Death’s Door
The Killing Fields
of Series 5 (1967–8)

of

The Avengers


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These pages list all the people killed in episodes of the first colour series of The Avengers; as well as the people doing the killing, and their modi operandi. A touch macabre, you say? Well, maybe but there was very rarely any obvious blood on screen (look for the blood spots alongside the victim’s name).

Speaking trivially, The Correct Way To Kill is the most bloodthirsty episode, in which nine people are unceremoniously dispatched, closely followed by The Superlative Seven and Who’s Who??? with eight unfortunates apiece. You may like to shelter in the relative calm of The Forget-Me-Knot, in which no-one dies at all.

The guide is now in three parts, use the links below to navigate them (or use those at the bottom of the pages).

All the screen grabs on this page are ©1961–9 CANAL+IMAGE UK Ltd All Rights Reserved

Victim Killer Method
From Venus With Love
Ernest Cosgrove Primble or Martin Laser beam
Sir Fredrick Hadley Primble or Martin Laser beam
Bertram Fortescue Winthrop Smith Martin Laser beam
Lord Mansford Martin Laser beam
Brigadier Whitehead Primble or Martin Laser beam
Dr. Henry Primble Steed & himself Deflected laser beam
The Fear Merchants
Crawley’s chauffeur?? Gilbert ?
Gordon White Gilbert Scared out a window
Gilbert Steed & himself Crushed by bulldozer during fight
Shocked!
Richard Meadows Gilbert Left in the middle of Wembley Stadium in his pyjamas
John Tyler Gilbert? Left on a mountain top in his pyjamas
David Wallace Gilbert? Left on raft in English Channel in a dinner suit and cummerbund
Fox Gilbert? Mouse put into his shirt
Crawley Gilbert Passenger of speeding car
Jeremy Raven Gilbert Large spider
Escape In Time
Karl Blechner Waldo Thyssen? ? [prior to episode]
Jubert Waldo Thyssen? ? [prior to episode]
President Bibigyn Waldo Thyssen? ? [prior to episode]
Clyde Paxton ‘Bruno’ Thyssen 16th Century pistol
Tubby Vincent ‘Edwin’ Thyssen Stabbed with a Jacobean dagger
Colonel Josino Waldo Thyssen? ?
The See-Through Man
Lord Daviot Alexandre Vazin Shotgun
Ackroyd Alexandre Vazin Strangled?
Professor Quilby Alexandre Vazin ?
The Bird Who Knew Too Much
Percy Danvers Robin Machine-gun
Frank Elrick Robin & Verret Pushed off scaffold into wet cement
Mark Pearson Verret Pistol
The Winged Avenger
Simon Roberts Arnie Packer Clawed to death
Peter Roberts Arnie Packer Clawed to death
Tay-Ling Arnie Packer Clawed to death
Edward J. Dumayn Arnie Packer Clawed to death
Julian Arnie Packer Clawed to death
Professor Poole Arnie Packer Clawed to death
Arnie Packer Steed & Emma Hurled out upstairs window during fight.
The Living Dead
Spencer Masgard? Sword
Kermit the Hermit Masgard? Rifle
Unknown miner Olliphant & his firing squad Rifles
Olliphant Emma Machine-gun
Firing Squad Emma Machine-gun
Firing Squad Emma Machine-gun
Firing Squad Emma Machine-gun
Firing Squad Emma Machine-gun
Firing Squad Emma Machine-gun
Firing Squad Emma Machine-gun
Firing Squad Emma Machine-gun
Firing Squad Emma Machine-gun
The Hidden Tiger
Williams Harper’s cat cat
Sir David Harper Harper’s cat cat
George Erskine cat cat
Major Nesbitt cat cat
Walter Bellamy cat cat
Samuel Jones Jones’ cat cat
Dr. Manx himself crashes van into a tree
* An unusual episode in which no-one is murdered directly, all the deaths (bar the last) being caused by cute, fluffy, enraged moggies.

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