The Avengers : The Forget-Me-Knot

continuity and trivia

Some people have said that Steed's sideburns change length in different scenes, due to the different times of recording, but I couldn't see it myself. Especially as he had fluffy sidies in Mission... Highly Improbable. The dichotomy of the scenes with and without Mortimer are suggestive of the completely different filming schedules, but Karl and Brad are in both and don't look any different.

Steed takes 3 lumps of sugar in his tea

			Nurse Sally
Flashbacks: When Steed is coming round in the county hospital, where he's being treated by the shockingly unsympathetic Dr Soames, he experiences a couple of flashbacks to previous episodes with Mrs Peel as he gazes at the lovely Sally. He also experiences some flashbacks when he sees Tara, and when he gets home. Here they all are! He accuses Steed of being a rolling drunk when all the evidence suggests he's been beaten up and robbed.			©1961-9 CANAL+IMAGE UK Ltd All Rights Reserved
©1961-9 CANAL+IMAGE UK Ltd All Rights Reserved		©1961-9 CANAL+IMAGE UK Ltd All Rights Reserved

Escape in Time	Return of the Cybernauts	You Have Just Been Murdered	Tara King

Notice the variation in the opening credits? Steed makes a golf swing with his umbrella, instead of one of his fighting-stick moves.

Tara wears an outfit very similar to that worn by Mrs Peel in Dead Man's Treasure - tan overcoat with a green scarf.

Another unidentified character, which is odd in this episode - easily the longest cast list of any Mrs Peel episode. Anyway, here he is, Tara's intended target in the abortive training run that ended with her tackling Steed. [enlargement]

The Episode Guide to Season 5C (1968) of The Avengers

Episode 25 - The Forget-Me-Knot