The Avengers Dossier

Les auteurs du livre The Avengers Dossier que j'avais contactés avant les vacances m'ont répondu :

Hello.

Sorry for the delay getting back to you. I have asked my co-writer Keith
Topping to help with my response to your queries, and I note our answers
below.

>When and how did you discover The Avengers ?
KT: As a television show, in the early 1970s during a repeat run of the
Diana Rigg episodes on my local ITV station. However, I'd been aware of the
show as early as Christmas 1969 when the was an Avengers comic strip in that
year's TV-21 annual!

>What are your favourite season and episodes ?
KT: The Diana Rigg colour episodes. Because... well, they're the Diana Rigg
colour episodes, basically!

>Why did you write a book ?
MD: We thought it would be fun. For some reason the publisher agreed!

>Why was The Avengers Programme Guide not published in the United
>Kingdom ?
MD: A potential legal problem meant that the book had to be withdrawn. It
was never officially published anywhere in the world. (The Dossier - a
revised version of the Programme Guide - was later published.)

>How would you describe your book ?
KT: A right riveting read!

>What can a fan find only in your book ?
KT: It's written in the spirit of the average fan's reasons for actually
watching an episode of the Avengers.

>Why is The Avengers still popular nowadays ?
KT: Some things are ephemeral, but class is permanent.

Best wishes

Martin

Nice interview Denis !

Good job !
I read the book and he's very interesting !

denis a écrit:
>Why was The Avengers Programme Guide not published in the United
>Kingdom ?
MD: A potential legal problem meant that the book had to be withdrawn. It
was never officially published anywhere in the world. (The Dossier - a
revised version of the Programme Guide - was later published.)

It was published, for a very short time anyway, maybe just a day or two, because I bought one at virgin And here it is -

Thanks, The Avengerholic !
By the way, if you have any other questions, please write them in this topic, we will contact the authors of the book quite soon again.

The Avengers Dossier is a great fun read. Sometimes the other books can be a bit... dry, but this is often quite funny at times.

There are some inaccuracies though - it's not perfect.

Je viens de me rendre compte que je n'avais pas traduit l'interview pour le site. A la rentrée...

The interview will be translated into French for the site very shortly.

En ligne :

http://www.theavengers.fr/supplement/interviews/auteurs/day_topping.htm

Bravo d'avoir trouvé une photo de Keith Topping !