The Avengers - Page 6

jstevens · October 1st, 2017, 12:29 AM

I preferred Emma Peel to all the other replacements. She seems to have more style and graceful moves when kicking butt. And, my favorite episode was the one with the comic book character killing off publishing big-wigs, The Winged Avenger.

jennyfit · October 6th, 2017, 01:49 AM

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Originally Posted by jstevens

I preferred Emma Peel to all the other replacements. She seems to have more style and graceful moves when kicking butt. And, my favorite episode was the one with the comic book character killing off publishing big-wigs, The Winged Avenger.

Loved Purdey's snoot haughty style and posh plummy voice and Patrick Mc Nee did mention how Fit she was . In Purdey's own words',None are as good as me'

The sexy Joanna Lumley put her Purdey boast to the test in The Netherlands (What other Avenger girl would do this?)

Emma was good ...but surely Purdey would be a lot more dangerous....Emma struggled against a couple of her female rivals in one on one tussles....Purdey dismissed her female rivals with contemptuous ease !

October 6th, 2017, 04:18 AM

this has to be one of the absolute coolest threads anywhere. Mrs.Peel set the standard for all women to be measured against. The coolest, most beautiful, confident, gracious, ass kicking with humility. Wonderful memories of the greatest era.

The House That Jack Built is way ahead of it's time. Much like The Prisoner

jennyfit · October 7th, 2017, 01:15 AM

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Originally Posted by peach64

this has to be one of the absolute coolest threads anywhere. Mrs.Peel set the standard for all women to be measured against. The coolest, most beautiful, confident, gracious, ass kicking with humility. Wonderful memories of the greatest era.

The House That Jack Built is way ahead of it's time. Much like The Prisoner

All fantastic...

**Spargel** · July 28th, 2023, 04:23 AM

**seivad** · July 28th, 2023, 06:43 PM

Where did you dig this thread up from?

Given Joanna, Diana and Honor all were in Bond films, they clearly had talent.

But Linda Thorsen was not as bad as she is sometimes portrayed. And she drove my dream car a Lotus Europa.

There was a lot of cross polination between Bond and The Avengers. Read the story A View to A Kill and then watch New Avengers episode Forward Base.

Joanna is my Avengers girl, if I do have to pick 1.

**wavingatmason** · July 28th, 2023, 10:51 PM

Recently I've been watching Sapphire And Steel,Joanna Lumley looks very fine in that,better than she did in The New Avengers.

maxedout · July 29th, 2023, 06:16 AM

A little history lesson (just for reference)

Steed's partner in the first series was Ian Hendry as Dr. David Keel who was 'avenging' the death of his fiancee. Ian Hendry dropped out after the first series (only 2 episodes of which survive) so, for series 2, so they made Steed the central character with three, usually unwilling, sidekicks.

Cathy Gale (Honor Blackman) - who became the blueprint for the strong, intelligent partner,
Venus Smith (Julie Stevens) - a young, rather naive jazz singer, Julie is best known in the UK as a presenter of pre-school children's TV programme Play School.
Dr. Martin King (Jon Rollason) - Apparently they had quite a few unused scripts some of which only worked with the character being a male doctor.

For series three they decided to scrap the other two and stick with Cathy Gale as Steed's only partner.

Series 4 - Honor Blackman went to America to be in Goldfinger & was replaced by Diana Rigg. (There's a lovely little easter egg in one on the episodes where Steed recieves a Christmas card from Mrs. Gale "What on earth is she doing in Fort Knox?")

This is the series that, IMO, set the template. They Introduced more humour & the stories got progressively sillier (not in a bad way) and moved away from the usually darker stories of the earlier series & they introduced the classic theme music, previously the theme was a jazz number by Johnny Dankworth. They also recycled a few of the scripts from the Mrs. Gale Era.

Diana Rigg, of course, set the gold standard as Mrs. Emma Peel until she decided to move on & the young & inexperienced actress Linda Thorson took over as Tara King.
Tara was originally meant to be blonde in contrast to the auburn Emma Peel but the dye used made her hair fall out, hence Tara's extensive use of wigs in the earlier stories.

Oh, and the storylines got even sillier, but no less enjoyable.

Oops, almost forgot to tell you my preferences. Diana Rigg was the better partner but I'm a sucker for beautiful eyes so Linda Thorson "just" edges ahead in the looks department.

Anyway... sorry for the long, but hopefully informative, post. You can get more information than you'll ever need at the link below. they even list & identify every car in all the series! Even the ones parked in the background!

http://theavengers.tv/forever/guide.htm

Bullwank · July 29th, 2023, 08:25 PM

My problem with the Tara King character is the inconsistent writing. They couldn't seem to decide if she was a genius or a bimbo and just bounced between them.

Linda Thorson wasn't a great actor but she wasn't given much to work with.

**shearer** · July 30th, 2023, 02:30 AM

They should have given the role to Liz Fraser after Diana Rigg left , she was brilliant in the episode she was in 10 times better than LindaThorson ever was .

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October 1st, 2017, 12:29 AM	#51
jstevens Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 42 Thanks: 6,363 Thanked 221 Times in 31 Posts	I preferred Emma Peel to all the other replacements. She seems to have more style and graceful moves when kicking butt. And, my favorite episode was the one with the comic book character killing off publishing big-wigs, The Winged Avenger.

October 6th, 2017, 04:18 AM	#53
peach64 Guest Posts: n/a	this has to be one of the absolute coolest threads anywhere. Mrs.Peel set the standard for all women to be measured against. The coolest, most beautiful, confident, gracious, ass kicking with humility. Wonderful memories of the greatest era. The House That Jack Built is way ahead of it's time. Much like The Prisoner

July 28th, 2023, 10:51 PM	#57
wavingatmason Vintage Member Join Date: Feb 2019 Location: South West England Posts: 635 Thanks: 3,222 Thanked 6,612 Times in 630 Posts	Recently I've been watching Sapphire And Steel,Joanna Lumley looks very fine in that,better than she did in The New Avengers.

July 29th, 2023, 06:16 AM	#58
maxedout Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The People's Republic of South Lancashire Posts: 296 Thanks: 57,688 Thanked 3,235 Times in 289 Posts	A little history lesson (just for reference) Steed's partner in the first series was Ian Hendry as Dr. David Keel who was 'avenging' the death of his fiancee. Ian Hendry dropped out after the first series (only 2 episodes of which survive) so, for series 2, so they made Steed the central character with three, usually unwilling, sidekicks. Cathy Gale (Honor Blackman) - who became the blueprint for the strong, intelligent partner, Venus Smith (Julie Stevens) - a young, rather naive jazz singer, Julie is best known in the UK as a presenter of pre-school children's TV programme Play School. Dr. Martin King (Jon Rollason) - Apparently they had quite a few unused scripts some of which only worked with the character being a male doctor. For series three they decided to scrap the other two and stick with Cathy Gale as Steed's only partner. Series 4 - Honor Blackman went to America to be in Goldfinger & was replaced by Diana Rigg. (There's a lovely little easter egg in one on the episodes where Steed recieves a Christmas card from Mrs. Gale "What on earth is she doing in Fort Knox?") This is the series that, IMO, set the template. They Introduced more humour & the stories got progressively sillier (not in a bad way) and moved away from the usually darker stories of the earlier series & they introduced the classic theme music, previously the theme was a jazz number by Johnny Dankworth. They also recycled a few of the scripts from the Mrs. Gale Era. Diana Rigg, of course, set the gold standard as Mrs. Emma Peel until she decided to move on & the young & inexperienced actress Linda Thorson took over as Tara King. Tara was originally meant to be blonde in contrast to the auburn Emma Peel but the dye used made her hair fall out, hence Tara's extensive use of wigs in the earlier stories. Oh, and the storylines got even sillier, but no less enjoyable. Oops, almost forgot to tell you my preferences. Diana Rigg was the better partner but I'm a sucker for beautiful eyes so Linda Thorson "just" edges ahead in the looks department. Anyway... sorry for the long, but hopefully informative, post. You can get more information than you'll ever need at the link below. they even list & identify every car in all the series! Even the ones parked in the background! http://theavengers.tv/forever/guide.htm

July 29th, 2023, 08:25 PM	#59
Bullwank Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 182 Thanks: 14,055 Thanked 2,297 Times in 182 Posts	My problem with the Tara King character is the inconsistent writing. They couldn't seem to decide if she was a genius or a bimbo and just bounced between them. Linda Thorson wasn't a great actor but she wasn't given much to work with.

July 30th, 2023, 02:30 AM	#60
shearer Vintage Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 1,910 Thanks: 126,087 Thanked 20,958 Times in 1,888 Posts	They should have given the role to Liz Fraser after Diana Rigg left , she was brilliant in the episode she was in 10 times better than LindaThorson ever was .