646f9e108c When an agent in diving gear is found dead in a Scottish loch yet substantially taller than he was whilst he was alive Steed and Mrs. Peel visit a remote castle owned by the feuding De'ath cousins, Ian and Angus, to investigate the sinister goings-on.
The late John Lucarotti was another writer left over from the video-taped shows; like Malcolm Hulke, he only made a single contribution to the Peel Era. 'Castle De'ath' marks a rare excursion for Steed and Mrs.Peel to Scotland. It is set in a creepy castle. As bagpipes wail a ghostly lament ( the place is reputedly haunted by the spectre of 'Black Jamie' ), we see a man in a dungeon tortured on the rack. Some time later, his elongated corpse is found in a loch. Suspicion falls on 'Ian' ( Gordon Jackson ) and 'Angus' ( Robert Urquart ) of the clan De'ath. Emma goes there posinga historian. Also present is Steed - posing'Jock McSteed' - ostensibly collating the brothers' library. He notices a tendency for objects to shake from time to time. Prowling around the dungeon, Emma is examining an 'Iron Maiden' when she is attacked. So what is going on here? <br/><br/>This marvellously atmospheric episode was directed by James Hill, fresh from 'Born Free'. He achieves a convincing Scottish atmosphere even though the whole thing was filmed on location in Kent. It is given a boost by the casting of Jackson and Urquartbrothers out to wreck the British fishing industry by using submarines - hidden in a pen under the castle - to scare the fish into deeper waters with the means of ultrasonics. In true 'Scooby Doo' fashion, the legend of 'Black Jamie' is just there to scare nosey parkers away.<br/><br/>Every cliché you might expect in a story like this is present. Steed at one point even attempts a Highland fling! Some might complain about the stereotyping of the Scottish people but that was all part of the Avengers' charm. If they had done a story set in Wales, they doubtless would have had women in national costume playing harps and singing, blackened coal miners.<br/><br/>It all ends with a rousing climax in which Steed, brandishing a claymore, leaps onto a dining table to do battle with Ian. Great stuff.
The Avengers in Scotland! The action takes place in an old Scottish castle complete with torture room and ghost. Considering all this the ideas are a bit below expectations. John and Emma don't have enough dialogue together and a lot of time is wasted with unnecessary long scenes. For example the intro before the episodes title is a plain waste of time with an unconvincing twist in the end. As is the dance routine of Steed without reason for the plot. Not that this would be a reason to complain, it just is not enough fun. It looksif it had been shot at a real castle. If so it had not been taken enough advantage of. The whole MacGuffin (how fitting that this invention by Alfred Hitchcock has a Scottish name) is maybe the weakest in the monochrome season with Diana Rigg. And that means something since some of them border on the ridiculous. But for such nonsense there is not enough happening and too much talk.


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