Let me wish you all a very
Bseenu
Monday, 31 December 2018
Collectors Corner
It’s
been on record that I have been looking to add this record to my collection of
many years. Oh there have been several copies available over the years, only
not at the price I would choose to pay.
However Santa Clause {as mentioned in the
Prisoner} dropped by and left this for me, the “gatefold” Prisoner LP record.
Although without its three original enclosures {which I already have} the
sleeve itself is in excellent condition, as is the record itself. Produced in
1984, this record now completes my Prisoner record collection, well almost, all
but the “Holy Grail” of Prisoner memorabilia which is still outstanding.
The Ron
Grainer Orchestra – The Prisoner
Label: RCA
Victor – RCA 1635
Format: Vinyl,
7", 45 RPM , Single
Priced at anywhere
between £24.99 and £150 this does not include
postage and packaging which can be between £9 and £30!!!!!
Be seeing you
Bureau of Visual Records
Unhealthy
aspects of speech, well I can understand how this youthful hippy’s form of
speech wouldn’t exactly fit in the Village. It’s difficult to see Number 48
fitting in anywhere in the Village, or indeed to understand why this youth was
brought to the Village in he first place. Unhealthy aspects of dress, but
surely Number 48 wasn’t permitted to wear his current attire, surely his
clothes would have been taken away, and replaced with more conventional Village
attire.
Number 48 doesn’t appear to have any place
in the Village whatsoever. If he had then he represents failure if Number 2
could not curve this youth’s rebellious nature. It might be that 48 was born in
the Village, and grew to loath the place and all it stood for and so he
“dropped out,” hence he once being with them, but then he went and gone. But
then there’s the question of his clothes, where would he have obtained them?
Perhaps from a warehouse where all the people who arrive in the Village have
their clothes taken and stored. Number 48 doesn’t fit in unlike the late Number
2 and the former Number 6, he’s the odd one out, because he represents rebellious
youth that’s all, in other words he is a contrivance on the part of the
scriptwriter. Unlike Number 2 who comes from the British Establishment, the
House of Lords no less, while Number 6 stems from British Military
Intelligence. But Number 48 has no background, rather like the Butler Butler
Be seeing you
Six Is The One!
Am I the one? I don’t think
I’m the one, because 6 could be the one, he’s important enough to be the one.
Sometimes I think 6 is the most important man in The Village, after all
everything appears to revolve around him. Why is that? After all he’s just a
prisoner in The Village just like anyone else. I heard 6 suggest to 2 that he’s
just as much a prisoner as he is. But of course he is, he knows too much. And
even if he knew too little he’d still be a prisoner. Because once anyone works
for The Village they instantly become prisoners, and there’s no escape, not for
anyone.
So 6 is the one, well its no wonder really the way he’s treated. Oh I know he’s put through the mill now and again, but no real harm befalls him. He has a future with The Village you see, he must be won over. No extreme measures are to be used, there are other ways. They don’t want him broken you see, they want him with a whole heart, body and soul, and not a man of fragments. Lucky bloody him that’s what I say. But what about the rest of us? Why don’t any of us get the chance to be the one? What makes this 6 so damned special, what’s wrong with 7? That’s a good point, why keep 7 out of it? There has to be a 7 somewhere, somewhere someone has to be 7. I could be 7, 7 is the one, we want 7 seven is the one…..we want 7, 7 is the one, would be the chant. But then if 6 is the one, and 6 and 1 are 7. Then 7 is the magic number, and 10 is the interloper which was never originally wanted by 7. So should we reject the 10, but which is the 10 and which the 7? 1 to begin and 2 to finish, together they make the 3. Because there must be a beginning and an ending, and in-between is space just enough for 4! But 4 of which, or is it 4 of the other, in either case it leaves 6 remaining out in the cold, unwanted and uncared for. 6 left on the shelf, never to be seen again. Poor sad and lonely 6, no longer important to anyone! And yet 7 are the ages of man!
So 6 is the one, well its no wonder really the way he’s treated. Oh I know he’s put through the mill now and again, but no real harm befalls him. He has a future with The Village you see, he must be won over. No extreme measures are to be used, there are other ways. They don’t want him broken you see, they want him with a whole heart, body and soul, and not a man of fragments. Lucky bloody him that’s what I say. But what about the rest of us? Why don’t any of us get the chance to be the one? What makes this 6 so damned special, what’s wrong with 7? That’s a good point, why keep 7 out of it? There has to be a 7 somewhere, somewhere someone has to be 7. I could be 7, 7 is the one, we want 7 seven is the one…..we want 7, 7 is the one, would be the chant. But then if 6 is the one, and 6 and 1 are 7. Then 7 is the magic number, and 10 is the interloper which was never originally wanted by 7. So should we reject the 10, but which is the 10 and which the 7? 1 to begin and 2 to finish, together they make the 3. Because there must be a beginning and an ending, and in-between is space just enough for 4! But 4 of which, or is it 4 of the other, in either case it leaves 6 remaining out in the cold, unwanted and uncared for. 6 left on the shelf, never to be seen again. Poor sad and lonely 6, no longer important to anyone! And yet 7 are the ages of man!
Be seeing you
Caught On Camera!
I
have a large Teddy bear very much like the one sat in the chair there, he’s
called Mister Aldershaw, as pictured below. I note the red Ferrari racing car, the steam traction
engine, the rocking horse {which we will soon be seeing again in ‘Once Upon A
time’} and the Gollywog, but what are the two funny looking creatures on the
two wooden cabinets? One is a fat round owl, but the other it suggests nothing
to me, unless it’s a type of “Gonk!”
Who is that peeping out there on the left of the picture?
Be seeing you
Sunday, 30 December 2018
The Ghost of Christmas Past!
I
have seen Christmas pictures of Number 6 in which a Christmas hat has been superimposed
upon his head. However it’s not everyone who can place an actual Christmas hat
on Number 6’s head, in order to put him in the Christmas sprit whether he likes
it or not!
Be seeing you
and a very happy and peaceful New Year to you all.
Saturday, 29 December 2018
Village Life!
“I
tell you something, someone is going to pay dearly for this! Number
One-one-eight, why was there no bruised fingernail on Number 6’s first finger
of his left hand? I said, why was there no bruised fingernail…….oh never mind!”
Quote For The Day
“I am Number Two.”
“You are number nothing!”
{Number 2 and Number 6 – Once Upon
A Time}
Number
nothing, nought, zero, is that higher or lower to Number 1? Only in cards the Ace,
the Number 1 can be a high card or a low one. If it’s high it’s above a King,
if low it is subservient to 2. In Navel terms Number 2 is second in command to
the Captain of a ship, a 1st lieutenant, 1st officer, or Number 1.
As for zero in The Village, there is no number nothing just as there is no
number 7, both are mere digits that accompany other digits to make a double
digit number. 7 and 0 cannot exist in The Village alone.
Be seeing you
Thought For The Day
Number
2 told Number 6 he knows too much that’s why they’re both lifers, which would
suggest Number 6 know too much as well. He went on to say he’s an optimist,
that’s why it doesn’t matter who Number 1 is. It doesn’t matter which side runs
The Village. Number 6 might well be staying, but Number 2 is free to leave The
Village, you will recall how they brought him back for ‘Once Upon A Time.’ So how
can Number 2 be a lifer if he’s allowed to leave The Village? Perhaps because
he still works for The Village in the outside world! Many do you know, Cobb for
one, the Colonel and Fotheringay for two others. Perhaps ZM73 worked for The
Village, but then for whatever reason he went and resigned, and they wanted to
know why one of their agents had gone wrong. So they had him brought to The
Village!
Be seeing you
Citizen No.2
This
man is unique when it comes to Number 2. Unique because not only is he Chairman
of The Village, the Chief Administrator, he’s also on the Board of Education.
As well as being the only Number 2 to be seen dressed as a Top Hat official of
Administration! I wonder if he carries out funerals on the side?
Be seeing you
Thursday, 27 December 2018
Village Life!
“We’re not quite
sure what it is!”
“Is that a church door?”
“It might be the archway to this Recreation Hall!”
“There’s a crosspiece, I wonder what it is?”
“Well it’s a crosspiece any fool can see that!”
“But what about the piece with all the holes in it?”
“Woodworm?”
“There’s just one thing I don’t understand?”
“Only one?”
“Where is Number Two in this sculpture?”
“Number Two?”
“Yes, his face is practically on everything here. So where is Number Two’s face on this?”
“Oh look there he is, peering through one of those holes!”
“It makes the piece complete in my opinion!”
“Is that a church door?”
“It might be the archway to this Recreation Hall!”
“There’s a crosspiece, I wonder what it is?”
“Well it’s a crosspiece any fool can see that!”
“But what about the piece with all the holes in it?”
“Woodworm?”
“There’s just one thing I don’t understand?”
“Only one?”
“Where is Number Two in this sculpture?”
“Number Two?”
“Yes, his face is practically on everything here. So where is Number Two’s face on this?”
“Oh look there he is, peering through one of those holes!”
“It makes the piece complete in my opinion!”
Be seeing you
Fall Out!
“Evacuate…evacuate…evacuate!”
such was the order given to the citizens of The Village at the command of
Number 2-the Judge. But did the citizens know what to do, or where to go in such
an emergency? Where were the assembly points for the helicopters? The command
came through the public address system for them to evacuate, but not where to
go, or where to assemble for evacuation by helicopter. It could be that the
citizens had been drilled for such an emergency, that fire drills had been
carried out from time to time. Well it stands to reason that The Village would
have had a fire station, standing by in case of an outbreak of fire. Perhaps a
Mini-Moke could have been converted into a small fire engine!
Then again, we do not actually see the citizens being well drilled for such emergencies as for fire, or an evacuation. People calmly lining up ready to board the helicopters. They seem to be more in a panic. Running this way and that, eventually a large group running away from The Village along the beach! But at least The Village administration had the sense to have all those helicopters available for just such an emergency!
Be seeing you
Then again, we do not actually see the citizens being well drilled for such emergencies as for fire, or an evacuation. People calmly lining up ready to board the helicopters. They seem to be more in a panic. Running this way and that, eventually a large group running away from The Village along the beach! But at least The Village administration had the sense to have all those helicopters available for just such an emergency!
Be seeing you
Tea Break Teaser
In
‘The Schizoid Man’ Rover patrols The Village as it may, in fact Rover is abroad
in The Village before Number 2 issues an Orange Alert! So why the need to
instigate such an alert when Rover is already activated?
Be seeing you
C!
It’s
really not a bad likeness, but how many sculptured busts do you see wearing
spectacles? Not many I’ll be bound. And I can’t remember when I last saw a bust
brandishing a mustache, full beard yes, mustache no, except for Lord
Kitchener. So they brought ‘C’ to The Village after all.
Be seeing you
Monday, 24 December 2018
Village Life!
“Compliments
of the season.”
“What do you mean by that?”
“Well it is Christmas eve.”
“What’s that got to do with the price fish, you’ll be wishing me a merry Christmas next!”
“Well yes, merry Christmas.”
“Merry Christmas indeed!”
“You’ll be saying Bah humbug next!”
“What do you mean by that?”
“Well it is Christmas eve.”
“What’s that got to do with the price fish, you’ll be wishing me a merry Christmas next!”
“Well yes, merry Christmas.”
“Merry Christmas indeed!”
“You’ll be saying Bah humbug next!”
“Why are you smiling like that, you’re
acting like a big kid!”
“I’ve got you a present.”
“You haven’t!”
“I have.”
“I haven’t got you anything.”
“You didn’t get me anything last year!”
“That’s because we didn’t celebrate Christmas last year!”
“I was wondering why I was the only one in the choir!”
“That was you singing was it? There were complaints!”
“We must try to get into the festive spirit.”
“Must we?”
“Number Two is wearing a red jacket with white piping.”
“Is he?”
“Yes, what’s more I’ve seen him driving about in a Mini-Moke fixed up with antlers and a big red nose!”
“What’s that you’re humming?”
“My favourite carol, God rest ye merry gentlemen. Come on we’ll sing it as we make our way to the café for tea and mince pies.”
“I’ve got you a present.”
“You haven’t!”
“I have.”
“I haven’t got you anything.”
“You didn’t get me anything last year!”
“That’s because we didn’t celebrate Christmas last year!”
“I was wondering why I was the only one in the choir!”
“That was you singing was it? There were complaints!”
“We must try to get into the festive spirit.”
“Must we?”
“Number Two is wearing a red jacket with white piping.”
“Is he?”
“Yes, what’s more I’ve seen him driving about in a Mini-Moke fixed up with antlers and a big red nose!”
“What’s that you’re humming?”
“My favourite carol, God rest ye merry gentlemen. Come on we’ll sing it as we make our way to the café for tea and mince pies.”
“God rest ye merry gentlemen
let nothing
you dismay
remember Christ
our saviour
was born on
Christmas Day
to save us all
from Satan’s pow’r
when we were
gone astray
oh tidings of
comfort and joy
comfort and
joyoh tidings of
comfort and joy…..”
Be seeing
yule!
A Favourite Scene In Dance of The Dead
A
favourite scene in ‘Dance of The Dead,’ yet equally it could be from ‘Many
Happy Returns’ after Number 6, who has recently returned to The Village, looks
out of his cottage window. And yet, it is the wrong view, for Number 6 to look
out upon this scene, he would have to live in one of the terraced cottages next
to the Green Dome. For to do so from his own cottage is clearly impossible!
But it’s nice to see the good citizens of this fine community promenading around the pool and fountain of the Piazza, which for many is a daily occurrence, well I suppose it passes the time. But it might not be the promenading which is the important thing. For the Victorians who although they were very fond of promenading in parks, along esplanades at costal resorts, it was not so much the promenading that was so important, it was being seen! But why our diminutive friend theButler Butler Butler
But why open umbrellas on such a sunny day, why to act as parasols for protection against the sun, why else?
But it’s nice to see the good citizens of this fine community promenading around the pool and fountain of the Piazza, which for many is a daily occurrence, well I suppose it passes the time. But it might not be the promenading which is the important thing. For the Victorians who although they were very fond of promenading in parks, along esplanades at costal resorts, it was not so much the promenading that was so important, it was being seen! But why our diminutive friend the
But why open umbrellas on such a sunny day, why to act as parasols for protection against the sun, why else?
Be seeing you
Questions Are A Burden!
When
the Prisoner having expelled his personal maid, after judging what her little
game was, he explores the interior of his cottage. And opening a small writing
desk he opens a leather bound {the Prisoner being very particular in his
stationery} ‘things to do today’ pad in which a note reads “Don’t forget to
send thank you note for the flowers.” What flowers? Who would be sending him
flowers? Does that memo appertain to someone back in London
Be seeing you
Caught On Camera!
Why
is it that whenever Number 6 is in Number 2’s office they keep a spotlight on
him? It was the same when he had his first interview with Number 2 on the day
of his arrival. Perhaps Number 6 likes to be in the spotlight, maybe the use of
a spotlight harkens back to stage work in the theatre! All The Village is a
stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and
their entrances,
And one
villager in his time plays many parts.
Be seeing you
Saturday, 22 December 2018
Dear readers, no dear friends,
Compliments of the festive season to you all.
Thank you for your continued support of my blog
I wish you all
a very merry Christmas
with health, peace, and happiness for
the New Year
Be seeing yule
The Prisoner On Radio 4 Extra
December
2018 – January 2019 Radio 4 Extra here in the UK 6pm on Sundays and repeated on Monday
evenings at midnight .
Be listening!
Village Life!
“How
are you going to handle this?”
“Well I don’t want to be too hard on her, I’m surprised they even sent her here.”
“What crime has she committed?”
“No crime, just a case of nervous tension, they sent her here to recuperate.”
“What, they sent her to The Village to be made better?”
“An interesting concept don’t you think?”
“What methods are you going to use against her?”
“I don’t want to be too hard on her. Perhaps we’ll use the gentle approach. Go back to your cottage, and should you bump into the new Number Eight, well perhaps you could give her the benefit of your own experience. You do remember your first day?”
“How could I forget?”
“Besides it will save a good deal of time if you explained about the taxis, perhaps it might be better for her if you brought her to the Green Dome for me. Oh don’t come in, just bring her to the door.”
“Anything else?”
“No that’s all for the present. I’ll call you if I need you.”
“What happened to your last assistant?”
“He took a sideways promotion. He made an improper suggestion about you!”
“I’m not exactly over worked in the position myself.”
“Don’t worry Number Six, I am glad you are here, even if no-one else is!”
“Thanks very much.”
“Don’t worry, I’ve a feeling this assignment is going to have an added attraction for you.”
“If I get her in my cottage I’ll give her the works!”
“Naughty naughty!”
“They used to call it the hollow legs treatment, I’ll get some gin down her!”
“That’s the spirit Number Six.......just a minute it will be a waste of time, its non alcoholic!”
“Well you waste your time and I’ll waste mine!”
“I’ll be watching you Number Six.”
“Then I hope you learn something!”
“Well I don’t want to be too hard on her, I’m surprised they even sent her here.”
“What crime has she committed?”
“No crime, just a case of nervous tension, they sent her here to recuperate.”
“What, they sent her to The Village to be made better?”
“An interesting concept don’t you think?”
“What methods are you going to use against her?”
“I don’t want to be too hard on her. Perhaps we’ll use the gentle approach. Go back to your cottage, and should you bump into the new Number Eight, well perhaps you could give her the benefit of your own experience. You do remember your first day?”
“How could I forget?”
“Besides it will save a good deal of time if you explained about the taxis, perhaps it might be better for her if you brought her to the Green Dome for me. Oh don’t come in, just bring her to the door.”
“Anything else?”
“No that’s all for the present. I’ll call you if I need you.”
“What happened to your last assistant?”
“He took a sideways promotion. He made an improper suggestion about you!”
“I’m not exactly over worked in the position myself.”
“Don’t worry Number Six, I am glad you are here, even if no-one else is!”
“Thanks very much.”
“Don’t worry, I’ve a feeling this assignment is going to have an added attraction for you.”
“If I get her in my cottage I’ll give her the works!”
“Naughty naughty!”
“They used to call it the hollow legs treatment, I’ll get some gin down her!”
“That’s the spirit Number Six.......just a minute it will be a waste of time, its non alcoholic!”
“Well you waste your time and I’ll waste mine!”
“I’ll be watching you Number Six.”
“Then I hope you learn something!”
Be seeing you
In The Village!
We’ve
seen Number 21 before, in fact she was the first person to speak in The
Village, she was a waitress at the cafe then. She offered him breakfast and
coffee, but now she seems to have been reduced to acting as a maid, the evening
maid who makes Number 6 his nightcap telling him
“Drink it while it’s hot.”
“What is it?”
“It’s good for you.”
“Good for someone.”
Number 6 is a very fortunate man, not only does he have a daytime personal maid, to bring him his breakfast, and to flick a yellow duster or feather duster about the place, but he’s got a night time personal made as well to make him his nightcap! I suppose the maids must make Number 6’s bed as well, perhaps they also do his laundry for him, after all he must have a change of clothes at some point, as well as change of underwear. It’s a wonder they don’t run his bath for him, and turn down the bed at night! I just wonder how many other prisoners get this kind of treatment, or privileges? I suppose when you’ve a prize prisoner like Number 6 you do your level best to look after him, after all they wouldn’t want any harm to befall him, would they?
“Drink it while it’s hot.”
“What is it?”
“It’s good for you.”
“Good for someone.”
Number 6 is a very fortunate man, not only does he have a daytime personal maid, to bring him his breakfast, and to flick a yellow duster or feather duster about the place, but he’s got a night time personal made as well to make him his nightcap! I suppose the maids must make Number 6’s bed as well, perhaps they also do his laundry for him, after all he must have a change of clothes at some point, as well as change of underwear. It’s a wonder they don’t run his bath for him, and turn down the bed at night! I just wonder how many other prisoners get this kind of treatment, or privileges? I suppose when you’ve a prize prisoner like Number 6 you do your level best to look after him, after all they wouldn’t want any harm to befall him, would they?
Be seeing you
Thought For The Day
Questions
are a burden to others, meaning they don’t like questions probably as they
don’t have the answers themselves. On the other hand, depending on whose side
you are on, questions can be equally a burden to you, because you cannot find the answers! So why do any of us ask
the questions in the first place? Because we want to know the answers and
thereby create a prisoner for oneself because of what we know, unless of course
it’s the answers we give to the questions which makes a prison for oneself!
Be seeing you
Friday, 21 December 2018
Caught On Camera!
The following images were taken by Eddie Mitchell
and posted on Twitter.
The link was sent to me by Alejandro Rivero.
It looks like Village agents get everywhere.....it
would appear that an ex-Number 2 has now a position with the Police. He appears
to be operating what looks to be a monitoring station during the drone incident
at Gatwick airport yesterday. And yet, is this a test of the electronic defence
system invented by the Rook? Or perhaps the electronic Beam as operated in ‘Hammer
Into Anvil’ in order the bring the drone down!
On the other hand it’s either a simple case
of Prisoner fans getting everywhere, or the Policeman is an ex-Cambridge man!
Be seeing you
Thursday, 20 December 2018
MindGames!
Take
that night in ‘A B and C,’ when Number 6 emerges from the bathroom to find the
maid has left his nightcap of hot chocolate on the work top of the dinette.
What does he do? He pours the drink into the sink, then taking a glass he fills
it with cold water from the tap, then holding up the glass he shows it to the
camera looking into the clear liquid, and takes a sip of water. A few moments
later he feels strange, the glass slips from his hand, and he collapses on the
floor in the bedroom.
So each night when a maid makes Number 6’s nightcap, did she personally drug that drink from a receptacle, or was the drug fed into the water supply at certain times? Number 6 didn’t drink that nightcap, instead he took a sip of cold water drawn from the cold tap in the kitchen, after which he collapsed unconscious in the floor in the bedroom. For me that confirms the drug, the strong sedative, was administered through the tap water all the time, which in turn would have made it easier for the maid. Because no doubt she not only had to make Number 6’s nightcap, but for a number of other citizens as well.
Number 6 usually drank his nightcap, because as he said to himself in ‘Dance of The Dead,’ “I’ve never seen a night, I just sleep.” But then that night Number 6 found he couldn’t sleep because he didn’t drink his nightcap. And again in ‘Hammer Into Anvil,’ he told Number 14 how he couldn’t sleep, that he was so restless. So there’s no point in lying in bed when you cannot sleep, so he got up and went out, what time might that have been? It was certainly very early in the morning, and at that time of day one might expect the door of his cottage to still have been securely locked. But perhaps they forgot to lock the French window again!
Number 6 not having drunk his nightcap in ‘Dance of The Dead’ and so being unable to sleep would suggest the drug was in his nightcap, not so, because it indicates he didn’t drink any tap water either as he had in ‘A B and C.’ Number 6 thought he was being clever by not drinking his nightcap, but he wasn’t half clever enough. After all he didn’t have to drink the water, but then if he hadn’t, he might not have been asleep let along heavily sedated when the two men came for him during the night!
So each night when a maid makes Number 6’s nightcap, did she personally drug that drink from a receptacle, or was the drug fed into the water supply at certain times? Number 6 didn’t drink that nightcap, instead he took a sip of cold water drawn from the cold tap in the kitchen, after which he collapsed unconscious in the floor in the bedroom. For me that confirms the drug, the strong sedative, was administered through the tap water all the time, which in turn would have made it easier for the maid. Because no doubt she not only had to make Number 6’s nightcap, but for a number of other citizens as well.
Number 6 usually drank his nightcap, because as he said to himself in ‘Dance of The Dead,’ “I’ve never seen a night, I just sleep.” But then that night Number 6 found he couldn’t sleep because he didn’t drink his nightcap. And again in ‘Hammer Into Anvil,’ he told Number 14 how he couldn’t sleep, that he was so restless. So there’s no point in lying in bed when you cannot sleep, so he got up and went out, what time might that have been? It was certainly very early in the morning, and at that time of day one might expect the door of his cottage to still have been securely locked. But perhaps they forgot to lock the French window again!
Number 6 not having drunk his nightcap in ‘Dance of The Dead’ and so being unable to sleep would suggest the drug was in his nightcap, not so, because it indicates he didn’t drink any tap water either as he had in ‘A B and C.’ Number 6 thought he was being clever by not drinking his nightcap, but he wasn’t half clever enough. After all he didn’t have to drink the water, but then if he hadn’t, he might not have been asleep let along heavily sedated when the two men came for him during the night!
Be seeing you
The Manager No.20
It’s
no wonder the Prisoner got annoyed in the manager’s office of the Labour
Exchange, he recognized the man tinkering with the children’s construction set,
Potter! Potter formally of the same department of British Military
Intelligence, and here he was working in The Village asking him questions! Of
course Potter is the first ex-colleague the Prisoner encountered in The
Village, but he wouldn’t be the last by any means. Then Potter was promoted to
assistant to Number 2 during ‘The Chimes of Big Ben,’ when he seemed happy to
suggest to Number 2 that there are methods they haven’t used against Number 6.
Perhaps it was that suggestion that saw him moved sideways down to the Control
Room, and assistant to the Supervisor-Number 26. But perhaps it might have been
more to the point that Potter was moved on due to the fact there was nothing
for him to do. Thinking about it there was precious little for Number 2 to do,
for him to warrant an assistant! And yet the Supervisor-Number 26 was a most
organized and capable operative, who had the Control Room running like
clockwork, and had the respect of the Observers. So really even in the Control
Room there was precious little for Potter to be doing. That’s why when he’s
seen, he’s seen to be standing about doing nothing! Even as the Labour Exchange
manager tinkering around with that wooden construction set, he appears to have
little to do. The line from ‘The Girl Who Was death may spring to mind at this
point.... “Busy Potter?”
Be seeing you
Quote For The Day
“No more wastage in schools. No more tedious learning by rote...... A
brilliantly devised course, delivered by a leading teacher, subliminally
learned and checked by an infallible authority....... and what do you have?”
“A
row of cabbages!”
“Knowledgeable cabbages.”
“Knowledgeable cabbages.”
{No.2 and No.6 - The General}
Well we might have met with this "row
of cabbages" previously during the dissolution of the outgoing council at
the Town Hall during the election period of ‘Free For All.’ And as the candidate Number 6 observed, what a
bunch of “tailors dummies" they all turned out to be. And as far as I can
see, a more suited "row of cabbages" you would not wish to meet.
"Can
you laugh, can you cry, can you think? In your heads must be the remnants of a
brain. In your hearts must be the desire to be a human being again.”
Is
this what happens to those rotten cabbages in The Village? Brainwashed
imbeciles, who might once have been former Number 2's who have now been
sub-divided, and who now sit upon the Town Council without a voice, and without
power to act. A puppet regime in a twentieth century Bastille which pretends to
be a pocket democracy. It's all a farce really, as Number 6 observed. And to
think the Town Council is democratically elected once a year, according to
Number 2 and Number 6 could have been a member of the Town Council, amid those
brainwashed imbeciles, with no heart or brain, nor the desire to be a human
being again.
Solitary confinement might have been more
effective, or to get Number 6 so drunk that he wouldn’t be able to stop himself
from talking his head off! But then that might prove to be too easy, as Number
2 and The Village administration, well they do like to play their little games.
Be
seeing You
I Think I’d Like Some Tea!
I
would be careful with that cup of tea if I were you Eighty-Six, tea cups, saucers
and Number 6 do not mix, he upsets them more often than not. Either that or the
tea gets poured away into a plant pot......told you so. You have to get up
early to put one over on Number Six!
Be seeing you
Tuesday, 18 December 2018
Caught On Camera!
Just
a minute! There’s the Prisoner on the morning of his arrival in The Village
sure enough, and that’s his cottage. But where’s the rest of it, the bedroom,
bathroom and the dinette located? They should be on this side of that wall as
the Prisoner goes into his cottage. After the maid leaves the cottage the inner
wall rises up to the roof space revealing a flat floor area with the dinette on
the right, the bedroom to the left, and the bathroom in between. But looking at
the cottage from this angle, there’s no room for any of those. As Doctor Who’s
TARDIS is simply described, it’s bigger on the inside than on the outside, or
was it smaller outside than it is inside, well whatever’s the greater. It’s handy
for the shop though!
Be seeing you
Quote For The Day
“We have everything here, water
electricity.”
{No.2 – Arrival}
I should think they would have water and electricity, not much of a village without those. And has The Village got gas laid on? It is suggested that it has, because there is a gas pipe leading to the gas fire in the fire place of Number 12’s cottage in ‘The Schizoid Man.’ It’s the pipe Number 6 earthed himself to when he gave himself the electric shock therapy. Mind you that gas pipe might well have simply been for show, after all it was in Alison’s former home and would have to be in her cottage in The Village, but it might simply have been for show. After all, the cottage 6 Private might have a fire place, but it has no chimney!
So The Village has two of the usual public amenities, water and electricity, but what about dealing with the sewage? Is The Village on mains sewage, or are cesspits made well use of? Being so isolated as The Village is, I should think mains sewage would be out of the question, as that would suggest a sewage treatment plant nearby. No, my money is on the use of cesspits!
{No.2 – Arrival}
I should think they would have water and electricity, not much of a village without those. And has The Village got gas laid on? It is suggested that it has, because there is a gas pipe leading to the gas fire in the fire place of Number 12’s cottage in ‘The Schizoid Man.’ It’s the pipe Number 6 earthed himself to when he gave himself the electric shock therapy. Mind you that gas pipe might well have simply been for show, after all it was in Alison’s former home and would have to be in her cottage in The Village, but it might simply have been for show. After all, the cottage 6 Private might have a fire place, but it has no chimney!
So The Village has two of the usual public amenities, water and electricity, but what about dealing with the sewage? Is The Village on mains sewage, or are cesspits made well use of? Being so isolated as The Village is, I should think mains sewage would be out of the question, as that would suggest a sewage treatment plant nearby. No, my money is on the use of cesspits!
Be seeing you
A Favourite Scene During The Opening Sequence
As
ZM73 {because he’s not the Prisoner yet} drives out of the underground car park
and up the ramp, here’s a car waiting as the Lotus reaches the T junction. It’s
a hearse with two undertakers in it, and they follow the Lotus through the
streets of London Buckingham Place
Had the two undertakers followed the Lotus to the underground car park, and then waited for the car to emerge? Or is it the case that someone ordered them there, to follow the Lotus back to the driver’s home and abduct him from there? If the latter who gave the two undertakers such an order and when, because even if it was that bureaucrat who ZM73 handed his letter of resignation to, then he’d have had to be damn quick about it, to organize the two undertakers in so short a time. Before ZM73 returned to his car from that office. And if it was the Colonel who gave the order then they’d have to be even quicker because the bureaucrat would have to tell him first. But if it had been Sir Charles Portland well that would have been a miracle to bring about such a plan in so short a time!
I think ZM73’s abduction had been long since organized, before his resignation which was simply coincidental. Someone had had him under the closest possible surveillance, cameras in his home and all that. And for a reason, he was wanted by those masters we hear so much about from people in The Village, those masters who are the administration behind The Village. A man of ZM73’s calibre, who wouldn’t want him? But making him co-operate that’s a different game altogether!
Had the two undertakers followed the Lotus to the underground car park, and then waited for the car to emerge? Or is it the case that someone ordered them there, to follow the Lotus back to the driver’s home and abduct him from there? If the latter who gave the two undertakers such an order and when, because even if it was that bureaucrat who ZM73 handed his letter of resignation to, then he’d have had to be damn quick about it, to organize the two undertakers in so short a time. Before ZM73 returned to his car from that office. And if it was the Colonel who gave the order then they’d have to be even quicker because the bureaucrat would have to tell him first. But if it had been Sir Charles Portland well that would have been a miracle to bring about such a plan in so short a time!
I think ZM73’s abduction had been long since organized, before his resignation which was simply coincidental. Someone had had him under the closest possible surveillance, cameras in his home and all that. And for a reason, he was wanted by those masters we hear so much about from people in The Village, those masters who are the administration behind The Village. A man of ZM73’s calibre, who wouldn’t want him? But making him co-operate that’s a different game altogether!
Be seeing you
Sunday, 16 December 2018
MindGames
Patrick
McGoohan said he had no idea who Number 1 is, so he made himself Number 1. It’s
a great pity script editor George Markstien had long left working on the production
of the series. Why? Because he could have been Number 1, he could have revived
his role as the man sat behind the desk, as he might have been in both ‘Do Not
Forsake Me Oh My Darling,’ and ‘Living In Harmony’ as the Marshal. After all it
all began with the bureaucrat when ZM73 handed in his letter to that man. In
‘Fall Out’ Number 6 could have gone into the Control Room of the rocket only to
find that same man sat there behind an oak desk, and he could have been Number
1 all the time!
Be seeing you
Village Life!
“Go
easy on him this morning.”
“Why?”
“He’s in a bad mood.”
“Did he get out of the wrong side of the bed or something?”
“It’s because you forced him to use that red, curved, over-sized telephone yesterday.”
“Oh.”
“He thinks you were taking the micky out of him.”
“He’s right!”
“What are you two talking about?”
“You.”
“Well there’s only one thing worse than being talked about.”
“What’s that?”
“Not being talked about!”
“And me......I’m not allowed to speak!”
“That’s because you’re symbolic.”
“Of what?”
“The little man who hasn’t a voice.”
“You’re just getting me on the cheap that’s all!”
“What do you mean?”
“If I talk on camera I get paid more.”
“Ah but you’re enigmatic.”
“I thought you said I was symbolic?”
“Yes, and enigmatic, you are the real mystery,”
“Me?”
“Yes, they know who I am, but you are the man of mystery, the man with no identity, a man with no name, you don’t even have a number!”
“I’d never thought of it like that.”
“Are we getting on with this scene or not? And don’t make me use that damned telephone again or I’ll.......”
“Or you’ll what.....resign?”
“Let’s just get on, my ulcer’s playing up!”
“Ready to go now......”
“Stop!”
“What is it now?”
“Hair in the gate!”
“Oh and I’ve drunk all the milk now!”
“Ten minute break everyone.”
“How was I Patrick?”
“You were good Angelo.”
“I’m a complete mystery then?”
“You said it Angelo, but more than that you make me look even better than I am!”
“Eh?”
“Why?”
“He’s in a bad mood.”
“Did he get out of the wrong side of the bed or something?”
“It’s because you forced him to use that red, curved, over-sized telephone yesterday.”
“Oh.”
“He thinks you were taking the micky out of him.”
“He’s right!”
“What are you two talking about?”
“You.”
“Well there’s only one thing worse than being talked about.”
“What’s that?”
“Not being talked about!”
“And me......I’m not allowed to speak!”
“That’s because you’re symbolic.”
“Of what?”
“The little man who hasn’t a voice.”
“You’re just getting me on the cheap that’s all!”
“What do you mean?”
“If I talk on camera I get paid more.”
“Ah but you’re enigmatic.”
“I thought you said I was symbolic?”
“Yes, and enigmatic, you are the real mystery,”
“Me?”
“Yes, they know who I am, but you are the man of mystery, the man with no identity, a man with no name, you don’t even have a number!”
“I’d never thought of it like that.”
“Are we getting on with this scene or not? And don’t make me use that damned telephone again or I’ll.......”
“Or you’ll what.....resign?”
“Let’s just get on, my ulcer’s playing up!”
“Ready to go now......”
“Stop!”
“What is it now?”
“Hair in the gate!”
“Oh and I’ve drunk all the milk now!”
“Ten minute break everyone.”
“How was I Patrick?”
“You were good Angelo.”
“I’m a complete mystery then?”
“You said it Angelo, but more than that you make me look even better than I am!”
“Eh?”
Be seeing you
The Therapy Zone
51
years on and do we understand ‘the Prisoner’ any more today than we did all
those years ago? We had better, otherwise it’s been a tremendous waste of time!
More than that, it means file Number 6, section 1, page 1, paragraph 1, back to
the beginning! Cue dark clouds, cue thunder, cue the Lotus 7 being driven at
speed from out of the distance, and don’t complicate matters this time, keep it
simple. Don’t let your mind get all in a tangle, keep to the straight a narrow,
and whatever you do don’t allow yourself to be side tracked, or led down side
avenues that turn into a cul-de-sac, you’ll only have to go back on yourself,
and then you’ll be lost. Keep it simple and straightforward. Remember the
simple answers are the best answers, so at the beginning of ‘Arrival’ where is
the Prisoner coming from? Perhaps he’s just coming back from visiting the
Colonel at his country residence! But he’s on a runway not a road, and the
sound of aircraft engines suggests an airport. One thing is for sure, he’s not
the Prisoner at this point, seeing as he’s not resigned his job. But he has
escaped from The Village, he did that in ‘Fall Out,’ and as we know ‘Fall Out’
is the prequel to ‘Arrival!’ So ZM73, for want of a better name, has recently
escaped The Village, is about to resign his job for which he’ll be abducted to
The Village from which he has recently escaped from! Ask me
another............... Who is Number 2? A person who has been recruited from
the British Foreign Office, or promoted to the position of Number 2 from within
The Village administration. Who is Number 6? He’s an ex-secret agent, which
means like Number 66-the ex-Admiral and Number 14-the ex-Count, he’s simply not
a secret agent any longer! The Prisoner it’s not difficult, its simple really.
Be seeing you
Friday, 14 December 2018
The Prisoner Means What It Is!
The
Prisoner it means what it is, but what exactly is it? First and foremost it’s a
television series. Its drama, action and adventure, something to lose oneself
in for fifty minutes, escapism if you prefer. And Number 6 is the hero, but he
turns out to be the villain was well. While Number 6 is countering the
machinations of Number 2, he as Number 1 is giving the orders at the same time!
Who do you think issued that termination order against Dutton? My money is on
Number 1. But of course we’re not supposed to know who Number 1 is, not until
‘Fall out.’ So it’s not the same the second time of watching, because we know
who Number 1 is, of Number 6’s battle with himself, in which others may suffer
as collateral damage! I think I preferred it when I didn’t know who Number 1
is, it was simpler then, the unknown villain behind the big door. Mind you no
matter how many times one sits through ‘the Prisoner,’ Number 6 still doesn’t
know who Number 1 is, not until that confrontation in ‘Fall Out.’
“Who is Number One?” the Prisoner demands to know.
“You are Number Six” Number 2 replies.
Then some clever clogs came up with the idea of where to place the emphasis, so to makes it appear that Number 6 is Number 1. That way enthusiasts can say we knew who Number 1 was right from the very beginning. But I prefer it simply that Number 2 is telling the Prisoner that he is Number 6, that seems fine to me, and I’m happy with it, that’s all that matters. If people disagree then that’s fine.
Because of the way ‘Fall Out’ ends its possible to stick the episode at the start of the series, and that’s alright because ‘Arrival’ begins at the end of ‘Fall Out,’ it completes the vicious circle. In the Prisoner’s end is his beginning, and his future looks to continue just as his immediate past. I have tried to find ways in which it’s possible to break that vicious circle, and there are ways. However to do that at any point those within the circle must come to realize what it is that plays out time and time again, over and over repeatedly. And there lies the rub, ‘the Prisoner’ is the time and time again no matter what. Those involved are incapable of realizing they are trapped in a vicious circle, therefore it impossible for anyone to change any course of events. That’s because it’s not filmed in such a way that the hero begins to realize that he’s the prisoner of a vicious circle, and each time the events play themselves out the hero cannot attempt to alter the course of events taking place. ‘The Prisoner’ is only a vicious circle because it has the start of the opening credits stuck on the end of ‘Fall Out,’ making it begin all over again. But then we are happy to see the events play themselves out, we should be used to it after 51 years. Perhaps that’s why we attempt to impose our own ideas,
“Who is Number One?” the Prisoner demands to know.
“You are Number Six” Number 2 replies.
Then some clever clogs came up with the idea of where to place the emphasis, so to makes it appear that Number 6 is Number 1. That way enthusiasts can say we knew who Number 1 was right from the very beginning. But I prefer it simply that Number 2 is telling the Prisoner that he is Number 6, that seems fine to me, and I’m happy with it, that’s all that matters. If people disagree then that’s fine.
Because of the way ‘Fall Out’ ends its possible to stick the episode at the start of the series, and that’s alright because ‘Arrival’ begins at the end of ‘Fall Out,’ it completes the vicious circle. In the Prisoner’s end is his beginning, and his future looks to continue just as his immediate past. I have tried to find ways in which it’s possible to break that vicious circle, and there are ways. However to do that at any point those within the circle must come to realize what it is that plays out time and time again, over and over repeatedly. And there lies the rub, ‘the Prisoner’ is the time and time again no matter what. Those involved are incapable of realizing they are trapped in a vicious circle, therefore it impossible for anyone to change any course of events. That’s because it’s not filmed in such a way that the hero begins to realize that he’s the prisoner of a vicious circle, and each time the events play themselves out the hero cannot attempt to alter the course of events taking place. ‘The Prisoner’ is only a vicious circle because it has the start of the opening credits stuck on the end of ‘Fall Out,’ making it begin all over again. But then we are happy to see the events play themselves out, we should be used to it after 51 years. Perhaps that’s why we attempt to impose our own ideas,
interpretations,
and beliefs on the Prisoner, to make it mean something altogether different. Or
at least to give situations new meaning, but then the Prisoner means what it is
no matter what we make of it, rightly or wrongly.
Who Is That On The Telephono?
It's a ridiculous telephone when you look
at it, however it is the hotline to Number 1, and vice versa to those who are
second only to 1, that's Number 2.
At
the beginning of the episode ‘A B and C,’ Number 2 has a nervous look on his
face as the telephone begins to bleep, he picks it up
“Number
Two here. Yes sir, I am doing my best. He's very difficult. I know it's
important.......... He's no ordinary person sir, but if I had a free
hand........ I know sir yes I'm not indispensable.”
Later,
after Number 6 has paid Number 2 a visit, he is again put under pressure by Number
1 via the hotline. “Yes sir, within two days. You have my word....... Yes sir,
I realise my future is at stake. Two days, I guarantee.”
Yet
despite his word and guarantee, it all goes pear shaped for Number 2, and it is
as the oversized red telephone begins to bleep in the laboratory, he knows what
is coming. In fact Number 2 had half expected the telephone to start to bleep after
the failure with 'B', but now with the complete failure to discover the reason
behind Number 6's resignation Number 2's fate is sealed.
Number
2 of ‘Hammer into Anvil’ is another Number 2 to have access to the
red telephone, well not all Number 2's use this peculiarly over-sized red,
curved telephone you know. Although it is seen on the desk of certain Number 2’s
in later episodes. But it is only actors Colin Gordon and Patrick Cargill who
are forced to use this prop, although Gordon does get away with not having to
do so in ‘The General.’ Anyway it is down this telephone that Number 2 gives
Number 1 all his assurances, that he doesn't need any help, that he can manage.
And it is a second Number 2 who gets the chop by telephone, even though he has
reported himself as being a breakdown in control, and in need of being
replaced.
Actually,
this telephone sitting on Number 2's desk must be a constant reminder of Number
1's ever presence, being just a phone call away. I mean no-one is free of
observation. Take Number 2 for example. There he was, having learned of his
failure to Number 6's success, that almost instantly that oversized red
telephone began to bleep. So Number1 must surely have been watching to have
learned of Number 2's failure so quickly.
Be
seeing you
Thursday, 13 December 2018
Citizen No.8
I
guess that puts 8 pretty far up in the rankings, that’s a mere 6 between itself
and Number 1. Nadia of course wasn’t really a citizen of The Village, more a
plant, so she doesn’t really count in the order of things especially since she
left The Village. But she played her part well enough, a woman in distress. The
next Number 8 was a completely different kettle of fish, a citizen yes, but one
conditioned through hypnotism to betray people and their escape plans. This
Number 8 was in love with Number 6, but that love was manufactured. He saw
through her, he saw through her tears, and we never saw her again!
When the number 8 is reallocated it’s to a woman who works in the cipher room, it is she who must oversee a daily prognosis report on Number 6. She delivers it personally to an interim Number 2, and goes through its finer points. However she gets the hump when the interim Number 2 belittles her complicated explanation as to why the computer refused to give up the data after having “Fission prognosis programming must include a quantum permutation of all cause and effects of supplementary elements.”
“In other words the computer calculated the old woman’s behaviour would change the behaviour pattern of Number Six.”
When the number 8 is reallocated it’s to a woman who works in the cipher room, it is she who must oversee a daily prognosis report on Number 6. She delivers it personally to an interim Number 2, and goes through its finer points. However she gets the hump when the interim Number 2 belittles her complicated explanation as to why the computer refused to give up the data after having “Fission prognosis programming must include a quantum permutation of all cause and effects of supplementary elements.”
“In other words the computer calculated the old woman’s behaviour would change the behaviour pattern of Number Six.”
The final Number 8 turns out to be a man!
He devised a method of putting a subject into a dangerous environment, dosing
said subject with hallucinatory drugs, and speaking through microphones. But
this Number 8 allowed himself to become involved and do what he would in a real
situation. It’s not been a bed of roses being Number 8. Once I betrayed
someone, and would have done a second time, but I wasn’t clever enough! Then I
portrayed myself as an efficient woman working in the cipher room, the next
I’ve had a sex change, and turns out to be a psychotic homicidal maniac who
strangles the same girl twice with my bare hands. Then I take what is termed as
the easy way out, committing suicide by throwing myself from a balcony! Number
8 is a poor number for anyone to have.
Be seeing you
Wednesday, 12 December 2018
60 Seconds With No.42
So what did
you do to Number Forty-two?
Who?
Number Forty......I mean Dutton.
Oh Dutton. Well each man has his breaking point.
And you deliberately took him to it?
I took him beyond it, I had permission.
From whom?
Number Two, she told me it would allow me to experiment, after all Dutton was dispensable.
But Dutton had told you everything he knew.
Ah, I’m not so sure about that, he was certainly reluctant to go further, but then I always win in the end.
And Number Six?
If we wait for orders we’ll never get results. There are times when you simply have to grasp the nettle.......
Even though it makes our hands bleed?
There’s no blood on my hands!
But you did have one of your failed experiments buried.
How did you know that?
I have it from a very reliable source.
There’s no pictorial evidence.
No, but the grisly scene was re-enacted in Village Day!
Village Day?
A little after your time doc!
Who?
Number Forty......I mean Dutton.
Oh Dutton. Well each man has his breaking point.
And you deliberately took him to it?
I took him beyond it, I had permission.
From whom?
Number Two, she told me it would allow me to experiment, after all Dutton was dispensable.
But Dutton had told you everything he knew.
Ah, I’m not so sure about that, he was certainly reluctant to go further, but then I always win in the end.
And Number Six?
If we wait for orders we’ll never get results. There are times when you simply have to grasp the nettle.......
Even though it makes our hands bleed?
There’s no blood on my hands!
But you did have one of your failed experiments buried.
How did you know that?
I have it from a very reliable source.
There’s no pictorial evidence.
No, but the grisly scene was re-enacted in Village Day!
Village Day?
A little after your time doc!
Be seeing you
Quote For The Day
“But I
must have them!”
“For the last time, your week’s credit allowance is all used up. Come back tomorrow.”
“But I can’t go through an entire day without my sweets!”
“For the last time, your week’s credit allowance is all used up. Come back tomorrow.”
“But I can’t go through an entire day without my sweets!”
{Number
36 and the Kiosk attendant - It’s Your Funeral}
Thursday is Appreciation
Day, so the day Number 36’s weekly allowance had been all used up by was a
Wednesday, and there was still another three days in the week, so how would
Number 36 manage? The kiosk attendant told 36 to come back tomorrow. Why did he
tell her that? Thursday was generally payday in Britain
Be seeing you
A Question of Time!
The
Colonel “The Group Captain said he wouldn’t be a minute.”
Thorpe “Yes.”
“How long does it take to put on a pair of boots?”
“I don’t know a couple of minutes perhaps.”
Thorpe “Yes.”
“How long does it take to put on a pair of boots?”
“I don’t know a couple of minutes perhaps.”
“How long has it been now?”
“Why do you ask?”
“The Group Captain was already wearing his boots.”
“Why are you worrying about the Group Captains boots?”
“He should have come out of the kitting room by this time!”
“There he goes now.”
“Did you see that milkman?”
“Milkman, no!”
“We didn’t order any milk.”
“There was no need, we already had some for our tea. But why are you worrying about the milkman?”
“I don’t know, he took too long that’s all.”
“Why do you ask?”
“The Group Captain was already wearing his boots.”
“Why are you worrying about the Group Captains boots?”
“He should have come out of the kitting room by this time!”
“There he goes now.”
“Did you see that milkman?”
“Milkman, no!”
“We didn’t order any milk.”
“There was no need, we already had some for our tea. But why are you worrying about the milkman?”
“I don’t know, he took too long that’s all.”
“The milkman?”
“No, the Group Captain.”
“No, the Group Captain.”
“What do you mean he took too long?”
“Even two minutes is too long for a man to
take in order to put on his boots, when he’s already wearing them. So what was
he doing?”
“I shouldn’t worry about it, they are on their way now.”
“Yeeeesssss. I get the feeling we’ve seen the last of him.”
“Probably just as well.”
“A bit unkind don’t you think? After all he’s on old, old friend who doesn’t give up!”
“Don’t we know it!”
“I shouldn’t worry about it, they are on their way now.”
“Yeeeesssss. I get the feeling we’ve seen the last of him.”
“Probably just as well.”
“A bit unkind don’t you think? After all he’s on old, old friend who doesn’t give up!”
“Don’t we know it!”
Be seeing you
Monday, 10 December 2018
Guardian!
He
might not be white, round, have the behavioural qualities of a balloon but he’s
a guardian all the same, but one of a different kind. He like others of his
kind who work undercover, this one’s a gardener. Number 6 told this gardener
that he’d like a word with him. The gardener told him that he’d have to
wait....guardian! You can tell a guardian by his authoritative attitude, that’s
why other prisoners like the Rook, shopkeeper, painter and the others obeyed
Number 6. He demonstrated his authority towards them.
So what do these guardians do? They spend their working day working, but at the same time they watch and report, like the shopkeeper in ‘Hammer Into Anvil,’ Number 112. He watched Number 6’s unusual activity in his shop and reported that activity to Number 2. They watch and report. It’s not enough to have surveillance cameras and microphones everywhere, and the deterrent of Rover, they have to have human guardians on the ground, in the field so to speak. Informants! It’s no wonder they don’t need a police force and a police station. For the most part citizens behave themselves, they toe the line because they don’t know who they can trust. Well they could, until the Rook put to Number 6 his own test, and found him to be a guardian, an infiltrator who goes about trying to trick innocent citizens in engaging in escape plots. But the Rook got it wrong, Number 6 got it wrong when he took command of the escape plot, and that’s why no group of people could ever escape The Village, not being able to know who to trust or not. Number 8 wanted to help Number 6 with his escape attempt, or at least she could tell him what not to try. After all she had helped so many others with their escape plans, but then she’s still in The Village and because of that Number 6 wouldn’t take the risk in trusting her. And yet he expected others to trust him, for all they knew he could well have been an infiltrator trying to trick them. Originally one of Number 6’s reliable men had been an infiltrator, designed to find out what Number 6 was up to. But Number 6 discovered Number 32 was a fifth columnist, and got rid of him. Number 6’s downfall was his air of authority, hence the Rook putting to Number 6 his own tests. Number 6 would have made an excellent guardian, if we’re judging by attitudes.
So what do these guardians do? They spend their working day working, but at the same time they watch and report, like the shopkeeper in ‘Hammer Into Anvil,’ Number 112. He watched Number 6’s unusual activity in his shop and reported that activity to Number 2. They watch and report. It’s not enough to have surveillance cameras and microphones everywhere, and the deterrent of Rover, they have to have human guardians on the ground, in the field so to speak. Informants! It’s no wonder they don’t need a police force and a police station. For the most part citizens behave themselves, they toe the line because they don’t know who they can trust. Well they could, until the Rook put to Number 6 his own test, and found him to be a guardian, an infiltrator who goes about trying to trick innocent citizens in engaging in escape plots. But the Rook got it wrong, Number 6 got it wrong when he took command of the escape plot, and that’s why no group of people could ever escape The Village, not being able to know who to trust or not. Number 8 wanted to help Number 6 with his escape attempt, or at least she could tell him what not to try. After all she had helped so many others with their escape plans, but then she’s still in The Village and because of that Number 6 wouldn’t take the risk in trusting her. And yet he expected others to trust him, for all they knew he could well have been an infiltrator trying to trick them. Originally one of Number 6’s reliable men had been an infiltrator, designed to find out what Number 6 was up to. But Number 6 discovered Number 32 was a fifth columnist, and got rid of him. Number 6’s downfall was his air of authority, hence the Rook putting to Number 6 his own tests. Number 6 would have made an excellent guardian, if we’re judging by attitudes.
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