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The Avengers

Season 6 - Episode 21

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Take Me to Your Leader

Teleplay by Terry Nation, Directed by Robert Fuest

Continuity & Trivia

Patrick Macnee must have been on holidays, as the original synopsis has him at the airfield with Tara when Trent is killed, and all the second unit filming has the stuntman in the bubble car wearing a bowler hat (and it's Rocky Taylor, Patrick's stunt double). However, when Captain Andrews gets in the car, he puts on a trilby.

The x-rays of the suitcase are reused in Thingumajig, puportedly being x-rays of the... thingumajig.

The contacts announced by the case:

  • Trent: Room 27 of the Cremorne Hotel in Sloane Street, the reservation being under the name of Richard Strauss.
  • Condon: 11 Heston Avenue at 8 o'clock, he is to ask for Miss Graham.
  • Sally: the telephone box in Cranley High Street at 9 o'clock.
  • Cavell: room 6 in Colton House, but he is to kill his last contact.
  • Tim: 84 Patrick Street at midnight precisely.
  • Shepherd: Luggage loading bay at King's Cross Station at 8 a.m.
    1. Jackson: St Bartholemew's Chruch, deposited in the Cunningham falmily crypt.
    2. Wilson: Mother's warehouse hideout.

The Transport

Marque Model Number Plate
BSA motorcycle blue and white MOJ 767F
Heinkel/Trojan Bubble Car red CMU 574A
Rolls Royce pale lemon KK 4976
Morris Oxford pale grey/grey GAM 354D
Triumph 2000 white MVC 336G
Morris 1100 red PLE 831E
Morris Mini pea green 574 KR

Who's Killing Whom?

Victim Killer Method
Holland Shepherd sword hidden in clarinet
Trent (Captain Andrews) motorcycle accident
Shepherd Steed impaled on cello stand
Colonel Stonehouse (Tara) opened wrong case, which was boobytrapped
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The Fashions

Tara
  • sleeveless brown rollneck and slacks with matching cardigan, trimmed with sky blue, long string of glass beads around the neck
 Steed
  • taupe three piece suit (brown felt collar) with pale tan shirt and teal/green/grey mottled tie, black bowler
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