John Steed and Emma Peel reflect on the bizarre nature of the murder whilst investigating the disappearances of several wanted criminals, including crooked financier Carl Blechner and disgraced President Bibigyn, who all vanished without trace having stolen large sums of money.

Before dying, he hands Steed a note, revealing that Colonel Josino, a former South American dictator who fled with swathes of money from his country's national bank, is due to arrive that day in Mackidockie Court, a series of backstreets in London.

Steed and Peel go to Mackidockie Court and follow Josino through an intricately bizarre series of visits to shops, whereupon each time he is given a new stuffed animal to hand to the next proprietor.

Thyssen reveals that he has constructed a time machine, and in return for 50% of the stolen profits of his customers, sends them into the past to escape justice.

Steed arrives at the Thyssen home and proceeds through a series of rooms, each aligned to a different time period, dispatching Waldo's henchmen along the way.