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A life time fan and Prisonerologist of the 1960's series 'the Prisoner', a leading authority on the subject, a short story writer, and now Prisoner novelist.
Tuesday, 15 August 2017
Who or What Is No.1?
In
‘Arrival’ when the Prisoner is discharged from the hospital he’s given a number
of cards. His employment card, his card of identity, a health and welfare card,
and a credit card, and he’s wearing a badge denoting the number 6. It obviously
doesn’t register that he is actually going to be called Number 6 anymore than
any of us would expect to be known by our National Insurance or NHS number.
When the Prisoner storms into Number 2’s office he demands he get Number 1.
Does the Prisoner actually know there is someone with the name of Number 1 or
does he simply mean No.1 as in the first officer onboard a ship. At that point
the Prisoner doesn’t know people in The Village are known by numbers until
Number 2 calls him Number 6.
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