The Significant Props
of Season 5 (1967-8)

The Avengers
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invitation to adventure
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Another summons, another case. This is the last of these, and we go out with a whimper rather than a bang. My copy of the episode doesn't even have this scene in it.

film #1
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Film of Emma frolicking about. My copy of this episode is the Australian broadcast version, and some of this footage has been cut. We only see a few snippets from Escape in Time.

film #2
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Film of Steed frolicking about. Some snippets from The See-Through Man and some other film I can't identify - probably originally promotional footage.

Stilts
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A not-so-subtle clue left behind by the villains. "It may be a trap." It certainly was!

false office
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The hastily fabricated front for the villains, designed to lure the Avengers into a deadly trap.

office
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Major B(ee)'s office is very modishly decorated!

folder
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Intelligence? He looks pretty gormless, but he's carrying a folder marked CONFIDENTIAL.

flowers
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Each agent is identified by a flower, and here are some of them. (All of them are across the front of Major Bee's desk, above).
At left we have pansies, and below we have a marigold, bluebell and rose.

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flower pot
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Testimony to a killing spree, the flowers plucked from the button-holes of murdered agents.

announcements
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Important announcements for a potentially bewildered audience. Both times informing people who have just tuned in that...

the villains look like this	and Steed and Emma look like this
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bowler hat
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Basil's head is a mite smaller than Steed's. So when Steed reclaims his hat while in Basil's body...

LP record
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John Steed appears to prefer the dulcet tones of Diana Dors.

Steed's flat
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An unusual view of Steed's storeroom at the interior side of his flat. ALso, some unusual angles of the living room.

An unusual view of Steed firing a pistol, but then, it's not really Steed, is it?

pill bottle
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The vital clue that lets the Avengers track down the mind-swapping machine and Dr Krelmar at The Manor House, Hambledon, and leads to them foiling Basil and Lola's plot.

mind swapper
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In one ear and out the other.

flowers for the lady
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A expression of thanks from the surviving members of the F.L.O.R.A.L. network, as well as a birthday present for Mrs Peel.

plane tickets
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A birthday present for Mrs Peel - lunch in Paris and a night in a luxury hotel.

Return of the Cybernauts

still to come: Mrs Peel's watch.

photo
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Dr Clement Armstrong is well remembered in this episode by his crazed brother, who is perhaps more deserving of the title "avenger".

cast
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bar
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Quintessentially Sixties living room furniture, this metal and plastic bar is the focal point of a bland room.

cardiograph machine
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Beresford and Benson put the stolen cardiographs into the machine, and the cybernaut is automatically directed towards the chosen victim. I love the low-tech analogue machinery used here.

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A collection of particularly ugly metal sculptures decorate Beresford's entertaining area.

champagne
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Beresford attempts to delay Steed with a bottle of Moët et Chandon, but he ultimately fails.

Flashing lights, banks of arrays. The standard sixties concept of a computer room, and this is what they were like in the sixties. Very Lost in Space

Beresford controls Garnett like a puppet with this evil device

'nuff said.

A bronze of Emma.

Beresford's gate, seconds before Mrs Peel smashes through it in her Lotus.

...and seconds after. >>

Garnett makes a bid for freedom by exploding this simple device in Beresford's face, but he doesn't escape for long.

The door to Garnett's office is emblazoned with his name and credentials

These penniless scientists have never seen so much loot - that's government cutbacks for you - and are easily swayed to Beresford's plan.

Steed's attempts to fix Mrs Peel's toaster propel it into orbit, but the toast remains earthbound.

The villains copy Steed's watch by taking a photo of it. They goofed here though, the prop photo doesn't quite match Steed's wrist.

Death's Door

still to come: chandelier

©1961-9 CANAL+IMAGE UK Ltd All Rights Reserved	A scrap of newspaper in the sabotaged lift leads Mrs Peel to a new discovery. NOTE: This scene is missing entirely from the Australian broadcast masters.
conference door ©1961-9 CANAL+IMAGE UK Ltd All Rights Reserved	The door that started it all.
newspaper 1 ©1961-9 CANAL+IMAGE UK Ltd All Rights Reserved	The same newspaper that Mrs Peel is reading on the train in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Station.	©1961-9 CANAL+IMAGE UK Ltd All Rights Reserved

newspaper 2 ©1961-9 CANAL+IMAGE UK Ltd All Rights Reserved	Another newspaper, with a front page created for this episode.	©1961-9 CANAL+IMAGE UK Ltd All Rights Reserved
key ©1961-9 CANAL+IMAGE UK Ltd All Rights Reserved	Both Steed and Emma find these keys, the key to the entire conundrum! Emma getherses from the chauffeur, Steed from Becker.	©1961-9 CANAL+IMAGE UK Ltd All Rights Reserved
target ©1961-9 CANAL+IMAGE UK Ltd All Rights Reserved	Steed hastily hides behind the target as Becker starts shooting at him, but a stray bullet and a handy rock see him out of this tight corner.
Steed's street ©1961-9 CANAL+IMAGE UK Ltd All Rights Reserved	A view from Steed's window as Emma arrives, the villainous chauffeur watches from above as Emma walks past his Alvis.
storage company ©1961-9 CANAL+IMAGE UK Ltd All Rights Reserved	Here'wherere the key leads them, and it's here that the dream room is located.
dream room ©1961-9 CANAL+IMAGE UK Ltd All Rights Reserved	A bevy of disturbing and deja vu-creating props, all tailored for their victim. The razor that cut the cheek. The perils of Spout Hill.	©1961-9 CANAL+IMAGE UK Ltd All Rights Reserved
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calendar ©1961-9 CANAL+IMAGE UK Ltd All Rights Reserved	This calendar also appears in Mission... Highly Improbable when our shrunken heroes are crawling around Shaeffer's desk.	©1961-9 CANAL+IMAGE UK Ltd All Rights Reserved

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