The Avengers (TV Series)

The Nutshell (1963)

Patrick Macnee: John Steed

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• John Steed : What's happened?

  Laura : Something we thought never could. Disco is waiting to give you the details himself.

  John Steed : Disco, what's he doing here?

  Catherine Gale : Who's Disco?

  Laura : Director of Intelligence, Security and Combined Operations.

  John Steed : The man we never meet...

• Catherine Gale : [taking an elevator down inside a top secret building]  What's at the bottom of here?

  John Steed : Nutshell: Thermonuclear Underground Target Zone Shelter. The siege of government for World War Three.

  Catherine Gale : This is where everyone hides when the push comes?

  John Steed : No, not everyone, I'm afraid, only the top people. The deeper you go, the safer it gets. The bottom floor's reserved for the best people, the civil servants get off at the, heh, 43rd floor.

• Catherine Gale : [Steed has been imprisoned and is denied food]  How are you, Steed?

  John Steed : I'm losing weight.