The Avengers Forever: Behind the Scenes

	Behind the Scenes: Tara King Era

The Dossier-Tara King Connection

The Tara King era is awash with rumors, many of them unsavory. Those who have learned of The Avengers Programme Guide, the original version of The Avengers Dossier by Cornell, Day and Topping, have often wondered why it was pulled from the market. The answer is perhaps one of the uglier little facets of The Avengers' history...

Linda Thorson was supposedly living with John Bryce at the time he was "recalled" to replace Brian Clemens and Albert Fennell. This alone throws a funky spin on anything to do with "casting" Diana Rigg's replacement, as it is entirely believable that the choice was inevitable.

Which brings us back to The Avengers Programme Guide and why it was pulped one day after its release: it featured an excerpt from an interview with Clemens after his return to the helm, to the effect that they were "stuck with the ex-producer's girlfriend" in the lead. Apparently Ms. Thorson very understandably threw a fit and demanded the books be destroyed.

This is not the sort of material I care to delve into, but there has been so much speculation about it that clearing it up might keep the rumor mill a little quieter.