We're near the end of Mrs Gale reign on The Avengers, and in The White Elephant, set in a zoo, we get a hint as to why her character might have had enough
It's the Christmas episode for 1963, so writer Brian Clemens sends Steed and Gale off on an adventure that's a mix of Agatha Christie and good old British pantomime
Steed slaves as a chef while Mrs Gale butters up an ailing emir in Death a la Carte, an episode of the Avengers scoring few points for political correctness