I mean, it’s nice stuff, but it’s no Meudon and Heim.

Sad I couldn’t make it, but definitely agree on how great Tara is! My introduction to The Avengers.

I would not have expected to say “crone” first, but, obviously.
(Should’ve remembered I fancied Connery more in The Avengers movie than as Bond)

…by the end of the second movie gets promoted with a
“Congratulations, Bond. You are now 007.”

Though TBH I’d probably just have Bond mid-mission and dump the whole backstory, but if you want to explain a new Bond, may as well make it an exciting feature, not a hand-wring.

To extremely topical, the non sequitur
“The New Rule owes nothing to what has gone before—the basis of our movement is a return to the traditions that have made this country great!”
mix of past glory and fake anti-establishment exactly that of modern fascists Trump and Brexiters.

“To have a stamp like that offered on a list is like seeing a Leonardo da Vinci advertised for sale on your local newsagent’s board.”
“You’d be surprised at the artwork my newsagent sells.”

The politics ranges from subtext (the organ playing The Great White Host)…

Their script is very proto-Doctor Who – Robot
But also a sign of things to come for Upstairs Downstairs, Public Eye, H2G2 and above all The Avengers itself, as the plots get bigger, more startling, yet much funnier, too.

Here, the fascist plotters behind stamp-collecting:

Splendid portrait!
Very fond of The Adventures of Robin Hood and several more, but it has to be Casablanca
(You’re shocked, shocked etc)