The Avengers (TV Series)
The Cybernauts (1965)
Diana Rigg: Emma Peel
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Quotes
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Emma Peel : [bent over dead body] The position of the head. He's been hit from the front and yet there isn't a trace of bruising on the face.
John Steed : Conclusion, honorable lady?
Emma Peel : In-ku.
John Steed : Ink who?
Emma Peel : It's a karate blow. Delivered by an expert, it breaks the neck easier than a hangman's noose.
John Steed : Many in this country, experts?
Emma Peel : Very few. Barely a handful in the whole of Europe.
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John Steed : If I'm not back by eleven-thirty, I've stayed for breakfast.
Emma Peel : You don't eat breakfast.
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John Steed : [Emma is under attack from a Cybernaut] Mrs. Peel, throw me the pen! The pen, throw it me!
[Emma does so; the Cybernaut turns to follow the pen]
John Steed : It's a short wave device, works like a guided missile.
Emma Peel : Well get rid of it then!
John Steed : Don't worry, I will.
[turns corner to find Armstrong and another Cybernaut coming at him]
Dr. Clement Armstrong : That won't help you, Steed, this one has a brain of its own.
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John Steed : [solving crossword puzzle] 'It moves in the dark, it leaves no mark, it's as hard as steel.' Nine down. Now what would that be, Mrs Peel?
Emma Peel : Cybernaut?
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Emma Peel : It's as though we've reached a dead end. Correction: three dead ends.
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Sensai : Please state your business, Mrs. Peel.
Emma Peel : I am interested in Karate.
Sensai : Interest is for the onlooker. From students we require dedication, nightly attendance for practice and demonstration. We never tolerate absentees.
Emma Peel : I appreciate that.
Sensai : Then appreciate too, Mrs. Peel, that Karate, unlike Judo, is not a sport. It is a science, an art, a discipline. The word Karate...
Emma Peel : [interrupting] Means empy hand.
Sensai : But the hands, though empty, can become more deadly than any weapon. It is the combination of force and a development of courage.
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John Steed : As Tusamo might have said, we have a proverb: he who talks too much, forgets his listener.
Emma Peel : Son of Confucius?
John Steed : Steed.
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Emma Peel : I must say, I can't wait to meet Oyama, 'the Tall Mountain'.
John Steed : What's he got that I haven't got?
Emma Peel : A hobby.
John Steed : Archeology, philately, knitting?
Emma Peel : Splitting doors.
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[last lines]
John Steed : [Emma offers Steed a pen after his pencil breaks] I don't hold with those newfangled things.
Emma Peel : Oh!
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Sensai : [refusing Emma into the gym] ... It is difficult for a woman to compete in such company.
Emma Peel : [smiling] It's that the idea of competition appeals to me.
Sensai : Then I'd suggest perhaps... fencing would be more suitable to your purpose.
Emma Peel : I think not, Mister...
Sensai : Here I'm known as Sensai - the Knowledgeable One.
[Claps hands once; a tall blonde in karate outfit appears by the gym's entrance]
Sensai : Oyuka! Ms. Peel is leaving now.
Emma Peel : [after glncing at the blonde, turns round to face Sensei again] What makes Oyuka the exception?
Sensai : Oyuka, the Immovable One, she's a third dan of judo, a first dan of karate. There are few men who could pass her, if she would not want them to.
Emma Peel : And if I could?
Sensai : I shouldn't try it, Baka, the Foolish One. But if you can, you'll be most welcome.
Sensai : [Watches as Emma places her handbag and gloves on the floor, and bows to him with Oyuka; the women exchange holds; Oyuka is in an arm-lock and tries to scratch Emma's right leg; he shouts] Oyuka!
[Emma projects Oyuka to the floor]
Sensai : You attacked her as a woman, but she has the skill of a man... A bad mistake, Oyuka.
[Emma bows to the sensei again, collects her things, and exits]
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Emma Peel : Harachi. They were in the news a few weeks ago. They've developed a new circuit element to replace the transistor. It could revolutionize the electronics industry.
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John Steed : Will the machine supplant man. Or woman, for that matter.
Emma Peel : And will it?
John Steed : Not if I have anything to do with it.
