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jaz · Have Fingers... Will Type! Joined: 23 Sep 2008 Posts: 394

The Avengers - series 6 special features

• Exclusive audio commentary on Split! with director Roy Ward Baker and scriptwriter/producer Brian Clemens
• Exclusive audio commentary on Love All with scriptwriter Jeremy Burnham and guest star Veronica Strong
• Exclusive audio commentary on Killer with guest star Jennifer Croxton
• Exclusive audio commentary on The Morning After with director John Hough
• Exclusive audio commentary on Game with director Robert Fuest
• Exclusive audio commentary on Noon Doomsday with Linda Thorson stunt double Cyd Child
• Filmed introduction by Linda Thorson for the episodes The Interrogators, Love All, Take Me To Your Leader, Thingumajig, Requiem and Pandora
• Introducing Linda Thorson promotional trailer
• Girl About Town promotional trailer
• American shooting gallery opening credits on Split!
• American end credits for Invasion of The Earthmen
• Variant end credits for The Forget-Me-Knot
•Filmed introduction by director Cyril Frankel for Whoever Shot Poor George Oblique Stroke XR40
• Artists test footage to find the replacement for Diana Rigg.
Featuring Lyn Ashley, Diane Clare, Susan Engel, Jane Murdoch, Valerie Van Ost, Toby Robins, Susan Travers and Wanda Ventham. Also featuring James Maxwell and Moray Watson in the role of Steed.
• Episode reconstructions for series 1 scripts The Springers, The Yellow Needle, The Far-Distant Dead and The Deadly Air
• UK animated bumper
• Granada + points for The Forget-Me-Knot
• Textless extended closing credits
• German opening and closing credits
• Insert reprint of series 6 promotional brochure
• Stills galleries
• PDF material
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Dandy Forsdyke · Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 5:30 am Post subject:

oneknightsteed · Little Wonder Joined: 03 Jun 2010 Posts: 168

Thanks, Jaz! The test footage to replace Diana, with all those actresses, seems like quite a treat!
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norw27 · Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 5:56 am Post subject:

Wow! Excellent features, really looking forward to this set. Shame there's no new interview with Linda but I think there's definitely more than enough to compensate, excellent work!

Dandy Forsdyke · Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 6:39 am Post subject:

But-but-but "James Maxwell and Moray Watson in the role of Steed"!

Was this for screen test purposes, so that these actress had someone to bounce off, and Pat unavailable?

Patrick wasn't leaving with Diana at one point was he?

Quick google says James Maxwell was in The Superlative Seven as Jason Wade and The Outside-In Man as Mark Charter

Moray Watson was in The Danger Makers as Peters
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jaz · Have Fingers... Will Type! Joined: 23 Sep 2008 Posts: 394

Darren · Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 7:21 am Post subject:

Fantastic, I was really hoping for a commentary with either John Hough or Robert Fuest, brilliant to get both. I bet that Jeremy Burnham has got some great stories (if he's got a good memory with his perspective of writer and actor), wonderful to include Veronica Strong (who was also in Burnham's Children of the Stones).

Saddened that Linda Thorson isn't taking part in anything new. But the test footage will be fascinating.

Timeless A-Peel · Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 10:15 am Post subject:

Dandy Forsdyke · Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 10:28 am Post subject:

The Wanda Ventham test will be interesting to watch. We know her best from UFO and she was also Nurse Spray in The Gravediggers.

Her son Bendedict Cumberpatch is currently in BBC's brilliant Sherlock.
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Mr S · Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 10:50 am Post subject:

Question for Jaz....were Linda's filmed introductions used as Granada Plus Points for the Tara episodes? I seem to remember that the Tara series had Pluspoints as well as series 5.

Darren · Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 12:54 pm Post subject:

Timeless A-Peel · Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2010 5:22 am Post subject:

Dandy Forsdyke · Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2010 8:03 am Post subject:

Yep, he hosted Have I Got News For You last night.
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davidf · Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2010 9:40 am Post subject:

Sounds excellent ! I remember a variant opening credit which was a shortened version of the armors credits, I have I think this one on VHS, let me know if this could interest you.

Just to be sure, do SPLIT features both the opening target credit and the end credits with the cards ?

Also, do Knot retains the original alternate end credit as well as alternate opening credits (with different footage montage of the original opening including alternate shots).

I mean are they like they are on the old DVDs ? Just checking Smile

Timeless A-Peel · Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2010 2:30 pm Post subject:

Sam · Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 5:29 pm Post subject:

I remember, as a child, watching the first batch of Tara's (in re-runs) with the "Target" opening and closing credits. Was this how they were originally released, or were they modified for their US showings? I think each episode should feature whatever opening and closing titles it originally had, unless those prints no longer exist.

Darren · Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 5:56 am Post subject:

davidf · Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 8:51 pm Post subject:

France had a mix of shooting targets and armors credits.

I believe french didn't understand the difference, so the prints with the targets were cut and dupes of the armor credits stick in instead on some of them when they originally aired.

paulpdjh · Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 10:18 pm Post subject:

supersimon · Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 8:43 am Post subject: Disappointed

Disappointed that Linda has not participated in the DVD release, surely she could have done 1 or 2 commentaries. Was she approached? Did she turn it down? Does anyone know?