Who is The Prisoner? - The Prisoner (1968) Discussion

[–] cind5 8 years ago

Yes and no. According to the producer of the show, the answer is yes. He went so far as to let novels be written about that fact. Patrick McGoohan swore up and down there was no connection. I guess it depends on your point of view.

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[–] MtxMind 8 years ago

It was subtly implied a few times in the show that it was John Drake.Allegedly in private McGoohan admitted to his stunt double that it is John Drake,but publicly denied it,more than likely because the creator of the character of John Drake (Ralph Smart IIRC) would had to have been paid royalties.

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[–] nephihaha 8 years ago

No 6 is actually a kind of everyman.

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[–] Owlwise 8 years ago

nephihaha has it exactly right. The series may have initially intended No. 6 to be Drake, but as it went from the literal to the allegorical, it quickly became clear that No. 6 was each & every one of us -- at least as we could be, if we had the strength & determination to resist the infinite layers of control & persuasion that the world imposes on us. And of course the most subtle & powerful layers of control & persuasion are those within our own minds.

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[–] Tsotha-lanti 8 years ago

MacGoohan didn't have rights for Danger Man, so it might have been seen as a copyright vio. So he denied everything, staying in character BTW.

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[–] bastasch8647 8 years ago

Iirc, in the penultimate episode where McKern is regressing Number Six back to school days, McKern addresses him as "Baker"...if that's of any help.

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[–] bastasch8647 8 years ago

Yes, I can confirm that McKern calls Six "Baker" in the penultimate episode.

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[–] amyghost 8 years ago

How can you 'confirm' this?

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[–] bastasch8647 8 years ago

Turning up the volume; listening carefully; watching McKern's lips. It is clear that he is not saying "Drake" or "later".

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[–] amyghost 8 years ago

Well, many others here have done just that and ended up with a different word, so that's not exactly 'confirmation', only your subjective opinion out of many others. Some say they've used the subtitles on-screen and the subs show the word 'later'. So apparently 'Baker' isn't necessarily correct.

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[–] arbilab 8 years ago

But well we know, subtitles (captions) aren't necessarily correct either.

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[–] amyghost 8 years ago

No, so there's probably no satisfactory final resolution to this one--and PMG might have wanted it that way, even if it was accidental.

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