Or by sea
behind the helm of a jet boat in ‘Free For All,’ the end result is very much the same!
In ‘Arrival,’ when Number 6 attempts to
Escape The Village for the first time, he does so driving a Mini-Moke along the
beach, having fought off two Guardians. Soon after which, as the vehicle heads
towards the outer zone, it impacts with something in the sand which causes the
Prisoner to be thrown out of the Mini-Moke, leaving him sprawling on the sand.
Then in a later episode, ‘Fall Out,’ Number 6 again attempts to escape The
Village, this time by sea. Having fought off two motor mechanics aboard the Jet
boat, Number 6 heads for the open sea, but pursued by Number 2 in the
helicopter. Number 2 instructs the Prisoner to turn back before it’s too late.
Ahead the membranic Guardian appears on the water, skimming across the waves on
a course straight for the boat. Number 6 turns the helm this way and that, but
to no effect! As the Guardian gets closer and closer Number 6 abandons the boat
and dives into the water. This in similar way when Number 6 parted company with
the Mini-Moke. Both actions cause a confrontation with the membranic Guardian.
The one time he is rendered unconscious, the other he is taken in tow by three
Guardians. As for the jet boat, it was taken under remote control by an
operative in the Control Room, in the same way M. S. Polotska was sailed back
to The Village at the end of ‘Checkmate.’ And in ‘Arrival,’ when Number 6 loses
control of the helicopter, it was taken under control by an operative in the
Control Room, and flown back to The Village remotely when Number 6 attempted
his second escape. All of this makes the Mini-Moke the odd vehicle out, not
having remote control capability!
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