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Number Six

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Alternate use: see Number 6

Played by Patrick McGoohan, Number Six was the central fictional character in the 1960s television series The Prisoner. In each episode, his attempts to escape the Village would be foiled, either by Number Two or by Rover, a robotic guardian which resembles a weather balloon.