Ministry Personnel : 1967 — 1968

John Steed
Name/alias: John Steed
When active: 1961–9, 1974–7, 2001 (pseudonym: Invisible Jones)
Status: Active
Disposition: Field Agent
Summary:
Lead field agent for the Ministry, records for the period 1962–9 and 1976–7 are complete, 1960–1 are partially recorded; other dates are no longer held in the central archive - please refer to the controlling bodies for these periods.
Mrs. Emma Peel
Name/alias: Mrs. Emma Peel
When active: 1965–8
Status: Retired
Disposition: Field Agent
Summary:
Non-Ministry personnel recruited by agent Steed, John late in 1964, retired from active service 1968, but still a contact during the 1970s.
Professor Clarke
Name/alias: Professor Clarke
When active: From Venus with Love
Status: Active
Disposition: Scientist
Summary:
Called in to examine the effects of Primble’s laser on a graveyard, he provided agent Steed, John with the vital clue.
Ernest Cosgrove
Name/alias: Ernest Cosgrove
When active: From Venus with Love
Status: Killed
Disposition: ‘Up-and-coming’ offical
Summary:
First victim of Primble’s laser, if he’d left him alone the Ministry would have never become involved.
Clapham
Name/alias: Clapham
When active: Escape in Time
Status: Killed
Disposition: Field Agent
Summary:
Agent investigating Thyssen, killed by the same with an antique pistol.
Tubby Vincent
Name/alias: Tubby Vincent
When active: Escape in Time
Status: Killed
Disposition: Field Agent
Summary:
Agent investigating Thyssen, killed by the same with an antique dagger.
Paxton
Name/alias: Paxton
When active: Escape in Time
Status: Killed
Disposition: Field Agent
Summary:
Agent investigating Thyssen, killed by the same with an antique pistol.
Quilby
Name/alias: Quilby
When active: The See-Through Man
Status: Active
Disposition: Inventor
Summary:
Not strictly Ministry personnel, he nonetheless submitted many new weapon and electronic designs to the Ministry for consideration.
Ackroyd
Name/alias: Ackroyd
When active: The See-Through Man
Status: Killed
Disposition: Investor’s assistant
Summary:
Quilby’s assistant, he approached the ‘Eastern Drug Corporation’ (a front for an Eastern-Bloc embassy) to try to sell formulae, but was killed by Major Vazin for his trouble.
Sir Andrew Ford
Name/alias: Sir Andrew Ford
When active: The See-Through Man
Status: Active
Disposition: Official
Summary:
In Charge of the department of inventions, he is an unwitting pawn in Vazin ‘s plan to convinve the British that Quilby’s invisibility formula actually works.
Lord Daviot
Name/alias: Lord Daviot
When active: The See-Through Man
Status: Killed
Disposition: Official (retired)
Summary:
Mercilessly gunned down by Vazin as part of his plan to make Britain waste money on an impossible invention.
Mark Pearson
Name/alias: Mark Pearson
When active: The Bird Who Knew Too Much
Status: Killed
Disposition: Field Agent
Summary:
Investigating the aerial reconaissance and smuggling out of secrets by trained birds, he’s killed while on assignment by Verret.
Percy Danvers
Name/alias: Percy Danvers
When active: The Bird Who Knew Too Much
Status: Killed
Disposition: Field Agent
Summary:
Investigating the aerial reconaissance and smuggling out of secrets by trained birds, he’s killed while on assignment by Robin & Verret.
Frank Elrick
Name/alias: Frank Elrick
When active: The Bird Who Knew Too Much
Status: Killed
Disposition: Field Agent
Summary:
Investigating the aerial reconaissance and smuggling out of secrets by trained birds, he’s killed while on assignment by Robin & Verret.
Dawson
Name/alias: Dawson
When active: The Hidden Tiger
Status: Active
Disposition: Technician
Summary:
Contacted by agent Steed, John to explain the workings of an electronic circuit found inside a cat’s name tag.
Professor Stone
Name/alias: Professor Stone
When active: Never, Never Say Die
Status: Active
Disposition: Scientist
Summary:
Head of research at the Neo-Terric Research Unit of the Ministry of Trade, he constructed a ‘replicant’ of himself which subsequently took over the establishment and imprisoned Stone and his assistant Penrose.
Dr. Penrose
Name/alias: Dr. Penrose
When active: Never, Never Say Die
Status: Active
Disposition: Scientist
Summary:
Second in charge at the Neo-Terric Research Unit of the Ministry of Trade, he assisted Stone, F.N., Professor in building a ‘replicant’ of Stone which subsequently took over the establishment and imprisoned Stone and Penrose.
Carter
Name/alias: Carter
When active: Never, Never Say Die
Status: Active
Disposition: Security
Summary:
Security officer at the MOT-NRU.
Selby
Name/alias: Selby
When active: Never, Never Say Die
Status: Active
Disposition: Security
Summary:
Security officer at the MOT-NRU.
NRU Security Man
Name/alias: NRU Security Man
When active: Never, Never Say Die
Status: Active
Disposition: Security
Summary:
Security officer at the MOT-NRU.
NRU Security
Name/alias: NRU Security
When active: Never, Never Say Die
Status: Active
Disposition: Security
Summary:
Security officer at the MOT-NRU.
NRU Security
Name/alias: NRU Security
When active: Never, Never Say Die
Status: Active
Disposition: Security
Summary:
Security officer at the MOT-NRU.
NRU Security
Name/alias: NRU Security
When active: Never, Never Say Die
Status: Active
Disposition: Security
Summary:
Security officer at the MOT-NRU.
NRU Security
Name/alias: NRU Security
When active: Never, Never Say Die
Status: Active
Disposition: Security
Summary:
Security officer at the MOT-NRU.
NRU Security
Name/alias: NRU Security
When active: Never, Never Say Die
Status: Active
Disposition: Security
Summary:
Security officer at the MOT-NRU.
NRU Security
Name/alias: NRU Security
When active: Never, Never Say Die
Status: Active
Disposition: Security
Summary:
Security officer at the MOT-NRU.
NRU Security
Name/alias: NRU Security
When active: Never, Never Say Die
Status: Active
Disposition: Security
Summary:
Security officer at the MOT-NRU.
NRU Security
Name/alias: NRU Security
When active: Never, Never Say Die
Status: Active
Disposition: Security
Summary:
Security officer at the MOT-NRU.
NRU Security
Name/alias: NRU Security
When active: Never, Never Say Die
Status: Active
Disposition: Security
Summary:
Security officer at the MOT-NRU.
Salt
Name/alias: Salt
When active: A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Station
Status: Killed
Disposition: Diplomatic Corps
Summary:
Salt used his position as assistant to the Admiral to steal secret via a microcamera and microdots pasted onto railway tickets. He was killed by a man dressed as a Groom when they discovered our security forces were on to him.
Admiral
Name/alias: Admiral
When active: A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Station
Status: Active
Disposition: Diplomatic Corps
Summary:
Head of travel arrangements for VIP travel, including the security detail and scheduling.
Warren
Name/alias: Warren
When active: A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Station
Status: Killed
Disposition: Field Agent, Special Branch
Summary:
Special Branch man assigned to inspect abandoned railway stations along the Norborough line, he was killed by a man dressed as a Groom but was able to pass important information on to agent Peel, Emma before he died.
Lucas
Name/alias: Lucas
When active: A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Station
Status: Killed
Disposition: Field Agent
Summary:
While investigating a ring of insurgents in England, he discovered a plot to kill the Prime Minister. He was killed by a man dressed as a Groom but managed to secrete his briefcase according to ministry procedures in the baggage van. Said briefcase held vital clues and was retrieved by agent Steed, John.
Secretary
Name/alias: Secretary
When active: A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Station
Status: Active
Disposition: Diplomatic Corps
Summary:
Under-secretary to the Prime Minister, reviewing his travel arrangements.
Lord William Beaumont
Name/alias: Lord William Beaumont
When active: Something Nasty In The Nursery
Status: Active
Disposition: Diplomatic Corps
Summary:
Defence conferee.
Viscount Frederick Webster
Name/alias: Viscount Frederick Webster
When active: Something Nasty In The Nursery
Status: Active
Disposition: Diplomatic Corps
Summary:
Defence conferee.
Sir George Collins
Name/alias: Sir George Collins
When active: Something Nasty In The Nursery
Status: Active
Disposition: Diplomatic Corps
Summary:
Defence conferee.
General Wilmot
Name/alias: General Wilmot
When active: Something Nasty In The Nursery
Status: Active
Disposition: Field Agent
Summary:
Dobson
Name/alias: Dobson
When active: Something Nasty In The Nursery
Status: Killed
Disposition: Field Agent
Summary:
Field agent who stumbled upon Mr. Goat’s plot to extract defence secrets from top-ranking officials by a combination of LSD and the impersonation of their childhood nanny. Killed by Mr. Goat.
Major George Fancy
Name/alias: Major George Fancy
When active: The Joker
Status: Killed
Disposition: Military Liaison
Summary:
Army officer who warned agent Steed, John of Max Prendergast’s escape from a German prison; he fell victim to one of Prendergast’s booby traps.
Major B
Name/alias: Major ‘B’
When active: Who’s Who???
Status: Active
Disposition: Controller
Summary:
Security officer in Charge of the F.L.O.R.A.L. network, devised the codenames and structure of his department.
Tulip
Name/alias: Tulip
When active: Who’s Who???
Status: Active
Disposition: Field Agent
Summary:
Head field agent of F.L.O.R.A.L.
Daffodil
Name/alias: Daffodil
When active: Who’s Who???
Status: Killed
Disposition: Field Agent
Summary:
Field agent of the F.L.O.R.A.L. network lured to agent Steed, John’s apartment and killed by Basil while in the body of agent Steed.
Hooper
Name/alias: Hooper
When active: Who’s Who???
Status: Killed
Disposition: Field Agent
Summary:
Field agent of the F.L.O.R.A.L. network killed by Basil and Lola after being lured to a warehouse.
Poppy
Name/alias: Poppy
When active: Who’s Who???
Status: Killed
Disposition: Field Agent
Summary:
Field agent of the F.L.O.R.A.L. network lured to agent Steed, John’s apartment and killed by Basil while in the body of agent Steed.
Pansy
Name/alias: Pansy
When active: Who’s Who???
Status: Killed
Disposition: Field Agent
Summary:
Field agent of the F.L.O.R.A.L. network lured to agent Steed, John’s apartment and killed by Basil while in the body of agent Steed.
Marigold
Name/alias: Marigold
When active: Who’s Who???
Status: Killed
Disposition: Field Agent
Summary:
Field agent of the F.L.O.R.A.L. network lured to agent Steed, John’s apartment and killed by Basil while in the body of agent Steed.
Bluebell
Name/alias: Bluebell
When active: Who’s Who???
Status: Killed
Disposition: Field Agent
Summary:
Field agent of the F.L.O.R.A.L. network lured to agent Steed, John’s apartment and killed by Basil while in the body of agent Steed.
Carnation
Name/alias: Carnation
When active: Who’s Who???
Status: Killed
Disposition: Field Agent
Summary:
Field agent of the F.L.O.R.A.L. network lured to agent Steed, John’s apartment and killed by Basil while in the body of agent Steed.
Cornflower
Name/alias: Cornflower
When active: Who’s Who???
Status: Killed
Disposition: Field Agent
Summary:
Field agent of the F.L.O.R.A.L. network lured to agent Steed, John’s apartment and killed by Basil while in the body of agent Steed.
Goon 1
Name/alias: Goon 1
When active: Who’s Who???
Status: Active
Disposition: Security
Summary:
Security officer for the F.L.O.R.A.L. network.
Goon 2
Name/alias: Goon 2
When active: Who’s Who???
Status: Active
Disposition: Security
Summary:
Security officer for the F.L.O.R.A.L. network.
Goon 3
Name/alias: Goon 3
When active: Who’s Who???
Status: Active
Disposition: Security
Summary:
Security officer for the F.L.O.R.A.L. network.
Goon 4
Name/alias: Goon 4
When active: Who’s Who???
Status: Active
Disposition: Security
Summary:
Security officer for the F.L.O.R.A.L. network.
Dr. Neville
Name/alias: Dr. Neville
When active: Return Of The Cybernauts
Status: Active
Disposition: Scientist
Summary:
Professor Chadwick
Name/alias: Professor Chadwick
When active: Return Of The Cybernauts
Status: Killed
Disposition: Scientist
Summary:
Scientist abducted by Paul Beresford’s Cybernaut and later killed by it.
Dr. Russell
Name/alias: Dr. Russell
When active: Return Of The Cybernauts
Status: Killed
Disposition: Scientist
Summary:
Scientist abducted by Paul Beresford’s Cybernaut and later killed by it.
Dr. J W Garnett
Name/alias: Dr. J W Garnett
When active: Return Of The Cybernauts
Status: Killed
Disposition: Scientist
Summary:
Scientist abducted by Paul Beresford’s Cybernaut and later killed by Beresford after escaping and warning agent Steed, John about the plot.
Conroy
Name/alias: Conroy
When active: Return Of The Cybernauts
Status: Active
Disposition: Controller
Summary:
Briefed agent Steed, John on the disappeared scientists and their specialties.
Rosie
Name/alias: Rosie
When active: Return Of The Cybernauts
Status: Very active
Disposition: Ancillary (Secretarial)
Summary:
Secretary to Dr. Garnett, and one of the few people ever to be attacked by a cybernaut and live. Agent Steed, John is the only other person on file as having survived a non-programmed cybernaut attack.
Sir Andrew Boyd
Name/alias: Sir Andrew Boyd
When active: Death’s Door
Status: Killed
Disposition: Diplomatic Corps
Summary:
Head negotiator for Britain in the peace conference ruined by Becker and Stapley, killed by Saunders.
Stapley
Name/alias: Stapley
When active: Death’s Door
Status: Killed
Disposition: Diplomatic Corps
Summary:
Attaché to the negotiator for Britain in the peace conference; he was one of the plotters trying to bring down the conference, and died during a fight with agents Peel, Emma and Steed, John.
Lord Melford
Name/alias: Lord Melford
When active: Death’s Door
Status: Active
Disposition: Diplomatic Corps
Summary:
Assistant negotiator at the conference, assumed the head of negotiation upon the death of Boyd, Sir Andrew.
Saunders
Name/alias: Saunders
When active: Death’s Door
Status: Killed
Disposition: Ancillary (Transport)
Summary:
Chauffeur for dignitaries to the conference, subverted by Becker and Stapley; he was killed by agent Peel, Emma during an attempt upon her life in the apartment of agent Steed, John.
Haynes
Name/alias: Haynes
When active: Death’s Door
Status: Arrested
Disposition: Ancillary (Transport)
Summary:
Chauffeur for dignitaries to the conference, subverted by Becker and Stapley.
Jepson
Name/alias: Jepson
When active: Death’s Door
Status: Arrested
Disposition: Ancillary (Transport)
Summary:
Chauffeur for dignitaries to the conference, subverted by Becker and Stapley.
Security Man
Name/alias: Security Man
When active: The £50,000 Breakfast
Status: On probation
Disposition: Security
Summary:
Assigned to protect victim Rhodes, Dusty after motor vehicle accident, he was fooled by one of Miss Peagram’s assistants into leaving his post and the witness was murdered. He remains on probation for dereliction of duty.
Mechanic
Name/alias: Mechanic
When active: The £50,000 Breakfast
Status: Active
Disposition: Ancillary (Transport)
Summary:
Mechanic assigned to investigate victim Rhodes, Dusty’s car after his accident; he confirmed the car hadn’t been tampered with and it was a genuine accident, but was later attacked by Miss Peagram’s assistants and the car was stolen.
Bobby Danvers
Name/alias: Bobby Danvers
When active: Dead Man’s Treasure
Status: Killed
Disposition: Field Agent
Summary:
While being pursued by foreign agents Alex & Carl, he secreted sensitive documents in a chest at victim Benstead, Sir George’s house, and sent agent Steed, John a clue by post. He managed to reach agent Steed’s apartment, but died before being able to reveal his attackers’ identities.
Creswell
Name/alias: Creswell
When active: The Positive Negative Man
Status: Killed
Disposition: Scientist
Summary:
Creswell and Haworth planned to use the lead technology of Creswell’s defunct research project as a super-weapon, and take over England with an army of supermen using brodcast power to kill any who opposed them; he was killed by agent Steed, John during the fight near the end of the mission.
Peter Haworth
Name/alias: Peter Haworth
When active: The Positive Negative Man
Status: Killed
Disposition: Scientist
Summary:
Creswell and Haworth planned to use the lead technology of Creswell’s defunct research project as a super-weapon, and take over England with an army of supermen using brodcast power to kill any who opposed them; he was killed by agent Steed, John during the fight near the end of the mission.
Cynthia Wentworth-Howe
Name/alias: Cynthia Wentworth-Howe
When active: The Positive Negative Man
Status: Active
Disposition: Ministerial Assistant
Summary:
Miss Wentworth-Howe is a sterling member of the Ministry, graded ‘Most Secret’ at the time of this assignment and now graded ‘Top Hush (button lip)’. Her exemplary conduct in assisting agents Peel, Emma and Steed, John during this assignment are indicative of her work in general, and attest to her reaching the highest grade of her position.
Charles Grey
Name/alias: Charles Grey
When active: The Positive Negative Man
Status: Killed
Disposition: Scientist
Summary:
Researched into broadcast power while under Creswell’s direction, he was killed by Haworth.
Susan Rushton
Name/alias: Susan Rushton
When active: Mission… Highly Improbable
Status: Active
Disposition: Administration
Summary:
Hired to work in administration on her father’s research project into the properties of different metal alloys, she assisted agents Steed, John and Peel, Emma in defeating Dr. Chivers and Shaffer.
Professor L.T. Rushton
Name/alias: Professor L.T. Rushton
When active: Mission… Highly Improbable
Status: Active
Disposition: Scientist
Summary:
Head of Research into the properties of different metal alloys, he assisted agents Steed, John and Peel, Emma in defeating Dr. Chivers and Shaffer.
Chivers
Name/alias: Chivers
When active: Mission... Highly Improbable
Status: Arrested
Disposition: Scientist
Summary:
Coluded with the foreign agent Shaffer to steal the new FV-603 Saracen armoured car, using Rushton’s shrink ray; captured by agents Peel, Emma and Steed, John.
Colonel Drew
Name/alias: Colonel Drew
When active: Mission… Highly Improbable
Status: Active
Disposition: Military
Summary:
Took command of the test site when the theft of the FV-603 was discovered, the new armoured car was designed and produced under his direction.
Gifford
Name/alias: Gifford
When active: Mission... Highly Improbable
Status: Active
Disposition: Military Security
Summary:
Assigned to investigate the disappearance of victim Bancroft, Sir Gerald in parallel with agent Steed, John; he was killed by Dr. Chivers after he stumbled upon the means of Sir Gerald’s erradication.
Sir Gerald Bancroft
Name/alias: Sir Gerald Bancroft
When active: Mission… Highly Improbable
Status: Active
Disposition: Treasury Official
Summary:
Killed by Dr. Chivers before he could investigate the accounts of Rushton’s research project (and therefore discover the existence of the shrink ray).
Sergeant
Name/alias: Sergeant
When active: Mission... Highly Improbable
Status: Active
Disposition: Military Security
Summary:
Assigned to guard Rushton’s research centre.
Corporal Johnson
Name/alias: Corporal Johnson
When active: Mission… Highly Improbable
Status: Active
Disposition: Military Security
Summary:
Assigned to guard Rushton’s research centre.
Rider 1
Name/alias: Rider 1
When active: Mission... Highly Improbable
Status: Active
Disposition: Military Security
Summary:
Assigned to guard Rushton’s research centre.
Rider 2
Name/alias: Rider 2
When active: Mission… Highly Improbable
Status: Active
Disposition: Military Security
Summary:
Assigned to guard Rushton’s research centre.
Tara King
Name/alias: Tara King
When active: The Forget-Me-Knot, 1968–9.
Status: Active
Disposition: Active
Summary:
Trainee field agent who assisted agent Steed, John in stopping former agent Burton, George’s plan to destroy the Ministry.
Sean Mortimer
Name/alias: Sean Mortimer
When active: The Forget-Me-Knot
Status: Active
Disposition: Field Agent
Summary:
Mortimer discovered former agent Burton, George’s plan to destroy the Ministry, but was shot by an amnesia-inflicting dart before he could communicate this information with agent Steed, John. He made it to agent Steed’s apartment which alerted the Ministry that something was afoot, but recaptured by the plotters before he could be debriefed. He later assisted agent Peel, Emma in escaping.
Mother
Name/alias: Mother
When active: The Forget-Me-Knot
Status: Active
Disposition: Controller
Summary:
Head of field agents for the Ministry.
Simon Filson
Name/alias: Simon Filson
When active: The Forget-Me-Knot
Status: Active
Disposition: Controller
Summary:
Second in command to Mother, he took control of the Ministry training grounds after Mother’s departure for security reasons.
George Burton
Name/alias: George Burton
When active: The Forget-Me-Knot
Status: Arrested
Disposition: Controller/Trainer
Summary:
Former agent Burton, George defected to the East and planned to destroy the Ministry from the inside by subverting all it’s agents. To this end, he took over training new recruits and took any troublesome agents out of circulation by the use of an amnesia-inflicting drug. His plan was discovered by agent Mortimer, Sean and he was finally arrested by the joint efforts of agents King, Tara, Peel, Emma and Steed, John.
Jenkins
Name/alias: Jenkins
When active: The Forget-Me-Knot
Status: Active
Disposition: Ministerial Assistant
Summary:
Assistant to Mother and Filson, Simon; he was in Charge of security for Mother’s office.
The Gardener
Name/alias: The Gardener
When active: The Forget-Me-Knot
Status: Active
Disposition: Field Agent (light duties)
Summary:
Semi-retired field agent Giles was in Charge of security for the Ministy training grounds,following an accident that precluded him from further field work.
Trainee
Name/alias: Trainee
When active: The Forget-Me-Knot
Status: Active
Disposition: Field Agent
Summary:
A new recruit of the Ministry, initially trained by former agent Burton, George until the plot came to light.

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