Stephen wrote: <Given Steed's penchant for butchering the characters we know and love, Blondie would probably have been called Jenna. Or Soolin.>

and be played by the Piri 'actress'.

<Avon would be challenge to Jarvik's dominance. He would therefore be conflated with Vila to create a new character Vivon who would retain Vila's cowardice and skill with locks but have computer expertise added.>

Hey, I rather like this idea ... and he'd keep the leather and studs, but it'd be in small-furry-animal colours instead of red and black.

<Dayna would be part of the crew and her tendency to get into scrapes by challenging men to fights when she is biologically weaker would be another fruitful source of plots.>

and a chance for Our Hero to act indulgent and patronising ...

Actually, am now trying to imagine a meeting of This Fearless Leader and *my* Fearless Leader ... ouch.

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