"The Man-Eater of Surrey Green"

[dr_hermes]

THE AVENGERS December 11, 1965

Comments

[dferguson]

The British do seem to have this thing about man-eating plants, don't they?

[dr_hermes]

I still haven't seen THE WOMAN-EATER. Reportedly, it's not very good but that's never stopped me before.

[terry_mccombs]

From what I've read

"Macnee thought they went to bed on a very regular basis (When I was 14 I thought the same thing myself, only it was with me not him), Rigg thought they were engaged in a very enjoyable extended flirtation that ultimately went nowhere, and Brian Clemens said he wrote them with the idea they'd had an affair before Emma's first appearance in the series."

[dr_hermes]

Ha! That's great. Three people with different interpretations. I like the way Macnee and Rigg see the characters' pasts differently (a bit of wishful thinking on Macnee's part perhaps).

[stevegreen]

Which may account for Emma marrying a guy who looks remarkably like Steed.

[dr_hermes]

I've always thought that Emma Knight married Whatever-his-first-name-was Peel before she met John Steed. Maybe not. But my impression was that Peel was lost in the jungle and Emma then met Steed; I don't think she would have felt free to go on life-threatening capers with a spy while her husband said, "Quite all right, dear."

[m_faustus]

Glad that you added the bit about the Dr. Who episode because as I was reading the description I was thinking that it sounded a lot like that episode. It's a good one too.

[dr_hermes]

It occurs to me that I don't actually own any DOCTOR WHO episodes, although I used to tape them off PBS. That might be a good item to pick up a boxed set or two.

[stevegreen]

The Avengers took its name when Ian Hendry's character in Police Surgeon sought revenge on those responsible for killing his fiance, and accepted the assistance of a mysterious chap name of John Steed.

[dr_hermes]

I've only seen bits and bits of that in various retrospectives, but it seems realistic and somber and even dismal. Steed probably is not much like the character we come to know.

I just wanted to point out that the characters themselves weren't called "the Avengers" within the show. It's just monotonous to keep using their names in every sentence.