Roland Walter Dutton is a man who No.6 thinks he once knew! Certainly he recognised the man instantly standing at the mouth of that cave during Dance of the Dead, after all he did say his name "Roland Walter Dutton."
Dutton had been in the village a couple of months, yet they have never previously met in the village. Probably Dutton had been confined to the hospital for much of that time, as the doctor carried out his medical experiments upon him, in an attempt to extract all the information Dutton has. And in being unable to tell them any more, he has been allowed out into the peaceful atmosphere of the village for 72 hours, so that he may reconsider.
Now some years ago it was suggested that No.6 didn't know Dutton at all, that there is no evidence that they ever knew each other. Well that's ridiculous. No.6 knew Dutton's name. Asked how long he'd been in the village, and as Dutton explained his position to No.6, that he knew that he didn't have access to the "vital stuff."
It was also suggested that No.6 had actually been brainwashed into knowing Roland Walter Dutton, hence the doubt at the Prisoner's trial "He's a man I think I once knew." That the meeting on the beach was contrived, so that Dutton could spin No.6 a line that he had only 72 hours to reconsider in the peaceful atmosphere in the village. Soon Roland Walter Dutton will cease to exist! And in this, No.6 might feel sorry for the man. That he would open up to him and reveal the reason why he resigned to an old colleague. Well I suppose this is viable, after all the doctor-No.40 had used Dutton earlier in the episode to try and extract information from No.6.
"Who is this, who is this?
"It's Dutton. Hello, hello, are you there?"
BCNU
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