A missing scientist suddenly turn up at his home and attacks his Chinese wife. He seems to have been in a North Korean prison camp and is barely able to remember anything except the number 621. He is abducted again by a Chinese Laundry before he can be questioned further.
His old colleague Dr Cullen says Wadkin is a traitor but then he also vanishes in the night from his hotel, so Mrs Peel gets a job as a receptionist and Steed poses as M. Gourmet to infiltrate the hotel, run by the crass Max Chessman - who is obsessed with chess).
A more familiar kind of Avengers story, with an eccentric villain with bizarre plans. A prison camp in a hotel can't be anymore bizarre - loved the idea of an illusion of a normal room which isn't normal. Steed poses as a gourmet expert and Mrs Peel, much to her dismay, is a receptionist in the hotel. Intriguing enough but not too standout. Still diverting enough.
His old colleague Dr Cullen says Wadkin is a traitor but then he also vanishes in the night from his hotel, so Mrs Peel gets a job as a receptionist and Steed poses as M. Gourmet to infiltrate the hotel, run by the crass Max Chessman - who is obsessed with chess).
A more familiar kind of Avengers story, with an eccentric villain with bizarre plans. A prison camp in a hotel can't be anymore bizarre - loved the idea of an illusion of a normal room which isn't normal. Steed poses as a gourmet expert and Mrs Peel, much to her dismay, is a receptionist in the hotel. Intriguing enough but not too standout. Still diverting enough.