The Big Thinker

12th episode of the 2nd season of The Avengers

"The Big Thinker"

The Avengers episode

Episode no.

Season 2
Episode 12

Directed by

Kim Mills

Written by

Martin Woodhouse

Featured music

John Dankworth (theme)

Production code

3514^[1]

Original air date

15 December 1962 (1962-12-15)

Guest appearances

Antony Booth
Walter Hudd
David Garth
Tenniel Evans
Allan McClelland

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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

References

^ Johnson, Piers. "The Big Thinker". The Avengers. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
^ Rogers, Dave (25 April 1983). The Avengers. ITV Books in association with Michael Joseph. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
^ "The Big Thinker". The Avengers Forever!. Retrieved 28 April 2012.

External links

"The Big Thinker" at IMDb
Episode overview on The Avengers Forever! website

The Avengers

Characters

John Steed
Cathy Gale
Emma Peel
Tara King
Mike Gambit
Purdey
Mother

Episodes

Series 1	"Hot Snow" "Crescent Moon" "Girl on the Trapeze" "Dance with Death" "The Frighteners" "Tunnel of Fear"
Series 2	"Mr. Teddy Bear" "Propellant 23" "The Decapod" "Bullseye" "Mission to Montreal" "The Removal Men" "The Mauritius Penny" "Death of a Great Dane" "The Sell Out" "Death on the Rocks" "Traitor in Zebra" "The Big Thinker" "Death Dispatch" "Dead on Course" "Intercrime" "Immortal Clay" "Box of Tricks" "Warlock" "The Golden Eggs" "School for Traitors" "The White Dwarf" "Man in the Mirror" "Conspiracy of Silence" "A Chorus of Frogs" "Six Hands Across a Table" "Killer Whale"
Series 3	"Brief for Murder" "The Undertakers" "Man with Two Shadows" "The Nutshell" "Death of a Batman" "November Five" "The Gilded Cage" "Second Sight" "The Medicine Men" "The Grandeur That Was Rome" "The Golden Fleece" "Don't Look Behind You" "Death a la Carte" "Dressed to Kill" "The White Elephant" "The Little Wonders" "The Wringer" "Mandrake" "The Secrets Broker" "Trojan Horse" "Build a Better Mousetrap" "The Outside-In Man" "The Charmers" "Concerto" "Esprit de Corps" "Lobster Quadrille"
Series 4	"The Town of No Return" "The Gravediggers" "The Cybernauts" "A Surfeit of H₂O" "The Hour That Never Was" "A Touch of Brimstone" "What the Butler Saw"
Series 5	"From Venus with Love" "The Fear Merchants" "Escape in Time" "The See-Through Man" "The Bird Who Knew Too Much" "The Winged Avenger" "The Living Dead" "The Hidden Tiger" "The Correct Way to Kill" "The Superlative Seven" "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Station" "Death's Door"
Series 6	"The Forget-Me-Knot" "Have Guns — Will Haggle" "The Morning After"