Aug 23, 2019
The New Avengers: The Last Of The Cybernauts...?? (1.3, ITV, 1976)
"You see, Professor, I like you. I trust you. I delight in you, I beam on you. Malov!"
"Sir!"
"I am wearing my beaming face?"
"Indeed, Sir."
"Good. Good! I know it is only a mask, Professor, but look deep into my eyes. Do you not see a twinkle? A twinkle of anticipation... yes. Yes!"
#the new avengers#The last of the cybernauts#The last of the cybernauts...??#Itv#classic tv#1976#patrick macnee#joanna lumley#gareth hunt#Robert lang#Oscar quitak#Basil hoskins#Gwen Taylor#Robert Gillespie#David horovitch#Sally bazely#Pearl hackney#Davina Taylor#Eric carte#Rocky taylor#sidney hayers#brian clemens#Oh it's been years since I've seen this. Years and years. But when i was very small it was one of the only tna episodes i owned on vhs#With Sleeper i think so they both got watched many times and seeped into my dna. I didn't remember Robert Lang being in it but then way#Back then i probably wasn't really aware of him. Considering his face is hidden for almost the entire episode he has to do a lot of work#With his voice but it works: his Kane is truly unbalanced a wonderfully deranged villain who floats between fury and gratitude. A worthy#Successor to Gough and Cushing. Everyone is very good actually including lovely Oscar Quitak (whose defence of working for a maniac is#Quite simply 'he pays well'). The Cybernauts themselves aren't quite as iconic looking as the 60s ones but a human cyborg hybrid was the#Logical next step. If only they hadn't dressed robot Kane in so painfully 70s a costume. This was a fun experience from network with all#The vintage ads as extra and the episode looks amazing. Fingers crossed for a full series remaster. It's well overdue.
