The Avengers : Dead Man's Treasure

continuity and trivia

Rio Fanning, appearing here as Bobby Danvers, went on to be a scriptwriter for the highly successful Irish production, Ballykissangel.

How did Mike get in the boot of the car?

There's an obvious stunt double in the fight scenes in the barn and the study.

Why did the voltmeter go up if Steed had disconnected the power?

If Penny put sugar in Alex and Carl's tank, they'd be unlikely to be able to get moving again so quickly.

Most of the competitors, but Steed and Penelope Plain in particular, drive through the same intersection over and over again. Of course, it's possible the locations of clues are so arranged.

Sir George has the same vintage car prints on the wall as Professor Rushton has in Mission... Highly Improbable.

Driving around the countryside, the competitors all pass that barn which turns up in Escape in Time and A Touch of Brimstone.

Outside the pub in Mithering is parked a Daimler, which has mysteriously turned into an Austin Cambridge and moved out of the way by the time Mike wants to drive the Mercedes right through where it was.

Swingingdale is the same village as Little Storping in-the-Swuff in Murdersville - it's actually the village of Aldbury.

When Cyd Child stops the Mercedes outside Benstead's house, she goes straight past the front door, but when Diana Rigg gets out of the car, she parked right in front.

Benstead's house (above left) is given the same address as Beresford's house in Return of the Cybernauts: High Pines, Eddington. But it's a different house! Beresford's house is Woolmers Park, Essendon Road, Letty Green, Herts., while Benstead's is Shenley Hall, Rectory Lane, Shenley, Herts. WD7 9AN.

Do you think Bobby Danvers is related to the similarly ill-fated Percy Danvers from The Bird Who Knew Too Much? Answers on a postcard to Dissolute Technologies.

Paul Denyer's great Mercedes in the Movies site has a short clip of the 250 SE, along with the E-type and Bentley.

The Episode Guide to Season 5B (1967) of The Avengers

Episode 20 - Dead Man's Treasure