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Monday, 4 November 2013

Thought For The Day

  I would  like to think that the Prisoner might have decided not to co-operate when he was back in London, to try and hide the Professor from them. But I suppose it all depends on the Prisoner’s state of mind, whether or not he could live in the body of the Colonel. But then if the Prisoner was with Seltzman, perhaps the Professor could find a body more to the liking of the Prisoner! But that would mean taking a victim unawares, or to find someone who was about to die, but who had a totally healthy body. Think about that for a moment. And while you are thinking about that, there’s not only the Prisoner’s mind to consider, but also his body and the mind it houses, that of the Colonel. If the Prisoner had not been successfully returned to the Village, what then of the Prisoner’s body? They surely couldn’t allow that combination out and about in the Village, not with the Colonel’s mind!

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4 comments:

  1. Jana4 November 2013 at 12:09

    Hello David,
    I suppose it would be a very tough decision for the Prisoner to leave his body behind. It would cost a victim, thats one point (even if he had been comfortable with the Colonels body THEY might have had an easy game to follow him, as long as they knew what he looks like), and the other point is that there are so many characteristics linked to the body. Mimics, the way you gesture, gazes, your friends that don't recognize you.. and many more I assume. Ok, one question would be if he would be able to leave all those things and friends behind. He wanted to resign, and maybe to disappear, anyway. But I think it's a very high price he would pay.

    Regarding the Colonels mind in the Prisoners body, I'm not quite sure why they couldn't allow him to walk through the village or even send him out to the outside world and impersonate Number 6. Maybe they could have trained him like Curtis, and then present him as a model citizen, or to ruin the Prisoners reputation.

    Very kind regards,
    Jana
    BCNU

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  2. David Stimpson5 November 2013 at 08:56

    Hello Jana,

    You put your comment very well, and much of it I find myself agreeing with. However regarding the Colonel being allowed out and about the Village, his mind in the body of No.6. Surley No.6 would then have different mannerisms, he would react differently to No.6. And there would be the mind of the Colonel. To live out one's life incarcerated in the Village would be bad enough, but to be incarcerated in the Village as someone else would be a complete nightmare I should imagine.
    I suppose they could have conditioned the Colonel's mind as you suggest. But what if they find the Prisoner and bring him back to the Village, he would want his body back! It seems that either way the Colonel is merely colatoral damage!

    Very kind regards
    David
    BCNU

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    1. Jana5 November 2013 at 20:55

      Hello David,
      ah, yes, I can see your point. The Colonels mind trapped in the Prisoners body trapped in the village would be different Number 6 (despite all possibilities of conditioning, even Curtis was different, in a way.) And I agree, it would be cruel, for both, the Colonel as well as the real Number 6 whenever they decide to bring him back. But I wonder if the village would really have such scruples.. And regarding the Colonel: maybe he would have thought that it was his duty. I don't know.

      Very kind regards,
      Jana
      BCNU

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    2. David Stimpson6 November 2013 at 08:18

      Hello Jana,
      Yes, I should think it was through duty. At the beginning of the episode when the Colonel is in the Green Dome, to me he looks a little apprehensive, but is there through duty.

      Very kind regards
      David
      BCNU

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