"Using telepathy, Lulli communicates to Tarot that she is a prisoner in Sir John Packham's vaults and that she has been turned into a six-inch high chalk statue." In am indebted to the TV Times for this run-down on Episode 3 of The Eye Of Ra. Yet, having watched it, I have to confess I am not much the wiser.
Truth to tell, Ace of Wands is too complex for the average adult to comprehend. This is probably why it is so popular with the young. Then joining the series when it was well underway did not make it any easier to understand.
There was a young man who is reputed to be able to turn people into frogs, a master villain who operates from a wheelchair (standard equipment for the baddies these days) and plays chess with live people, a Knight of the Realm, the sinister butler and, of course, a pretty girl. All the necessary ingredients for a good thriller
It reminded me of a juvenile version of The Avengers. What is more it was all rather well done. The suspense built up was satisfactory and the characters had a touch of eccentricity about them that one associated with the Steed era.
The production was well mounted, the locational sequenes adding to the authenticity of what was, in fact, a highly unlikely situation. Judy Loe changed from chalk to human - and back again, Howard Goorney was the double-dealing Sir John, and Oscar Quitak sent a shudder down my spine as Ceribraun. I suspect, too, that Fredaricks (sic) the butler, well played by Nicholas Smith, was also a thoroughly nasty piece of work.
But having said all that, don't ask me what it was all about. All I know is I shall be back for episode 4.