Emma Peel

Emma Peel
Main aliases:	Emma Knight
Species:	Human
Affiliated with:	The Ministry
First appearance:	Party Animals
Appearances:	PROSE: The Dying Days [+]Loading...["The Dying Days (novel)"] PROSE: In the Sixties [+]Loading...["In the Sixties (short story)"] WC: Merry Christmas 2016 from Big Finish [+]Loading...["Merry Christmas 2016 from Big Finish (webcast)"]

Dame Emma Peel (neé Knight) was an assistant of John Steed, both working for the Ministry.

Biography

In November 1969, Emma Peel, Mrs Gale, and John Steed came from the Ministry to attend Dr Oho's party held inside the dream of a newborn, also attended by Iris Wildthyme. (PROSE: In the Sixties)

She was on holiday when her partner and Georgie Price Jones investigated the murders of many amateur detectives. (PROSE: The Sleuth Slayers)

In 1997, Dame Emma Knight and Geoffrey Hoyt shared a drink at the Mars Landing party in London. (PROSE: The Dying Days)

A Christmas present addressed to Steed and Mrs Peel. (WC: Merry Christmas 2016 from Big Finish ^[+]Loading...["Merry Christmas 2016 from Big Finish (webcast)"])

Big Finish once gave a Christmas present to John Steed and Mrs Peel, with the wrapping being based upon The Avengers. Steed remarked "Mrs Peel, we're needed!". (WC: Merry Christmas 2016 from Big Finish ^[+]Loading...["Merry Christmas 2016 from Big Finish (webcast)"])

Undated events

Emma Peel visited Bonjaxx's birthday party at Maruthea. She participated in the bar fight started by a Meep. As the Seventh Doctor left Maruthea with Ace, she fought Captain Britain with John Steed. (COMIC: Party Animals)

Legacy

Trix MacMillan thought her catsuit made her look like Emma Peel in sequins. (PROSE: The Gallifrey Chronicles)

Behind the scenes

• Emma Peel (neé Knight) is one of the assistants of John Steed in The Avengers, a series devised by Sydney Newman (though he had left for the BBC by the time the character joined the series). Diana Rigg played her in the TV series and Olivia Poulet plays her for Big Finish Productions.
• Leela was conceived by writer Chris Boucher as a mixture of Emma Peel and Leila Khaled.
• In behind-the-scenes material, director Scott Handcock described the Torchwood audio story The Office of Never Was as "Ianto Jones as Emma Peel" in the classic Avengers episode The Joker.