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"The Girl Who Was Death" The Prisoner episode Episode no. Season 1
Episode 15Directed by David Tomblin Written by Terence Feely Original air date 18 January 1968 Guest stars Schnipps: Kenneth Griffith
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"Once Upon a Time""The Girl Who Was Death" is a television episode of the British science fiction-allegorical series, The Prisoner. It originally aired in the UK on ITV on 18 January 1968. According to several sources, including The Prisoner by Robert Fairclough, this episode was adapted from an unused, two-part script originally commissioned for Danger Man.
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Plot summary
The basic plot appears to be Number Six on a past assignment, before he went to The Village. He has to track down Professor Schnipps, a mad scientist who wants to destroy London. Number Six dresses up in various disguises, including "Sherlock Holmes" with moustache, side whiskers and attitude, and tracks down a seductive woman called Sonia, alias "Death", who sets a series of deadly traps for him.
Eventually, after faking his death, Number Six tracks Sonia to a lighthouse where Schnipps and his associates are based. The villains all appear to have a Napoleon complex, dressing up as the Emperor himself. Captured, Number Six is tied up and left inside the rocket as it is about to launch, but he escapes and the rocket blows up, killing the villains.
In the end, it turns out that Number Six was telling some children a bedtime story in the Village nursery. Number Two (who looks like Schnipps) and his assistant (who looks like Sonia) were hoping that he would drop some clue as to why he resigned. But Number Six, after putting the children to bed, turns to the camera and cheekily wishes: "Good night, children...everywhere."
Additional guest cast
- Number Two/Schnipps: Kenneth Griffith
- Sonia/Assistant: Justine Lord
- Potter: Christopher Benjamin
- Killer Karminski: Michael Brennan
- Boxing M.C.: Harold Berens
- Barmaid: Sheena Marsh
- Scots Napoleon: Max Faulkner
- Welsh Napoleon: John Rees
- Yorkshire Napoleon: Joe Gladwin
- Bowler: John Drake
- Little girl: Gaynor Steward
- Little boy: Graham Steward
- Little boy: Stephen Howe
- Photographer: Alexis Kanner (uncredited)
Bibliography
- Fairclough, Robert, ed. The Prisoner: The Original Scripts. vol. 2. foreword by Roger Parkes. Reynolds & Hearn. ISBN 978-1903111819. OCLC 61145235. - script of episode
External links
The Prisoner Episodes "Arrival" · "The Chimes of Big Ben" · "A. B. and C." · "Free For All" · "The Schizoid Man" · "The General" · "Many Happy Returns" · "Dance of the Dead" · "Checkmate" · "Hammer into Anvil" · "It's Your Funeral" · "A Change of Mind" · "Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling" · "Living in Harmony" · "The Girl Who Was Death" · "Once Upon a Time" · "Fall Out"Characters See also Categories:- The Prisoner episodes
- 1968 television episodes
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