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my entry for the amalgam superhero contest
the Avenger-League are a team of earths greastest heroes who have joined together to fight dangers they could not do alone, and defend earth from those who would threaten it
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Black Siren (Black Widow+Black Canary)
Natasha lance and ex Russia secret agent who has the power to scream at supersonic frequency so powerful that it can nock out most of her opponents.
Purple Arrow (Hawkeye+Green Arrow)
Oliver Barton was a rich playboy who was on a cruise when a freak storm was shipwrecked alone on an island. On the island he met a former circus performer who taught him archery to survive. He was found later and when brought back to his home, he decided was enlisted be the government to become an agent.
Black Bat (Black Panther+Batman)
T'Challa was the prince of wakanda, a highly advanced African nation. On a trip to America, him and his parents went to see a movie, and as they left, they were mugged and his parents were shot and killed. Afterwards, he traveled the world learning fighting skills. When he returned to wakanda, he was crowned king. He also made a suit to resemble a bat, the symbol of his people. He used his skills and advanced technology to fight crime and help those in need
Captain Emerald (Captain America+Green Lantern)
Steven Jordan was a weak and sickly man, who in 1942, wanted to join the army, but was rejected multiple times. At one attempt, he met a doctor, who said that he could help him become a soldier. The doctor gave him a formula to turn into a super soldier to fight the war and the Nazis. While on a mission he was forced crash it into the ocean in Antarctica. He was frozen solid. 70 years later, an alien ship crashed into earth. The alien was a member of the emerald knight core. As he was dying, he sent his ring out to find a worthy successor. It found Jordan, and thawed him out. It then sent him to the alien, who told him that he was found to become a new emerald knight. He became captain emerald, protector of the galaxy.
Thor, the man of thunder (Thor+Superman)
Thor-el, son of Odin-el, was a baby when his world of azton was destroyed by an attack from frost giant. Odin-el sent Thor-el to earth, with a magic hammer. When he landed, he was still a baby, and was found by doctors Jonathan and Martha Kent, who lived in smallvile, New Mexico. They named him Donald Kent and adopted him. Growing up, he had incredible strength, speed, and a strange connection to the weather and storms. When Donald was 17, Jonathan decided to show him. The ship he arrived in, and the hammer that was stored inside the ships hull. Jonathan wasn't able to pick up the hammer, but when Donald picked it up, he felt its power surge in him and he discovered his powers to fly, control the weather, and shoot lightning. Soon after he left home to discover his true origin and power. Eventually, he went to Norway, he discovered a cave that had ancient ruins in it. When he entered the cave, a vision of his father appeared and told him of how his world was destroyed and how he must watch over earth as it's protector. He also told him his birth name, Thor-el. He decided to call himself Thor as a disguise. He moved to new metropolis and got a job as a reporter, where he met Lois foster, who he immediately fell in love with her.
Marvel Woman (Ms Marvel+Wonder Woman)
In Ancient Greece, a group of women where captured by barbarians. They rebelled against them and over-threw the barbarians. They founded the island of themiscarya and lived there in peace, keeping the men as slaves used only for menial work and to reproduce. Many centuries later, a fighter pilot, named Walter Trevor, crashed onto their island. Captured by the amazons, and held prisoner. When queen Hippolyta the 4th, her daughter, judged him princes Diana, told her mother that it was time to rejoin the world of men. Originally, the queen disagreed, but eventually she agreed. She sent her daughter as a diplomat to America with Trevor. When they got back, she joined the U.N. And stayed there for many months, until an alien ship attacked. It was revealed that Trevor was actually an alien himself, and was sent to scout the planet. When the alien ship was defeated, it exploded, and bathed Diana in radiation. When she recovered, she discovered she had incredible powers. She decided to use her powers for good and defend earth.
Hexanchus (Iron Man+Aquaman)
Billionaire Howard stark was on a cruise when he saw a mysterious woman floating overboard. He rescued her and they fell in love. They had a child, Arthur stark, who followed in his father’s footsteps and became a genius playboy with a gift for inventing. His mother died soon after he was born, and his father when he was a young man. His family friend obidia Marius helped him run the stark industries, which is a weapons manufacturer. On a trip on the Atlantic, his ship was attacked. He was swept out to sea, and discovers he could breath under water. He was eventually rescued by the attackers who blew up his ship. He was forced to build weapons for the terrorists who captured him, but secretly built a suit that would enhance his abilities. He used his suit to escape and return to the mainland. He decided to stop making weapons and become a hero. Naming himself after a shark, he called himself hexanchus, the Latin name for a bull shark.
The Martian Vision (The Vision+Martian Manhunter)
a group of Martians made an android to infiltrate earth’s heroes of earth. When sent to kill them, he observed their heroism and decided to disobey his orders and join them.
Thunderbird (Falcon+The Flash)
Sam Allen was a scientist who was working on experimental flight suit when a bolt of lightning struck him, while he was testing out to the suit. It gave him the ability to fly with wings of light, and travel at super sonic speeds.
After Tony Stark creates an AI to help save the world. Ultron turns evil and the Avengers have to reassemble to fight back
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Doris Mae, the CAF Capital Wing's TBM Avenger, photographed on a mostly cloudy Wednesday morning.
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After Tony Stark creates an AI to help save the world. Ultron turns evil and the Avengers have to reassemble to fight back.
This was originally just going to be a build to show off my AoU minifigs but I decided to add more and make it more worthwhile. Hope you enjoy the build! Thanks guys :)
Avengers Assemb... Hey your not supposed to be here!
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"If we can't protect the Earth, you'll be damn sure we'll Avenge it"
Tony Stark to Loki
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Characters (from left to right)
Iron Man. Hulk. SpiderMan. War Machine
Black Panther. Thor. She Hulk. SpiderWoman
Black Widow. Captain America. Wolverine Hawkeye
Ant-Man
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MARVEL Figs 141:
Reptil
Fig Formula: Hair (76194: Tony Stark), Head (76388: Dean Thomas), Torso (71026: Sinestro), Right Arm (71026: Metamorpho), Left Arm & Hands (80015: Gold Horn Demon), Hip & Legs (71030: Daffy Duck)
Mettle
Fig Formula: Head (76201: Red Skull), Back Torso (76194: Tony Stark), Arms (76178: Ron Barney), Hands (76174: Spider-Man), Hip (70421: Dwayne), Legs (76171: Miles Morales)
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"AVENGERS ..... Assemble!" (Marvel Select figures)
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Decided to have some fun with -ThatLegoGuy-'s contest prompt. Here is my take on apocalyptic Avengers
Soon after the Cotati conquest of earth began the recently formed Earth’s mightiest heroes were defeated with the death of one Dr. Robert Bruce Banner shattering the very core of the team.
And without its greatest defenders to rally the dispersed cells of heroes under one banner (pun not intended) earth fell to the Cotati Empyre. However, while defeated Earth does not stand alone as in its time of need the united forces of the Alliance, a merger of the Kree and Skrull empires, swoops in to help humanity escape this doomed planet. But are these saviors from outer space really what they seem?
Team Line up:
Left - Secret Avengers
Steve Rogers a.k.a. The Captain: After the split of the original team Captain Steve Rogers went underground to amass as many allies as he could find for the battle to come. Renouncing his patriotic moniker after realizing people would need more than a nation to guide them through this planetary scale war. Now he leads a strike force alongside his two most trusted associates, using guerilla tactics in order to secure resources for the human resistance.
Natalia Romanoff a.k.a. The Black Widow: Once Madame Hydra, after the fall of earth and defeat of the heroes the defense of earth fell into the hands of its would be conquerors. While Hydra forces managed to secure some strong points during the early stages of the war, as the heroes before them the tyrannical institutions they opposed fell too. After an encounter with Captain Rogers, the Black Widow defected from Hydra and rounded up her loyalists to join the human resistance.
Clint Barton aka. Hawkeye: A member of the organization Mercs for Money, Barton and his crew worked on smuggling missions to retrieve valuables and high interest assets from areas devastated by the war. Wanting to do more and after a contract to extract Rogers and Romanoff from a danger zone, Hawkeye joined them as a permanent member of their strike force.
Right – Guardians of the Galaxy
King T’Challa a.k.a. The Black Panther: Once hidden from the rest of the world and more in tune with nature than any other advanced civilization on the world, the country of Wakanda was hit especially hard when the plant-based army of the Cotati struck earth. Being one of the few survivors of his nation and hearing a legend about artifacts powerful enough to end the war, T’Challa ventured to outer space to collect the powerful infinity gems and put an end to this conflict.
Thor Odinson: In the Battle that killed Dr. Banner, Thor lost not only his magic uru hammer but also part of himself. He went star bound after the loss feeling unworthy and unfit as a protector of Midgard. The once mighty god of thunder drowned his sorrows on space bars until one day, he heard of a man from Midgard looking to put an end to the war that ravaged the world he once protected. Aiding T’Challa in his quest to find the infinity gems, Thor looks for redemption as the protector of a world he once abandoned.
Rocket: A space pirate famous for evading capture on more systems than he could remember. Once a ranger on Halfworld turned ravager Rocket, or as Thor insists on Calling him Rocket the Rabbit, is now the finest space pirate you could ever find at least according to himself. He guides the King of the Dead and Prince of Thunder across the galaxy using his space knowhow and contacts to get them ever closer to collecting all infinity gems.
Center - New Avengers
Carol Danvers the Accuser: Living as a Kree soldier for as far as she can remember, Carol Danvers rose through the ranks of the Kree empire as one of the most formidable soldiers the empire had ever seen. After the death of the previous accuser and with the rise of the Alliance the role of accuser was granted to Danvers, compelled by the power of the universal weapon that came with this new rank and her programming as a soldier she led the Alliance’s charge against the Cotati Empyre. However, after discovering Alliance scientists revive the inhuman program buried within the human DNA millennia ago by experimenting on earth refugees, the Accuser defected the Alliance, breaking out as many test subjects as she could along the way. Now she stands alongside her fellow escapees as avengers of planet earth, but is this new found resolve enough to permanently override the will of her weapon and the years of programming?
Miles Morales: As a kid Miles grew up in a world protected by heroes, hearing stories of their fights against the forces of evil, but when the war broke out, he was forced to evacuate earth amongst the many refugees taken in by the Alliance. Being one of many test subjects of the inhuman program Miles gained superhuman abilities such as sticking to surfaces, invisibility, and bio electricity. Being broken out by the Accuser, he joined her taking the identity of fallen hero Spider-Man to join the fight against the Cotati and Alliance.
Antonio Stark a.k.a. Iron Man: After a failure of his armor caused him to prematurely exit the battle that killed Dr. Banner, Tony Stark was amongst the first refugees taken in by the Alliance. But after realizing that the helping hand humanity was granted from beyond the stars was more sinister than originally thought, Tony was one of the first humans to rebel against the Alliance. Being promptly defeated and subdued, his knowledge about human anatomy and how to enhance it were used as the template to revive the Kree inhuman program. Being broken out during the defection of the Accuser, he rounds out the New Avengers, using his Iron Tech Armor to fight against the invading forces.
Just one of 1,800 shots from the airshow at Illinois Valley Regional Airport during the "Gathering of Avengers".
So this isn't an entry for the amalgam contest, I just saw Dan's alliteration of the mix and had to give them a go in my own way.
So I give you the Avengers of Justice! United in the threat of the Starlactus, the gods among men joined forces to defeat an enemy far to strong for one person to defeat!
From left to right:
Aquamor, the Submariner (Aquaman + Namor)
Son of the late human Tom Curry and Atlantian princess Fen, the pink skinned Aquamor was raised among the blue skinned Atlantians as the Bastard son of the royal empire. Never promised the throne Aquamor became the ambassador for mankind to help ease the growing threat of the Atlantian hatred for the 'surface dwellers' into no existence. Unfortunately Aquamor's efforts were in vain as his treacherous half brother Attumorm launched an attack on the throne room hoping to cease the crown before Thakkor had passed and succession was his so he could destroy the humans above. In defence of his grandfather Aquamor defeated his brother's forces saving Thakkor from Attumorm's attack. He was rewarded for this with his grandfather instating him as the rightful heir in place of Attumorm for the fight against his mutiny. Aquamor was then known as the protector of earth's oceans and link between the two worlds above and below the sea.
Black Bat (Batman + Black Panther)
Bruce T'Challa
Heir to the T'Challa estate, fortune and company, Bruce's parents were murdered before his eyes by a rival companies hit man in an attempt to take the market by storm, free of competition. Vowing revenge for his parents murders, Bruce returned to his home land of Wakanda and trained under the watchful eyes of the elders in the nation to hone his skills to their peek from the young age of 14 till he was 22. Upon returning he took the mantel of his people, the Bat, and began fighting corruption and crime as the Black Bat.
Lady Soar Hol, Goddess of Thunder (Thor + Hawkwoman)
Lady Soar, daughter of the alien Thanagar god, Odin Hol, sent from her kingdom during the war between the Thanagraians and the Frost Ravens by her closest ally Loki Son, Lord of Shadows (her watcher) she now roams earth in her quest to find something upon the primitive planet that could help turn the tide of the war on her home. Armed with the magical mace Mjolnir she battles her way through many of her problems in her thirst for battle.
Witch of Wonders (Scarlett Witch + Wonder Woman) and Quickscarlet (Quicksilver + the Flash)
The brother and sister Diana and Barry Maximoff were born from a long line of 'miracles' each gifted with control over a worldly power. Diana gifted with magic a kin to that of the Amazonians and Barry with the speed of lightning, they prefer to stay in the dark, away from the judging eyes of humanity. Until the world became threatened and they were forced to emerge and defend their home.
Green Hawk (Green Arrow + Hawkeye)
Clinton Queen a former trick shot circus performer with a knack for the bow and arrow questions his morality when he joined up with the military organisation of A.R.G.U.S. Believing it the only way to quench his need for thrill he knew it would be the death of him. He almost believed it to have occurred when he became stranded alone on an island for 5 years in a mission gone wrong. Saved by the Atlantian Aquamor, Clinton returned to duties, but the cocky danger seeker he once was had been hardened into who he is now.
Avenged Sevenfold @ Pinkpop Festival 12-06-2011
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Hey everyone! I know, a bit late, but I represent my interpretation of the Avengers! I have been painting these figures for about a month now, and am extremely pleased with the way they turned out. Thanks for viewing, and comment on your opinion!!
68008 "Avenger" approaches Dorridge with 1G40 13.36 London Marylebone - Birmingham Snow Hill on a sunny Easter Monday, 6th April 2015.
Avenger IV was built by Cochrane & Sons, Selby, England in 1962 as the Avenger; purchased by Purvis Marine Ltd., 1985, renamed Avenger IV. The tug’s length is 120 feet (36.6 meters), beam 30 feet (9.1 meters), depth 19 feet (5.8 meters) and horsepower 2,700 bhp.
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The Avengers is a spy-fi British television series created in the 1960s. The Avengers initially focused on Dr. David Keel (Ian Hendry) and his assistant John Steed (Patrick Macnee). Hendry left after the first series and Steed became the main character, partnered with a succession of assistants. Steed's most famous assistants were intelligent, stylish and assertive women: Cathy Gale (Honor Blackman), Emma Peel (Diana Rigg), and later Tara King (Linda Thorson). Later episodes increasingly incorporated elements of science fiction and fantasy, parody and British eccentricity. The Avengers ran from 1961 until 1969, screening as one hour episodes its entire run.
The pilot episode, "Hot Snow", aired on 7 January 1961.
The final episode, "Bizarre", aired on 21 May 1969.
The Avengers was produced by ABC Television, a contractor within the ITV network. After a merger in July 1968 ABC Television became Thames Television, which continued production of the series although it was still broadcast under the ABC name. By 1969 The Avengers was shown in more than 90 countries. ITV produced a sequel series The New Avengers (1976–1977) with Patrick Macnee returning as John Steed, and two new partners.
In 2007 The Avengers was ranked #20 on TV Guide's Top Cult Shows Ever
1961: With Dr David Keel (Ian Hendry)
The Avengers began in the episode Hot Snow, with medical doctor, Dr David Keel (Ian Hendry), investigating the murder of his fiancée and office receptionist Peggy by a drug ring. A stranger named John Steed, who was investigating the ring, appeared and together they set out to avenge her death in the first two episodes. Afterwards, Steed asked Keel to partner him as needed to solve crimes.
The Avengers followed Hendry's Police Surgeon, in which he played police surgeon Geoffrey Brent.[3] While Police Surgeon did not last long, viewers praised Hendry. Hendry was considered the star of the new series, receiving top billing over Macnee, and Steed did not appear in two episodes.
As the series progressed, Steed's importance increased, and he carried the final episode solo. While Steed and Keel used wit while discussing crimes and dangers, the series also depicted the interplay—and often tension—between Keel's idealism and Steed's professionalism. As seen in one of the two surviving episodes from the first series, "The Frighteners", Steed also had helpers among the population who provided information, similar to the "Baker Street Irregulars" of Sherlock Holmes.
The other regular in the first series was Carol Wilson (Ingrid Hafner), the nurse and receptionist who replaced the slain Peggy. Carol assisted Keel and Steed in cases, without being part of Steed's inner circle. Hafner had played opposite Hendry as a nurse in Police Surgeon.[3]
The series was shot on 405-line videotape using a multicamera setup. There was little provision for editing and virtually no location footage (although the very first shot of the first episode consisted of location footage). As was standard practice at the time, videotapes of early episodes of The Avengers were reused. Of the first series, two complete episodes still exist, as 16 mm film telerecordings. One of the episodes remaining does not feature Steed. The first 15 minutes of the first episode also exists as a telerecording; the extant footage ends at the conclusion of the first act, prior to the introduction of John Steed.
The missing television episodes are currently being re-created for audio by Big Finish Productions under the title of The Avengers - The Lost Episodes[4] and star Julian Wadham as Steed, Anthony Howell as Dr. Keel and Lucy Briggs-Owen as Carol Wilson.
1962–64: With Cathy Gale (Honor Blackman), Venus Smith (Julie Stevens) and Dr Martin King (Jon Rollason)
Patrick Macnee as John Steed and Honor Blackman as Cathy Gale
Production of the first series was cut short by a strike. By the time production could begin on the second series, Hendry had quit to pursue a film career. Macnee was promoted to star and Steed became the focus of the series, initially working with a rotation of three different partners. Dr Martin King (Jon Rollason), a thinly disguised rewriting of Keel, saw action in only three episodes produced from scripts written for the first series. King was intended to be a transitional character between Keel and Steed's two new female partners, but while the Dr. King episodes were shot first, they were shown out of production order in the middle of the season. The character was thereafter quickly and quietly dropped.
Nightclub singer Venus Smith (Julie Stevens) appeared in six episodes. She was a complete "amateur", meaning that she did not have any professional crime-fighting skills as did the two doctors. She was excited to be participating in a "spy" adventure alongside secret agent Steed (although at least one episode—"The Removal Men"—indicates she is not always enthusiastic). Nonetheless, she appears to be attracted to him and their relationship appears similar to that later displayed between Steed and Tara King. Her episodes featured musical interludes showcasing her singing performances. The character of Venus underwent some revision during her run, adopting more youthful demeanour and dress.
The first episode broadcast in the second series had introduced the partner who would change the show into the format for which it is most remembered. Honor Blackman played Dr Cathy Gale, a self-assured, quick-witted anthropologist who was skilled in judo and had a passion for wearing leather clothes.[5] Widowed during the Mau Mau years in Kenya, she was the "talented amateur" who saw her aid to Steed's cases as a service to her nation. Gale was said to have been born 5 October 1930 at midnight, and was raised in Africa. Gale was early-to-mid 30s during her tenure, in contrast to female characters in similar series who tended to be younger.
Gale was unlike any female character seen before on British TV and became a household name. Reportedly, part of her charm came from the fact that her earliest appearances were episodes in which dialogue written for Keel was simply transferred to her. Said series script writer Dennis Spooner "there's the famous story of how Honor Blackman played Ian Hendry's part, which is why they stuck her in leather and such—it was so much cheaper than changing the lines!"[6]
Venus Smith did not return for the third series and Cathy Gale became Steed's only regular partner. The series established a level of sexual tension between Steed and Gale, but the writers were not allowed to go beyond flirting and innuendo. Despite this the relationship between Steed and Gale was progressive for 1962–63. In "The Golden Eggs" it is revealed that Gale lived in Steed's flat; her rent according to Steed was to keep the refrigerator well-stocked and to cook for him (she appears to do neither). However, this was said to be a temporary arrangement while Gale looked for a new home, and Steed was sleeping at a hotel.
During the first series there were hints Steed worked for a branch of British Intelligence, and this was expanded in the second series. Steed initially received orders from different superiors, including someone referred to as "Charles", and "One-Ten" (Douglas Muir). By the third series the delivery of Steed's orders was not depicted on screen or explained. In "The Nutshell" the secret organisation to which Steed belongs is shown, and it is Gale's first visit to their HQ.
Small references to Steed's background were occasionally made. In series three's "Death of a Batman" it was said that Steed was with I Corps in World War II, and in Munich in 1945. In series four episode "The Hour That Never Was" Steed goes to a reunion of his RAF regiment.
A film version of the series was in its initial planning stages by late 1963 after series three was completed. An early story proposal paired Steed and Gale with a male and female duo of American agents, to make the movie appeal to the American market. Before the project could gain momentum Blackman was cast opposite Sean Connery in Goldfinger, requiring her to leave the series.
Series transformation
During the Gale era, Steed was transformed from a rugged trenchcoat-wearing agent into the stereotypical English gentleman (he had first donned bowler and carried his distinctive umbrella part way through the first season as 'The Frighteners' depicts), complete with Savile Row suit, bowler hat and umbrella with clothes later designed by Pierre Cardin. (The bowler and umbrella were soon changed to be full of tricks, including a sword hidden within the umbrella handle and a steel plate concealed in the hat.) These items were referred to in the French, German and Polish titles of the series, Chapeau melon et bottes de cuir ("Bowler hat and leather boots"), Mit Schirm, Charme und Melone ("With Umbrella, Charm and Bowler Hat") and Rewolwer i melonik ("A Revolver and a Bowler Hat"), respectively. With his impeccable manners, old world sophistication, and vintage automobiles, Steed came to represent the traditional Englishman of an earlier era.
By contrast his partners were youthful, forward-looking, and always dressed in the latest mod fashions. Gale's innovative leather outfits suited her many athletic fight scenes. Honor Blackman became a star in Britain with her black leather outfits and boots (nicknamed "kinky boots") and her judo-based fighting style. Macnee and Blackman even released a novelty song called "Kinky Boots". Some of the clothes seen in The Avengers were designed at the studio of John Sutcliffe who published the AtomAge fetish magazine.
Series script writer Dennis Spooner said that the series would frequently feature Steed visiting busy public places such as the main airport in London, without anyone else present in the scene. "'Can't you afford extras?' they'd ask. Well it wasn't like that; it's just that Steed had to be alone to be accepted. Put him in a crowd and he sticks out like a sore thumb! Let's face it, with normal people he's weird. The trick to making him acceptable is never to show him in a normal world, just fighting villains who are odder than he is!"[6]
1965–68: With Emma Peel (Diana Rigg)
In 1965 the show was sold to United States network, the American Broadcasting Company (ABC). The Avengers became one of the first British series to be aired on prime time U.S. television. The ABC network paid the then-unheard of sum of $2 million for the first 26 episodes. The average budget for each episode was reportedly £56,000, high for the British industry. The fourth series aired in the U.S. from March to December 1966.
Previously The Avengers had been shot on 405-line videotape using a multicamera setup, with very little provision for editing and virtually no location footage. The U.S. deal meant that the producers could afford to start shooting the series on 35mm film. The use of film rather than videotape was essential, as British 405-line video was technically incompatible with the U.S. NTSC videotape format. Filmed productions were standard on U.S. prime time television at that time. The Avengers continued to be produced in black and white.
The transfer to film meant that episodes would be shot using the single camera setup, giving the production greater flexibility. The use of film production and the single camera production style allowed more sophisticated visuals and camera angles and more outdoor location shots, all of which greatly improved the look of the series. As was standard on British television filmed production through the 1960s, all location work on series four was shot mute with the soundtrack created in post production. Dialogue scenes were filmed in the studio, leading to some jumps between location and studio footage.
Diana Rigg as Mrs Emma Peel
New female partner Mrs Emma Peel (Diana Rigg) debuted in this series, in October 1965. The name of the character derived from a comment by writers, during development, that they wanted a character with "man appeal". In an early attempt to incorporate this concept into the character's name, she was called "Samantha Peel", shortened to the awkward "Mantha Peel".[7] Eventually the writers began referring to the idea by the verbal shorthand, "M. Appeal",[8] which gave rise to the character's ultimate name. Emma Peel, whose husband went missing while flying over the Amazon, retained the self-assuredness of Gale, combined with superior fighting skills, intelligence, and a contemporary fashion sense.
After more than 60 actresses had been auditioned, the first choice to play the role was Elizabeth Shepherd. However, after filming one and a half episodes (the pilot; 'The Town of No Return' and part of 'The Murder Market'), Shepherd was released. Her on-screen personality was deemed less interesting than that of Blackman's Gale and it was decided she was not right for the role. Another 20 actresses were auditioned before the show's casting director suggested that producers Brian Clemens and Albert Fennell check out a televised drama featuring the relatively unknown Rigg (she had earlier guested in an episode of the TV show; 'The Sentimental Agent' that Clemens had written). Her screen test with Macnee showed that the two immediately worked well together, and a new era in Avengers history began.
A prologue was added to the beginning of all the fourth series episodes for the American transmissions. This was to clarify some initial confusion audiences had regarding the characters and their mission. In the opener, a waiter holding a champagne bottle falls dead onto a human-sized chessboard; a dagger protruding from a target on his back. Steed and Mrs. Peel (dressed in her trademark leather catsuit) walk up to the body as the voice over explains: "Extraordinary crimes against the people, and the state, have to be avenged by agents extraordinary. Two such people are John Steed, top professional, and his partner Emma Peel, talented amateur. Otherwise known as The Avengers." During this voice over, Steed pours two drinks from the wine bottle and Mrs Peel replaces her gun in her boot. They clink glasses and depart together. Fade to black and then the opening titles proper begin.
Film location plate presented by ABC TV to the Stapleford Miniature Railway, which is still in use today
In contrast to the Gale episodes, there was a lighter, comic touch in Steed and Peel's interactions with each other and their reactions to other characters and situations. Earlier series had a harder tone, with the Gale era including some quite serious espionage dramas. This almost completely disappeared as Steed and Peel visibly enjoyed topping each other's witticisms. The layer of conflict with Gale – who on occasion openly resented being used by Steed, often without her permission – was absent from Steed's interaction with Peel. Also the sexual tension between Steed and Gale was not present with Peel. In both cases, the exact relationship between the partners was left ambiguous, although they seemed to have carte blanche to visit each other's homes whenever they pleased and it was not uncommon for scenes to suggest Steed had spent the night at Gale's or Peel's home, or vice-versa. Although nothing "improper" was displayed, the obviously much closer chemistry between Steed and Peel constantly suggests intimacy between the two.
Science fiction fantasy elements (a style later known as Spy-fi) emerged in stories. The duo encountered killer robots ("The Cybernauts") and giant alien carnivorous plants ("The Man-Eater of Surrey Green").
In her fourth episode, "Death at Bargain Prices", Mrs Peel takes an undercover job at a department store. Her uniform for promoting space-age toys is an elaborate leather catsuit plus silver boots, sash, and welder's gloves. The suit minus the silver accessories became her signature outfit, which she wore primarily for fight scenes, in early episodes, and in the titles. There was a fetishistic undercurrent in some episodes. In "A Touch of Brimstone" Mrs Peel dressed in a dominatrix outfit of corset, laced boots and spiked collar to become the "Queen of Sin".
Peel's avant-garde fashions, featuring bold accents and high-contrast geometric patterns, emphasized her youthful, contemporary personality. She represented the modern England of the Sixties – just as Steed, with his vintage style and mannerisms, personified Edwardian era nostalgia. According to Macnee in his book The Avengers and Me, Rigg disliked wearing leather and insisted on a new line of fabric athletic wear for the fifth series. Alun Hughes, who had designed clothing for Diana Rigg's personal wardrobe, was suggested by the actress to design Emma Peel's "softer" new wardrobe. Pierre Cardin was brought in to design a new wardrobe for Macnee. In America, TV Guide ran a four-page photospread on Rigg's new "Emmapeeler" outfits (10–16 June 1967). Eight tight-fitting jumpsuits in a variety of bright colors were created using the stretch fabric crimplene.
Another memorable feature of the show from this point onwards was its automobiles. Steed's signature cars were vintage 1926–1928 Bentley racing or town cars, including Blower Bentleys and Bentley Speed Sixes (although, uniquely, in "The Thirteenth Hole" he drives a Vauxhall 30/98), while Peel drove a sporty Lotus Elan convertible which, like her clothes, emphasized her independence and vitality. During the first Peel series, each episode ended with a short, comedic scene of the duo leaving the scene of their most recent adventure in some unusual vehicle.
For this series Diana Rigg's stunt double was stuntman Billy Westley, Patrick Macnee's stunt double was Peter Clay.
Fifth series
After one filmed series (of 26 episodes) in black and white, The Avengers began filming in colour for the fifth series in 1966. It was three years before Britain's ITV network began full colour broadcasting.
This series was broadcast in the U.S. from January to May 1967. The American prologue of the previous series was rejigged for the colour episodes. It opened with the caption The Avengers In Color (required by ABC for colour series at that time). This was followed by Steed unwrapping the foil from a champagne bottle and Peel shooting the cork away. (Unlike the "chessboard" opening of the previous series, this new prologue was also included in UK broadcasts of the series.)
The first 16 episodes of the fifth series begin with Peel receiving a call-to-duty message from Steed: "Mrs Peel, we're needed." Peel was conducting her normal activities when she unexpectedly received a message on a calling card or within a delivered gift, at which point Steed suddenly appeared (usually in her apartment). The messages were delivered by Steed in increasingly bizarre ways as the series progressed: in a newspaper Peel had just bought, or on traffic lights while she was out driving. On one occasion Steed appeared on her television set, interrupting an old science-fiction movie (actually clips from their Year Four episode "The Cybernauts") to call her to work. Another way Steed contacted her was in the beginning of episode 13, "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Station" when she enters her flat and sees a Meccano Percy the Small Engine going around a circular track with a note on one of the train cars that says "Mrs. Peel" in bold letters, she then walks over to Steed who says "you're needed". At the start of "The Hidden Tiger" Peel is redecorating her apartment (wearing a jumpsuit and drinking champagne); she peels off a strip of wallpaper, revealing the words "Mrs Peel" painted on the wall beneath. She turns to see Steed in the apartment removing another strip of wallpaper, revealing "We're needed" painted underneath on another wall. In another instance Emma enters Steed's flat to find he has just fallen down the stairs, and he painfully gasps, "Mrs Peel, you're needed." Often the episode's tag scene returned to the situation of the "Mrs Peel, we're needed" scene. "The Hidden Tiger" returns to the partially redecorated apartment where Steed begins painting a love heart and arrow and the initials of two people on the wall, but paints over the initials when Peel sees his graffito. In "The Superlative Seven" the call to duty and the tag both involve a duck shooting situation where unexpected items fall from the sky after shots are fired.
The series also introduced a comic tag line caption to the episode title, using the format of "Steed [does this], Emma [does that]." For example "The Joker" had the opening caption: "Steed trumps an ace, Emma plays a lone hand".('The Joker' was to a large extent a re-write colour episode of the earlier Cathy Gale b/w era story; 'Don't Look Behind You' as were a few other later episodes re-writes in colour of b/w era tales.)
The "Mrs Peel, we're needed" scenes and the alternate tag lines were dropped after the first 16 episodes, after a break in production, for financial reasons. They were deemed by the U.K. networks as disposable if The Avengers was to return to ITV screens. (Dave Rogers' book The Avengers Anew lists a set for every Steed/Peel episode except "The Forget-Me-Knot".)
Stories were increasingly characterised by a futuristic, science fiction bent, with mad scientists and their creations wreaking havoc. The duo dealt with being shrunk to doll size ("Mission... Highly Improbable"), pet cats being electrically altered into ferocious and lethal "miniature tigers" ("The Hidden Tiger"), killer automata ("Return of The Cybernauts"), mind-transferring machines ("Who's Who???"), and invisible foes ("The See-Through Man").
The series parodied its American contemporaries with episodes such as "The Girl From AUNTIE", "Mission... Highly Improbable" and "The Winged Avenger" (spoofing The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Mission: Impossible and Batman, respectively). The show still carried the basic format – Steed and his associate were charged with solving the problem in the space of a 50-minute episode, thus preserving the safety of 1960s Britain.
Comedy was evident in the names and acronyms of the organizations. For example, in "The Living Dead", two rival groups examine reported ghost sightings: FOG (Friends Of Ghosts) and SMOG (Scientific Measurement Of Ghosts). "The Hidden Tiger" features the Philanthropic Union for Rescue, Relief and Recuperation of Cats—PURRR—led by characters named Cheshire, Manx, and Angora.
The series also occasionally adopted a metafictional tone, coming close to breaking the fourth wall. In the series 5 episode "Something Nasty in the Nursery" Peel directly references the series' storytelling convention of having potentially helpful sources of information killed off just before she or Steed arrive. This then occurs a few minutes later. In the tag scene for the same episode, Steed and Peel tell viewers – indirectly – to tune in next week.
For this series Diana Rigg's stunt double was stuntwoman Cyd Child, though stuntman Peter Elliot doubled for Rigg in a stunt dive in "The Bird Who Knew Too Much".
Rigg's departure
Rigg was initially unhappy with the way she was treated by the show's producers. During her first series she learned she was being paid less than the camera man. She demanded a raise, to put her more on a par with her co-star, or she would leave the show. The producers gave in, thanks to the show's great popularity in the US.
At the end of the fifth series in 1967, Rigg left to pursue other projects. This included following Honor Blackman to play a leading role in a James Bond film, in this case On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
Rigg and Macnee have remained lifelong friends.
1968–69: With Tara King (Linda Thorson)
Thorson and Macnee
When Diana Rigg left the series in October 1967, the British network executives decided that the current series formula, despite resulting in popular success, could not be pursued further. Thus they decided that a "return to realism" was appropriate for the sixth series (1968–69). Brian Clemens and Albert Fennel were replaced by John Bryce, producer of most of the Cathy Gale-era episodes.
Bryce had a difficult situation in hand. He had to find a replacement for Diana Rigg and shoot the first seven episodes of the new series, which were supposed to be shipped to America together with the last eight Emma Peel colour episodes.
Bryce signed his then-girlfriend, 20-year-old newcomer Linda Thorson, as the new female costar and chose the name "Tara King" for her character. Thorson played the role with more innocence in mind and at heart; and unlike the previous partnerships with Cathy and Emma, the writers allowed subtle hints of romance to blossom between Steed and King. King also differed from Steed's previous partners in that she was a fully fledged (albeit initially inexperienced) agent working for Steed's organisation; his previous partners had all been (in the words of the prologue used for American broadcasts of the first Rigg series) talented amateurs. Bryce wanted Tara to be blonde, so Thorson's brown hair was bleached. However the process badly damaged Thorson's hair, so she had to wear wigs for the first third of her episodes, until her own hair grew back. Her natural brown hair was not seen until the episode "All Done with Mirrors".
Production of the first seven episodes of the sixth series began. However financial problems and internal difficulties undermined Bryce's effort. He only managed to complete three episodes: "Invitation to a Killing" (a 90-minute episode introducing Tara King), "The Great, Great Britain Crime" (some of its original footage was reused in the 1969 episode "Homicide and Old Lace") and "Invasion of the Earthmen" (which survived relatively intact except for the scenes in which Tara wears a brown wig.)
After a rough cut screening of these episodes to studio executives, Bryce was fired and Clemens and Fennel were summoned back. At their return, a fourth episode called "The Murderous Connection" was in its second day of production. After revising the script, it was renamed as "The Curious Case of the Countless Clues" and production was resumed. Production of the episode "Split!", a leftover script from the Emma Peel colour series, proceeded. Two completely new episodes were also shot: "Get-A-Way", and "Look (Stop Me If You've Heard This One) But There Were These Two Fellers".
Dennis Spooner said of the event that "Brian left The Avengers for about three episodes, someone took over, and when Brian came back, it was in a terrible state. He was faced with doing a rewrite on a film they'd already shot." The episode had a story error where Steed leaves for a destination. The villains then realise this and pursue him – yet arrive there before Steed does. It was fixed by having a character ask Steed 'What took you so long?', to which he replies 'I came the pretty way'. "You can only do that on The Avengers you see. It was just my favourite show to work on."[10]
Clemens and Fennel decided to film a new episode to introduce Tara King. This, the third episode filmed for the sixth series, was titled "The Forget-Me-Knot" and bade farewell to Emma Peel and introduced her successor, a trained but inexperienced agent named Tara King. It would be broadcast as the first episode of the sixth series. Tara debuts in dynamic style: when Steed is called to Headquarters, he is attacked and knocked down by trainee agent King who mistakes him for her training partner.
No farewell scenes for Emma Peel had been shot when Diana Rigg left the series. Rigg was recalled for "The Forget-Me-Knot", through which Emma acts as Steed's partner as usual. Rigg also filmed a farewell scene for Emma which appeared as the tag scene of the episode. It was explained that Emma's husband, Peter Peel, was found alive and rescued, and she left the British secret service to be with him. Emma visits Steed to say goodbye, and while leaving she passes Tara on the stairway giving the advice that "He likes his tea stirred anti-clockwise." Steed looks out the window as a departing Emma enters the Bentley driven by Peter – who from a distance seems to resemble Steed (and was played by Patrick Macnee, wearing a bowler hat and umbrella).
Bryce's original episode introducing Tara, "Invitation to a Killing", was revised as a regular 60-minute episode named "Have Guns Will Haggle". These episodes, together with "Invasion of the Earthmen" and the last eight Peel colour episodes, were shipped to America in February 1968.
For this series the government official who gave Steed his orders was depicted on screen. Mother, introduced in "The Forget-Me-Knot", is a man in a wheelchair. The role was taken by Patrick Newell who had played different roles in two earlier episodes, most recently in series five. Mother's headquarters would shift from place to place, including one episode where his complete office was on the top level of a double-decker bus. (Several James Bond films of the 1970s would make use of a similar gimmick for Bond's briefings.)
Added later as a regular was Mother's mute Amazonian assistant, Rhonda (Rhonda Parker). There was one appearance by an agency official code-named "Father", a blind older woman played by Iris Russell. (Russell had appeared in the series several times previously in other roles.) In one episode, "Killer", Steed is paired with Lady Diana Forbes Blakeney (Jennifer Croxton) while King is on holiday.
Scriptwriter Dennis Spooner later reflected on this series. "When I wrote "Look (Stop Me If You've Heard This One) But There Were These Two Fellers", that was definitely the last series. They were going to make no more, so in that series we went right over the top; we went really weird, because they knew there weren't going to be any more."[11]
Spooner said the series "worked because it became a parody on itself, almost. You can only do that so long." Overall he attributes the success of the show to its light approach. "We spoofed everything, we took Mission: Impossible, Bad Day at Black Rock, High Noon, The Dirty Dozen, The Birds... we took them all. The film buffs used to love it. There were always lines in it that people knew what we were talking about."[11]
Vehicle wise, Steed continued to drive vintage green Bentleys in the first seven episodes in production. His regular transport for the remainder of the series were two yellow Rolls-Royce cars. Mother also occasionally appeared in silver Rolls-Royces. Tara King drove an AC 428 and a Lotus Europa. Lady Diana Forbes Blakeney drove an MGC Roadster.
The revised series continued to be broadcast in America. The episodes with Linda Thorson as King proved to be highly rated in Europe and the UK. In the United States however, the ABC network that carried the series chose to air it opposite the number one show in the country at the time, Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In. Steed and King could not compete, and the show was cancelled in the US. Without this vital commercial backing, production could not continue in Britain either, and the series ended in May 1969. The final scene of the final episode ("Bizarre") has Steed and King, champagne glasses in hand, accidentally launching themselves into orbit aboard a rocket, as Mother breaks the fourth wall and says to the audience, "They'll be back!" before adding in shock, "They're unchaperoned up there!"
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Courtesy of Chatwick University Archives, 1960
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