The Positive Negative Man

Episode aired Jan 17, 1968
TV-G
51m

IMDb RATING

7.9/10

336

YOUR RATING

Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg in The Avengers (1961)

Action Comedy Crime Drama Mystery Romance Sci-Fi Thriller

A scientist is killed by being hurled very hard at, and embedded into, a wall. This is the latest death of a person engaged in the government's Project 90, whose documents can also not be fo... Read allA scientist is killed by being hurled very hard at, and embedded into, a wall. This is the latest death of a person engaged in the government's Project 90, whose documents can also not be found. When the Avengers investigate they discover a bizarre means of murder whereby the kil... Read allA scientist is killed by being hurled very hard at, and embedded into, a wall. This is the latest death of a person engaged in the government's Project 90, whose documents can also not be found. When the Avengers investigate they discover a bizarre means of murder whereby the killer can carry an electrical charge to the victim without being electrocuted themselves.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

7.9/10

336

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
"Risely Dale" as a name is markedly close to "Risley" which was at the time a secure site and Centre of British Nuclear Fuels Ltd.

Goofs
Mrs Peel parks her car at the Risleydale at an angle just off the edge of the bitumen. A distant shot later on shows the car parked parallel to the bitumen but some distance from the edge. When the blue van departs after Mrs Peel has been electrocuted, her car is parked half-on, half-off the bitumen.

Quotes
John Steed: [Steed is magnetically attached to his car, Emma tries to help and becomes attached to him] Don't fight it, Mrs. Peel. We're inseparable.

Connections
Featured in Fan des années 70: 1971 (2012)

User reviews8

Featured review

6/10

The Positive-Negative Man

Steed and Mrs Peel investigate when several scientists who had worked on a top-secret project are murdered.

This is definitely the weakest episode of Season 5 so far. The plot seems a lot like The See-Through Man, but not as good. Unmemorable characters, an unmemorable villain and sub-par writing do this one in. Caroline Blakiston is good as the "top-hush" ministry secretary.

Diana Rigg does get some good lines though, such as "It was a corny situation calling for corny measures".