"THE
OBSERVATION ROOM"
THE
UNMUTUAL WEBITE'S PRISONER ARTICLE ARCHIVE
"Doing
a little homework".
Number
Six, "The General".
This
section of The Unmutual Website acts as a library, or archive, of the many articles
regarding the series written by readers of this website over the years - we
hope you find them interesting reading. Perhaps you have written an article
on the series yourself, or would like to? Perhaps you have a favourite Episode
and would like to share your reasons why? If so, visit our contacts
page and email it to us for possible inclusion. Thanks to all those individuals
who have already granted us permission to include their articles here. The Article
Archive is split into 5 sections ("General Series Articles, "Episode
Specific Articles", "Portmeirion Articles", "Patrick McGoohan
Articles", and "The Projection Room" (The Prisoner Compared)).
GENERAL
SERIES ARTICLES:
THE
A-Z OF PRISONER ALLEGORY
An
indispensable series of articles, by Peter Dunn.
THE
DOOR IN THE WALL
Howard Foy looks at Drugs and The Prisoner.
THE
PRISONER REVIEWED
Tom Mayer extensively researches US reviews of the series from its original
broadcast.
CHARLIE'S
CHOICE
Lew Stringer looks at a famous issue of Smash! comic.
THE PRISONER COMPRESSED
David Fakrikian creates a four-hour Prisoner edit.
THE FAB FOUR AND NUMBER SIX
A look at The Beatles' connections with The Prisoner
THE
ILLUSION OF FREEDOM
Gadfly examines why the series lives on.
TELEVISION
ON TELEVISION
Tony Woodrow looks at the series in a wider context.
THEY'VE
GIVEN YOU A NUMBER AND TAKEN AWAY YOUR NAME
Mark Holwager and Valarie Ziegler look at Gnostic Themes in The Prisoner.
TAROT
AND THE PRISONER
E Alan Meece makes a comparison.
THE
PRISONER VS THE PANOPTICON
Stephen Gallagher ties together The Prisoner, Foucault, and panopticism.
PARAPOLITICS
OF THE PRISONER
Kenn Thomas looks at some political issues.
LEO'S
TRIO
Vaughan
Brunt looks at McKern's three episodes.
BETRAYAL
OF TRUST
Jane Rowe looks at betrayal and paranoia in the series.
THE
REGRETTABLE BULLET
The Cold War's effect on The Prisoner, by Peter Dunn.
A
CHILD'S PERSPECTIVE
Richard Rix casts his mind back to 1968.
20
THINGS YOU NEVER SEE
Rick Davy casts an amusing eye over the series.
I
AM A NUMBER
Erica Kendrick looks at Number Six's numbers obsession.
42
REASONS WHY I LOVE THE PRISONER
Jennie Fiddes lists her a few of her favourite things.
IF
THE 17 EPISODES WERE.....
Puns a plenty in these alternative episode title lists.
PROGRESS?
Adrian Hudson asks if Society has moved on from the series' warnings.
THE
PRISONER - FOR A NEW GENERATION
The series is just as relevent in 2005, argues Jennie Fiddes.
PRISONER
Kenn Thomas looks at secret agents.
ROVER
EXPOSED
Steve
Dix presents a light-hearted Rover Instruction Manual
LOST
FICTIONAL EPISODES
Andrew Hunt presents some satirical wiped episodes.
BE
3-D-ING YOU
Leslie Glen looks at technological possibilities.
FALLING
OUT OVER SHATTERED VISAGE
A 2010 look at the comic remake.
WHAT
IF?
Jude Marian discusses the possiblities.
CHESS,
BOXING, ACTING, AND THE PRISONER
Jimmy Driver looks at some sporting connections
IT
COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE
Rick Davy looks at the history of "Prisoner" remakes.
REFLECTIONS
FROM AN ORIGINAL FAN
1960s viewer Ira Heffler on the series' appeal.
TP
and DM - AN INTEREST
Annonee Moosee on enjoying both series.
FROM
THE US TO THE ESKIMOS
An American fan has an amusing experience.
THE PRISONER DECODED IN THE TIBETAN BOOK OF THE DEAD
Craig Conley looks at some interesting links.
WHAT WAY OUT FOR THE FREE AGENT?
Nur Soliman takes us on a John Drake journey.
EPISODE
SPECIFIC ARTICLES:
FIRST
IMPRESSIONS
New Prisoner fan Steve Yarde gives his "first impressions" of some
episodes in a series of articles.
A,
B, AND C:
THE
UNKINDEST CUT OF ALL
Peter Dunn recalls the butchering of a classic.
FREE
FOR ALL:
A
PARTY POLITICAL BROADCAST
Gareth Thomas examines the episode.
PROS
AND CONS
In-depth analysis by Rosemary Camilleri.
DANCE
OF THE DEAD:
DEAD
TO THE WORLD
Gareth Thomas looks at the episode in a new light.
FOOL'S
PARADISE
The Roland Walter Dutton conundrum, by Erica Kendrick.
DEAD
RECKONING
Rosemary Camilleri's in-depth analysis.
A
CHANGE OF MIND:
A
CHANGE OF MIND AND R.D. LAING
Tony Woodrow takes a psychological look at the episode.
IT'S
YOUR FUNERAL:
KILLING
THE KING
Howard
Foy examines the uniqueness of a much-maligned episode.
IT'S
YOUR FUNERAL?
An episode post-mortem by Vaughan Brunt.
LIVING
IN HARMONY:
A
LIFE IN HARMONY?
Jill Mills on her love for the Prisoner western.
HARMONY
REVISITED
Brian Watson re-watches the episode after a long gap.
THE
GIRL WHO WAS DEATH:
SEX
AND VIOLENCE
Tony Woodrow looks at The Girl Who Was Death and the Marquis De Sade.
ANYONE
FOR CRICKET?
Rick Davy lifts the lid on one of his favourite sequences.
FALL
OUT:
DESPERATE
HOURS
Jane Rowe on her dislike of the series' conclusion.
DISPUTED
SYMBOLISM
Tony Sandy's call on 'What's it all about?'
PORTMEIRION
ARTICLES
MEETING
SIR CLOUGH
Vaughan Brunt recalls the first Prisoner convention in 1977.
THE
VILLAGE AS UTOPIA
Craig Conley looks at Two Literary Precursors of Portmeirion
PATRICK
McGOOHAN ARTICLES
THE
McGOOHAN PHILOSOPHY
Roger Ffoulkes on what makes McGoohan a media prophet.
MEASURE
OF THE MAN
Mark O'Brien takes a look at McGoohan and The Prisoner.
TOTAL
IMMERSION
An extensive and unique look at McGoohan's Directorial Debut, "Catch My
Soul".
NO
YESTERDAY AND NO TOMORROW
A look back at the series "Rafferty"
by Tom Mayer.
RAFFERTY
EPISODE GUIDE
Part Two
of Tom Mayer's research.
NEW
YORK TIMES
Tom Mayer visits McGoohan's birthplace.
RENDEZVOUS:
DISCOVERY AND REVIEW
Tom Mayer finds a lost TV classic.
ALSO
IN THE ARCHIVE:
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A series
of articles comparing various films and TV shows to "The Prisoner".
Do you see Prisoner influences in any films? Or a film's influences in the series?
If so, send your article to us via the contacts page for possible inclusion.
Click HERE
for a series of episode articles by Chris Gregory, author of "Decoding
The Prisoner".
Click HERE
for a series of articles by Ryan Corey "Ego, The subconcious and The Unmutual"
written from a Village authorities perspective.
Tom Soter
also has articles at the following links: http://www.tomsoter.com/?q=node/226,
http://www.tomsoter.com/?q=node/669,
http://www.tomsoter.com/?q=node/105, http://www.tomsoter.com/?q=node/132, http://www.tomsoter.com/?q=node/739,
http://www.tomsoter.com/?q=node/499
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