The Big Thinker Explained

Series:	The Avengers
Season:	2
Episode:	12
Production:	3514^[1]
Director:	Kim Mills
Music:	John Dankworth (theme)
Guests:	Antony Booth Walter Hudd David Garth Tenniel Evans Allan McClelland
Episode List:	List of The Avengers episodes
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"The Big Thinker" is the twelfth episode of the second series of the 1960s cult British spy-fi television series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Honor Blackman. It was first broadcast by ABC on 15 December 1962. The episode was directed by Kim Mills and written by Martin Woodhouse.^[2]

Plot

A new cryogenic missile defence system computer, Plato, springs a deadly leak. Sabotage? Murder? Steed investigates while Cathy plays cards with sharks.^[3]

Cast

• Patrick Macnee as John Steed
• Honor Blackman as Cathy Gale
• Antony Booth as Dr. James Kearns
• Walter Hudd as Dr. Clemens
• David Garth as Dr. Farrow
• Tenniel Evans as Dr. Hurst
• Allan McClelland as Nicky Broster
• Penelope Lee as Clarissa
• Marina Martin as Janet Lingfield
• Ray Browne as Blakelock
• Clive Baxter as Nino

External links

• • Episode overview on The Avengers Forever! website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Johnson . Piers . The Big Thinker . The Avengers . 10 June 2022.
2. Book: Rogers, Dave. The Avengers. 10 April 2012. 25 April 1983. ITV Books in association with Michael Joseph.
3. Web site: The Big Thinker. The Avengers Forever!. 28 April 2012.