Maj. Alexandre Vazin



Maj. Alexandre Vazin is one of the main antagonists of the Avengers episode The See-Through Man. He spends much of the episode seemingly invisible to the naked eye. He had paid a quarter of a million to purchase invisible formula from Prof. Quilby.

He first sneaks into the Ministry's Records Office Invention room startling a young agent named Wilton. He then opens a drawer and knocks the agent out before sneaking away. Next, Vazin creeps into Sir Andrew Ford's office, steals File 144 on invisibility and knocks the man back before leaving unseen.

Sometime later, Mrs. Emma Peel arrives at Lord Daviot's estate only for the invisible Vazin to gun Daviot down for finding out about Quilby's invisible formula. Ambassador Brodny nearly bothers Major Vazin in the shower, but is stopped by his wife Elena. After Brodny and Elena argue about the check, the ambassador spots Major Vazin in his chair smoking a cigar and only showing his nightgown.

When Brodny recovers, Alexandre and Elena plot their intentions to form an invisible army of agents to bankrupt Great Britain. With the formula in their hands, Steed would not dare oppose him. When Quilby's assistant Ackroyd wants to increase the price, Elena and Alexandre decide to pay him with bullets. Just then, Steed arrives at the Vazin estate and Major Vazin calmly tells Brodny to let him in the chambers.

After Steed and Brodny's friendly meeting, Major Vazin is only slightly angry that Steed fiddled with Elena's photograph, but spots a listening device on the back of the portrait. After Mrs. Peel stops Ackroyd's assassination, Major Vazin chases her in a car chase which she barely survives thanks to a truck. The unseen Vazin drives away leaving his hat for Emma to examine.

Later, Major Vazin surprises Steed and Ackroyd at a children's playground and kills the assistant, then he wants to proceed with final phase one by killing Quilby in his lab. When Steed finds the professor dead, Vazin clubs the agent and wants to begin final phase two: the extermination of Mrs. Peel. He abducts Emma from her appartment during her experiment.

Major Vazin then explains to the captive Emma that the invisible formula was worthless. After Elena Vazin is defeated, Steed reveals the truth that Major Vazin was using electronics to operate his home and has been using surveilance cameras. Just then, Vazin arrives concealing his face and aiming a gun, but Emma closes the door on him and Steed punches the major out before revealing he was using coverings to conceal himself.