Like Philip Levene before him, Jeremy Burnham was an actor ( he appeared in the 'Avengers' episode 'The Town Of No Return' ) who switched to writing. He penned five of the 32 Thorson adventures, all of them good, of which this is one.
Tara has been assigned to try and break the security of the War Room - an underground centre where a computer known as 'The Field Marshal' is in control of Britain's nuclear defences. Gilpin ( Alan MacNaughtan ), the man in charge of the War Room, informs General Hesketh ( Ralph Michael ) that the Field Marshal thwarted a rocket attack in 1961. Incredulous, the General says: "But there was no rocket attack in 1961!". "Precisely!", responds Gilpin.
Following an unsuccessful break-in ( why she is blacked-up? It is daytime! ), she prepares to organise another. But unbeknowest to her - foreign agents Gregory Zaroff ( Alan Browning ) and Dangerfield ( Alan Wheatley ) plan to discredit her by making it appear as though she has gone over to the other side.
When pictures of Tara chatting to Zaroff in a London street are sent to Mother, he immediately reduces her Departmental rating. She is kept prisoner in her flat, but escapes and sets out to clear her name. Her only ally is Steed...
The late Alan Browning is best known for his role as 'Alan Howard' in 'Coronation Street'. The character married the Street's resident sex bomb Elsie Tanner ( Pat Phoenix ) as did the actor who played him. Like Ian Hendry, he was a good actor who would have gone on to bigger things had it not been for a drink problem. He died in 1979. Alan Wheatley - the elegantly dressed 'Dangerfield' - was the 'Sheriff Of Nottingham' in 'The Adventures Of Robin Hood' which starred Richard Greene. Why his base of operations is a boxing ring in an opulent drawing room is not made clear ( though its no more bizarre than some of Mother's hide-outs ).
The concept of a computer controlling a country's defence system would be explored in the movie 'Colossus: The Forbin Project', released in 1970. The villains' hope that by discrediting Tara they can force the War Room to dismantle the Field Marshal for a limited time, leaving the country wide open to rocket attack.
The scene where Tara drives up to a red phone box in the middle of the English countryside inspired the original opening of the 1998 film.
Steed's trick with the house of cards is clever. How did he do it?
Tara has been assigned to try and break the security of the War Room - an underground centre where a computer known as 'The Field Marshal' is in control of Britain's nuclear defences. Gilpin ( Alan MacNaughtan ), the man in charge of the War Room, informs General Hesketh ( Ralph Michael ) that the Field Marshal thwarted a rocket attack in 1961. Incredulous, the General says: "But there was no rocket attack in 1961!". "Precisely!", responds Gilpin.
Following an unsuccessful break-in ( why she is blacked-up? It is daytime! ), she prepares to organise another. But unbeknowest to her - foreign agents Gregory Zaroff ( Alan Browning ) and Dangerfield ( Alan Wheatley ) plan to discredit her by making it appear as though she has gone over to the other side.
When pictures of Tara chatting to Zaroff in a London street are sent to Mother, he immediately reduces her Departmental rating. She is kept prisoner in her flat, but escapes and sets out to clear her name. Her only ally is Steed...
The late Alan Browning is best known for his role as 'Alan Howard' in 'Coronation Street'. The character married the Street's resident sex bomb Elsie Tanner ( Pat Phoenix ) as did the actor who played him. Like Ian Hendry, he was a good actor who would have gone on to bigger things had it not been for a drink problem. He died in 1979. Alan Wheatley - the elegantly dressed 'Dangerfield' - was the 'Sheriff Of Nottingham' in 'The Adventures Of Robin Hood' which starred Richard Greene. Why his base of operations is a boxing ring in an opulent drawing room is not made clear ( though its no more bizarre than some of Mother's hide-outs ).
The concept of a computer controlling a country's defence system would be explored in the movie 'Colossus: The Forbin Project', released in 1970. The villains' hope that by discrediting Tara they can force the War Room to dismantle the Field Marshal for a limited time, leaving the country wide open to rocket attack.
The scene where Tara drives up to a red phone box in the middle of the English countryside inspired the original opening of the 1998 film.
Steed's trick with the house of cards is clever. How did he do it?
