Some might recognize the title of this post from a late 1960s British television show titled, “The Prisoner“. The short-lived (17-episode) series starred the late Patrick McGoohan as a spy tired of the “game” and trying to retire. He is gassed by persons unknown and transported to “The Village” where everyone is known by numbers (he is number 6, a fact he frequently retorts to with, “I am not a number! I am a free man!”). The series was a departure for mainstream TV with many odd and interesting psychological themes as well as some good ol’ spy stuff. “The Prisoner” has a cult following and several college friends and I found ourselves enthralled. A network was airing episodes in the middle of the day when I was a junior and a handful of us would pile into one friend’s room to watch it. He does have a cool car too.

Well, only adding credence to my belief that quality television is to be found on cable networks, AMC is planning on airing a miniseries remake of “The Prisoner” this fall starring the infallible Ian McKellen and Jim Caviezel. I’m really excited to check it out and will surely report back on it in the fall. In the meantime, if you get a chance to watch the series, do so. It’s odd and you’ll have to accept the 1960s art, fashion, etc.

I’ve resigned. I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered.

GorT

GorT is an eight-foot-tall robot from the 51ˢᵗ Century who routinely time-travels to steal expensive technology from the future and return it to the past for retroinvention. The profits from this pay all the Gormogons’ bills, including subsidizing this website. Some of the products he has introduced from the future include oven mitts, the Guinness widget, Oxy-Clean, and Dr. Pepper. Due to his immense cybernetic brain, GorT is able to produce a post in 0.023 seconds and research it in even less time. Only ’Puter spends less time on research. GorT speaks entirely in zeros and ones, but occasionally throws in a ڭ to annoy the Volgi. He is a massive proponent of science, technology, and energy development, and enjoys nothing more than taking the Czar’s more interesting scientific theories, going into the past, publishing them as his own, and then returning to take credit for them. He is the only Gormogon who is capable of doing math. Possessed of incredible strength, he understands the awesome responsibility that follows and only uses it to hurt people.