lookout tower
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Obviously meant as an observation post for fire services officers, it houses the only telephone the ill-fated Agent Danvers could find. |
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bird seed |
Grade A Best British Seed. Is this a Freudian reference? |
morgue
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Another morgue, another cadaver, this one somewhat entertainingly encased in a concrete slab. This morgue is better serviced too - loads of orderly cupboards, scientific apparatus that quite catches the eye of the studious Mrs Peel and a jack hammer. |
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wallet & photograph |
Prised from the dead man's over-starched suit, this is the clue that starts the Avengers on their way to solving the case. |
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Pearson's flat |
Filled with pigeon coops, this garret apartment must have been a bit musty. |
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photos of Sam |
Steed knock over a pile of papers and discovers a bundle of black and white prints of the pretty blonde Sam. |
luncheon boat
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Steed takes a punt on Sam knowing something about Pearson's death and the case at hand, so invites her to lunch in order to grill her on the subject. A pretty location for a midday repast, but not so good for bringing clues to the surface. |
Bird Exhibition
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A gallery of exotic birds from around the world, all in one room in London, decorated to resemble the interior of a bird cage. Maybe. To tell you the truth, some of the props lying about the exhibition are very odd, and seem to have nothing to do with birds at all (see below).
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Props for bird show
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A stagecoach? A penny-farthing? Just what do these things have to do with exotic birds? Have the villains and the Avengers stumbled through into a different exhibition next door during the course of their fight? I for one will never know, but if you do find out send an email to parrot_sketch@dissolute.com.au - cheers! |
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Captain Crusoe
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The parrot that launched a thousand missiles. Or would have done, had the evil villains managed to fly him out of the country. The Avengers were on hand to prevent their flight, even if Mrs Peel had remarkable difficulty with his name - she calls him Captain Ca-ru-soe throughout. |
Mrs Peel's flat
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That concrete block is lighter than I thought! One minute it's gone - the opening of the episode, the next it's back, Mrs Peel chipping chunks off with a chisel. Then it's gone again, leaving just the scientific bench at the front of the room and the decorative chairs under the windows at the back. Have you noticed that the same set was used for Tom Savage's studio? The windows and curtains are the same, and the bird statue that Steed sinks an arrow in at the beginning of the episode turns up as a prop in the background of the studio (see below). |
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Tom Savage's Studio
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A bright, breezy photographic studio, made up of bits of the offices of the Business Efficiency Bureau and Mrs Peel's flat. Those modular walls are pretty distinctive, and were last seen holding bits of the BEB's decor. The windows and curtains are the same as Mrs Peel's apartment, and the bird statue turns up as a prop in the background of the studio (see above). No prize for guessing that the big grey backcloth is hiding a horrible concrete sculpture... |
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Photograph of two birds
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, they say. but what's the worth of a pretty bird holding the cage of another bird? A hell of a lot more, if you ask me - especially when draped in a Union Jack and little else. A very patriotic, if informal, moment for Mrs Peel. |
Bowled out!
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Verret's impact grenade missed its target, but got his hat. Steed's trusty grey bowler is rendered incomplete by this cold weather... errr, the explosion [ sorry, a "Goodies" reference snuck in there]. Note also that this picture is set outside Tom Savage's studio, you can just see a corner of his sign on the right hand side of the picture. I'll do a decent exterior ASAP. |
Jordan's "classroom"
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The eccentric Professor Jordan trains birds to talk, and not just any drivel either - this is public school education for our feathered friends - Homer, Ovid, Cicero and all the major English poets. I don't recall hearing any of them reciting "Casabianca" though... |
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invitation to adventure
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Steed eschews standard forms of communication for a white arrow, with the invitation attached. Not once, but twice! An acute shortage of small change is his excuse, but I'm thinking he's hinting that he doesn't like Mrs Peel's décor. |
invitation to dinner
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villains' hideout
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Stowed away in a huge disused warehouse, Verret and Robin plan their next move, and fix their car. My family used to have one just like it, a great car - except when going up particularly steep hills. No power steering and a steering wheel the size of cart-wheel. Not for the humble novice, I can tell you! This set reminds me of "The Ipcress File", half the film was filmed in or around warehouses. London's disused warehouses must have been buzzing with evildoers in the late Sixties! |
vintage car
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Another vintage car with a mind of its own, by the looks of things. This time the 1904 Vauxhall decides to reverse out to the gate rather than use forward gear. Of course, it's obvious that the film's been reversed - the exhaust smoke is a dead giveaway. |
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