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"We secret agents are only able to operate if we remain strictly incognito...it's not all romance, you know. In actual fact, in reality it's a tough existence. Never being yourself... You see, we walk with danger as a shadow. Death is a constant companion..."

Southern (codename Tiger 4) is an agent in the British Security Service. He's been tasked with infiltrating the Erdman Gang meeting at Glen Carrick Castle (Scotland) because his superiors think he is "the best man for the job..."

But his covert mission goes very wrong at the Plutonium Store, the gang's intended target, where - while holding gang members Dempsey and Kenyon at gunpoint - he's ambushed from behind by a Security Robot and abandoned...along with live explosives soon to go off...

Southern appears in 30 Minutes After Noon.

He was voiced by Ray Barrett.

Personality & Traits[]

Southern is a very smooth, suave and sophisticated man.

Biography[]

The Erdman Gang[]

Southern infiltrates a meeting in Glen Carrick Castle, posing as one of three men hired to break into a plutonium storage facility, Via radio, the Leader of the gang explains how they must disable the Plutonium Store's guard robots and plant explosives in the main storeroom before escaping by Helijet...

The Plutonium Store[]

The plan goes as scheduled, but on arrival in the storeroom Southern pulls a gun on Kenyon and Dempsey. Unfortunately for Southern, he's attacked by a guard robot which has not been disabled and, held in its steel arms, he's helpless as Dempsey and Kenyon escape, trapping him in the storeroom with their lethal, now-armed bracelets!

Southern uses his radio pen to contact his boss, Sir William Frazer, who in turn calls International Rescue...

Creighton-Ward Manor for Tea[]

After recovering from his ordeal at the Plutonium store, Lady Penelope invites Southern to Creighton-Ward Manor for a meal...

Trivia[]

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