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The Avengers: We Salute Diana Rigg’s First Season as Emma Peel
Emma Peel also switched from the black leather catsuits established by Honor Blackman's Cathy Gale to softer designer tracksuits designed by Pierre Cardin. Diana Rigg in "The Avengers: A Touch of Brimstone", Associated British Productions That first season of The Avengers continues to be hugely influential Chris Claremont directly lifted from the secret society episode "A Touch[...]
The Avengers: Revisiting Cathy Gale, TV’s First Action Heroine
Before Emma Peel, there was Cathy Gale, played by Honor Blackman, who was, in fact, the first action heroine in movies and television Now that the series is available to stream on Prime, you can follow the evolution of the show and see how much it changed. Honor Blackman as Cathy Gale in "The Avengers", ITV The[...]
007 Bond Binge: Goldfinger Sets Up the Good & Bad Classic Bond Tropes
Unfortunately, she is unceremoniously shot and dispatched from the story like to make way for one of the most iconic women in the Bond oeuvre. Honor Blackman as Pussy Galore, pointing a gun at James Bond on board her private jet in Goldfinger. That, of course, would be Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman), who serves as both Goldfinger's[...]
"Doctor Who": Colin Baker on Trial… Again?!? Relax – It's Only to Promote BBC's Season 23 Blu-Ray Boxset
With the Inquisitor (Lynda Bellingham) overseeing the proceedings, it was the Valeyard (Michael Jayston) who proved the greatest threat, hiding his own sinister motives for wanting the Doctor's downfall. Doctor Who: The Collection – Season 23 (The Trial of a Time Lord) includes the following stories from 1986: The Mysterious Planet Mindwarp Terror of the Vervoids The Ultimate Foe Joining Baker[...]