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2001 |
The Avengers...
Avenged! |
United States
of America |
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Wayne Brown adds an
Avengers page to his Wizard of Odd website. All in very large
type in bold colours against black. Not to be viewed with a
headache... |
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2001 |
The Avengers —
French Forum |
France |
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The first French language
discussion forum for The Avengers is launched. |
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2001 |
The Emma Peel
Homepage |
United Kingdom |
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Liz Eggleston opens her website
dedicated to Emma Peel and the career and style of Diana Rigg. |
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2001 |
The Second
Sight
Avengers Forum |
International |
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Alan and Alys Hayes open
a discussion forum, The Second Sight Avengers Forum, linked
from their Second Sight — The Avengers Image Archive
website. This is later transformed into The Avengers.TV
International Forum. |
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January
2001 |
De Wrekers |
Netherlands |
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Welkom bij De Wrekers pagina's
van The Avengers Association! |
The Internet's first Dutch
language website dedicated to The Avengers is launched by
Hendrikus Schumacher of The Avengers Association, a
Dutch fan club. Amongst the contents of the site were photographs
given to the Association when they visited Associated British
Pathé in 1968. |
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8th January
2001 |
The Avengers
Illustrated |
United Kingdom |
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Mike Noon is assisted by
Alan Hayes and Alys Hayes to produce The Avengers
Illustrated, a website focusing on the appearances of John
Steed and his accomplices in comics and newspaper strips. |
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11th
January 2001 |
Transdiffusion
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The Avengers |
United Kingdom |
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Transdiffusion
publish a page on their
Independent Television website devoted The Avengers. It
is written by Ian Beaumont. |
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23rd
January 2001 |
The Avengers —
Online
Memorabilia Museum |
United Kingdom |
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One of the great collectors of
Avengers memorabilia, Ian Beazley, opens a website which
documents his collection, from records, magazines, toys and dolls,
to books, stage play and movie items and even the occasional
original prop. |
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February
2001 |
Westray.org —
The Avengers |
United States
of America |
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R. Cal Westray, Jr launches
The Avengers, a tribute to the series as part of his
personal website,
Westray.org. The site consists of a well-written essay on
the series and similarly thoughtful pieces about John Steed and
Emma Peel. |
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25th
February 2001 |
The Avengers —
Agente Speciale |
Italy |
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Claudio Secco and Renata
Bertola open the first Italian pages devoted to The Avengers
or, more accurately, Agente Speciale as the series is known
in Italy. The mini-site is in fact a section of their SerieTV
website and the Avengers pages are produced with the
co-operation of David K. Smith of The Avengers Forever. |
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27th
February 2001 |
The Avengers
Forever |
United States
of America |
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In response to his previous
site logo being 'borrowed' and chopped about for the Wacky
Genre TV website, David K. Smith redesigns his site
logo in such a way that it is impossible to steal for to be
adapted for another site. He also takes the opportunity to tweak
the design of The Avengers Forever. |
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28th March
2001 |
The Avengers
Forum |
International |
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After discussions between
Alan and Alys Hayes and David K. Smith, it is agreed
that The Second Sight Avengers Forum, launched earlier in
the year, will become a shared discussion group for their
websites. On 28th March 2001, the forum is duly relaunched by the
three and rebadged as The Avengers Forum. |
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Spring 2001 |
Bromfield Hall
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The New Avengers |
United Kingdom |
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A brief fan page devoted to
The New Avengers is opened as part of the Bromfield Hall
website. It contains brief historical notes and photographs plus
quotes and custom made computer wallpapers. |
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7th April
2001 |
The Avengers
Forum |
International |
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Donald Monat, the radio
John Steed of the 1970s, visits The Avengers Forum and
fields questions from forum members. His answers are published,
with Donald's blessing, at Avengers on the Radio.
Highlights of the exchange are archived later at The Avengers
Declassified (which launches in 2009) and
remain
available today. |
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25th April 2001 |
TheAvengers.TV |
International |
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David K. Smith
repurposes a domain name and webspace that he has purchased as the
new home for The Avengers Forever as the first
international community of Avengers websites. The first
three websites to join the fray alongside The Avengers Forever
are Joseph Lloyd's The Young Avengers (split off
from a mini-site within The Avengers Forever) and Alan
and Alys Hayes' Second Sight — The Avengers Image Archive
and The Avengers on the Radio. |
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Summer 2001 |
The Avengers
Page of No Return |
United Kingdom |
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Jonathan Keen opens
The Avengers Page of No Return. Part of the site's purpose
is to redress the balance with the character of Tara King, of whom
Jonathan wholeheartedly approves. So do we. |
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Summer 2001 |
The Avengers
Forum /
Le Forum Chapeau Melon |
France |
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The website at this address had
been taken down its content was claimed to have been appropriated
from The Avengers Forever. A holding page consisting of a
repeated Avengers logo appeared instead. A French forum run by Amélie
is eventually launched in its place. |
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2nd June 2001 |
Los Vengadores
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TheAvengers.TV |
Argentina |
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Next to join the international
community at TheAvengers.TV is Carlos Pagés of
Buenos Aires, who
opens his Spanish language site, Los Vengadores — perhaps
the most beautifully designed Avengers site ever. |
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18th June
2001 |
Noon Doomsday &
The Avengers Illustrated —
TheAvengers.TV |
United Kingdom |
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Rounding off the community of
websites for now, Mike Noon joins TheAvengers.TV and
brings with him his sites Noon:Doomsday and The Avengers
Illustrated. Also, The Avengers Forum is now rebadged
The Avengers.TV Forum. |
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25th June 2001 |
The Nitpicker's
Guide to
The Avengers |
United States
of America |
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Sam McCallie opens his website,
The Nitpicker's Guide to The Avengers, which has a novel
approach, to document the bloopers and "goof-ups" of The
Avengers. Sam soon links up with David K. Smith and
they share information between their two sites. |
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30th June 2001 |
Quite, Quite
Mad for
The Avengers |
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Unknown |
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A small tribute site is
launched and is publicised at The Avengers Forever by
David K. Smith. Sadly no trace remains of it today. |
URL:
http://www.smooth.as/theavengers |
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No archive
available |
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17th July
2001 |
The Avengers
eStore —
TheAvengers.TV |
International |
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David K. Smith opens
The Avengers eStore, through which Avengers fans can
purchase DVDs, videos and books on Amazon sites. This is intended
to subsidise the hosting costs of TheAvengers.TV. |
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September
2001 |
TheAvengers.TV |
International |
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In the wake of the New York
9-11 terrorist atrocity, all webmasters at The Avengers.TV
agree to cease updates until October, as a mark of respect to
the innocent victims. |
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1st October
2001 |
The Avengers
Forever |
United States
of America |
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The Avengers Forever
moves across onto TheAvengers.TV webspace and David K.
Smith decides to take an extended break. He leaves the running
of the site in the hands of temporary webmaster Alan Hayes,
who is helped out by fellow TheAvengers.TV webmasters
Mike Noon, Carlos Pagés and Alys Hayes. |
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30th
October
2001 |
Purrr: The
Avengers —
De Wrekers |
Belgium |
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Patrick Van de Weghe
opens the first Belgian/Flemish Avengers website, Purrr:
The Avengers — De Wrekers... and it is still regularly updated
to this day. One of the best Avengers sites out there. |
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11th
November 2001 |
The Avengers
French Forum /
Le Forum Français de Chapeau Melon |
France |
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A new French language Avengers forum is launched by Amélie. |
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19th
November 2001 |
The Avengers.TV
International
Forum |
International |
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David K. Smith and his
fellow webmasters at TheAvengers.TV relaunch
TheAvengers.TV Forum as TheAvengers.TV International
Forum. The new forum software, custom built by David in
association with his colleagues, features a Spanish language
version in addition to the standard English language pages. It
quickly becomes the place to discuss the series on the Internet. |
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