The Avengers (TV Series)

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Station (1967)

Patrick Macnee: John Steed

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Quotes 

• Crewe : This is my station.

  John Steed : Your station?

  Crewe : I bought it. I, well, I'm... I'm negotiating to buy it. Heh. Humble beginnings, but... one day... one day... a main-line station. Kings Cross; Waterloo: a terminus! Yes, that's what I set my heart on.

• Emma Peel : And who's his ladyfriend?

  John Steed : Auntie Maud.

  Emma Peel : Do you know her?

  John Steed : 'Maud', M.A.U.D. 'Microfilm And Unencyphered Documents', army issue pouch.

• Ticket Collector : Ah, Mr. Steed.

  John Steed : Ah, Ticket Inspector.

  Ticket Collector : I had you brought here to witness the final phase.

  John Steed : That's very decent of you.

  Ticket Collector : It's for me really. Verging on megalomania, you might say. But eh, a coup is not a coup without someone to see.

  John Steed : Well I'm afraid I shan't be able to applaud.

  [Steed is handcuffed to a pipe hanging from the ceiling] 

  Ticket Collector : The look in your eyes will be enough.

• Ticket Collector : Another five miles, Mr. Steed, and then...

  John Steed : Pop goes the diesel?

  Ticket Collector : Very droll!

• Ticket Collector : I am about to kill your Prime Minister.

  John Steed : Oh? How do you know which way I voted?