He rises off the couch pom-pom ming to
himself. He puts on his dressing gown. Looks out of the window, it’s not a bad
day weather-wise. Now lets see, oh yes Janet’s birthday present, he looks at
her framed photograph, hope she likes it, can always change it if she doesn’t.
So what’s on for today, lets see. Ah car service, dentist appointment err no,
no, no, have to cancel that because Sir Charles lunches they go on forever, but
who can blame him he’s the boss. Then in the hallway ZM73 sees an alien image
to him in the mirror, that of the Colonel.
The last time we saw the Colonel he was
fully clothed being given a demonstration of the Seltzman machine. So how did
he end up waking up in No.1 Buckingham Place wearing ZM73’s pyjamas? After having
undergone the mind transference he must have gone to bed, because of the
pyjamas he was wearing. Otherwise he must have been undressed and put into
those pyjamas after having been taken back to his home in London. But why should ZM73 go to bed in The
Village having just undergone the mind transference, which would have given
Number 6 time to come to terms with what had been done to him. No, more likely
the Colonel had to be rendered unconscious at the time of undergoing the mind
transference. Because if he wasn’t, it would be the Colonel waking up but with
the mind of Number 6, and if that had happened it would have blown the plan
wide open before it really got going! So ZM73 was unconscious, he must have then
been undressed and then dressed in his pyjamas before having been taken back to
London. So having arrived back in London, who took ZM73 back to his house,
surely not the same pair of undertakers? Because surely that would arouse
suspicion, if anyone happened to be watching from across the street. A possibility
would be for him to arrive by ambulance, in a wheelchair, that way he could be wearing
his pyjamas, without raising any suspicion from any neighbour watching. Once
inside they take ZM73, dressed in his pyjamas, lay him on the couch leaving him
to wake up in his own good time. Then carry the coffin out of the house, put it
back into the hearse and drive off. Although it is somewhat repetitive, and
there was the danger that they could have been interrupted. Remember Janet
Portland who came calling having seen her fiancés car parked outside his house
as she was passing by, she could have been passing by just as the undertakers
were either carrying the coffin into or out of the house. And then there’s
ZM73’s car. Who brought that to the house leaving it parked outside in the
street, with the top down and the keys still in the ignition? ZM73 didn’t seem
to find that the least bit unusual. He may have left the car with the top down
over night, but surely not with the key still in the ignition! It would appear
that this is all part of ‘Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling’ an episode which
doesn’t stand up well to too much scrutiny.
Be seeing you
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