Patrick McGoohan: 1928-2009

"Where am I?"

"In the Village."

"What do you want?"

"Information."

"Whose side are you on?"

"That would be telling…. We want information. Information! INFORMATION!"

"You won't get it."

"By hook or by crook, we will."

"Who are you?"

"The new Number Two." 

"Who is Number One?"

"You are Number Six."

"I am not a number — I am a free man!"

From the opening sequence of most episodes of the cult TV series, “The Prisoner”. 

First broadcast in 1967, the series ran for 17 episodes and starred Patrick McGoohan as 'Number 6', a prisoner in The Village. This seemingly utopian setting concealed the sinister motives of an unspecified nation/organization as it set about breaking the spirit of No.6 and determining just why he had resigned. Who No.6 was, what he resigned from, where The Village was and who controlled it was never entirely clear to me, but when it was first shown on TV, it was compelling stuff. 

". . . be seeing you"