Episode 144: Tara King Era
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Production completed: 9 Aug. 1968
UK Premiere (London, Season 7): 20 November 1968
US Premiere (New York, Season 4): 4 November 1968
Steed inherits a dagger from an
anonymous benefactor, and it seems the world is after this thing. As the bodies begin
piling up in Steed's flat, Tara learns that the dagger is the key to the
hiding place of a buried treasure!
IMHO |
Take two Maltese Falcons and watch this episode in the
morning. Actually it's quite fun, with Stratford
Johns and Ronald Lacey turning in delightfully way-over-the-top performances as Sidney Street and Humbert
Green. Derivative, to be sure, but far more successful than "Noon
Doomsday." Just the bevy of weirdoes is enough to maintain one's interest.
Trivia |
"Where oh where is the 'Tara Tickle Torture' scene?" For those fans frantically trying to locate a scene in which Tara is tickled with feathers in order to obtain information, you can cool your jets—it wasn't edited out of the video because it never existed in the first place. Everyone still talks about it as though it was a long lost scene only because of Dave Rogers' books—his synopses are based on shooting scripts, studio memos and press releases, which can sometimes be far removed from what makes it onto the screen. In this case, the Tara Tickle Torture scene became a water torture (see frame grab) and then, later, the original tables were turned—on Sidney Street, as Tara tickles him.
But if, for some reason, you're into tickling, Steed does a bit in "How To Succeed....At Murder."
Holger Schmitz wonders why, after Gorky makes his very last breath whilst bashing his last glass of champagne, does Steed call for a doctor when the man is already dead? Obviously only to introduce another dagger hunter.
*This unofficial subtitle is by Yours Truly.
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Steed finds it more challenging to properly assemble his nephew's model plane than to solve a deadly case.
