Saturday, June 23, 2012

Naive Avengersthon - 110. Get-A-Way!

This one didn't engage me at all, with its tale of captured assassins incarcerated in a prison with monastic trappings, escaping by means of camouflage techniques derived from lizards.

The monk theme just annoyed me, I found it hard to think of reasons why a prison would be run like that other than that it looked cool. It's a sort of unsubtle version of the top hat/sunglasses dress code for the top men in the Village in certain Prisoner episodes. I suppose you could argue it's another form of camouflage, such as a sinister secret prison might have, but why carry it to such lengths when no-one can see what's going on inside anyway?

Previously and also seen: Andrew 'film Tyler/Wyler' Keir returning from The Fear Merchants. Neil 'Maylin' Hallett returning from The Winged Avenger.

Also seen: William Wilde, who's the Draconian spaceship captain in Frontier in Space. Michael 'Ffinch' Elwyn, playing another lieutenant here. Robert 'The Caber' Russell.

Previously seen: Peter Bowles on his fourth appearance. Peter Bayliss returning from The Murder Market. Barry Linehan returning from The Golden Fleece. James Belchamber returning from Quick-Quick Slow Death.