The Therapy Zone

What’s the Password?

 Guardian "What's the password?"

No.6 "Gemini."

Second guardian "That's not the password!"

[Number 6 In Brutally Attacked!]   And so the two guardians decide to attack No.6 for giving the wrong password. But surely the guardians were wrong, because the password given by No.6 was the right password. The right password for him!

[Number 6 Is Brutally Attacked!]   Because a mistake was made, and you would be wrong in thinking it's was the guardians who made the mistake. Because the mistake was made long before this scene took place, in the changing of the dark blazer to that of a cream one. Because as far as the two guardians were concerned, the guy in the dark blazer was Curtis, and the password given should have been the schizoid man. As for the password Gemini which was given to No.6 by No.2 as a recognition password was originally in the script because both No.6's were to have originally worn the exact same blazers. But when one of the blazers was changed to a cream blazer, there was no need for the passwords, as it is easy to tell the two Six's apart by the blazers they wear.

Death And Destruction

  Its very dramatic I have to say, as the General blows several circuits. The Professor attempts to shut the General down, who earlier gave a warning about the General, stating that "The General must be destroyed!"

   As I understand it, it all kicked off after a question had been put to the General by Number Six. The General then began to over heat, the Professor did what he could as Number Two stood looking on in bewilderment. It was Number Twelve who was the first to act, an attempt to save the Professors life, who was being electrocuted by his creation.

  This is the point when both the Professor and Number Twelve are electrocuted to death.

 Number Twelve was a either very brave, or stupid man, I'm not sure which. Brave because he was attempting to save the Professors life, or stupid because he had become suspect of helping Number Six. So what you see could be interpreted as an act of suicide!

   As for the educational experiment of "Speedlearn," well this was the end of it, along with Number Two. And as for the students, well they never mentioned Speedlearn ever again. It was as though the experiment had never even taken place!

    Hammer Into Anvil - This episode marks a return appearance of Patrick Cargill, previously seen as Thorpe in Many Happy Returns, but the two characters are not meant to be the same. This situation does occur throughout the series, with certain actors playing different parts in some episodes. Filming of The Village was an odd mixture of studio mock-up, Borehamwood locality and second unit Portmeirion footage. McGoohan only appears in The Village proper a couple of times, being film from previous episodes. There are also several back shots which are actually Frank Maher. Again, much of Portmeirion is seen and the story is usually a strong favourite, almost provoking boos from the audience aimed at No.2 and cheers for No.6. The Episode is effectively a two man show, as occurs with the later episode Once Upon A Time. Hammer Into Anvil also represents one of the rare examples of No.6 actually winning against The Village. A coded message appears in McGoohan's own handwriting.

    It is thought that script editor George Markstein was keen to play up the spy aspect of the series. Department names such as D6 and XO4 had hints of MI5 about them. The Cold War element may also have come from the title, if likened to the 'Hammer and Sickle'. The graveyard seen on the beach in Arrival in this story moves to a memorial garden."

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