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Mission to Montreal

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"Mission to Montreal"
The Avengers episode
Episode no.Season 2
Episode 5
Directed byDon Leaver
Written byLester Powell
Featured musicJohn Dankworth (theme)
Production code3500[1]
Original air date27 October 1962 (1962-10-27)
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"Mission to Montreal" is the fifth episode of the second series of the 1960s cult British spy-fi television series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee. It was first broadcast by ABC on 27 October 1962. The episode was directed by Don Leaver and written by Lester Powell.[2]

Plot

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Steed and Dr. King are assigned a mission to recover a microfilm containing the stolen plans of a missile early warning system. Shipboard, they meet knives and a drunken film star.[3]

Cast

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Story Notes

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Mission to Montreal is introduces Dr. Martin King (Jon Rolloason), a thinly disguised reworked character of Dr. David Keel, marking the first of three appearances in the series. The other Keel episodes held over and rewritten for series 2 are The Sell-Out and Dead on Course.

References

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  1. ^ Johnson, Piers. "Mission to Montreal". The Avengers. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  2. ^ Rogers, Dave (25 April 1983). The Avengers. ITV Books in association with Michael Joseph. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  3. ^ "Mission to Montreal". The Avengers Forever!. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
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