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Subject: Torque
Does anyone remember an 80s Show where one of the characters was a big black man called Torque who had a detachable hand which he could replace with all manner of implements including Drills, guns etc ?
Subject: Re: Torque
I remembered the series, but forgot the title. But after some searching I came up with this. How could I have forgotten it? Well I WAS only 6 at the time...
A MAN CALLED SLOANE
22 September 1979 - 22 December 1979 , NBC Hour adventure series starring Robert Conrad as counterintelligence agent Thomas Remington Sloane III, an employee of UNIT. With Ji-Tu Cumbuka as his aide, Torque, who was conveniently equipped with a metal right hand; Dan O'Herlihy as The Director; Karen Purcill as Kelly, another UNIT employee; and Michele Carey as the voice of Effie, the UNIT computer. Cliff Gould created the show for QM Productions.