- Lake Ontario Canada becomes the center of some strange happenings after a mysterious signal FB1 is intercepted. Tides that should not be. Fish swimming birds nests. What happened in the Spring of 69 that could change the world forever
- The New Avengers attempt to intercept a package drop in Canada before it gets to the mysterious Russian outpost called Forward Base. They follow a trail of people dropping valuable machinery in the water and changing clothes during the course of drowning.—The TV Archaeologist
- Vladivostok USSR 15th April 1969
Malachev (Nick Nichols) is shaken awake by Ranoff (Marilyn Lightstone) she reports Agatha has gone crazy and sunk 5 ships so far and done severe damage to the breakwater and other facilities. Agatha is one of the most dangerous typhoons in 35 years
Lake Ontario Canada 17th April 1969
A man alone begins fishing out on the lake. Suddenly his boat rocks violently and he finds himself on dry land
Toronto Canada today
At a listening post the message FB1 is received, they pass it onto Steed who arrived the night before.
Steed (Patrick Macnee) having met Bailey (August Schellenberg) to confirm the message joins Purdy (Joanna Lumley) and Mike Gambit (Gareth Hunt) in following Bailey to edge of Lake Ontario to wait the landing of a seaplane.
Bailey is spotted by a man who arrived on the plane, and fires a shot as the man attacks him. The stranger is only wounded but concerned for his injuries, he pauses long enough to bury something in the forest.
Moments later Purdy finds Bailey whos only lightly wounded. He warns them of the presence of the stranger and the high probability hes wounded. They search for the man among the trees, till Purdy spots him. The stranger acts as if to shoot Purdy, however instead he mutters the word Forward base before collapsing dead
Later the packet the stranger buried is recovered and found to contain the printed circuit for a missile control system. Glover (Antony Parr) identifies it as from a Mark VI. Purdy is incredulous given how hard it has been to get information.
Glover wants to take it to the lab for more tests, but Steed overrides him and insists the device be reburied as bait for anyone searching for stranger. Bailey looses interest and peruses his own lead coming across the location where the fisherman was beached
A shot rings out and Bailey is killed instantly Later Steed speaks to the doctor when Baileys body is washed ashore. Signs indicate the man was caught unaware and shot at very close range Ranoff reports the Mark VI missile part was dropped at Lake Ontario the previous night. Halfhide (David Calderisi) is contacted by Ranoff and told where the missile part was buried he confirms he will pick it up.
At Lake Ontario Purdy and Gambit have the area under surveillance when Halfhide arrives in a swan-shaped boat. Gambit recognizes the man from previous encounters, and follows him as he leaves by swan back to lake Ontario. A man is fishing on the edge of the lake when suddenly the land subsides leaving him floating some distance from the shore. As he swims to shore he encounters Purdy and Gambit who has lost sight of Halfhides Swan, the fisherman explains where Halfhide has gone.
Purdy and Gambit follow him as he lands on the shore finds a spot and throws the package back into the water. Steed is told of the development and arrives to take control of the recovery operation. Gambit goes to show where the unit was thrown from, but the shoreline appears different.
Purdy announces she has found the cuircut but it is only when Glover examines the device do they realize it is an older Mark V. Glover is then very critical of Steed and the rest of his operation.
Later Halfhide delivers the correct circuit to Ranoff and Malachev. He then taunts her about not being able to leave the building and she must be getting increasingly annoyed at not getting out
Back at the lake Steed investigates the area. He meets one of the fishermen who explain he is waiting for the tide. Steed seems surprised, but the fisherman tells him that things changed around the time Agatha passed through. He tells Steed to go to Harpers shop and he can get postcards of how the lake looked before the storm
Malachev sends one of his henchmen to Harpers shop to intercept Steed and destroy the postcards. Steed arrives before the man has completed removing the cards. He attacks Steed who has little trouble disposing of the man. As the time passes for the mission to be completed The Boss becomes disturbed by the lack of communication from his henchman and decides it must mean Steed survived the attack
Gambit calls Halfhide and tells him his cover is blown. Purdy makes a point to be spotted outside halfhides home. Gambit then cuts the communication lines and allows himself to be seen. The pair then leave Halfhide to his own mental panic and wait, well out of site
Halfhide begins trying to contact Malachev who is furious over the breach of secrecy. He decides to send an agent to dispose of Halfhide
Purdy calls the police and tells them of a fight that occurred, giving Halfhides address. As Purdy and Gambit wait to see Halfhides next move when they see the hit man arriving.
Halfhide makes a break for it and Purdy gives chase by car. Gambit intercepts the hit man and kills him by forcing him to fall on his own knife, just as the police arrive
Steed gets maps of the Lake Ontario shoreline and confirms the fishermans story, including the radar system being down. Steed thinks a forward missile base was built during the confusion. Purdy follows Halfhide to the lake and watches him walk into the water
When the body of the hit man is inspected, he is found to be wearing a wet suit under his clothes Halfhide reaches the base we now realize is underwater. For running like he did, the boss shoots him and disposes of the body in the lake where it is found by Purdy. Steed becomes involved and seems to connect the two incidents
Purdy reinvestigates the area that keeps submerging and finds a tree with a birds nest, in the nest she finds fish. She believes this indicates the location of the base. As she searches Ranoff is given orders to capture her.
She is taken to the underwater base just as Steed arrives also following a hunch about the location of the base. The boss is very forthcoming with his plans and Purdy realizes the whole shoreline is the base they are looking for
Steed makes a similar discovery and Steed contacts Forward base and tells them he has discovered their secret. Crash diving will do them no good because elements of the Canadian Navy are sailing into the lake to cut them off if they run
The crew of Forward base surrender to Steed
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