The Therapy Zone

Acceptance Of Things As They Are

    Many of the village citizens have accepted the situation of their imprisonment, whilst others have been brought to the village of their own free will. And that does not account for those born to the village, and therefore know nothing else.

   Ther are exceptions to any such rule, and they are No.6, No.48 a rebellious youth, No.12 who saw the Professor as a "crank," and carried out an act of sabotage in No.6's cottage. Also on the list are malcontents, Jammers, and Unmutuals. Life suddenly doesn't look so cosy in the village, does it?

    Yet there is both a good side to the vilage as well as bad. Becuase the vilage and its administration does look after you for as long as you live, and that reflects upon the welfare state in which we live. Although the welfare state does on occasion, struggle to look after all of our welfare needs. After all the hospital may be full of patients, but surely not all must be undergoing therapy, aversion therapy, lukeotomies, and experimentation at the hands of No.40 and 22. Reason must determine that there are patints in the hospital who are there for what we are pleased to call "legitimate illnesses."

At The Age Of 17 Olympic Bronze Medallist

   On the screen Nadia is swimming away from the village. In the control room No.2 is reading from No.8's file, and in a surprised tone "At the age of seventeen, Olympic bronze medallist." Why should No.2 say this if Nadia is on the side of the village and the escape attempt is staged? Well obviously this is simply for the viewers benefit.

I know Your Voice

   Well of course No.6 would know No.2's voice after he was telephoned by the latter at the outset of Once Upon A Time. Especially as originally the episodes of ‘The Chimes of Big Ben’ and ‘Once Upon A Time’ were supposed to have been back to back episodes. It would have been quite remarkable if No.6 had forgotten so soon after their encounter in ‘The Chimes of Big Ben.’

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