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darren · Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2013 12:29 pm Post subject: 3.17 - The White Elephant

Written by John Lucarotti

Directed by Laurence Bourne

Production completed: 22 November 1963

Ian Wegg · Have Fingers... Will Type! Joined: 15 Sep 2011 Posts: 413

Not much to say about this. Started well but ran out of steam well before the end.

5/10

Rhonda · Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2018 3:23 am Post subject:

8 for me. I like this one and I like going to the zoo.
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Lee · Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2020 11:31 pm Post subject:

This was the third in my marathon watching evening, again chosen because I didn't remember a lot about it so decided to give it a spin.

I wonder what the budget was for this episode? To have all those animals present for most of the filming must have dented it. However, all those animals made me wonder about the steps taken in welfare for filming. I seem to recall in one of Dave Rogers books he talks about how one of the animals died in the studio filming this episode, and I must admit, watching the end sequence where loud gun shot bangs are going off and the shock / distress the animals are demonstrating, I began to feel a little uncomfortable.

Our two heroes are on superb form. Honour really is amazing and underrated in the series. She is so believable, and I began to wonder what Town of no Return would have been like with Mrs Gale visiting Little Bazely by the Sea. An interesting speculation thread for else where. All the guest cast put in a good performance, but I wasn't quite sure how the professor suddenly turning up fitted in - but it is possible I nodded off briefly .....

Again, I'm not sure how Steed make the link with the company from which he bought the gun, then suddenly at a place selling chains. Perhaps I didn't pay as much attention as I thought.

A solid 7 from me - with a note to watch it again with my full attention!!
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Rhonda · Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2022 10:58 am Post subject:

Possibly the episode with the most animals to be seen in the background. It was a pity that one of the birds died of shock from a gunshot though. I still liked this one after watching it recently and I liked the character of snowy's keeper who was genuinely upset at him/her being lost.
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Last Watched : A Chorus Of Frogs