Putting Number Six To The Test!

  Amongst so many other things, ‘the Prisoner’ is a series of tests designed to test the metal of Number Six, who having survived the ultimate test set him in the Embryo Room of ‘Once Upon A Time,’ number Six had earned the right to meet Number 1. And yet in the 17th episode, ‘Fall Out,’ one could say that the manipulation of No.6 went on, and which culminated in his meeting with himself, a card which had been played before, but was worth trying a second time!

   In those sixteen specific tests No.6 demonstrated such qualities as:

A sense of humour

Strength of character

Determination

Resolve

Unbendability

Proving he can endure most things, both physically and mentally

He is a survivor

A sense of identity

He cared about those in the Village {once anyway}

Artistic ability

Loyalty

Ingenuity

He demonstrated how he can live by his wits

The ability to navigate

Fly a helicopter

Make a homemade compass

Survival

Individuality

Cleverness

Trustworthiness - in some people

Suspicion

Friendship

Abilities such as building a sea-going raft, and coracle.

Making his own tools

Handy in stitch work, when he had sewn for his own private gymnasium.

His Sporting ability in the noble art of boxing, fencing, shooting, not to mention Kosho.

   And yet there are certain times when Number 6 puts the Village to the test. In testing their efficiencies that night he broke curfew during ‘Dance of the Dead.’ He also tested himself against the Village Guardian, but was left on his knees in the sand!

   Number 6 certainly put No.2 to the test in ‘Hammer Into Anvil,’ a weak link in the chain of command, left to report himself to Number 1. Well Number 6 couldn’t do it for obvious reasons!

   So having survived all these tests, having vindicated the right of the individual to be individual, Number 6 didn’t want what the Village had to offer, he rejected!

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