The Prisoner

The Prisoner

Number Six

Man Behind Desk in Title Sequence

The Butler

Supervisor

According to script editor and co-creator George Markstein, Number Six resigned from his position after discovering files indicating the existence of the Village. The Village was an idea Number Six had submitted to his superiors many years before but had since decided was monstrously inhuman.

While most Number Twos are male, during the course of the series we see at least four women in the position ("Dance of the Dead", "Free for All", "Many Happy Returns" and a female Number Two is seen very briefly in "It's Your Funeral").

The license plate on the car driven by The Prisoner in the credits is KAR 120C. The license plate of the car that follow him is TLH 858.

In the opening sequence, the letter X is typed across the prisoner's photograph, but the typewriter typebar for the letter H is moving. The typebar for the letter X is at the far right of the frame.

It was not always possible to mask the existence of civilization near Portmeirion, Wales, where much of the series was filmed. In several episodes neighboring towns and farms can be glimpsed. However, it should be noted the exact size of The Village is never specifically indicated, and there are numerous episodes that indicate it is significantly larger than the core settlement. Occasionally the Welsh flag can just about be glimpsed on the Village flag pole too.

There is inconsistency about the location of the village, and whether it is on an island or not, perhaps deliberately: according to The Prisoner: The Chimes of Big Ben it is located in the vicinity of Lithuania and Poland, on the Baltic Sea; according to The Prisoner: Many Happy Returns it is on the coast of Morocco or southern Portugal, possibly an island; it is implied in The Prisoner: Fall Out that the village is in England near London, in Kent county.

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Number 6: Last week, Number 14 was an old lady in a wheelchair. You're new here, and you're one of them.

Number 6: If I knew where I was sailing from I could calculate where I was sailing to.