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Simon Templar meets his match in the shape of Roger Delgado, as Peruvian police chief Captain Rodriguez in The Saint: Locate and Destroy (5.12, ITC, 1966)
#fave spotting#roger delgado#the master#delgado!master#the saint#locate and destroy#itc#1966#classic doctor who#most policeman characters in the saint fall into one of two archetypes: they're either competent but deeply suspicious of Simon by#reputation‚ if not downright vindictive‚ or they're bungling fools who Simon gives the run around and generally makes idiots of#the longest serving of course being Ivor Dean's Chief Inspector Teal‚ who sort of bridges between the types (he's generally good at his job#but his grudge for Simon clouds his judgement and often leads to embarrassment)#Roger actually gets to play a fairly different type of cop: he's both clearly a good‚ honest man but bears Simon no real ill will and#actually gently nudges him in the right direction. i mean it helps that the villain of the story is a nazi war criminal (even Teal would#side with Simon for that i suspect) but it is a nicely gentle performance compared to many of the other guest cops. unable to act himself#because of the power wealth and influence of the villain‚ you can tell Roger really wants Simon to succeed; indeed‚ even after finding him#in a highly compromising position after a gunfight‚ the captain gives Simon a whole day before he has to leave the country#also it's worth noting that this guest spot is like.. universally better than Roger's previous episode (the dreaded 1.10 The Golden Journey#aka The Episode We Don't Talk About)
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