If 6 And 1 Are One And The Same..... Who Is No.2?

    We know who No.1 is, and as for No.6, well there can be no further doubts of his identity. But who exactly is No.2? Chairman of the village, chief administrator certainly, and more often than not an inquisitor or interrogator if you prefer. But either way the result is the same.

    No.2 can be seen as an individual, well 20 such individuals to be precise, both male and female. Of differing nationalities, from English and Welsh, to Australian and American. Some are more administrative than interrogator, or vice versa, and the majority of whom have one thing in common..... they have each experienced failure at the hand of No.6!

The new No.2 of Arrival

The Chimes of Big Ben

A B & C

Fee for All

The Schizoid Man {Although No.2 did prevent No.6 from escaping}

 The General

Hammer Into Anvil {a resounding failure!}

It’s Your Funeral

A Change of Mind

Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling

Living In Harmony

The Girl Who Was Death

Once Upon a Time

And Fall Out if you count the failure of convincing "Sir" to actually lead the village! Failure of No.2 seems to be the norm, as any success No.2 may have are all too few and far between for No.2, there was ‘Many Happy Returns,’ ‘Dance of the Dead,’ and Checkmate.

    Yet not all of No.2's failures can be laid at his feet, as in the case of ‘The Chimes of Big Ben’ and ‘A B and C’. In the first case No.2 he warned them before that they were using the wrong approach, hence No.2 was given a second chance in Once Upon a Time. And what of No.2 of ‘A B and C?’ Well the failure was not all his own, the doctor-No.14 had to bear much of the blame for this one! Yet No.2 did fail in another respect, he placed too much faith in No.14!

    So where are all these No.2's recruited from? Well as administrators most probably from within the depths of the Civil Service. As Interrogators, from MI5 or MI6, CIA or any other such organisation.

    On the other hand, the differing No.2's that we see could be seen as different characters, facets of the same No.2. Kind, sometimes gentle. No.2 can be charming, intelligent, capable of making quick decisions. Has the welfare of the community at heart. No.2 can be all these, as well as ruthless, determined, takes calculated risks. Is deceptive, sadistic, cruel, calculating. Knows just how far to go with No.6, and would do him serious harm if it were not for the boundaries set for dealing with No.6. But yet No.2, on occasion, will over step that boundary in order to achieve the success which No.2 craves. No.2 can be both male and female, No.2 with a feminine side, the female being more deadlier than the male. And what of the female No.2 of in ‘Many Happy Returns,’ and in ‘Dance of the Dead.’ is she not a little on the masculine side?

    So what is your take on No.2? How do you see him or her, or are all the No.2's facets of the same character?

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