Tara King (Linda Thorsen) was Steed's brunette partner who followed Mrs.
Peel in the late '60s. Tara drove a Lotus Europa. The blonde was Joanna
Lumley, who was the female partner in The New Avengers of the '70s, along
with a male partner named "Gareth" something (I agree, who cares). I don't
know what the blonde drove, since I only watched a few episodes of The New
Avengers --- enough to see that it wasn't of the same calibre as the
original. BTW....Mrs. Peel wasn't the first Steed sidekick. The series
began about 1961 as sort of a straight detective show. The female lead
then was Honor Blackman, of "Goldfinger" fame. I have videotapes of these
episodes, and they are kind of weird.
Steve Byers
Havelock, NC USA
'73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "OO NINE"
"It is better to remain silent, and be thought a fool
than to speak, and remove all doubt" -- Mark Twain
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> You're absolutely right. Mrs. Peel drove the Elan, while her blonde
> replacement (Tara?) that drove the MGB in The _New_ Avengers. The New
> Avengers had also a male sidekick (who cares?) that drove a Jag XJ-S.
> BTW, I don't think Mrs. Peel's cat suits were leather, but of course I
> was much too involved in the plots to look closely (ahem!). Fortunately,
> Steed's Bentley and Mrs. Peel were rarely in the same shot, so drooling
> could be limited to one object of desire at a time.
>
> David Littlefield
> '62 MGA MkII
> '51 MGTD
> '88 Jaguar XJ-S (new toy, vroom! vroom!)
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