Number 2 brings an exact replica of Number 6 to The Village in an attempt to break The Prisoner.
It
begins when a girl, Alison, displays a close telepathic link with
Number 6 and is able to identify all the cards he selects from a
pack.
After she leaves, he goes to bed and is put into a deep sleep by a 'Pulsator' hidden in the lamp above his bed.
He subsequently undergoes a form of brainwashing where his tastes
are changed: his right handedness to left handedness, he grows a
moustache and has darker hair.
Everyone greets him now as Number 12. The double now assumes the identity of Number 6 and once The Prisoner comes face to face with with him he is left bewildered and starts to doubt his own identity. Will he finally crack......?
Written by Terence Feely
Produced by David Tomblin
Directed by Pat Jackson
Stars
Patrick McGoohan - Number Six/Number Twelve
Anton Rogers - Number Two
Jane Merrow - Alison
This is the only episode to feature 'Rover' by name and also is the only to include an Asian character.
McGoohan's regular double, Frank Maher, is used in some sequences.