Written by Tony Williamson | Directed by Don Sharp

"Sharron Macready, one of the Champions. Possessing with Craig Stirling and Richard Barrett, incredible powers. Survivors of an air crash in the mountains of Tibet where they met a people of an unknown civilisation who mended their bodies and endowed them with fantastic qualities and skills. Qualities and skills both physical and mental to the peak of human performance. Now Sharron, on a visit to a vineyard, takes a sip of wine and a sense of taste the palate of an expert. Another of the gifts that were bestowed upon them. Gifts that are a secret to be closely guarded. A secret that enables them to use their powers to their best advantage as Champions of law, order and justice. Operators of the international agency of Nemesis."

To investigate the deaths and disappearance of some top scientists who recently have been working for a secret government project, Richard poses as a computer guidance expert and is hired to join the supposedly British government "Project Zero" whose goal is the creation of a fission gun. Voss, the director of the project, wants to use the fission gun as an offensive weapon rather than the defensive weapon the innocent hired scientists have designed it for. Voss and Miss Davies become suspicious of Richard soon after he arrives and interrogate him. Tremayne knowing that Richard is in trouble sends Sharron and Craig to be hired as scientists like, Richard did, in order to find out what Project Zero is all about.

This episode is one of the best in the series. A top-notch story, excellent script, direction and acting make it a very enjoyable episode. The pre-title sequences start the episode off brilliantly, a frantic scientist is running down the deserted streets of a small village in Scotland, no-one is around so he runs into the nearest store pleading with the man behind the counter for a phone so he can call London. He picks up the reciever and finds that the phone is out of order, the postmaster then pulls out a silenced-pistol, takes aim, and fires a few rounds into the scientist. From this point on we know we're in for a dramatic, suspenseful episode. Later on in the episode, Sharron copies the scientist's movements, running into the same man that killed him, but this time with a different outcome.

Again, some witty dialogue is present, though not as much as in other episodes. When Voss in interrogating Richard, he is dismayed at Richard's level of tolerance to his torture techniques. Voss says: "you are of no further use, and what I can't use, I destroy!". Richard replies dryly: "That's quite a philosophy".

The start of the episode is also quite light-hearted. Sharron takes a sip of wine which is supposed to be of the 1959 vintage, but she immediately notices that it should be 1961, and corrects the label. The voice over tells us that her powers give her extrodinary senses of taste and smell.

By the way, you might notice the actor who plays the gun-totting postmaster is Nicholas Smith who later went on to play Mr. Rumbold in the very popular comedy Are You Being Served?

Rupert Davies Peter Copley Reginald Jessup Geoffrey Charter Jan Holden Nicholas Smith Donald Morley John Moore Maurice Browning John Horsley Eric Lander Jill Curzon Bruce Beeby

Voss Antrobus Grayson Forster Miss Davies Postmaster Sloane Travis Wittering Chairman Hedges Stewardess Pilot