History Recap / ThePrisonerE13DoNotForsakeMeOhMyDarling

* SeriesContinuityError: Much of this episode doesn't match up with what we see in "[[Recap/ThePrisonerE7ManyHappyReturns Many Happy Returns]]," where Number Six also returned to the real world to confront what the Village had done to him. (It is likely not a coincidence that [=McGoohan=] was not involved very much in the production of this episode due to his ''Ice Station Zebra'' commitments.)
** In particular, this episode informs us that Number Six ''was engaged'' and had a fiancée waiting for him back home. And she was the ''intelligence director's daughter'', so it would be absurd to think The Village somehow didn't know about the engagement. [[invoked]][[FridgeLogic This just raises all kinds of questions]], such as: Why didn't the Village ever try to use the fiancée to break Number Six? Why didn't they consider the possibility that Number Six merely resigned to settle down with his fiancée? Why didn't Number Six try to contact her the last time he was in London, in "Many Happy Returns"
*** The fact Six was engaged also contradicts "[[Recap/ThePrisonerE3ABAndC A, B and C]]" where he actually admits openly that he was planning to leave on holiday after resigning - with no mention of a fiancée.

* SeriesContinuityError: Much of this episode doesn't match up with what we see in "[[Recap/ThePrisonerE7ManyHappyReturns Many Happy Returns]]", where Number Six also returned to the real world to confront what the Village had done to him. (It is likely not a coincidence that [=McGoohan=] was not involved very much in the production of this episode due to his ''Ice Station Zebra'' commitments.)
** In particular, this episode informs us that Number Six ''was engaged'' and had a fiancée waiting for him back home. And she was the ''intelligence director's daughter'', so it would be absurd to think The Village somehow didn't know about the engagement. [[invoked]][[FridgeLogic This just raises all kinds of questions]], such as: Why didn't the Village ever try to use the fiancée to break Number Six? Why didn't they consider the possibility that Number Six merely resigned to settle down with his fiancée? Why didn't Number Six try to contact her the last time he was in London, in "Many Happy Returns"?

* TemporarySubstitute: Number Six's mind swapped into another man (played by Nigel Stock), since Creator/PatrickMcGoohan was off filming ''Film/IceStationZebra'' at the time.

** In particular, this episode informs us that Number Six ''was engaged'' and had a fiancée waiting for him back home. And she was the ''intelligence director's daughter'', so it would be absurd to think The Village somehow didn't know about the engagement. [[FridgeLogic This just raises all kinds of questions]], such as: Why didn't the Village ever try to use the fiancée to break Number Six? Why didn't they consider the possibility that Number Six merely resigned to settle down with his fiancée? Why didn't Number Six try to contact her the last time he was in London, in "Many Happy Returns"?

* AbsenteeActor: Creator/PatrickMcGoohan was away filming ''Film/IceStationZebra''. This was justified by having the mind of Number 6 being put into a new body. The replacement also allowed them to have Number Six kiss a woman; [=McGoohan's=] contract stipulated that he would not appear in a love scene.

* AbsenteeActor: Patrick [=McGoohan=] was away filming ''Film/IceStationZebra''. This was justified by having the mind of Number 6 being put into a new body. The replacement also allowed them to have Number Six kiss a woman; [=McGoohan's=] contract stipulated that he would not appear in a love scene.

* FreakyFridayFlip: Patrick [=McGoohan=] was not available for much of this episode, as he had agreed to film ''Film/IceStationZebra'' in order to finance more episodes of ''The Prisoner''. So Number 6's mind was put into someone else's body (and tasked with finding the inventor of the mind-swap machine, or else he'd never get back to his own body...) Strictly speaking, this lacked most of the standard bits of the "swap" aspect, as Number 6's body was portrayed as lying sedated for the entire episode.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The episode exists due to Patrick [=McGoohan=] being busy on ''Film/IceStationZebra'' (a role he took so his paycheck could finance more episodes of ''The Prisoner'').

* FreakyFridayFlip: Patrick [=McGoohan=] was not available, So Number 6's mind was put into someone else's body (and tasked with finding the inventor of the mind-swap machine, or else he'd never get back to his own body...) Strictly speaking, this lacked most of the standard bits of the "swap" aspect, as Number 6's body was portrayed as lying sedated for the entire episode.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The episode exists due to Patrick [=MacGoohan=] being busy on ''Film/IceStationZebra'' (a role he took so his paycheck could finance more episodes of ''The Prisoner'').

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The episode exists due to Patrick [=MacGoohan=] being busy on ''Film/IceStationZebra''.

* SeriesContinuityError: Much of this episode doesn't match up with what we see in "[[Recap/ThePrisonerE7ManyHappyReturns Many Happy Returns]]", where Number Six also returned to the real world to confront what the Village had done to him.

* TitledAfterSong: The episode's title comes from the theme song to ''Film/HighNoon''.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The episode exists due to Patrick [=MacGoohan=] being busy on ''Ice Station Zebra''.
* SeriesContinuityError: Much of this episode doesn't match up with what we see in "Many Happy Returns," where Number Six also returned to the real world to confront what the Village had done to him.

*** The fact Six was engaged also contradicts "A, B and C" where he actually admits openly that he was planning to leave on holiday after resigning - with no mention of a fiancée.

* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: Professor Seltzman is hiding in Kandersfeld, a completely fictional village somewhere in Austria.

* BizarroEpisode: ''The Prisoner'' is generally bizarre, but this is an odd one from a production viewpoint. Number Six is played by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Stock_(actor) Nigel Stock]] after a mind-swap. He's on a "mission" for the Village, a concept they considered but never really revisited. There's the revelation that Six is a CelibateHero because he has a never-mentioned-before-or-again fiancée, which contradicts even the little we know about him already. Even the [[SpecialEditionTitle opening credits are different]].
* ColdOpen: The discussion of the slides comes before the usual opening titles.

The story begins back in London, with a group of men discussing a set of slides. We learn from their conversation that they are most definitely spies, as they discuss whether or not the slides are part of a code that needs to be broken. But their interest seems to be focused on [[ArcNumber slide number six]], featuring a picture of a Dr. Seltzman.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The episode exists due to Patrick [=MacGoohan=] being busy with ''IceStationZebra''.

** In particular, this episode informs us that Number Six ''was engaged'' and had a fiancee waiting for him back home. And she was the ''intelligence director's daughter'', so it would be absurd to think The Village somehow didn't know about the engagement. [[FridgeLogic This just raises all kinds of questions]], such as: Why didn't the Village ever try to use the fiancee to break Number Six? Why didn't they consider the possibility that Number Six merely resigned to settle down with his fiancee? Why didn't Number Six try to contact her the last time he was in London, in "Many Happy Returns"?
*** The fact Six was engaged also contradicts "A, B and C" where he actually admits openly that he was planning to leave on holiday after resigning - with no mention of a fiancee.

** In particular, this episode informs us that Number Six ''was engaged'' and that there was a fiancee waiting for him back home. [[FridgeLogic This particular fact]]--which the Village should have known since Number Six was marrying the ''intelligence director's daughter''--never even gets used by the Village to make the Prisoner talk, nor do they consider the engagement a likely reason--retire and settle down--why Number Six resigned. And, for that matter, when Number Six thought he escaped in "Many Happy Returns", he didn't even try to contact his fiancee.
* SpecialEditionTitle: An odd variation on the opening. There's a ColdOpen (which other episodes didn't have), then the post-opening-titles scene (that iconic dialogue between Number Six and Number Two) is completely omitted.

** In particular, this episode informs us that Number Six ''was engaged'' and that there was a fiancee waiting for him back home. [[FridgeLogic This particular fact]]--which the Village should have known since Number Six was marrying the ''intelligence director's daughter''--never even gets used by the Village to make the Prisoner talk, nor do they consider the engagement a likely reason--retire and settle down--why Number Six resigned. And, for that matter, when Number Six thought he escaped in "Many Happy Returns", he didn't even try to contact his fiancee.

* {{Discontinuity}}: Much of this episode doesn't match up with what we see in "Many Happy Returns," where Number Six also returned to the real world to confront what the Village had done to him.
** In particular, this episode informs us that Number Six ''was engaged'' and that there was a fiancee waiting for him back home. [[FridgeLogic This particular fact]] - which the Village should have known since Number Six was marrying the ''intelligence director's daughter'' - never even gets used by the Village to make the Prisoner talk, nor do they consider the engagement a likely reason - retire and settle down - why Number Six resigned.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The episode exists due to Patrick [=MacGoohan=] being busy with ''IceStationZebra''.

* {{Discontinuity}}: Much of this episode doesn't match up with what we see in "Many Happy Returns," where Number Six also returned to confront what the Village had done to him.
** In particular, this episode informs us that Number Six ''was engaged'' and that there was a fiancee waiting for him back home. [[FridgeLogic This particular fact]] - which the Village should have known since Number Six was marrying the intelligence director's daughter - never even gets used by the Village to make the Prisoner talk, nor do they consider the engagement a likely reason - retire and settle down - why Number Six resigned.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The episode exists due to Patrick [=McGoohan=] being busy with ''Ice Station Zebra''.

The story begins back in London, with a group of men discussing a set of slides. We learn from their conversation that they are most definitely spies, as they discuss whether or not the slides are part of a code that needs to be broken. But their interest seems to be focused on [[SignificantNumber slide number six]], featuring a picture of a Dr. Seltzman.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The episode exists due to Patrick McGoohan being busy with ''Ice Station Zebra''.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The episode exists due to Patrick McGoohan being busy with ''{{Ice Station Zebra}}''.

Number Six is given a new face and sent on a spy mission to serve the Village.