The Therapy Zone

Whichever way you look at it, no matter how comfortable the Prisoner's "home from home" might be. "6 Private" is still a prison cell, in which at night time he, like all the other inmates, he is locked inside. "Lock-down" being at curfew time.

Robert Rietty The Voice Behind The Man

   It has been observed that despite Patrick Cargill being the No.2 of Hammer Into Anvil, the voice we here during the dialogue between No.2 and the Prisoner during the opening sequence is not actually Patrick Cargill's voice, but that of Robert Rietty who performed many a voice-over in both television and film.

   But if you observe the dialogue between No.2 and the Prisoner in other opening sequences, such as ‘The Schizoid Man,’ you will have observed that the voice of No.2 isn't that of Anton Rogers, but again its the voice of Robert Rietty.

   So why do some episodes have the actors own voice in that dialogue between No.2 and the Prisoner in the opening sequence, where others do not? Probably it was a question of time, oh time that was it was it? Indeed, it became more time worthy to have Robert Rietty record a voice-over with Patrick McGoohan, and then use that for the majority of opening sequences.

A Pertinent Question

Sir "Did you ever meet Number 1?"

Number 2 "Face to face?"

Sir "Yes."

Number 2 "Meet HIM....ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!"

    Yes, well I just wonder what might have happened if Number 2 had met Number 1. I mean someone must have met Number 1 at some point, unless he was a recluse, a hermit, or wore that black and white mask all the time!

A Valuable Commodity

   The Prisoner had no idea of what a valuable commodity he had become after his resignation. So what to do with a man like this, with so much knowledge inside his head? Well you can't just let him roam free, one side or the other would pick him up eventually. So why not have him abducted and put in a place of security, if not for his own good, then for the governments.

   And really, taking all things into consideration, Number 6 didn't have it so bad in the village, not when you take into consideration what other prisoners were going through. But then I suppose Number 6 wasn't quite like any other prisoner, he's far too important, and has a future with them, which was lucky for Number 6.

   So was Number 6 really so hard done by? After all he had resigned from a highly confidential, top secret job, and agents like ZM73, even high level Civil Servants are not allowed to simply walk out, even if they do call it resigning! So what really did the Prisoner expect, that they'd not even bat an eyelid, and let him roam free with all that knowledge inside his head? No I don't think for one minute the Prisoner thought that, because he was in too much of a hurry to get away. They came for him alright, and he was expecting them. But they came too soon, the Prisoner simply wasn't quick enough!

Blimey, Is that gas I can smell? Someone open the window!