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: One of the most obscure pop culture references to Rover (see above) comes in David Platt's 1979 version of [[Crowther & Woods]]' computer game, ''[[Colossal Cave Adventure]]'' — when a player attempts to enter a large vault without the correct password, Platt sics Rover on him/her. Platt's laconic prose correctly captures all the eldritch noises, shrieks heard in the distance and terrifying suspense as Rover is "born" from a glop of subterranean goo (like a blob in a Lava Lamp) and begins a chase which proceeds with the unerring ferocity of Nemesis to inevitable death. [[Mike Goetz]]' 1983 extension of this version also summoned Rover when a player pilfered a poster off the walls of the computer room (in Witt's End).

* ''[[Columbo]]''

:The episode "Identity Crisis" was directed by and guest -starred McGoohan. His character (Nelson Brenner) is a spy who shares personality traits with Number 6, including the catch phrase "Be seeing you", and some of the banter between Columbo and Brenner is highly reminiscient of that between Number 6 and Number 2.

:The episode "Ashes to Ashes" was also directed by and guest -starred McGoohan. The episodeIt ends with Columbo telling McGoohan's character (Eric Prince), "itIt's your funeral," which is the title of an episode ofa ''The Prisoner'' episode.

* [[Death in June]]

:The band's 1989 release ''[[93 Dead Sunwheels]]'' has a number of audio samples from ''The Prisoner''. Most notable is an exchange from the episode "A, B, and C" at the beginning of "She Said Destroy":