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The Prisoner (1967) - 161 mistakes in entire show

 

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Mistake Continuity: While the prisoner is packing for his trip (in the opening title sequence), a beach photo placed in his travel bag rotates itself into a different position between shots. Submitted by Jean G

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Mistake Continuity: During the opening sequence, a white car parked outside the prisoner's London flat disappears between shots as he drives up in the yellow Lotus and walks to the front door. Submitted by Jean G

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Mistake Deliberate "mistake": During the opening credits, when he has resigned, a typewriter is seen to repeatedly put a letter onto the platen. In the next shot, a series of Xs are placed over the Prisoner's picture. The key that is repeatedly pressed is H. (The X key would have come from somewhere near the left of the picture of the keys, not the middle.).

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Mistake Continuity: In both the opening and closing sequences, as well as in footage used throughout the series, "Rover" leaves the ocean floor as a transparent sphere, but arrives on the surface colored his usual opaque white. Submitted by Jean G

Arrival (series 1)

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Mistake Plot hole: Everyone in the Village is supposed to have a number instead of a name. Yet, Tom Cobb, the ex-agent Number 6 recognizes in the medical ward, is for some reason an exception. Number 2, the doctor, Number 4 and Number 6 himself all call the man Cobb. Submitted by Jean G

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Mistake Revealing: At one point, Rover rolls past the Village retirement home, but the film in this sequence was for some reason shown in reverse. Smoke from the building's fireplace is flowing back into the chimney instead of coming out. Submitted by Jean G

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Mistake Revealing: Number 6 is supposedly flying the helicopter, trying to escape from the Village. There are shadows from the rotor blades crossing his face as he pilots the aircraft. But look closely at the top of the transparent cockpit bubble over his head: you can see the real copter blades - completely stationary and not moving at all. Submitted by Jean G

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Mistake Continuity: Rover drags Number 5 back out of the water to the beach and drops him with his feet pointing toward the recovery vehicle. He starts to get up, but when the shot cuts, he's lying flat again and has changed orientation on the sand, his head now pointing toward the vehicle. Submitted by Jean G

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Mistake Revealing: When Number 6 first enters the bedroom, the light that hangs from the ceiling is moving as though someone has brushed against it. But there's no one else in the room. Submitted by Jean G

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Mistake Visible crew/equipment: When Number 6 first walks into his Village bedroom, a film crew member can be spotted walking past the window. Submitted by Jean G

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Mistake Continuity: When Number 6 observes the stone boat, the tide appears to change from high to low between shots. Submitted by Jean G

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Mistake Continuity: Watch the stone boat in the background as Number 6 and Number 2 discuss the oldsters having "every comfort." Between shots, the senior citizens vanish from the boat. Submitted by Jean G

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Mistake Continuity: When Number 6 climbs to the top of the bell tower and looks down at the Village, the beach below him changes remarkably between shots. The sequence was obviously shot at different times of day, as the tide is in during much of the scene, but in several intervening shots, the beach sand is completely exposed. Submitted by Jean G

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Mistake Continuity: Number 6 is looking out his window as the maid runs down the stairs. As he watches her, two tables in his apartment change places with each other between takes. A large table with a statue/sculpture on it switches positions with a smaller table on which his lamp and telephone rest. Submitted by Jean G

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Mistake Continuity: The telephone kiosk Number 6 uses at the beginning changes both its shape and its location between takes. Sometimes it's under an archway: in other shots, it's next to the restaurant instead. And in some shots, the hood above the phone has square/straight edges, while in others, its edges are round. Submitted by Jean G

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Mistake Revealing: No automobiles are permitted in the Village - ever. Yet in aerial shots, a black car is sitting behind Number 2's residence. Submitted by Jean G

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Mistake Continuity: When Number 6 is looking for a map in the Village store, the shopkeeper wears a badge with 19 on it. A few shots later, his number has mysteriously changed itself to 56. Submitted by Jean G

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Mistake Continuity: The unfortunate Village resident suffocated by Rover is wearing sunglasses that disappear between shots. Submitted by Jean G

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Mistake Continuity: The dwarf Butler climbs in to pilot the helicopter - but when the aircraft actually takes off, it's obvious that the pilot is a full-sized person. Submitted by Jean G

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Mistake Continuity: When Number 6 first wakes up in his new house in the Village, there's an ornately carved wood panel covering the window. When he stands, it has disappeared. Submitted by Jean G

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