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The Prisoner
The Prisoner: Who Is Number Two? | David McDaniel
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This was a less proficient novelisation than Thomas Disch's, but not entirely unsuccessful.
The dialogue was not quite as crisply sparring, but was close enough. The main supporting character this time was Number Six's Lotus Seven kit car, driven by him in the iconic opening titles of the TV show.
Another of Mrs. B's indulgences of my Prisoner fandom was the gift of a track day at Silverstone where I got to drive the successor vehicle, a ⬇️

Bookwomble ... Caterham Super 7 (souvenir model pictured). At the time, I hadn't driven any car for two years, never mind a powerful sports car, and the bemused professional driver who escorted me around the track pityingly commented it was the first time the Super 7 had done the course without getting out of second gear! 🏎️🏁
But, I digress... Number Six's escape attempts are simultaneously ingenious and rather tediously detailed, apart from Number Two, ⬇️
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Bookwomble ... the other characters are rather cardboard, but the introduction of a cat is interesting, both in the Village's reasons for doing so and Number Six's reaction to it.
The end is a bit of a belly flop, and while it has to return to the story to its status quo, it could have benefitted from a little more panache. 3½⭐
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The_Book_Ninja This is a wholesome thread☺️ 7mo
bibliothecarivs I just watched the opening sequence of The Prisoner on YouTube. So cool that you got to drive the successor car. As a Xennial American, I only knew McGoohan from Braveheart 😆 7mo
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Onto the 2nd of The Prisoner novelisations, & an inauspicious start as the first word, "Drake," has me grinding my teeth ?

John Drake was the name of actor Patrick McGooghan's character in his earlier TV series, Danger Man, & as well-loved as that series & character were, McGooghan made it clear in press releases prior to the airing of The Prisoner that the new protagonist Number Six was NOT Drake!

I'll calm my inner nerd & see what develops!