S7.E27

Thingumajig

Episode aired Mar 24, 1969
TV-14
52m

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Patrick Macnee and Dora Reisser in The Avengers (1961)

Action Comedy Crime Drama Mystery Romance Sci-Fi Thriller

The vicar of a Norman church asks the Avengers' help when a team of archaeologists excavating a site underneath the church are all killed and their bodies rendered completely devoid of any e... Read allThe vicar of a Norman church asks the Avengers' help when a team of archaeologists excavating a site underneath the church are all killed and their bodies rendered completely devoid of any energy. This is due to a little black box which sends out deadly charges of electricity. Fu... Read allThe vicar of a Norman church asks the Avengers' help when a team of archaeologists excavating a site underneath the church are all killed and their bodies rendered completely devoid of any energy. This is due to a little black box which sends out deadly charges of electricity. Furthermore its charges are nurturing a race of thingumajigs, pure energy creatures which wi... Read all

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6.4/10

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Trivia
The x ray of the Thingumajig is actually the x ray of the case in "Take Me To Your Leader".

Goofs
When the organ starts playing the third key pressed is towards the left of the keyboard (the lower end of the scale) but the sound is of a higher note.

Quotes
Inge Tilson: Not one of the outstanding beauty spots in the country.
John Steed: I don't know, I should think that hermits and recluses would find it rather attractive.

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7/10

Solid episode.

A Vicar calls for Steed's help after a team on an excavation underneath his Church run into trouble.

I quite liked it, for me it was a solid Tara King episode, but I think most others from this final series are better. Tara herself, apart from one great scene is rather under used, again, and as a story, I felt it was a bit more Doctor Who, than Avengers.

If you are a Doctor Who fan, maybe there are a few glimpses of The Power of Three, but the plot, I could easily have seen Pertwee or Baker battling the villain, with Sarah Jane Smith taking on the box.

The box itself didn't look great, it could have been a little more impressive visually, and the plot itself was a little weak.

The best element, Iain Cuthbertson, I thought he was excellent, an impossible figure physically, and one with a degree of presence, I thought he stole it.

Willoughby Goddard's sneezing Truman was a fun character, and something of a return to the larger than life, colourful specialists that appeared throughout The Emma Peel years. A fine actor, I'd you get the chance, check him out in The Mind of Mr JG Reeder.

It's good, 7/10.