Sunday, November 9, 2008

The Prisoner - Lotus Super Seven


While filming an episode of "Danger Man" at the fantasy village of Portmeirion, North Wales in 1965, Patrick McGoohan conceived the idea of a series about a secret island village where former government agents were kept imprisoned. McGoohan himself played the non-conformist prisoner No. 6, who struggles relentlessly to crack the system. One of the main hallmarks of the series is the green and yellow Lotus Super Seven, driven by McGoohan before he is wisked away to the village. The transport in the village was provided by a fleet of brown and white Mini Moke taxis. The museum also owns a replica of one of these taxis.

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