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darren · Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2013 12:27 pm Post subject: 3.16 - The Medicine Men

Written by Malcolm Hulke

Directed by Kim Mills

Production completed: 8 November 1963

Rhonda · Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2018 3:21 am Post subject:

6 for me. They certainly get some difficult cases to solve which requires a lot of deduction and its quite enjoyable.
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Allard · Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2022 3:37 am Post subject:

Starts out as a bit of on odd one, Steed explaining the fake merchandise thing, more like a series two episode with a weak plot.

But it really picks up, a good henchmen (*woman), Steeds ridiculous Icelandic persona, some good Steed and Cathy action and a quite serious plot by the bad guys to poison an entire population.

Not a bad episode on closer inspection.

mousemeat · Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2022 8:02 am Post subject:

Frankymole · Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2022 8:31 pm Post subject:

Not one of the best, but not terrible. The villains are a bit lacklustre, except the remarkable Peter Barkworth but he doesn't appear to be a villain until his final scene. The sets are okay but pale in comparison to the remarkable multi-level ones from Second Sight shown the week before. And Kim Mills is no Peter Hammond, all the mirrors have disappeared, though he does attempt two moving shots from behind bits of the set and through glass.

Piers' site says "11:07 - Honor Blackman chucks her towel away when she enters the shower, and the mid shot when she’s in there is a bit low, and her right nipple is inadvertently shown on screen."

However Honor Blackman would not have been topless in front of the entire studio crew. It's now clear that it is not her nipple that's on screen - with the increased field of view showing the overscan area (via the Optimum DVDs) you can see that both Cathy's bosoms are covered by a strapless bra of some kind, probably the same kind of flesh-coloured bikini top as used in The Decapod's opening shower scene. There's just a bit of shadow of the sharp edge of her bra/top.
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dissolute · Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2022 2:39 am Post subject:

Quite right, I will amend. The print I made this comment from was not so clear.
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Frankymole · Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2022 7:12 am Post subject:

mousemeat · Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2022 3:20 pm Post subject:

Frankymole · Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2022 3:40 pm Post subject:

I love how Honor goes into the shower then has to let it spray on her chin but not get on her hair, and Kim Mills makes her hold that daft pose for absolutely ages until it looks like she actually starts laughing for real.
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