Friday, March 02, 2012

Naive Avengersthon - 40. Build A Better Mousetrap

A village is faced with the twin problems of rowdy but harmless motorcyclists, and mysterious stoppages of mechanical equipment. The locals believe the latter is being caused either by witchcraft, or the local nuclear plant. Steed and Cathy are both on the scene, she as one of the motorcycle enthusiasts.

Not really keen on this one, it doesn't seem to want us to take it seriously. Steed's cover story about the 'National Distrust' is just silly. Some good points though: I like what's basically the double-bluff with the familiar not-so-harmless old ladies trope, Alison Seebohm caught my attention as Caroline and there's a good scene where Harold Goodwin as Harris, the pub landlord, tries to chat up young Jessy (Marian Diamond, who was Galadriel in the BBC radio production of LotR). It's just misdirection but I enjoyed the way we were led to expect some real unpleasantness, but actually just get pathos.

Three actors return to the show: Donald Webster from Intercrime, Allan McClelland from The Big Thinker and John Tate from Killer Whale.

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