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The Prisoner
"No One Will Know"
Audio Drama
Written by Nicholas Briggs
Directed by Nicholas Briggs
Released November 2019 |
Is this the end?
Notes from the Prisoner chronology
This episode is the final one of the
Prisoner audio dramas published
by Big Finish. As far as has been announced, no other volumes
are forthcoming.
Characters appearing or mentioned in this episode
Control/Number 57
Danvers/Number 13
Prof. Jacob Seltzman
Janet
Number 6
Potter
sergeant-at-arms (mentioned only)
sergeant-at-arms' cat (mentioned only)
Kate Butterworth
Prime Minister
(mentioned only)
scientist
Thorpe
(mentioned only)
Agent 062
(mentioned only)
Number 2
Herr Müller
Rover
Control's wife (unnamed, mentioned only)
Didja Know?
The Big Finish version of The Prisoner is an
audio drama reimagining of
the classic 1967 TV series of the same name.
The series can occasionally be heard on the
BBC Radio website.
Didja Notice?
Potter was shot and seemingly killed
by a gunshot from Seltzman in
"The Seltzman Connection",
but he mysteriously returns to health a couple days later as
described here.
Number 6 tells Control that the "missing" Thorpe showed up in
the Village as one of the oppressors. This occurred in
"Hammer Into Anvil".
Janet's agent codename is revealed to be 062.
The Number 2 in this episode is someone inhabiting the body of
Number 6 and Janet is supposedly inhabiting the body of Potter.
Control remarks that he wouldn't be surprised if Seltzman's
mind-swapping technology was funded directly from the Kremlin.
The Kremlin
is the official home of the Russian President.
Number 2 suggests that Control's mind could be swapped with his
opposite number in the KGB. The KGB was the national security
agency of the Soviet Union. It ended with the fall of the Soviet
Union in 1991.
The stacks of glowing boxes holding the minds of thousands of
individuals is referred to here as the Cabinet of Souls.
At 43:10 in the episode, Control tells "Potter" to shut up and "Potter" reminds
him, "I'm not Potter, I'm 620, I'm Janet." But Number 6 had
earlier said that Janet's codename was 062, not 620. This tends
to suggest that it is not really Janet inhabiting Potter's body.
Danvers is abducted to the Village and becomes Number 13.
Control is also
abducted to the Village and becomes Number 57.
At the end of this episode, Number 6 seems to have accepted his
place in the Village, but when Janet asks him to confirm his
feelings about the future he chuckles and says, "That would be
telling." This is the last episode produced by Big Finish, so it
could be that we'll never know.
Unanswered Questions
Has Number 6 been turned in favor of the Village? If he has
accepted the Village and Seltzman's mind-swapping, why? He was
still fighting it when the "bomb" was about to go off, then we
suddenly find him in the Village some time later, seemingly in
acceptance. Is it because he has Janet back, which at one point
he says is all he wants?
Is Janet really Janet in the Village? Is it really someone
else's mind in her body?
Memorable Dialog
be seeing you.mp3
every cloud has a silver lining.mp3
something's come up.mp3
is this the end of it all?.mp3
desperate for an ending.mp3
Cabinet of Souls.mp3
it will disseminate random personalities throughout the
planet.mp3
by hook or by crook.mp3
that would be telling.mp3
here is a warning.mp3
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