elan S3	glacier blue	SJH 499D
Austin Westminster	black	244 VFK

Who's Killing Whom?

Victim	Killer	Method	click a name to see the face
Sir Gerald Bancroft	Chivers ^V*	Thrown into garbage bin
Captain Gifford	Chivers ^V*	Hosed down the drain
* Strange ways to kill people, but they were miniaturised first.

The Fashions

Emma's Fashions	Steed's Fashions
lime green sundress with white trim in curved X shape around neck frost green blouse, black belt, tan trousers, white shoes forest green high collared long sleeved belted top & skirt (the skirt has a subtle darker green diagonal tartan) pink top? ... (not on screen for long) blue catsuit with high square collar & white laces, silver boots orange sleeveless dress with belt	grey/brown/green sports coat with brass buttons, 2 vents, 1 button on pockets (2 hip, breast), 2 buttons on cuffs, 3 buttons & khaki shirt, dark green tie, dark green waistcoat, black umbrella grey single-breasted suit, white shirt dark /mid grey single-breasted suit, white shirt , grey/white spot tie, grey bowler & umbrella navy single-breasted suit, pale blue shirt, dark red/black spot tie ... black bowler & umbrella grey single-breasted suit, velvet collar flaps-hip/breast, blue patterned tie, white shirt

Emma's Fashions

Steed's Fashions

grey/brown/green sports coat with brass buttons, 2 vents, 1 button on pockets (2 hip, breast), 2 buttons on cuffs, 3 buttons & khaki shirt, dark green tie, dark green waistcoat, black umbrella
grey single-breasted suit, white shirt
dark /mid grey single-breasted suit, white shirt , grey/white spot tie, grey bowler & umbrella
navy single-breasted suit, pale blue shirt, dark red/black spot tie ... black bowler & umbrella
grey single-breasted suit, velvet collar flaps-hip/breast, blue patterned tie, white shirt

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