"The Hour That Never Was" is quite engrossing for most of its length, but the rather conventional climax is a slight letdown (especially the laughing gas). Steed and Mrs. Peel arrive at an RAF air base for a reunion bash, only to find the place entirely deserted (almost). Eventually, they spy a milkman running away, shot dead by an unseen assailant. Once Mrs. Peel abruptly disappears, an almost frantic Steed discovers another person lying around, Benedict Napoleon Hickey (Roy Kinnear), a derelict living out of dustbins, who claims to have seen no one since 11 AM, the time that all clocks have stopped. He also mentions a strange noise that left him feeling drunk, and we learn about the adorable Boston terrier that involved Steed in the affair. Daniel Moynihan had previously done "Man with Two Shadows," the scene stealing Roy Kinnear, previously seen in "Esprit De Corps," would return for both "The See-Through Man" and "Bizarre," and Gerald Harper, first seen in "Death Dispatch," would return for "Homicide and Old Lace." Debuting on the show were Roger Booth, who would return for "Escape in Time," and Dudley Foster, back in both "Something Nasty in the Nursery" and "Wish You Were Here."
Review of The Hour That Never Was
