No doubt this episode inspired much of the concept of "The Village" in the program "The Prisoner". However:
- This episode itself was inspired by the well known 'school for spies' concept, considered to be real.
- And, there were also rumors of 'villages' where 'retired' spies were kept in order to make them unavailable to the other side.
"The Village" in the series does not clearly belong to any side. Instead it is left as a state of mind from which to escape via recognition of 'Number 1".
Number 6 and John Drake were both played by Pat, but they were not the same man. Markstein may have hoped/intended that 'The Prisoner' be an extension of 'Danger Man', but it was McGoohan's baby. John Drake lived in the 'real' world, Number 6 'lived' in an allegory. Pat once said "John Drake would have escaped from the Village" ;-)
@dearmalika he turned down the role of james bond because he felt it was too immoral as secret agent man he never used a gun only psycological warfare
Actually it was George Markstein who was the behind the idea of the Prisoner and he had input into this episode. Also, no refernece was ever made to number 6 as John Drake. This was done on purpose to avoid royalty payments to the creators of Danger Man.
This is the episode where McGoohan got the idea for The Prisoner.He also played his role as John Drake co-starring in the original movie Ice Station Zebra(1968)though the name he used as a secret agent working for MI6 was David Jones,this was understood as a fake John Doe name ,not being able to use his real name since he was on a secret mission.Fans understood,just as in The Prisoner he was known as Number Six,with only 1 episode in the series was his real name John Drake referenced only once.
No doubt this episode inspired much of the concept of "The Village" in the program "The Prisoner". However:
- This episode itself was inspired by the well known 'school for spies' concept, considered to be real.
- And, there were also rumors of 'villages' where 'retired' spies were kept in order to make them unavailable to the other side.
"The Village" in the series does not clearly belong to any side. Instead it is left as a state of mind from which to escape via recognition of 'Number 1".
zunipus 1 week ago
I love this show - best ever tv program. However, I'm glad youtube.com will soon monetize videos like this. The creators ARE ENTITLED to be paid.
caesarcerf 3 months ago in playlist Danger Man
Thank you SO MUCH for uploading these!
wrght9185 3 months ago
Number 6 and John Drake were both played by Pat, but they were not the same man. Markstein may have hoped/intended that 'The Prisoner' be an extension of 'Danger Man', but it was McGoohan's baby. John Drake lived in the 'real' world, Number 6 'lived' in an allegory. Pat once said "John Drake would have escaped from the Village" ;-)
thelegalbaton 9 months ago
Patrick McGoohan represent for me the perfect english gentleman and hero!
What a fantastic actor!
dearmalika 1 year ago
@dearmalika he turned down the role of james bond because he felt it was too immoral as secret agent man he never used a gun only psycological warfare
spacepatrolman 1 year ago
Actually it was George Markstein who was the behind the idea of the Prisoner and he had input into this episode. Also, no refernece was ever made to number 6 as John Drake. This was done on purpose to avoid royalty payments to the creators of Danger Man.
gent11763 1 year ago
This is the episode where McGoohan got the idea for The Prisoner.He also played his role as John Drake co-starring in the original movie Ice Station Zebra(1968)though the name he used as a secret agent working for MI6 was David Jones,this was understood as a fake John Doe name ,not being able to use his real name since he was on a secret mission.Fans understood,just as in The Prisoner he was known as Number Six,with only 1 episode in the series was his real name John Drake referenced only once.
rematpac 1 year ago