The New Avengers (1976–1977): Season 1, Episode 10 - The New Avengers - full transcript
The New Avengers are present at a demonstration of a new gas, S-95, that can knock out people instantaneously. Unfortunately a criminal called Brady is also present, steals 2 cannisters as well as the anti-dote and puts the heart of London to sleep the next morning. Now Steed, Gambit and Purdey are the only people left awake and able to stop the criminal gang from robbing all the banks of London. Unfortunately, Steed & Gambit have no way of contacting Purdey, and Purdey has trouble keeping her pajama bottoms up.
Ah, Professor Marco.
Welcome to Britan.
Can I?
We are saving the trouble of having
to go through customs immigration.
This way please.
This way.
Those who are about to die?
Nobody about to die.
Anyway, they're all volunteers.
We have made exhaustive tests.
Exhaustive tests on rabbits.
People aren't like rabbits.
I don't know.
Uncle of mine had 19 children.
He was a keen bicyclist.
Of course, he got about a bit.
Now, that you've had these inoculations.
You can't be affected.
But the whole thing's safe. I promise.
You safe and beautiful.
See, if yourself.
Ladies and gentleman.
You are privileged
to participate in this test.
We scientists have too often been
accused to seeking ...
... only to create
a new weapons of destruction.
But the experiment
you're about to take parted ...
... can only save lives.
Imagine, if you will that
you're a group of terrorists ...
... holed up in a building
or a hijacked plane.
You have hostages.
You're constantly on the alert.
The police are helpless.
But suddenly a plane comes up ...
In an instant, the plane has
released the quantity of s95.
It's not exactly, I guess.
There must be something like dust.
Rather like the dust that is ...
... always in the atmosphere we breathe.
Colorless, odorless,
but instantaneously effective.
They're unharmed.
Merely sleeping.
The injection such as you've all had
would restore them immediately.
And if there is no injection?
They probably sleep at least six hours.
I guess. It depends on the individual.
As we went our way toward Whitehall ...
... from British Government Building,
... be part on your left,
The National Gallery,
... home of English Architechs.
And on your right, is of course
famous Trafalgar Square.
Nelson's column,
The towering sentiments.
And behind you.
Now ...
...is a beautiful church
of St. Martin ...
... in The Fields.
Right.
Better make yourselves comfortable.
This is well be spending the next 18 hours.
Keep all that stuff out of sight
you weren't eating it yet.
Professor Marco, your ...
interest is flattering.
But could we continue this conversation
and more comfort at my place.
Dear Dr. Graham,
you must forgive me for my distraction.
However of course, you are right.
Please if you wish let us go.
I must say.
I'm feeling pleased with myself.
The whole thing went off with a ...
Not one word. Not one.
Just come towards me.
Come!
It's worked.
Must've worked.
Otherwise they would have known by now.
Stop!
Stop!
Do you have any suggestions, Steed?
I'm not gonna eat it.
I'm just gonna make a call.
Who was he?
Oh, come on.
Someone must have known him.
Hardy. That's what he said
name was Hardy.
- You knew him?
- Only he told me.
Said he was the best plastics man in business.
He used to be.
Bring him back to the bus.
Is she no answering?
- You can borrow my little black book.
- Steed doesn't need a little black book.
- What little black book?
- A slim volume with hint of a growing boy.
My treat.
Thank you, Steed.
Thank you.
Wake up Barth!
Come on, it's time.
Thanks for beautiful evening,
you wonderful man.
Good night Purdey.
Hints for a growing boy.
Great girl.
The best.
It'll be like at 4:45.
I'll be able by 4:40.
There impressive looking.
And the best.
Thanks for great evening John.
How about a nightcap?
Sure, why not?
Good.
Yeah.
The best.
All right.
Everybody back on the bus.
Cheers!
- Cheers.
Still not answering?
I like this place.
It's not my style, but ...
... it does have style.
I really don't want to go home tonight.
You've got a spare room, aren't you?
Yes.
Because not aim to go hotel.
No, no there's a spare room
and you're welcome.
I'm not into pajamas myself.
But I have one that think should be.
May be birthday, I'll get a new pair.
- Thanks Mike.
Not very plush of but ...
Oh, it's fine.
Everything I need.
Of course, I'll miss the dove chorus of birdsong.
You won't be saying that tomorrow morning
when Charlie gets here.
Charlie is a sparrow ...
who's adopted me.
And every morning he arrives at the crack of dawn
and sings his little heart out.
One of these days,
I'm gonna have my hands on him and ...
Good night Steed.
A night cafe?
You never have that extradrink
when you're driving.
And you don't intend
putting these on either.
You're gonna stay dressed
ready to go somewhere fast. Why?
Where?
Frank Hardy.
He called me yesterday.
He's chasing something important.
He arranged to meet here in town.
And he isn't answering.
That's probably nothing.
Just the same.
One of those instinctive hunches of yours?
I don't know if it's a psychic thing or ...
... just experience.
But I've learned never to disregard them.
Probably just delay.
Maybe.
It's too early for Charlie.
Hey?
My fine feathered friend.
Charlie got to you then.
Different kind of bird entirely.
The whirly variety.
- What?
- The helicopter.
Charlie's late then.
Nearly five.
Unless he found someone else to persecute.
Charlie's breakfast.
You sleep well?
You didn't sleep at all, did you?
Hardy.
I called him every hour, on the hour.
Oh, no.
He's Charlie.
He's dead.
- He's asleep.
- Birds aren't sleep lying down.
- Charlie does.
It's quiet out there.
- Sunday morning.
Five o'clock sunday morning.
- Even at five o'clock.
Even on a sunday one can hear something
stirring in this big city.
Hardy was onto something big
that was gonna happen today.
Something that ties up
with that demonstration of s95.
Hello?
Yes?
Steed, do you want me to what?
I want you to go outside
and look at the street.
Why should I look at the street?
Listen Purdey, I promise you
this is important.
I'm hold on!
Allright.
Do you know what time it is?
I know it's extremely early.
Now, go along!
How many people in this block?
About fifty.
I'll check.
Steed!
Steed!
I've tried every door on this floor.
Nobody's answering.
What Purdey has to say?
I'm not sure.
Steed!
Everyone's asleep.
It's a terrible line.
Gone that.
Let's go over there.
We're nearly there.
It's just around the corner.
I didn't know you still slept standing up.
That one does.
It's that's 95.
The inoculations have made us immune.
- Which makes us the only people ...
... left in the city with their eyes open.
Okay, Bryan here.
Now.
I'll take any one of these motors.
- Yeah.
Hey, Bob? Open up!
- Right.
Sector three has detected a car.
- They can't that.
Sector three.
No, no.
They must have heard a sound
floating across the river.
Everyone here is under our control.
It's possible, isn't it?
Someone unaffected.
No.
In any case, what could they do
the phones are dead?
And we now have a roadblock.
All along here.
Nobody's going anywhere Tina.
In ..or out.
We have the whole the city ...
... to ourselves.
Right.
Helmets on.
Purdey!
Purdey!
Purdey.
Purdey?
She's not here.
She must be on her way to my place.
She won't like that.
Gambit?
Steed?
Fire!
We're not the only one
who are still wide awake.
It's an open city.
Piggy bank day.
Steed.
If we heard them.
Keep your face covered.
The cities are sleep ...
... but not the closed circuit TV.
Explains the phones.
- Yes.
But you can't cut off a city like this forever.
In the early hours of sunday morning you can.
Not forever, but long enough.
That's Purdey.
Purdey!
Purdey!
It's that car again.
- Who's on sector three?
- Not in sector three.
This time in sector five.
Somewhere here.
Chuck, come!
Chuck. Take Bart get over to sector five
and check it out. - Okay.
Bill.
You take Brady to sector three, okay?
Let's try a couple of deep deep breaths.
In.. and hold it.
And out.
And relax.
And in ...
Running and jumping on the stand.
... and run and run
and run, run ...
Breath shot ...
Bright, brighy way to start
a Monday or Sunday morning.
There.
Walk this way.
You try other side.
No sign.
What?
No sign of her.
Try the next street.
What?
Try the next street.
Sector five haven't checked in.
Don't it problem.
It's over.
Okay, Brady.
Let's go.
They're heading towards the city.
The Bank of England.
Way things are now.
They won't get much help there.
They're no an American band.
- Or German.
Or Arabian.
I usually asleep late on Sundays.
I should be asleep now.
Steed? - We're not going to ask ourselves
that question.
About the inoculations
how long will they last ...
... how long would it be before
we keel over.
No.
Then we didn't ask that question.
Well, I wouldn't give for
one of those right now.
Well, this is an emergency.
What strength in the bottle?
- Well, it is an emergency
Always like to leave
tip to good service.
I never thought you demanted.
Oh, Steven.
- Laura. - Steven, Steven.
- Laura, Laura.
- Steven, my dear.
- Listen.
- What is it, my darling?
It's suddenly gone quiet.
Yes.
Too quiet.
Try a moving target.
Ready.
Ready!
Gone!
Catch!
So easy, Tina.
Kids game.
We don't have time to wait any longer.
Got a hurry.
Two more please.
Just two more make man rich.
Richer than you've never dreamed of.
What's wrong?
Oh, yes.
Very nice.
They're red.
He's Georgia Hotel's Porter.
He must have got me
a hundred cabs in his time.
I never knew he wore red socks.
Hey, you!
- There's only one thing to do.
- Run.
Hold it!
What are we running for?
Sector Seven to control,
Sector Seven to control, over.
Come in Chuck.
We ...
... lost the girl.
And now, we're in ..
Downton Street.
And we pursuit two men in here.
Both wide awake.
But ..
we're closing in on.
Stay where you are.
We're sending help.
Roger, come on.
Let's relax a little while waiting.
Thanks.
Pleasure.
Things are worse than we thought.
- Why?
England Roll out from fourty two.
Don't you think, we should discuss
the cricket scores another time?
I think we could get high ...
... from somewhere up there.
- Let we go and see what's going on.
Exactly.
Roadblocked area.
Extent of sleeping area.
And beyond.
Control to Victor Two.
VictorFifty Two.
We can't contact with
the north side of the river.
Probably power breakdown.
But just to be sure, go over there
and take a look, will you?
Message received and understood.
On the way.
- Siren?
- Why not?
It's a big quiet, isn't it?
- Yeah, what it surely yeah.
Always something moving.
But here ...
... nothing.
It's like everyone's moved to Mars.
No sign of life at all.
Here is there.
Hey!
Now that's the kind of movement
I like to see.
Alo?
Alo?
Anything?
Try west.
Steed, over there!
By the river.
The smoke.
Here are.
No new money.
Nothing traceable and only
negotiable securities.
- We're limited in weight.
- Limited to a quarter of a ton.
And that ought to be enough money for anyone.
- Yeah, but you can't ...
- Burn it!
Burn it!
Money to burn.
They've being very discriminating,
very thorough.
So it's hardly likely
they take it out on a coach.
Now we know how.
The heliport.
Of course.
Come on!
In there!
Okay.
- You tell them I'm ready.
- Good.
Right. We don't have the score.
But of course we've done.
Disperse and get out of here.
You go home and stay there.
Tina and I ...
... will go straight rear with the loot.
We'll split it. Within three days your shares
will be in your bank accounts in Switzerland.
And you'll be very rich.
And we'll never meet again.
- Right, but you trying to stitch us up.
- Why should he?
There's enough for everyone.
- More than enough.
Right.
Thank you.
We did it.
I promise you.
I thought I told you stay ...
I wouldn't do that.
Excuse me.
Just a little pressure
at the right point.
It must me me up there.
Up away and clear.
Yeah, but you don't worry.
We'll be up there next week.
- Just do as I say!
- Just do as I say!
- Gambit!
- Purdey!
- Great mind.
- Take I like.
Now what we got to do?
Call to proper authoriz.
Tell him to stay outside the sleep perimeter.
- And arrest anything that moves.
They're here now, sir.
- Oh, good.
Make them a suitable welcome, don't you?
I will give them a hero's welcome, sir.
Oh, yes, sir. Absolutely they're heroes
and heroines well welcome.
Welcome.
Well, after all,
Sunday is a day of rest.
Yes.
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Welcome to Britan.
Can I?
We are saving the trouble of having
to go through customs immigration.
This way please.
This way.
Those who are about to die?
Nobody about to die.
Anyway, they're all volunteers.
We have made exhaustive tests.
Exhaustive tests on rabbits.
People aren't like rabbits.
I don't know.
Uncle of mine had 19 children.
He was a keen bicyclist.
Of course, he got about a bit.
Now, that you've had these inoculations.
You can't be affected.
But the whole thing's safe. I promise.
You safe and beautiful.
See, if yourself.
Ladies and gentleman.
You are privileged
to participate in this test.
We scientists have too often been
accused to seeking ...
... only to create
a new weapons of destruction.
But the experiment
you're about to take parted ...
... can only save lives.
Imagine, if you will that
you're a group of terrorists ...
... holed up in a building
or a hijacked plane.
You have hostages.
You're constantly on the alert.
The police are helpless.
But suddenly a plane comes up ...
In an instant, the plane has
released the quantity of s95.
It's not exactly, I guess.
There must be something like dust.
Rather like the dust that is ...
... always in the atmosphere we breathe.
Colorless, odorless,
but instantaneously effective.
They're unharmed.
Merely sleeping.
The injection such as you've all had
would restore them immediately.
And if there is no injection?
They probably sleep at least six hours.
I guess. It depends on the individual.
As we went our way toward Whitehall ...
... from British Government Building,
... be part on your left,
The National Gallery,
... home of English Architechs.
And on your right, is of course
famous Trafalgar Square.
Nelson's column,
The towering sentiments.
And behind you.
Now ...
...is a beautiful church
of St. Martin ...
... in The Fields.
Right.
Better make yourselves comfortable.
This is well be spending the next 18 hours.
Keep all that stuff out of sight
you weren't eating it yet.
Professor Marco, your ...
interest is flattering.
But could we continue this conversation
and more comfort at my place.
Dear Dr. Graham,
you must forgive me for my distraction.
However of course, you are right.
Please if you wish let us go.
I must say.
I'm feeling pleased with myself.
The whole thing went off with a ...
Not one word. Not one.
Just come towards me.
Come!
It's worked.
Must've worked.
Otherwise they would have known by now.
Stop!
Stop!
Do you have any suggestions, Steed?
I'm not gonna eat it.
I'm just gonna make a call.
Who was he?
Oh, come on.
Someone must have known him.
Hardy. That's what he said
name was Hardy.
- You knew him?
- Only he told me.
Said he was the best plastics man in business.
He used to be.
Bring him back to the bus.
Is she no answering?
- You can borrow my little black book.
- Steed doesn't need a little black book.
- What little black book?
- A slim volume with hint of a growing boy.
My treat.
Thank you, Steed.
Thank you.
Wake up Barth!
Come on, it's time.
Thanks for beautiful evening,
you wonderful man.
Good night Purdey.
Hints for a growing boy.
Great girl.
The best.
It'll be like at 4:45.
I'll be able by 4:40.
There impressive looking.
And the best.
Thanks for great evening John.
How about a nightcap?
Sure, why not?
Good.
Yeah.
The best.
All right.
Everybody back on the bus.
Cheers!
- Cheers.
Still not answering?
I like this place.
It's not my style, but ...
... it does have style.
I really don't want to go home tonight.
You've got a spare room, aren't you?
Yes.
Because not aim to go hotel.
No, no there's a spare room
and you're welcome.
I'm not into pajamas myself.
But I have one that think should be.
May be birthday, I'll get a new pair.
- Thanks Mike.
Not very plush of but ...
Oh, it's fine.
Everything I need.
Of course, I'll miss the dove chorus of birdsong.
You won't be saying that tomorrow morning
when Charlie gets here.
Charlie is a sparrow ...
who's adopted me.
And every morning he arrives at the crack of dawn
and sings his little heart out.
One of these days,
I'm gonna have my hands on him and ...
Good night Steed.
A night cafe?
You never have that extradrink
when you're driving.
And you don't intend
putting these on either.
You're gonna stay dressed
ready to go somewhere fast. Why?
Where?
Frank Hardy.
He called me yesterday.
He's chasing something important.
He arranged to meet here in town.
And he isn't answering.
That's probably nothing.
Just the same.
One of those instinctive hunches of yours?
I don't know if it's a psychic thing or ...
... just experience.
But I've learned never to disregard them.
Probably just delay.
Maybe.
It's too early for Charlie.
Hey?
My fine feathered friend.
Charlie got to you then.
Different kind of bird entirely.
The whirly variety.
- What?
- The helicopter.
Charlie's late then.
Nearly five.
Unless he found someone else to persecute.
Charlie's breakfast.
You sleep well?
You didn't sleep at all, did you?
Hardy.
I called him every hour, on the hour.
Oh, no.
He's Charlie.
He's dead.
- He's asleep.
- Birds aren't sleep lying down.
- Charlie does.
It's quiet out there.
- Sunday morning.
Five o'clock sunday morning.
- Even at five o'clock.
Even on a sunday one can hear something
stirring in this big city.
Hardy was onto something big
that was gonna happen today.
Something that ties up
with that demonstration of s95.
Hello?
Yes?
Steed, do you want me to what?
I want you to go outside
and look at the street.
Why should I look at the street?
Listen Purdey, I promise you
this is important.
I'm hold on!
Allright.
Do you know what time it is?
I know it's extremely early.
Now, go along!
How many people in this block?
About fifty.
I'll check.
Steed!
Steed!
I've tried every door on this floor.
Nobody's answering.
What Purdey has to say?
I'm not sure.
Steed!
Everyone's asleep.
It's a terrible line.
Gone that.
Let's go over there.
We're nearly there.
It's just around the corner.
I didn't know you still slept standing up.
That one does.
It's that's 95.
The inoculations have made us immune.
- Which makes us the only people ...
... left in the city with their eyes open.
Okay, Bryan here.
Now.
I'll take any one of these motors.
- Yeah.
Hey, Bob? Open up!
- Right.
Sector three has detected a car.
- They can't that.
Sector three.
No, no.
They must have heard a sound
floating across the river.
Everyone here is under our control.
It's possible, isn't it?
Someone unaffected.
No.
In any case, what could they do
the phones are dead?
And we now have a roadblock.
All along here.
Nobody's going anywhere Tina.
In ..or out.
We have the whole the city ...
... to ourselves.
Right.
Helmets on.
Purdey!
Purdey!
Purdey.
Purdey?
She's not here.
She must be on her way to my place.
She won't like that.
Gambit?
Steed?
Fire!
We're not the only one
who are still wide awake.
It's an open city.
Piggy bank day.
Steed.
If we heard them.
Keep your face covered.
The cities are sleep ...
... but not the closed circuit TV.
Explains the phones.
- Yes.
But you can't cut off a city like this forever.
In the early hours of sunday morning you can.
Not forever, but long enough.
That's Purdey.
Purdey!
Purdey!
It's that car again.
- Who's on sector three?
- Not in sector three.
This time in sector five.
Somewhere here.
Chuck, come!
Chuck. Take Bart get over to sector five
and check it out. - Okay.
Bill.
You take Brady to sector three, okay?
Let's try a couple of deep deep breaths.
In.. and hold it.
And out.
And relax.
And in ...
Running and jumping on the stand.
... and run and run
and run, run ...
Breath shot ...
Bright, brighy way to start
a Monday or Sunday morning.
There.
Walk this way.
You try other side.
No sign.
What?
No sign of her.
Try the next street.
What?
Try the next street.
Sector five haven't checked in.
Don't it problem.
It's over.
Okay, Brady.
Let's go.
They're heading towards the city.
The Bank of England.
Way things are now.
They won't get much help there.
They're no an American band.
- Or German.
Or Arabian.
I usually asleep late on Sundays.
I should be asleep now.
Steed? - We're not going to ask ourselves
that question.
About the inoculations
how long will they last ...
... how long would it be before
we keel over.
No.
Then we didn't ask that question.
Well, I wouldn't give for
one of those right now.
Well, this is an emergency.
What strength in the bottle?
- Well, it is an emergency
Always like to leave
tip to good service.
I never thought you demanted.
Oh, Steven.
- Laura. - Steven, Steven.
- Laura, Laura.
- Steven, my dear.
- Listen.
- What is it, my darling?
It's suddenly gone quiet.
Yes.
Too quiet.
Try a moving target.
Ready.
Ready!
Gone!
Catch!
So easy, Tina.
Kids game.
We don't have time to wait any longer.
Got a hurry.
Two more please.
Just two more make man rich.
Richer than you've never dreamed of.
What's wrong?
Oh, yes.
Very nice.
They're red.
He's Georgia Hotel's Porter.
He must have got me
a hundred cabs in his time.
I never knew he wore red socks.
Hey, you!
- There's only one thing to do.
- Run.
Hold it!
What are we running for?
Sector Seven to control,
Sector Seven to control, over.
Come in Chuck.
We ...
... lost the girl.
And now, we're in ..
Downton Street.
And we pursuit two men in here.
Both wide awake.
But ..
we're closing in on.
Stay where you are.
We're sending help.
Roger, come on.
Let's relax a little while waiting.
Thanks.
Pleasure.
Things are worse than we thought.
- Why?
England Roll out from fourty two.
Don't you think, we should discuss
the cricket scores another time?
I think we could get high ...
... from somewhere up there.
- Let we go and see what's going on.
Exactly.
Roadblocked area.
Extent of sleeping area.
And beyond.
Control to Victor Two.
VictorFifty Two.
We can't contact with
the north side of the river.
Probably power breakdown.
But just to be sure, go over there
and take a look, will you?
Message received and understood.
On the way.
- Siren?
- Why not?
It's a big quiet, isn't it?
- Yeah, what it surely yeah.
Always something moving.
But here ...
... nothing.
It's like everyone's moved to Mars.
No sign of life at all.
Here is there.
Hey!
Now that's the kind of movement
I like to see.
Alo?
Alo?
Anything?
Try west.
Steed, over there!
By the river.
The smoke.
Here are.
No new money.
Nothing traceable and only
negotiable securities.
- We're limited in weight.
- Limited to a quarter of a ton.
And that ought to be enough money for anyone.
- Yeah, but you can't ...
- Burn it!
Burn it!
Money to burn.
They've being very discriminating,
very thorough.
So it's hardly likely
they take it out on a coach.
Now we know how.
The heliport.
Of course.
Come on!
In there!
Okay.
- You tell them I'm ready.
- Good.
Right. We don't have the score.
But of course we've done.
Disperse and get out of here.
You go home and stay there.
Tina and I ...
... will go straight rear with the loot.
We'll split it. Within three days your shares
will be in your bank accounts in Switzerland.
And you'll be very rich.
And we'll never meet again.
- Right, but you trying to stitch us up.
- Why should he?
There's enough for everyone.
- More than enough.
Right.
Thank you.
We did it.
I promise you.
I thought I told you stay ...
I wouldn't do that.
Excuse me.
Just a little pressure
at the right point.
It must me me up there.
Up away and clear.
Yeah, but you don't worry.
We'll be up there next week.
- Just do as I say!
- Just do as I say!
- Gambit!
- Purdey!
- Great mind.
- Take I like.
Now what we got to do?
Call to proper authoriz.
Tell him to stay outside the sleep perimeter.
- And arrest anything that moves.
They're here now, sir.
- Oh, good.
Make them a suitable welcome, don't you?
I will give them a hero's welcome, sir.
Oh, yes, sir. Absolutely they're heroes
and heroines well welcome.
Welcome.
Well, after all,
Sunday is a day of rest.
Yes.
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