The White Dwarf

"The White Dwarf"
The Avengers episode
Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 21
Directed by	Richmond Harding
Written by	Malcolm Hulke
Produced by	John Bryce
Featured music	Laurie Johnson John Dankworth (theme)
Production code	2-21
Original air date	17 February 1963 (1963-02-17)
Guest actors
George A. Cooper Philip Latham Peter Copley Bill Nagy Daniel Thorndike Constance Chapman Keith Pyott

The White Dwarf is the twenty-first episode of the second series of the 1960s cult British spy-fi television series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Honor Blackman. It originally aired on ABC on 17 February 1963. The episode was directed by Richmond Harding and written by Malcolm Hulke.^[1]

Plot

A leading astronomer predicts that the earth is about to be destroyed. Steed and Cathy investigate a conspiracy to silence him.^[2]

Cast

Patrick Macnee as John Steed
Honor Blackman as Cathy Gale
George A. Cooper as Maxwell Barker
Philip Latham as Professor Cartwright
Peter Copley as Henry Barker
Bill Nagy as Mervin Johnson
Daniel Thorndike as Sir Charles
Constance Chapman as Miss Edwina Tregarth
Keith Pyott as Professor Richter
Paul Anil as Professor Rahim
John Falconer as Butler
Vivienne Drummond as Dr Elizabeth Fuller
George Roubicek as Dr Luke Richter

References

↑ Rogers, Dave (25 April 1983). The Avengers. ITV Books in association with Michael Joseph. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
↑ "The White Dwarf". The Avengers Forever!. Retrieved 18 April 2012.

External links

The Avengers

Characters

Episodes

Series 1	"Hot Snow" "Crescent Moon" "Girl on the Trapeze" "Dance with Death" "The Frighteners"

Series 2	"Mr. Teddy Bear" "Propellant 23" "The Decapod" "Bullseye" "Mission to Montreal" "The Removal Men" "The Mauritius Penny" "Death of a Great Dane" "The Sell Out" "Death on the Rocks" "Traitor in Zebra" "The Big Thinker" "Death Dispatch" "Dead on Course" "Intercrime" "Immortal Clay" "Box of Tricks" "Warlock" "The Golden Eggs" "School for Traitors" "The White Dwarf" "Man in the Mirror" "Conspiracy of Silence" "A Chorus of Frogs" "Six Hands Across a Table" "Killer Whale"

Series 3	"Brief for Murder" "The Undertakers" "Man with Two Shadows" "The Nutshell" "Death of a Batman" "November Five" "The Gilded Cage" "Second Sight" "The Medicine Men" "The Grandeur That Was Rome" "The Golden Fleece" "Don't Look Behind You" "Death a la Carte" "Dressed to Kill" "The White Elephant" "The Little Wonders" "The Wringer" "Mandrake" "The Secrets Broker" "Trojan Horse" "Build a Better Mousetrap" "The Outside-In Man" "The Charmers" "Concerto" "Esprit de Corps" "Lobster Quadrille"

Series 4	"The Town of No Return" "The Gravediggers" "The Cybernauts" "A Surfeit of H2O" "The Hour That Never Was" "A Touch of Brimstone" "What the Butler Saw"

Series 5	"Death's Door"

Category:The Avengers

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