Tara King is a fictional character of British

United Kingdom

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 1960s adventure television

Television

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 series The Avengers

The Avengers (TV series)

The Avengers is a spy-fi British television series set in the 1960s Britain. The Avengers initially focused on Dr. David Keel and his assistant John Steed . Hendry left after the first series and Steed became the main character, partnered with a succession of assistants...

, played by canadian actress Linda Thorson

Linda Thorson

Linda Thorson is a Canadian actress, most famous for her work as Tara King in The Avengers.-Personal life:...

. Sixth partner of agent John Steed

John Steed

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 (and fourth female partner), she appeared in season 6 (in color) of the series (1968

1968 in television

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-1969

1969 in television

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), playing 33 episodes. She is Emma Peel

Emma Peel

Emma Peel was a fictional spy played by Diana Rigg in the British 1960s adventure television series The Avengers. She was born Emma Knight, the daughter of an industrialist, Sir John Knight.-Casting:...

 successor. She is also the first John Steed's partner to be a real spy

SPY

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Arrival

Unlike others Steed's partners. We know few things about her. She went early to Intelligence service and enlisted as trainee under the number 69 (obvious sexual connotation !). Her first contact with the bowler hat agent is described in the first season 6 episode : The Forget-me-Knot. Spectacular meeting : thinking Steed is the "enemy" of her training, she pounces on him before to realize she committed a mistake. Shortly after, she makes Steed's acquaintance. During their talk, we learn John Steed is considered as an idol by all spies, Tara included. Anyway, she helps him to resolve the episode's investigation.

Episode ending : Emma Peel leaves Steed and her life of "talented amateur" to go back to her husband, Peter Peel, miraculously found again in amazonian wood, two years after the crash of his plane. So Steed needs a new partner : he phones for that to his boss Mother

Mother (The Avengers)

"Mother" is a fictional character in British TV series The Avengers. "Mother" is a codename. In the series the incumbent in the role is a wheelchair using male British government official. He made his debut in The Forget-Me-Knot, which was Emma Peel's final episode and Tara King's first. In...

, saying he "knows his tastes". Mother appointed Tara King to replace Emma. Tara comes to Steed's flat just in time to meet Emma (she never met her before) who will tell her only a piece of advice : how to stir Steed's teacup (anticlockwise). This scene, where Emma passes the torch to Tara is without doubt the best-known sequence of the series. She finally arrives at Steed's and although he is saddened by Emma's departure, he is delighted to see his new partner.