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ArrivalA man resigns his top security position, is drugged, and wakes up in The Village where he is numbered 6. While the wardens employ extreme measures to learn why he resigned, The Prisoner plans his escape. |
Free For AllNumber 6 runs for the office of Number 2, in the process of being groomed for candicacy he is brainwashed and given an assistant. |
Dance of the Dead
Nothing like a good old carnival to raise the spirits… But things turn truly sinister when No. 6 becomes the cabaret in a trial for his very life! |
Checkmate
No. 6 takes part in a game of human chess. In an ambitious gambit, he helps develop a method to deduce who are the pawns and who are the players, but will the strategy pay off? |
The Chimes of Big Ben
A new arrival, Nadia, turns up in The Village. Blending both art and craft, No. 6 makes his escape with Nadia in what can only be called a masterpiece. |
A, B, & C
Using a dangerous, experimental drug, a desperate No. 2 seeks to extract the reason behind No. 6’s resignation. However, the party’s only just begun as No. 6 turns the tables on No. 2 in the dreamiest way imaginable. |
The General
“Speedlearn” frenzy has swept the Village; is it being used for more sinister purposes than just teaching history? The Prisoner seeks out the facts behind The General’s secret agenda. |
The Schizoid Man
No. 6 awakes to find he has a new identity and a doppelganger. Would the real Number 6 please stand up? |
Happy Man Returns
The Prisoner wakes to find The Village deserted. He builds a raft and plots his course to freedom, but will he escape, or will he be dropped back into Village life again? |
It’s Your Funeral
No. 6 is underhandedly let in on an assassination plot against the retiring No. 2. Will No. 6 be discredited, or will he be able to save Number 2 from an incumbent No. 2? |
A Change of Mind
Declared unmutual, the Prisoner must undergo Instant Social Conversion. Does Instant Social Conversion equal instant lobotomy, and will his brain ever be the same again? |
Hammer Into Anvil
An interrogation by No. 2 leads to a girl’s suicide, and No. 6 seeks to avenge her death. In a community where no one can be trusted, No. 6 plays on the paranoia and fears of No. 2, bringing 2’s world crashing down. |
Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darling
“Professor Seltzman develops a technique for mind transference. Number 6, now the prisoner of another body, must locate an escaped Seltzman, or never feel himself again. |
Living in Harmony
A sheriff resigns, turns in his badge and gun, and later wakes up in the Village. Why did he resign? Will he take up arms? Find out how the West was “done”. |
The Girl Who Was Death
Mr. X pits himself against Sonia, a natural born killer, as he attempts to stop a mad scientist from destroying London. Some fairy tales are not for the faint-hearted. |
Once Upon A Time
In the ultimate battle of wills, No. 2 locks himself away with No. 6 to learn why he resigned. Who will survive the ultimate test? There can be only one. |
Fall Out
The Prisoner has earned the right to be individual. As the ceremony for the transfer of ultimate power progresses, Number 6 prepares to meet Number 1, but is it all monkey business? |
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