Legacy of Death
The Killing Fields
of Series 6 (1968–9)
of
The Avengers
Page 1
These pages list all the people killed in the Tara King episodes of The Avengers; as well as the people doing the killing, and their modi operandi.
Speaking trivially, Homicide and Old Lace is the most bloodthirsty episode, in which nine people are unceremoniously dispatched, although four are in footage recycled from Emma Peel episodes - so the mantle is passed to Have Guns - Will Haggle and the appropriately-named Killer with eight unfortunates apiece. There are no episodes in which no-one dies at all, although False Witness, Invasion of the Earthmen and The Morning After only have one each.
The guide is 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 |
---|---|---|
Game | ||
Cooty Gibson | Bristow | Simluated car crash |
Dexter | Bristow | Poisonous snakes & ladders |
Professor Witney | Bristow | Crushed in machine |
Averman | Bristow | Forced heart attack |
Brigadier Wishforth-Browne | Bristow | Toy cannon |
Bristow | John Steed | Deflected lethal weapon |
Super Secret Cypher Snatch | ||
Agent | Wilson | pistol shots |
Jarret | Maskin & Vickers | pistols |
Ferret | Maskin | suffocated with chamois |
You’ll Catch Your Death | ||
Camrose | Preece | virus-filled letter |
Padley | Preece | virus-filled letter |
Seaton | Preece | virus-filled letter |
Herrick | Preece | virus-filled letter |
Glover | John Steed | virus-filled letter |
Split! | ||
Frank Compton | Harry Mercer | pistol |
Harry Mercer | Lord Barnes | pistol |
Boris Kartovski | John Steed | life support system destroyed |
Whoever Shot Poor George Oblique Stroke XR40? | ||
Baines | Jacobs | sawn-off shotgun |
Jacobs | John Steed | deflected bullet with bowler hat |
False Witness | ||
Penman | Brayshaw | pistol |
All Done with Mirrors | ||
Arkin | Roger | pistol |
Roger | Markin | sniper rifle |
Guthrie | Markin | forced off cliff |
Williams | Gozzo | beaten |
Seligman | Markin | sniper rifle |
Gozzo | Tara | unarmed combat, fell onto rake |
Thug | Tara | shot by own gun when slammed in door |
Legacy of Death | ||
Gorky | Zoltan | assault rifle |
Oppenheimer | Slattery | shoot each other with pistols |
Slattery | Oppenheimer | shoot each other with pistols |
Gregor | Tara | falls on knife during fight |
Dickens | Zoltan | assault rifle |
Farrer | John Steed | revolver |
Noon Doomsday | ||
Cornwall | Dr. Carson | crushed by cartwheel |
Dr. Hyde | Dr. Carson | revolver |
Dr. Carson | Tara | shot by his own revolver during a fight |
Grant | Tara | revolver |
Farrington | Tara | throwing knife |
Kafka | Steed | spear gun hidden in crutch |
Look- (stop me if you’ve heard this one) But There Were These Two Fellers… | ||
Sir Jeremy Broadfoot | Maxie Martin | joke gun (which fires bullets anyway) |
Cleghorn | Maxie Martin | clubbed over the head |
Rugman | Maxie Martin & Jennings | slips on banana |
Brigadier Wiltshire | Maxie Martin | bomb |
Marler | Maxie Martin | thrown knife |
Lord Dessington | Jennings | rug pulled out from under his feet, he falls out a window |