Steed has been invited back to RAF Hamelin, scene of some of
his wartime antics, when the camp is being closed down and the
staff posted worldwide.
Just outside the camp a dog hurtles across the road and Steed
crashes his beloved Bentley into a tree. Proceeding on foot,
he and Emma enter an eerily deserted camp, almost Marie
Celeste like - drinks on the table, music playing, electric
razor still on.
They witness a milkman being shot, but don't see the killer,
but are then affected by ultrasonic sound waves. When they
stop, Mrs Peel has vanished and Steed is shortly afterwards
knocked out by a boom gate.
Coming to in his car, he sees it's still the same time as when
he left. Has he dreamt it all? It certainly seems to be the
case when he reaches the camp and finds the party in full
swing and Mrs Peel sending apologies, but Mrs Peel's watch and
a dead tramp alert him to the truth and he's quickly rescuing
Mrs Peel from the dentist's chair and quashing the villains
who'd hoped to put a sleeper in every overseas British post
around the world.
The Avengers depart on the back of a milk float, and then
realise neither of them are driving it.
Production date: 5-20/7/65 |
Drinks punch, brandy beer, white wine sherry, beer port, punch |
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| Transmission dates: | ||||
| UK | 27/11/65 | USA | 25/4/66 | |
| Germany | 10/12/98 | (Die Fehlende Stunde) | ||
| France | 11/7/67 | (L'heure perdue) | ||
| Italy | 30/11/80 | (Il tempo si è fermato) | ||
| Spain | --- | (La hora que nunca existió) | ||
| Holland | 7/3/67 | (Het verdwenen uur) | ||