A life time fan and Prisonerologist of the 1960's series 'the Prisoner', a leading authority on the subject, a short story writer, and now Prisoner novelist.
Thursday, 21 June 2012
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Why is it that in 'Many Happy Returns' Number 6 is so keen to return to the Village?
In "Chimes", No.6 told No.2 that he intended to escape and then come back to destroy the Village! Now I wonder if there were any weapons on the plane and whether No.6 could've fired them !
But I think in "Many Happy Returns", No.6 was keen to discover the location of the Village rather than to return to it.
Yes, I to have often wondered if that Gloster Meteor jet was simply a trainer, or if it was armed. But would Number 6 have fired the weapons, on a populated Village?
I suppose Number 6 wanted to see the job through, to actually find the location of the Village for himself. But if he had left it to others........ But number 6 has a natural air of authority, he has to been or seem to be in control. Look how it was with the escape attempt in 'Checkmate,' Number 6 was in control, and oversaw every part of that escape attempt, and that brought about his own downfall! If Number 6 had left it to others, and not gone within a hundred miles of the Village, then perhaps he might not have ended up back in it so quickly!
In "Chimes", No.6 told No.2 that he intended to escape and then come back to destroy the Village! Now I wonder if there were any weapons on the plane and whether No.6 could've fired them !
ReplyDeleteBut I think in "Many Happy Returns", No.6 was keen to discover the location of the Village rather than to return to it.
ZM72
Hello ZM72,
DeleteYes, I to have often wondered if that Gloster Meteor jet was simply a trainer, or if it was armed. But would Number 6 have fired the weapons, on a populated Village?
I suppose Number 6 wanted to see the job through, to actually find the location of the Village for himself. But if he had left it to others........ But number 6 has a natural air of authority, he has to been or seem to be in control. Look how it was with the escape attempt in 'Checkmate,' Number 6 was in control, and oversaw every part of that escape attempt, and that brought about his own downfall!
If Number 6 had left it to others, and not gone within a hundred miles of the Village, then perhaps he might not have ended up back in it so quickly!
Regards
David
BCNU