The Colonel quotes from The Prisoner

You're a stubborn fellow, Number Six.

Number Six

James, you call me that once again and you're liable for a bout in hospital.

Thorpe

And they're all... numbers? No names. No names at all?

Number Six

Just numbers.

I see.

Number Six

Numbers in a village that is a complete unit of our own society. A place to put people who can't be kept around. People who know too much or too little. A place with many means of breaking a man.

Thorpe

[about Number Six] Interesting fellow.

He's an old, old, old friend. Who never gives up.

[watching as Number Six paces his flat] What sort of opinion would you form of that fellow?

Anybody who spends his time doing that must be rather stupid.

You couldn't be more wrong. Because he's our most interesting citizen from every point of view... particularly yours.