I got the feeling that this was really an excuse to put Steed and Mrs Peel into the 'high class department store' setting, one as a customer, one as an assistant, so that he could be gentlemanly and make suggestive remarks, and she could treat them coolly. The plot about the atom bomb feels like it was constructed to provide a reason for those scenes to happen. But I liked Kane's motivation - he's been left behind the times, so he's going to use modernity's own weapons against it.
There's a good pull-back and reveal at one point, it's done as throwaway comedy but it's clever. Also note the model Dalek on the display when Mrs Peel is working in the futuristic toy department.
This episode waits longer than the previous one before showing its hand - but it still does it too early, leaving the last 15 minutes to be filled up with another stylish but overlong fight/chase. Steed's impersonation of a mannequin was good, but open to satirical comment.
The final scene is quite bizarre, with Mrs Peel and Steed on bikes (obviously on a trailer) and then on real bikes. They carefully explain where they got them from, but as to where they're going and why...
Familiar faces: Peter 'Saruman/The Professor/The Investigator' Howell as - the Professor. Arthur Gross, who I think gets ordered to take over the control room during one of Number Two's paranoia fits in Hammer into Anvil. George 'Frank and/or George Meadows in Faceless Ones' Selway.
Previously seen: T.P. McKenna returning from Trojan Horse, John Cater from The Nutshell, Andre Morell from Death of a Batman and Harvey Ashby from The Decapod.
No comments:
Post a Comment