The New Avengers (TV Series)

Trap (1977)

Joanna Lumley: Purdey

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• Marty Brine : Windsor Castle is also mentioned in the Doomsday book of 1084. This is just some of the useless information that I carry around with me.

  [smiles broadly] 

  Marty Brine : It's funny how people who live in a place don't know as much about it as people who visit.

  Purdey : Well I knew that, I just didn't want to get into a long, boring explanation.

• Purdey : [to Gambit]  Well, you can be telepathic. About five drinks and ten minutes after midnight in a discoteque I can sometimes tell what your thinking. But this time...

• Purdey : [Marty has been shot]  We have a dinner date, remember?

  Purdey : ?

  [he nods] 

  Purdey : I hate a man who stands me up.

  Purdey : [he dies]  Marty!

• John Steed : That was without a doubt the worst landing I've ever seen.

  Mike Gambit : Well, we're all down in one piece, aren't we?

  John Steed : Not quite.

  [winces in pain] 

  John Steed : My arm's broken.

  Purdey : Are you sure?

  John Steed : [a beat]  It is my arm.

• John Steed : Ever been on the wrong end of charging rhino?

  Purdey : Well, not this week, no.

  John Steed : I had that misfortune once, a flag shot won't do. The only chance is to go straight for the brain.

• Purdey : Me Tarzan. No, that's not right. Me Jane. No. Me Purdey.

• John Steed : Don't worry about me.

  Mike Gambit : Don't you ever worry about me.

  John Steed : Sometimes, yeah.

  Mike Gambit : Well what's wrong with me worrying about you? There's nothing in the rulebook about me worrying about you.

  John Steed : There's nothing about not worrying either.

  Mike Gambit : Look, I...

  Purdey : Look this is very touching, but can't we keep the semantics 'till later, they're forming to march up here.

• Soo Choy : But you're not laughing now, Mr. Gambit.

  Purdey : Well, I've heard it before.