warwick@tron.DEC (Trevor Warwick x4432) (02/11/85)
Channel 4 here in England repeated all the 17 episodes of The Prisoner
last year. When it was finished, they also showed a 1 hour special documentary
about what it was all supposed to mean. This featured interviews with
McGoohan, and many of the production team.
One of the interesting bits of information that came out of it was that
the Rovers were never actually meant to look like balloons. Apparently, they
had designed some amazingly complex and impressive looking machine that was
supposed to be the automatic sentry. Unfortunately, on the day of the filming,
it hadn't yet been delivered, so McGoohan had the bright idea of using an
old meteorological ballon that they found on the set. The rest of the crew
thought that this was a ridiculous idea, but I think it worked. Had they
made Dark Star when The Prisoner was made... ?
trevor warwick
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