#steed & mrs peel

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Wow, I don't remember ever seeing this one. Beautiful.

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The X-Files Inspiration: The Avengers's Mr. Steed and Mrs. Peel

Found this while hunting up quotes for my "CC Planned MSR From the Beginning" miniseries.

CC's First Interview While Advertising the Pilot:

“David and Gillian are very bright,” Carter said. “They truly are the characters. Their relationship is cerebral and subtly sexy. Fox and Dana remind me of John Steed and Emma Peel in ‘The Avengers.’ ”

So, who were John Steed and Emma Peel?

JOHN STEED

During the first season Steed's character was a more rough-and-tumble operative than the suave, sophisticated gentleman he became during the Gale and Peel eras. His most common style of dress as Dr. Keel's sidekick was a trenchcoat and suit.... (Note: By the second season, Steed had dispensed with the trenchcoat and was found wearing the familiar three-piece suits with which he is afterward identified.)

Out of all his partners, he was closest to Mrs Peel; while their interaction was often laced with dry, sardonic wit on both sides, he respected her as an equal, and owed her his life on more than a few occasions.

-Wikipedia

EMMA PEEL

Regarded as a 1960s fashion icon and sex symbol, the character is often remembered for the leather catsuit sometimes worn by [Diana] Rigg in her early episodes.

Peel is a strong heroine; she is rarely defeated in fights and is capable of rescuing Steed if he is in trouble. She is a master of martial arts and a formidable fencer. A certified genius, she specialises in chemistry and other sciences.

-Wikipedia

AND WHAT WAS THEIR DYNAMIC?

As described by Wikipedia (and this article):

Peel's verbal interactions with Steed range from witty banter to thinly disguised innuendo. Regarding the constant question of whether they had a sexual relationship at any time, Patrick Macnee thought the characters went to bed on a very regular basis (just not in view of the camera). However, Rigg thought they were most likely engaging in an enjoyable extended flirtation that ultimately went nowhere. Writer/producer Brian Clemens said he wrote them with the idea that they had an affair before Emma's first appearance in the series,[6] and they certainly appear to already know each other very well when Emma is first introduced.

Further:

But most of all I love the relationship between Steed and Emma. While they clearly adore one another, they also treat each other with great respect. Theirs is "one of those glorious, deeply intimate flirtations that spin off into infinity," to use Diana Rigg's [Emma Peel] words.

In other words: the eternal "will they, won't they?"

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Steed and Mrs Peel by Joe Corroney

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john steed and emma peel, smashing misogyny since 1965

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https://x.com/westminstermews/status/1838896641643819077?s=19

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Steed & Peel 🍵🌂💙

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One Dress a Day Challenge

Anything Goes December

The Avengers (season 5) / Diana Rigg as Emma Peel

With all the costumes I've featured from this show, somehow I've never made an entry for Emma's most famous look, the catsuit. This is partly because I could never choose just one! So I'm devoting this post to a montage of all her catsuits from season 5, her color season. They show quite a range of colors, trim, and styles. Photos borrowed from The Avengers Fashion Guide, an indispensible resource for any fan.

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Mrs. Peel, we're needed.

John Steed to Emma Peel in The Avengers

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"Mrs Peel, we're needed

Judge Dredd Mega Special #6: Kinky Boots

by Robbie Morrison; Paul Grist and Tom Frame

Fleetway

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Dame Diana Rigg, Mrs Peel in the 60's tv show The Avengers...

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"We're secret agents and co-workers so we often go to the beach in sexy clothes and climb each other because reasons."

Steed and Emma probably

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Francesco Francavilla

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In Memoriam: Comics Writer and Editor Richard Ashford

Richard Ashford, who has died at the age of 70, was one of the unsung heroes of the British comics industry. Alan Woollcombe pays tribute

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Now watching:

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The covers for "Steed and Mrs Peel", the three part miniseries by Grant Morrison and Ian Gibson from 1992.

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One Dress a Day Challenge

February: Coeli's Monochrome Picks

The Avengers (s4 e21, "A Touch of Brimstone") / Diana Rigg as Mrs. Emma Peel as the "Queen of Sin"

Fittingly for Leap Day, this costume is the odd one out in this month's group: it's the only one from the 1960s and also the only one from television rather than a movie. The costume, supposedly designed by Diana Rigg herself, was considered a bit too spicy for American TV--well, that plus the situation she finds herself in, which is infiltrating a club of thinly disguised S&M enthusiasts.