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Originally Posted by hal9000i

Here's Joanna Lumley from "The New Avengers"-- season 2, episode 10 "Complex" (1977).

This was a short lived attempt to revive "The Avengers" TV series in the mid to late 70's. Patrick Macnee plays the venerable John Steed, leading a new team. The second season moved the show from London to Canada.

In the episode, Joanna Lumley's character of Purdey gets trapped in a ultra high tech building (for 1977) and is stalked by a killer computer with AI.

As she tries to escape her skirt is sucked off by a ventilator. Running around in tap pants (costume underwear again) she lights a fire, activates the sprinkler system, and shorts out the computer. Not before getting soaking wet of course. A little fan service was expected in those days.

There were more than a few episodes where the character of Purdey ended up losing some article of clothing and then ran around, displaying her charms. While attractive, her bowl haircut and ugly fashions of the time period made her no match for the lovely Emma Peel (Diana Rigg) of the original show.

Did you say fan service?