What Prisoner material can I find in the real world?
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| The Prisoner: A Televisionary Masterpiece | 
Alain Carraze and Helene Oswald
(Virgin Books, 1989)
Contains many great color and B&W
stills from the series, including
behind-the-scenes shots.
Originally published in French. |
| The Prisoner and Danger Man |
Dave Rogers (Boxtree Books, 1989)
Contains episode synopses from both
series. |
| The Official Prisoner Companion |
Matthew White and Jaffer Ali (Warner
Books, 1988)
ISBN: 0-446-38744-4 |
| The Prisoner |
Thomas M. Disch (N.Y. Ace Publishing, 1970)
(Dobson Books, 1980)
ISBN: 0-450-04543-9 |
| Who Is Number Two? |
David McDaniel (N.Y. Ace Books, 1969)
(Dobson Books, 1981)
ISBN: 0-450-05287-7 |
| The Prisoner: A Day In The Life |
Hank Stine (N.Y. Ace Publishing, 1970)
(Dobson Books, 1979)
ISBN: 0-450-05106-4 |
| The Prisoner (Graphic novels) |
Four part comic book sequel to the tv series
by Dean Mottter (DC Comics 1988-1989)
Highly recommended reading.
Book A - A(r)rival Book B - By hook or by crook Book C - Confrontation Book D - Departure These may also be found as a single volume called "Shattered Visage". |
| The Prisoner Puzzle | A detailed Canadian educational text from the 70's, which included interviews with Patrick McGoohan. Considered a valued resource; probably out of print now |
Videos
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The 17 episodes are available on video tape and laser disk; check your local video store. There are also three "special" videos: "The Prisoner Companion", "The Best of the Prisoner", and "The Chimes of Big Ben" (alternate version). There was once an alternate version of "Arrival"; Six of One has an acoustically taped version of it, but no video copy is known to exist.
For about $20 each, any of the tapes may be ordered from:
Movies Unlimited
6736 Castor Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19149-2184
Order: (800) 523-0823
Service: (215) 722-8398
MPI Home Video
???
Oak Forest, IL ?????-?????
(800) 323-0442
(Catalog numbers MP1984 to MP2000; alternate "Chimes" MP1384)
Steven Ricks (a Six of One member) has produced an 8-volume video documentary called "The Prisoner in Depth". It has received rave reviews by the alt.tv.prisoner readership. However, he is only authorized to sell the videos to Six of One members, and he probably only has them in PAL format. He can be contacted at:
Steven Ricks
25 Lion Court
Well End
Borehamwood
Herts
WD6 5NJ
UK
The laser discs breifly came back into production in the U.S. The first (and only) new disc is MPI catalog number CLV1984, ISBN 1-56278-796-9, UPC 0 30306-1984-6 0. It contains the episodes "Arrival" and "The Chimes of Big Ben". The quality of "Chimes" is reportedly better than that of earlier laser disc releases; that of "Arrival" is reportedly worse (due to lost master tapes?).
Unfortunately, due to low sales on Disc 1, no further discs in the series will be produced. [Anyone have information on the Japanese imports? - Pat]
Miscellany
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The Mini-Moke toy (the "Taxi" seen in the series) was available during the time of original broadcast, and is now considered a serious collectors' item. The Six of One organization has obtained at least one of the two real vehicles that were used in the series. Also available at that time were Prisoner watches (with the penny farthing symbol on the face). Both of these are no longer available.
Caterham Cars sells a metal miniature model of the Super Seven for about $40 (It's about 3 inches long). A Japanese firm sells a plastic version for slightly less:
Model Kits:
Lotus Super Seven Series II Tamiya
1500 Cosworth Model Rectifier Corporation
(Scale 1:24) Edison, New Jersey, USA 08817
Kit No. 2446A
Lotus Super Seven Wills Finecast
Sports Racing Car Lower Road, Forest Row
(Scale 1:24) Sussex, RH18 5HE, UK
Kit No. 007
There are presently three CDs of Prisoner music. Six of One is the "official" source for them, but you can obtain them through the publisher and elsewhere. They are imports, marketed by:
Silva Screen Records Ltd, Silva House
261 Royal College Street
London NW1 9LU, UK
The catalog numbers (?) are "FILMCD042", "FILMCD084", "FILMCD126".
Photos, badges, maps, postcards, and CD soundtracks are available through the Six of One shop located at the Hotel Portmeirion. Most of the items available from the Six of One shop are also available through mail order through:
The Prisoner Mail Order Service
20 Barrs Street
Langley
Warley
West Midlands
B68 8QU
UK
Once Upon A Time has a number of Prisoner-related literary materials which it sells to non-members. For more information, contact them directly through the address above.
Some items the U.S. viewers see as novel collectables (such as the telephones) are (or were) fairly common items in the U.K. and were not specific to The Prisoner.
There was an adventure game during the late 70's for Atari and Apple computers, called "The Prisoner". It was made by "Edu-Ware", and was loosely based on the show.
There is a Prisoner sourcebook for the GURPS role-playing system by Steve Jackson Games.