The Therapy Zone

The Chimes Of Big Ben

   There are certain changes made to the script, to make what we actually see on the screen. Changes such as.......

    When No.6 visits the Green Dome, a rather shocking scene is cut. It occurs when No.2 consults No.6's file to discover that No.6 does not take sugar in his tea. We have always been amused by what follows. When No.6 plops three sugar cubes in his tea to make No.2 sink back into his chair, we always smile. But if they had kept the script, how different our reaction would be.

No.6 "Have you got a cigarette?"

No.2 "Of course, {offering him a box} that file is really a disgrace. No mention of your smoking here."

   No.2 lights it for him. No.6 takes a puff to make sure that it is well alight. He takes it from his mouth and looks at the glowing end. He then slowly and without flinching stubs it out on the back of his hand.

No.6 "I don't."

   This scene would have been an uncomfortable on to watch but it would have shown a man unafraid of pain or torture. It also would have been a very effective way to close act one.

Alternative Chimes

    The script for The Chimes of Big Ben is like any other script, for compared to what we see on the screen, there are changes which have been made to the original script. Such as;

Old lady passes No.2 by with her shopping basket: "Lovely day."

No.2: "Indeed."

Old Lady: "Look. See what I've bought, wool. I'm going to weave a shawl for the exhibition."

No.2: "Very good No.38. there's a special prize for your age group I believe. Be seeing you."

Old lady: "And you."

   They then salute each other and No.2 approaches the table on the lawn of the Old People's Home, just as the General is standing up.

   {Luckily for No.6, No.38's shawl project becomes a tapestry! A shawl for a sail just doesn't quite cut it in my book.}

Return Of The Native

    It is such a pity, that No.6 could not have simply accepted that he had been abducted, held in captivity, but having escaped, he simply couldn't let it go. If he had, No.6 might not have found himself in the predicament  he now finds himself in. I suppose if you're a prisoner, you're some kind of prisoner for life. Well, I can think of worse prisons than the Village!

Be seeing you