The Prisoner (TV Series)
The Chimes of Big Ben (1967)
Patrick McGoohan: Number Six
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Quotes
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Number 6 : I'm going to escape, come back, wipe this place off the face of the Earth, obliterate it and you with it
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Number Two : [they are having tea in Number Two's office] I can never remember... one lump or two?
Number Six : It's in the file.
Number Two : Yes, as a matter of fact yes! But it would save time if you would just answer the question!
Number Six : Why, are you running out of time?
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Number Two : Do you still think you can escape, Number Six?
Number Six : Oh, I'll do even better than that.
Number Two : Oh?
Number Six : Going to escape and come back.
Number Two : Come back?
Number Six : Escape, come back, wipe this place off the face of the Earth, obliterate it, and you with it.
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Number Two : If I turn her over to you, you'll do some woodwork for me, is that your deal?
Number Six : The best you'll get.
Number Two : Ha ha! You really are the limit, Number Six!
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Number Six : Would you like to explain to me how a man in Poland came to have a watch showing English time when there's one hour's difference?
Colonel J. : Maybe he was slow.
Number Six : I'll bet he was.
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[Number 2 is describing the Village]
Number Two : What in fact has been created? An international community. A perfect blueprint for world order. When the sides facing each other suddenly realize that they're looking into a mirror, they'll see that this is the pattern for the future.
Number 6 : The whole world as the Village?
Number Two : That is my dream. What's yours?
Number 6 : To be the first man on the moon.
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Colonel J. : Let's start at square one, shall we? First, why did you resign?
Number Six : It was a matter of conscience.
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Nadia : You really know what I want? To hear the chimes of Big Bill.
Number Six : Big Ben.
Nadia : I'll never call you anything else.
Number Six : Good night, Nadia.
Nadia : Good night, Big Ben.
Number Six : Big Bill.
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Number Six : I risked my life and hers to come back here, home, because I thought it was different. It is, isn't it? A bit different?
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[Big Ben is chiming]
Colonel J. : Question one, why did you resign?
Number Six : I resigned because, for a very long time I s... Just a minute. Eight o'clock.