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Lady Penelope goes on a dangerous cross-Continental trip to discover what has happened to a brilliant scientist - only to discover that a megalomanical lunatic has kidnapped him in an attempt to discover his research. In order to persuade the scientist to comply the villain presents him with a Sadistic Choice - the formula, or Lady Penelope!

Always Save the Girl: Subverted. Sir Jeremy and Professor Borinder keep a Stiff Upper Lip and refuse to give the formula. It would have resulted in Lady Penelope's death if it hadn't been for Virgil.
British Stuffiness: Lady Penelope and her equally upper-class friend's failure to panic when shut in a room flooded with Deadly Gas. While banging on the door he even comments "We're British, you know!"
Computer Equals Monitor: The villain claims to have disabled the railway power cutting system just by shooting the display. Possibly justifiable given these were 1960s-style computers where the display is built into the fascia.
Chained to a Railway: Of a sort.
Redemption Equals Death: Played straight for the villain's henchman.
Engineer Exploited For Evil: Professor Borinder, a shameless Einstein Expy.
Sadistic Choice: Hand over the formula or save the girl?
Shown Their Work: The rocket launch sequence at the beginning is more realistic and based in NASA procedure than most you'd see in today's fiction. They even foresaw a hold-down system, which SpaceX has only just invented now.

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 Lady Penelope goes on a dangerous cross-Continental trip to discover what has happened to a brilliant scientist - only to discover that a megalomanical lunatic has kidnapped him in an attempt to discover his research. In order to persuade the scientist to comply the villain presents him with a [[Sadistic Choice]] - the formula, or Lady Penelope!
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-* [[Always Save the Girl]]: {{spoiler|Suberted. Sir Jeremy and Professor Borinder keep a [[Stiff Upper Lip]] and refuse to give the formula. It would have resulted in Lady Penelope's death if it hadn't been for Virgil.}}
+* [[Always Save the Girl]]: {{spoiler|Subverted. Sir Jeremy and Professor Borinder keep a [[Stiff Upper Lip]] and refuse to give the formula. It would have resulted in Lady Penelope's death if it hadn't been for Virgil.}}
 * [[British Stuffiness]]: Lady Penelope and her equally upper-class friend's failure to panic when shut in a room flooded with [[Deadly Gas]]. While banging on the door he even comments "We're British, you know!"
 * [[Computer Equals Monitor]]: The villain claims to have disabled the railway power cutting system just by shooting the display. Possibly justifiable given these were 1960s-style computers where the display is built into the fascia.
-* [[Chained to A Railway]]: Of a sort.
+* [[Chained to a Railway]]: Of a sort.
 * [[Redemption Equals Death]]: Played straight for the villain's henchman.
-* [[Reluctant Mad Scientist]]: Professor Borinder, a [[Herr Doktor|shameless]] [[Einstein Hair|Einstein]] [[Expy]].
+* [[Engineer Exploited For Evil]]: Professor Borinder, a [[Herr Doktor|shameless]] [[Einstein Hair|Einstein]] [[Expy]].
 * [[Sadistic Choice]]: Hand over the formula or save the girl?
 * [[Shown Their Work]]: The rocket launch sequence at the beginning is more realistic and based in NASA procedure than most you'd see in today's fiction. They even foresaw a hold-down system, which SpaceX has only just invented ''now''.
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