The Avengers

Season 2, 1962-3 - Episode 18


prologue © Canal+

epilogue © Canal+

Warlock

Teleplay by Doreen Montgomery
Directed by Peter Hammond

Murders

Victim Killer Method
Peter Neville Markel punched
Mrs Dunning Markel strangled
Markel Cosmo Gallion voodoo doll???
Cosmo Gallion natural causes heart attack
click a name
to see the face
mugshot

Transport

Marque/type Plate
Cathy's MGA RVB 115
Steed's Triumph Herald 7081 MK

Minutiæ

This episode was the first filmed with Honor Blackman and originally had additional footage introducing Cathy. However, as broadcast was delayed until later in the season this material was cut from the final print and, to some extent, replaced with new footage. It's fairly clear that the first words between Cathy and Steed were chopped out at the 6:25 mark, and new footage is inserted until there's another sharp cut at 8:35 where they return to the original take. There's another cut at 47:30 as they discuss the case in the pub. Honor says, "Thanks, I needed that" and Macnee starts to reply when the splice comes in with her saying, "Did you ever find out who Gallion was working for?"
Excerpts from the original script for these scenes are available here

It's odd that it was rescheduled when it was, as it meant the guest star was Peter Arne two weeks in a row.

Cosmo asks Neville, "What is the law, Neville?" and Neville replies, ritually, "Do as thou wilt is the whole of the law."

Pathologist's report on Neville:
liver slight enlarged but not excessively, pancreas clear, unusually excessive acidity in the stomach tissues. He tells Steed he died of a coronary thrombosis, with the usual tearing of the artery.

19:38 - Macnee squirts some soda into his glass and it sprays everywhere.

Gallion's previous victims were Watherson, the physicist who shot himself in 1959, and Marshall the engineer.

Cathy says she was born on 5th October, 1930 - a Sunday - and claims it was on the stroke of midnight (although she's probably lying to gain Gallion's interest); however, she gives the same birth date in The White Dwarf when Steed asks her what her birthday is.


main cast other © Piers Johnson 2006