I think Charly (perhaps short for Charlene or Charlotte?) is Purdey's forenamepaulpdjh wrote: 1973-74 Steed and Charly (after reading the Tale of the Double Cross script I quite like the idea of an Avengers girl called Charly)
1974-75 Steed, Gambit and Charly
1975 onwards Steed, Gambit and Purdey
Her "first name" in more ways than one...
Perhaps Tara had already left by 1975, then popped back to Steed's for a visit with a few unwanted friends in tow.Frankymole wrote:Tara seems to have worked with Steed for another couple of years (though Mother seems to vanish), into about 1971/72 or so from my vague recollections of the TV Comic strips and Andrew Pixley's wonderful "The Avengers Files". She didn't get a proper leaving story as the TV Comic strip licence expired or they just dropped it after a couple of years of TV repeats and general clarity that it wasn't coming back (though TV Comic managed to continue several strips for years after the TV equivalents ceased production - mainly trading on reruns or fond memories!). I expect one of her last missions involved fighting thugs in her new apartment whilst sharing Laurent-Perrier champagne with SteedTimeless A-Peel wrote: I suspect Tara did hang around for awhile (after they got down from space!), into the early seventies, and that Gambit did turn up pre-1976. That leaves a roughly three or four-year gap that has all sorts of interesting possibilities. We have Hannah Wilde from the stage play, who slots in quite neatly and arguably is an official Avengers girl. I also like the idea of giving Charly an identity of her own. Or maybe Steed went partnerless for awhile, or worked with lots of different people, or went off the grid on some top secret work? The possibilities are endless!Maybe she moved to France? And thence perhaps to Quebec or thereabouts...
You're right, Jay, we must consider that in 1971, partner of Steed was Hana Wilde.Timeless A-Peel wrote:Perhaps Tara had already left by 1975, then popped back to Steed's for a visit with a few unwanted friends in tow.
There was a fic once where Tara had married a Quebecer and moved to Canada. It is tempting to get the Canada link in there somewhere. Linda was in Toronto while they were shooting TNA after all!
As played by Sue Lloyd, no less. I actually would have really loved to see Sue as Hana. She never really got to strut her stuff in The Baron the way she could have.denisrigg wrote:You're right, Jay, we must consider that in 1971, partner of Steed was Hana Wilde.Timeless A-Peel wrote:Perhaps Tara had already left by 1975, then popped back to Steed's for a visit with a few unwanted friends in tow.
There was a fic once where Tara had married a Quebecer and moved to Canada. It is tempting to get the Canada link in there somewhere. Linda was in Toronto while they were shooting TNA after all!
And, Jay, I just thought maybe we had a chance to see Linda, if would Canadian producers filmed three planned episodes for TNA. Hmm... Linda as a villain driver in the van "Toronto Star"?
I don't recall Cathy or Tara being explicitly referenced in TNA TV series, although I think Tara was mentioned in one of TNA novels.Lhbizness wrote:Are Tara or Cathy ever explicitly referenced in TNA? I know their names appear on files, and those pictures in Steed's house, but does anyone ever actually talk about them directly?
Yes, Tara got name-checked in a novel, but neither her nor Cathy are ever mentioned by name, just in the pictures/files. Emma's the only one who actually gets discussed.paulpdjh wrote:I don't recall Cathy or Tara being explicitly referenced in TNA TV series, although I think Tara was mentioned in one of TNA novels.Lhbizness wrote:Are Tara or Cathy ever explicitly referenced in TNA? I know their names appear on files, and those pictures in Steed's house, but does anyone ever actually talk about them directly?
Timeless A-Peel wrote:As played by Sue Lloyd, no less. I actually would have really loved to see Sue as Hana. She never really got to strut her stuff in The Baron the way she could have.denisrigg wrote:You're right, Jay, we must consider that in 1971, partner of Steed was Hana Wilde.Timeless A-Peel wrote:Perhaps Tara had already left by 1975, then popped back to Steed's for a visit with a few unwanted friends in tow.
There was a fic once where Tara had married a Quebecer and moved to Canada. It is tempting to get the Canada link in there somewhere. Linda was in Toronto while they were shooting TNA after all!
And, Jay, I just thought maybe we had a chance to see Linda, if would Canadian producers filmed three planned episodes for TNA. Hmm... Linda as a villain driver in the van "Toronto Star"?
I sadly doubt Linda would have done TNA, even if they'd done more episodes, but I would have loved it if she had. I always picture a little cameo at the end of an episode where Steed meets her for dinner, while Purdey and Gambit look on from afar, asking one another, "Is that who I think it is?"
Who wouldn't love to see Cathy (or Emma) in TNALhbizness wrote:See, I would have loved to see Cathy in TNA (second preference after Emma). She was his first female partner, and knew a very different Steed that anyone else did.
Emma Peel walking in in 'Last of the Cybernauts' as Purdey exercises at her ballet barre , just as Gambit teases Purdey about not ever mentioning Emma...a scene I wouldn't miss... Cathy in TNA...she might offer to train in 'new boy' Gambit 
and practice a few judo moves with Purdey 
