{Number Six
{Dance of the Dead}
A small confirmation of a known fact,
according to Number 2. A known fact? Originally Number 6’s death at sea was to
have been confirmed in ‘Many Happy Returns,’ the aircraft having crashed at
sea, but the final scene was altered. So with Number 6 having discovered the
body of a dead man on the beach {Number 34} he used the cadaver to try and send
a message to someone, anyone in the outside World. But the trouble is the body
was found, probably by the crew of M.S. Polotska, and was brought back to The
Village. Now Number 2 was going to do the same. Of course the wallet found in
the dead man’s pocket would need amending slightly. He would be amended slightly, so that it’s Number 6 who has died in
an accident at sea. Just as it was originally to have been in ‘Many Happy
Returns,’ and yet Number 2’s words “A small confirmation of a known fact” does
seem to confirm the original idea. But then the two episodes ‘Many Happy
returns’ and ‘Dance of the Dead’ were written by the same scriptwriter Anthony
Skene.
Be seeing you
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