What I don’t understand is
this. How can so much in ‘the Prisoner’ be happening this month fifty years
ago? After all so much action taking place after Feb 10th over laps,
and during no less than three episodes all at the same time! Obviously it’s the
fault of both the scriptwriters, producer, executive producer, oh yes, and the
director! No-one seems to have given it much thought, or perhaps they didn’t
expect ‘the Prisoner’ to be scrutinized so closely. But then it’s only a
television programme, it’s not a religion or anything, its just that a cult has
grown up all around it that’s all. And just think, if ‘the Prisoner’ had turned
out perfectly, enthusiasts of the series wouldn’t have had anything to talk
about, discuss, debate regarding ‘the Prisoner’ these past fifty years! Mind
you if the date Feb 10th had not appeared in two episodes one third
of the problem could be taken out of the equation. But even that wouldn’t have
stopped the fact that it was fifty years ago today on Wednesday February 22nd,
exactly to the day, that Number 6 set sail aboard his sea-going raft.
It had to be on this day in order to take
into account the 25 days he spent at sea, in order for him to arrive back home in
London on March 18th. Whilst
at sea his diet consisted of cold baked beans, corned beef, and pears eaten
straight out of tins. Mind you its possible that that diet began even before
Number 6 set sail. It may be reasonable to suppose that it was on February 20th
when he woke up to find The Village deserted. It is calculated that he would have
needed at least a day or two in order to fell trees, empty oil drums, and build
his raft. I say a couple of days, because it’s unlikely that Number 6 completed
the construction of his raft in a day. But then like most things in ‘the
Prisoner’ it’s all a question of time! And seeing there was no electricity it
would mean Number 6 would have already have been eating cold food. Unless of
course he made a campfire taking food and using utensils taken from his home to
cook it!
Be seeing you
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