Tara King

She began her career in the agency in 1968 . By decision of Mom (intelligence chief), she replaced Emma Peel and became a partner of John Steed .

Pretty little is known about her past. According to her, she loves skiing and car racing, plays the piano well and has a good ear for music. In childhood she traveled to eastern countries, her favorite animal is a camel. He is fluent in judo , karate and acrobatics.

Of the relatives there is Uncle Charles.

The first time she collaborated with Steed, she wears wigs and only in the spring of 1968 refuses to disguise.

Tara's apartment is located at 9 Primrose Crescent in London .

He is the owner of AC 428 (1968), Lotus Ilan + 2 (1968) and Lotus Europe (1968-69).

• Abduction of a top-secret cipher - April 1, 1968.
• You will find your death - the end of May 1968.
• Doomsday at noon - June 19, 1968.
• Stay with us - November 4, 1968.
• Fog - beginning of November 1968.
• The next morning - January 20, 1969.
• Fake Testimony - March 1969. (mothers Day).

Tara King was originally supposed to be the heroine of only 7 episodes. This was stated in the contract of the studio for the time of leadership on the series of producer John Bryce. Only upon the return of Albert Fennel and Brian Clemens in December 1967, this issue was revised. They arranged another casting during the filming of the series and, not seeing discontent from the show of the series in the USA, decided to leave everything as it is.

The search for the actress began at a time when in December 1966 it became once again unofficially known about the departure of Diana Rigg from the series.

About 200 applicants took part in the role of the performer, including Barbara Steel , Tracy Reed, Mary Peach, Patricia English, Valeria Van Ost, Jane Merrow, Gabriella Drake, Penny Riley ^[1] and Pamela Ann Davy. ^[2] After 25 screen tests, according to Linda, John Bryce selected 3 possible candidates: Mary Peach, Tracy Reed and her. ^[3]

Linda Thorson was selected for casting on October 6, 1967 and was assigned to the role on October 19. Filming of season 6 under the direction of John Bryce began on October 23. Under the leadership of A. Fennel and B. Clemens, filming began on December 27 after a pause of 3 weeks from their return on December 6.

• In France, Tara King is a more popular character than her predecessor Emma Peel. In honor of Tara King, the French musical group Tara King th.
• Character name - Tara King - actress Linda Thorson invented herself. The name Tara was taken from the movie Gone With the Wind (the name of the estate), and King from her favorite movie, King and Country .
• The first episode, which began to be shot with Tara, was called "Invitation to Kill", it was a 90-minute pilot episode that never went on TV. This film was later trimmed and remade by Brian Clemens in a 50-minute episode of The Merchants of Arms, with new scenes added. The first episode filmed with Tara was "The Invasion of Earthlings."
• Miss King's first business with John Stead was the episode "Operation Forget-Me-Not." The same episode was farewell to Emma Peel.
• In the original scenario, Tara King was the daughter of a wealthy farmer.
• In only one episode, Tara wears a leather suit - "They kill Stead endlessly."

• In the show Lily Savage (1997), Taru was played by Paul O'Grady.
• In the music video "Don't get me wrong" (1986) by The Pretenders, Taru was played by Chrissy Hind .

• In the animated cartoon " Yellow Submarine " (1968) in the pop art room of gr. The Beatles used Tara's figure.
• Tara King is mentioned in the episode 'Kelly Breaks Out' (1994) of the series " Married ... with Children ."
• Tara O'Connor is known as a top model named Tara King.
• In the episode 'The Greater Good' (2003) of the series Ambulance , the character of actress Sarah Shani is named after Tara King.

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