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One of the 22 lost episodes from season one, "One for the Mortuary" was only the second to be scripted by future AVENGERS producer Brian Clemens (following the second entry "Brought to Book"), who would not return to the series until season three. Steed is entrusted to deliver a new secret medical formula to a conference in Geneva but is injured in an attack by murderous Benson (Peter Madden, first of three), so asks David Keel to attend in his absence, the formula concealed in microdot form on the invitation card. Benson kills another courier outside Keel's office (Ronald Wilson, first of two), forcing Steed to follow the unknowing doctor to Switzerland, where Keel is tracking a girl he befriended on the plane ride, finding himself accused of a fatal shooting by the local inspector (Frank Gatliff, first of four). Everyone converges on the taxidermy shop of Bernard Bourg (Toke Townley, first of two), where Benson's employer reveals himself to be Steed's less than trustworthy contact Pallaine (Dennis Edwards, first of two). Only the earliest episodes were prone to globetrotting, keeping close to England in later years, lesser roles played by series veterans Steven Scott (first of four) and Irene Bradshaw (first of three).