Series 6 — Episode 26
Thingumajig

Regional broadcasts

TV Times listing

International broadcasts

This episode was not shown in the initial Swiss run of series 6 in 1969, but was the first previously unbroadcast episode shown there in a new run of the series in 1974.

ZDF Germany did not screen this episode as part of their broadcasts and Italy didn’t see it until 1980.

This episode changed timeslot in Switzerland from the originally scheduled 8.55pm to 8.45pm.

Continuity & Trivia

1. 3:10 — During the opening credits, the captions for the titles and the director credits are dirty, with smudges and hairs all over them.
2. 2:55 — John Moore must have been known for his look of extreme horror at being attacked by something mysterious - his performance here is very similar to that in The Hidden Tiger.
3. 12:49 and 21:30 — So too Edward Burnham, whose zombie walk is reminiscent of his brief appearance in The Fear Merchants.
4. 15:42 — The telephone number of the vicarage is 476 6770.
5. 16:36 — The “meadow pond” is Tykes Water lake and during the scene you can hear familiar haunting music, taken from the soundtrack of Series Five
6. 21:10 (22:55) - Steed and Inge visit the same quarry where Izzy Pound met his demise.
7. 23:17 — “I used to have a very favourite aunt...”
8. 27:00 — lovely direction
9. 29:20 — Why does the box kill Brett? He wasn’t holding a torch.
10. 29:38 — The parcel was dispatched from Tulvermarsh and addresses to Miss T. King, 9 Primrose Crescent, London W8 (or maybe W2).
11. 32:10 (33:10) - The x-rays of the thingumajig examined by Professor Truman are in fact the x-rays of the suitcase from Take me to your Leader.
12. 38:43 — How could the box possibly have reached the top of the stairs?
13. 43:20 — Music from From Venus with Love
14. 44:34 — The projection of electric power through space - sounds like “Broadcast power” (The Positive Negative Man) to me.
15. 48:34 (50:04) - Tara plays a short snippet of the “The Avengers” theme on the organ.
16. Running time: 49′58″

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