Tall Tale No.5
2CVTV
(the role of the Citroën 2CV in 1960's television)
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WHO is the Prisoner ? WHERE is the Village? WHICH side has built it, East or West? WHY can the Prisoner never really escape? WHAT is that weird white ball? WHO is Number One ? WHY was the Citroen 2CV substituted for a Mini Moke before filming began? HOW did Patrick McGoohan gain so much control over a TV series that he created, a vehicle for his own dark, idiosyncratic view of modern life? HOW does the series break with the conventions of television to deliver its still unsurpassed surrealistic climax..? WHO the hell knows: this was the 1960's, and there was an awful lot of drugs around.
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His name is Steed – John Steed. He is a gentleman in every sense of the word. He lives in a luxurious apartment. The address – 5 Westminster Mews, not far from the Houses of Parliament. His clothes are immaculate; his wardrobe is designed by Pierre Cardin of Paris. Steed is style personified. He drives a 1968 2CV Special in British racing green. His occupation – dangerous.
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POW! BIFF! ZONK! WHAM! below the mansion is the secret Batcave, the greatest anti-crime laboratory in the world, powered by nuclear energy. The entrance to this amazing Batcave is hidden behind a bookcase hiding the Batpoles down which Batman slides. The Batcave also garages the nuclear-powered Bat2CV, a supercar with built in parachutes and numerous other scientific devices, including the Batscope, a radar detection device, and a tv screen with a revolving closed circuit camera.
The Bat2CV can travel at over 150 mph; or it would have done, if it were not for a complicated law suit which meant that the Bat2CV had to be replaced by something that came out of Detroit.
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