tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post9220956043886170309..comments2024-03-25T12:31:58.169+00:00Comments on David Stimpson: Schizoid Man!David Stimpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15196038086564981619noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-68829681718441274452014-09-27T09:45:12.957+01:002014-09-27T09:45:12.957+01:00Hello Jana,
That's a pretty fair comment. ...Hello Jana,<br /> That's a pretty fair comment. And perfectly true in what you say about the numbers. I particullarly like the idea that 9 would be the new 7 for 8.<br /><br />Will email soon.<br />Have a good weekend<br />Very best regards<br />David<br />BCNUDavid Stimpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15196038086564981619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-71989028636403767512014-09-26T10:57:00.888+01:002014-09-26T10:57:00.888+01:00Hello David and Arno,
to be honest I'm glad t...Hello David and Arno,<br /><br />to be honest I'm glad that there is no apparent reason why the "absence" of Number 7 is emphasized in the series the way it is. It adds to the mystery. Even if there were reasons given, maybe even by McGoohan himself, this doesn't mean that they have to be the only truth, or that they have been conscious when the series was made.<br /><br />Personally I like that 6+1 theory, but there is one big problem to it: If you want to tell that there is no 6 because 6+1 is 7 AND you want to think that each Prisoner has his own Number 1 (which I do, too), then there would be no Number 10, when there's a Number 9, and there would be no Number 8 neither, because Number 9 would be the new Number 7, for 8. And so on. Not many numbers left to name the Prisoners, wouldn't you think? So you can't apply this rule to anyone else but Number 6.<br /><br /><br />Very best wishes,<br />Jana<br />BCNUJananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-45909260041227600982014-09-25T15:08:06.634+01:002014-09-25T15:08:06.634+01:00Hello Arno,
We have indeed discussed this topi...Hello Arno,<br /> We have indeed discussed this topic before, there are more 7s in 'the Prisoner,' nay in The Village than is drempt. As yourself, Jana, and I are very well aware of.<br />Very best regards<br />David<br />BCNUDavid Stimpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15196038086564981619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-32669927270215793282014-09-25T14:44:43.229+01:002014-09-25T14:44:43.229+01:00Hello Anonymous,
I responded to you in a friend...Hello Anonymous,<br /> I responded to you in a friendly and courteous manner, and this is what I get in response, simply because I don't have the information immediately to hand! In future spare yourself the time of making any comments as I shall never respond to anything from you again.<br />David Stimpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15196038086564981619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-68547243430420451572014-09-25T12:35:39.892+01:002014-09-25T12:35:39.892+01:00No matter which way you look at it the 6/7 debate ...No matter which way you look at it the 6/7 debate leaves enough room for deliberations and musings. There's the apparent absence of the 7 while the number is actually present although more or less hidden, more or less by intention or coincidence one must add. We have discussed this before haven't we. Look: http://www.match-cut.de/spdln/spdln81.htm#spdlne - BCNU!nr6dehttp://www.nummer6-theprisoner.denoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-55680592510569785382014-09-25T12:22:49.574+01:002014-09-25T12:22:49.574+01:00So in other words you don't actually know. And...So in other words you don't actually know. And you call yourself a leading authority on the subject. Nanos gigantum humeris insidentes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-41259517960726995472014-09-25T09:05:46.358+01:002014-09-25T09:05:46.358+01:00Hello Anonymous,
Regarding Numbers 6 and 7.
...Hello Anonymous,<br /> Regarding Numbers 6 and 7. <br /> As far as 6 is concerned, I, like many other people have my own ideas as to why that particluar number. I have theorised about it in the past, but have never made any claim as to the definitive reason.<br /> And regarding Number 7. Many years ago I recall a member of the production crew stating Patrick Mcgoohan saying that the number 7 does not appear in 'the Prisoner' because it is a lucky number. However I cannot remember which member of the production crew that was, and I've no idea whether it was, or not, ever written down. As I say this was many years ago. I will endeavour to try and trace it, as I have many interviews with members of the production crew on tape. If I am succesful I will let you know.<br />Very best regards<br />David<br />BCNUDavid Stimpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15196038086564981619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-17700909664822694212014-09-24T13:21:46.502+01:002014-09-24T13:21:46.502+01:00Where are your 'reasons' why #6 and why no...Where are your 'reasons' why #6 and why no #7s referenced? They do not appear to be in line with current thinking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-84361240762951604872014-09-24T08:49:07.910+01:002014-09-24T08:49:07.910+01:00Hello Anonymous,
If I can manage to see beyond ...Hello Anonymous,<br /> If I can manage to see beyond the obscurity of my blinkers - of course we all have our own Number 1, in other words our inner-self. What's more we look after Number 1, because if we don't who will? <br /><br /> I was told the reason why there is no 7 in The Village is because Patrick McGoohan said 7 is a lucky number. However I presume you are alluding to the fact Number 6 is also Number 1, and 6+1=7, hence no 7 in The Village because that would have been giving the game away too soon in the series. However we don't get to know who Number 1 is until 'Fall Out.' So on that basis I really don't see why there could not have been a 7 in The Village. After all the digit 7 does appear on 73s headstone in 'Hammer Into Anvil,' And there is also an extra with the digit 7 as part of the number on their badge.<br /><br />Very kind regards<br />David<br />BCNUDavid Stimpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15196038086564981619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-25063296335513435082014-09-24T08:26:07.238+01:002014-09-24T08:26:07.238+01:00Hello ZM73,
You are right of course, several n...Hello ZM73,<br /> You are right of course, several numbers are re-used 22 is another such number, with other numbers being subdivided such as 113 and 113b, and the members of the Town Council are all sub-divided 2s.<br /> That's an interesting thought, that the No.1 of 'Arrival' may be a different No.1 in 'Fall Out.' Well we are all No.1. Seeing as there are different Numbers in The Village, why not different No.1's? And sometimes people change their numbers as 93 in 'A Change of Mind' previously he is 256 in 'The General.<br /> And that's a good point that No.2 never calls No.1, No.1 always calls No.2. Except at the end of 'Hammer Into Anvil,' when No.2 calls No.1 to report his breakdown in control. Or at the very least he reports himself to a superior on the red telephone. Because we only assume it is No.1 on the telephone, as there is no real evidence that it is No.1. As you say it could be anyone.<br /><br /> Ah yes, I had forgotten about the brief internal thoughts of No.6 in 'Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling.'<br /><br />Very kind regards<br />David <br />BCNUDavid Stimpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15196038086564981619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-87302365652116143432014-09-23T22:32:23.108+01:002014-09-23T22:32:23.108+01:00David is thinking with the blinkers on and assumin...David is thinking with the blinkers on and assuming that there is only one #1, i.e. #6. But #2 will have his own #1 and so on to #48 and beyond. Now we know why #6 and why no #7s, it's beginning to make more sense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-70918659916077846302014-09-23T19:13:27.063+01:002014-09-23T19:13:27.063+01:00Numbers are re-used in the Village, e.g. there are...Numbers are re-used in the Village, e.g. there are a few number 8s and quite a lot of 2s. The same number can refer to different people, depending on when it is used. So the person designated with the Number 1 in "Fall Out" may be a different person from the Number 1 in "Arrival".<br /><br />Also, when Number 2 is speaking to Number 1 on the phone, does a Number 2 ever ask to be put through to Number 1? I don't think we ever see this made explicit (I could be wrong though). Oh, they're speaking to their boss for sure, and it's implied that it may be Number 1 giving the orders, but perhaps they're speaking to Number 1b! Or Number 3.<br /><br />As for Number 6 speaking to himself, he has a little internal monologue when he wakes up in "Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling"!<br /><br />Be seeing you<br />ZM72<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com