A
high ranked British Secret Agent resigns and decides to take
some holidays. He is neutralized by a gas that fills the room
when he is packing his bags. He wakes up in a beautiful and
dangerous jail called "The Village" where the all
inhibitants wear multicoloured clothes. These inhibitants of
"The Village" are identified by a unique number and
greet each other with a thundering "Hello to you"
!
The
Agent is identified as N° 6. People may not leave "The
Village" unless they reveal the reason of their capture.
There is also "The Prowler", a white ball that is
the ultimate guard of "The Village" and prevent any
escape tentative. N° 2 is the chief of "The Village"
and he tries to know why N° 6 has resigned from the Secret
Services. When N° 2 fails, he is replaced by another N°
2. As the series goes along, N° 6 tries to find a way to
escape and try to discover who is the Village's leader ... the
mysterious N° 1 ...
Famous
Dialogue :
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N° 6 : "Where I am ?"
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N° 2 : "In the Village."
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N° 6 : "What do you want ?"
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N° 2 : "Information."
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N° 6 : "In which camp are you ?"
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N° 2 : "You will learn it when time will come ... We
need information, information, information."
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N° 6 : "You will get none !"
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N° 2 : "You will talk whether you want or not."
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N° 6 : "Who are you ?"
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N° 2 : "I am the new Number Two."
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N° 6 : "Who is Number One ?"
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N° 2 : "You are Number Six."
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N° 6 : "I AM NOT A NUMBER, I AM A FREE MAN !"
The
ALOUETTES ...
F-BNKZ
registered Alouette II arrived in Portmeirion (the actual name
of "The Village" in Wales) on September 14, 1966.
She was used for most of aerial pictures of the series. She
was owned by Heli-Union
and the company's flame logo appeared alongside "The Penny
Farthing" series' logo in several scenes. She was then
bought by RBA Helicopters on January 16, 1967, and was registered
as G-AVEE. G-AVEE was unserviceable for the "Schizoid Man"
episode and was replaced by F-BOEH Heli-Union Alouette II for
the shooting.
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