The Diabolical Masterminds
of Season 6 (1968-9)

of

The Avengers
Page 3

The Morning After

Brigadier Hansing
Disgruntled British Army officer Hansing plans to take over the country by faking a terrorist bomb, requiring the evacuation of London and the disarming of the device - but he is in fact installing his own nuclear device, supplied by Eastern Bloc insurgents. His brigade rampage through town, summarily executing anyone they find on the streets, but they hadn't expected that Steed and Tara would have slept through the evacuation order and would be on hand to stop his plan when some journalists uncover the truth.
Sergeant Hearn

Major Parsons (Gregor Parninski)

Guard

Guard

Guard

Guard

Sergeant

Corporal

Private

Private

Private
The Curious Case of the Countless Clues

Earle
The villainous Earle, Stanley and Gardiner (hur, hur) blackmail society bigwigs, and frame them for murders if they don't come across with the goods - they get a bit confused, though, and often frame them while blackmailing them, but it's an enjoyable romp nonetheless.
Gardiner

Stanley
Wish You Were Here

Maxwell

Parker

Kendrick

Mellor

Vickers
The staff of a large country retreat in a village atmosphere trap people at the hotel so they can never leave in a pastiche of McGoohan's "The Prisoner" - business partners and secret agents can hire the hotelier to keep people against their will, and dispose of them if need be too.
Brevitt

Miss Craven

Mr. Maple

Attractive Girl

Busboy

Busboy

Waiter

Waiter

Maid
Stay Tuned

Proctor
The hypnotic Kreer brainwashes Steed so he can't see Proctor, who follows him around, occassionally thumping him in an attempt to unhinge Steed and destroy confidence in British Security. We've seen it all before...

Lisa

Wilks

Kreer
Take Me to Your Leader

Colonel Stonehouse
MI5 commander, Colonel Stonehouse, has sour grapes about Mother being higher up the security services than he, so turns traitor in order to frame Mother for treason. He devises a secure breifcase and courier network which he contrives to lead to Mother's office, but it's all a bit too complex to actually work and his plans are lost in transit when the case is intercepted by the Avengers.

Captain Tim

Cavell

Audrey Long

Sally Graham

Shepherd

Howard Trent

Condon

Holland

Williams

Jackson
Fog

Mark Travers
Devotee of the 'Gaslight Ghoul' and munitions trader Mark Travers plotted to destroy yet another world peace conference, thereby guaranteeing his profits, by killing off the delegates under the guise of the Victorian mass murderer, the 'Gaslight Ghoul' in this Holmesian telling of the Jack the Ripper case.
Homicide and Old Lace

Dunbar
A confused plot about an international crime syndicate coercing a gormless military officer, in charge of protecting the nation's treasures in the event of war so they can steal them is made more confused by later producers trying to salvage footage from a canned episode. Let's just move on, shall we?

Fuller

Freddie Cartwright

Jackson

Osaka

African delegate

USSR delegate

Kruger

Rossi

Taxi Driver

Ngushu

Jeweller

Thug (Wilson)

Thug

Thug

Thug
Love All

Martha
Nigwel Bromfield comes up with a plan to steal goverment secrets from top bureaucrat by causing them to fall in love with their char lady - actually one of his band, a young woman called Martha, and we're led on a riotous journey through the purple prose and sweet nothings of a Cartlandesque romance.
Nigel Bromfield

Thelma

Athene

Bellchamber

Freeman

Metcalfe