The Avengers

Season 6 - Episode 14

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The Rotters

Teleplay by Dave Freeman, Directed by Robert Fuest

Continuity & Trivia

7:45 - surely destroying the desk with the wood rotting device would also destroy all the paper inside it, including the photographs.

16:44 - the tenor bell has no clapper.

20:06 - clear redub of Steed saying, "That's Pendred and Pym gone, who are the others?"

39:13 - Mother says Sawbow was shot point blank, but he wasn't! Sandford was good 20' away at least.

Tara's recipe:
Plain flour, 2lb. (hand milled on stone), 4 dozen eggs (all laid by pedigree hens within the last 3 hours), salt (from the coast of Brittany, coarse ground), seven rare and exotic herbs, milk (llama), sugar (wild cane), and pimentos. mix together for ten minutes and after the master chef's touch, you have amushroom omlette ten minutes later.

The Transport

MarqueColourNumber
Morris Minor vandark green?
Lotus EuroparedPPW 999F
Rolls Roycepale lemonKK 4976
BMC flatbed lorryburgundy?
MGBwhite?

Who's Killing Whom?

VictimKillerMethod
Sir James Pendred George pistol
Sir James' manservant George pistol
Professor Palmer Sandford thrown knife
Pym Kenneth causes bell tower to collapse on him
Mervyn Sawbow Sandford shotgun
Jackson Victor Forsythe unarmed combat
Jackson dies according to the synopsis, there's no other evidence to suggest his death on screen.
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The Fashions

Tara
  • red slacks, purple overcoat (collar turned up), lilac blouse, black boots
  • dark green short sleeved minidress, buttoned down front, with white collar, tan shoes
  • above, with black mackintosh
  • chocolate minidress with 'indian' print sleeves in orange, brown, red and white
Steed
  • brown three piece suit (felt collar, single vent), dark brown tie and bowler, off white shirt, black umbrella, taupe socks and brown suede shoes.
  • grey three piece suit, off white shirt, blue tie, grey bowelr and umbrella
  • brown three piece suit (felt collar), yellow shirt, brown bowler, brown paisley tie, grey socks and brown suede Chelsea boots
  • slate three piece suit, pale blue shirt, red tie
  • burnt orange longsleeved t-shirt, green and brown neckscarf, light grey trousers, grey shoes
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