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Rover is a fictional entity from the 1967 British television program The Prisoner, and was an integral part of the way 'prisoners' were kept within The Village. It was depicted as a floating white ball that could coerce, and, if necessary, disable inhabitants of The Village, primarily Number Six. In one incident, it even killed a person, but it is not clear whether the ability to kill was a normal feature of Rover or if this incident was a malfunction. Several aspects of the Rover device were not explained, presumably left to the imagination/speculation of the viewer.
In the novel The Prisoner: Number Two by David McDaniel, based upon the series, the name Guardian was used instead of Rover.
Rover was depicted as a large white inflatable balloon, not quite fully inflated, with a flexible skin. Rover would often produce a muffled roar sound when attacking. It would also sometimes emit a strange light display / luminescence from its interior. Once released, Rover could bounce and glide across the land and sea for a long range and at high speed, faster than a vehicle or boat.
The Rover Incident (Chinese: 羅發號事件) occurred on March 12, 1867 when the American merchant ship Rover, en route from Shantou to Newchwang shipwrecked off the coast of Formosa (Taiwan under Qing rule). The ship struck a coral reef called Qixingyan (七星岩) near Oluanpi and drifted into the area of Kenting. The American sailors were killed by Taiwanese Aborigines in revenge for earlier killings of Kaolut (Koalut/Ku-a-lut/etc) tribe members by foreigners. Subsequently, the U.S. military decided to send a military expedition against the tribe members responsible.
Following the wreck of the United States ship and killing of the surviving crew by aborigines, the American Consul to Amoy Charles William Le Gendre quickly traveled to Foochow, arriving on 2 April 1867, to persuade the governor generals of Fukien and Chekiang to intervene and put pressure on the Chinese authorities in Taiwan to resolve the issue. The governor general of Fukien gave Le Gendre permission to go to Taiwan himself, and wrote him a letter of introduction to take to the prefect of Taiwan, asking him to cooperate with Le Gendre, but adding that "if the consul takes measures to manage the case himself, please invite him not to do so, for these savages might give him more trouble that he thinks." Le Gendre commissioned the United States steamer Ashuelot, under the command of Captain John C. Febiger, in order to visit the scene of the wreck and to try (unsuccessfully) to get foreign officials in Taiwanfoo (capital of Taiwan Prefecture, where he arrived on 18 April) to act. After a subsequent failed punitive expedition carried out by Rear Admiral Henry H. Bell of the United States Navy, Le Gendre again returned to Formosa—this time without any reference to his superiors. While in Taiwan, he asserted United States consular authority, selected a deputy consul in north Taiwan, visited the Keelung mines, and gathered information from United States merchants.
Lunar Jim is an animated preschool-oriented stop-motion television show produced in Canada by Halifax Film and Alliance Atlantis, and aired in the USA as well on Discovery Channel and V-Me from 2003-2012. The show is based on an original concept created by Alexander Bar. Season 1 was Executive Produced by Jeff Rosen. It was script-edited in Season one by Peter Sauder. Season two was helmed by award-winning veteran producer/writer Jed MacKay. Ben Zelkowicz provided the voice of Jim.
Jim and his team; Rover the Robot Dog, Ripple the Super Space Mechanic, Eco the Farmer, and TED, the Technical Equipment Device, live on Blue Moon L22, the second-to-last moon on the edge of the Milky Way. Focusing on exploration and inquiry, Lunar Jim intends to promote such life skills as problem-solving, persistence, creativity, and cooperation, with an emphasis on "pre-science skills". His rallying cry is "Let's get lunar!"
The following tables compare general and technical information between a number of IRC client programs which have been discussed in independent published literature.
Basic general information about the clients: creator/company, license etc. Clients listed on a light purple background are no longer in active development.
A brief overview of the release history.
The operating systems on which the clients can run natively (without emulation).
Unix and Unix-like operating systems:
What IRC related protocols and standards are supported by each client.
Information on what features each of the clients support.
Orion-1 was the designation of a sounding rocket of Argentina, which was started between 1965 and 1971 by CELPA and by Wallops Island.
The Orion possessed a takeoff weight of 100 kg (220 lb). It had a length of 4 m (13 ft), a diameter of 0.21 m (8.3 in), and a ceiling of 95 km (59 mi).
Orion is a heavy metal studio album by singer-songwriter Ryan Adams, released on May 18, 2010, on Adams' own record label PAX AM. Described as Adams' first "fully-realized sci-fi metal concept album,"Orion was released on a limited vinyl run, and could only be purchased from the PAX AM online store. There are no plans for a wide release, but as of November 4, 2010, Adams' new site paxamrecords.com is offering a standard edition vinyl that will also include the download card of the entire album. Those who purchased the album in its limited run also received a bonus 7" single.
The album was recorded in 2006, while working on Easy Tiger with producer Jamie Candiloro, and is Adams' first full-length album release since splitting from The Cardinals in March 2009.
Orion's artwork was designed by Michel Langevin of Voivod.
On the popular Ryan Adams forum, Ryan Adams Archive, Adams posted the following regarding Orion's stylistic influences:
The Wings haircut or flippies or flow is a popular hairstyle used in the skateboarding, surfer, and preppy community. Typically long, the style can range from long and drooping below the eyes, to a shorter length. The haircut is typically wavy and, if straight, the length comes to halfway down the ears. Instead of lying on the wearer's ears, the hair flips up and comes straight out like an airplane wing, hence the name. The hairstyle was popular among men in the 1960s, 1970s, 2000s, and early 2010s.
This hairstyle was first worn by Victorian gentlemen from the 1830s until the 1890s, usually with a beard or muttonchop sideburns. From the end of World War I until the pompadour became popular in the 1950s younger men cut their hair very short for an athletic look although the longer hair continued to be worn by some older men born before 1890, such as Western actor George "Gabby" Hayes.
During the 1920s the wings haircut was worn as an alternative to the bob cut and pageboy hairstyle by flappers and young children of both sexes. It remained popular during the war years for its practicality when women worked in the factories. After the war, women's hair grew increasingly longer until the 1960s when it made a comeback among younger women like Twiggy and continued to be worn into the 1970s.
Rover's first appearance in the episode "Arrival" // La primera aparicion de Rover en el episodio "Arrival" http://www.elitevision.org/category/the-prisoner/
What was that? That would be telling.
Network DVD's first ever Blu-ray title is a special-features laden THE PRISONER THE COMPLETE SERIES (PG) starring Patrick McGoohan. Available to buy as a 6-disc limited edition box set now, RRP £59.99, it is the first Blu-ray version of the series anywhere in the world. The only home entertainment edition of the series to be officially endorsed by McGoohan himself and based on the version of the standard definition DVD which won Best TV DVD at the Home Entertainment Awards in 2008, THE PRISONER THE COMPLETE SERIES BLU-RAY is thought-provoking, revelatory and just plain cool. McGoohan's iconic series is as fresh and dynamic now as it was when first unleashed upon an unsuspecting world in 1967. Containing all seventeen episodes the wealth of special features include: •Dont Knock Yours...
Parody of The Prisoner from The Simpsons episode, "The Computer Wore Menace Shoes."
2014 Prisoner Convention in Portmeirion. A No. 6 lookalike is chased in the Village by Rover.
Trailer for The Prisoner television series starring Patrick McGoohan.
S09E13 "The Joy of Sect"
The Prisoner Renault Commercial
Crew members recall their first meetings with the guardian of the village "Rover". Part 1.
During recording for 'The Prisoner' Barnaby Edwards (who plays several characters in the village) decides to give a few suggestions to one of his co-stars 'Rover', he soon learns that Rover can never be told what to do! Orange Alert! More videos from Rover and her co-stars coming soon. Pre-Order The Prisoner now from: https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/the-prisoner-volume-01-1181 For More information on Big Finish please visit: http://www.bigfinish.com https://twitter.com/bigfinish https://www.facebook.com/thebigfinish Subscribe to our Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/bigfinishprod?sub_confirmation=1
Rover is a fictional entity from the 1967 British television program The Prisoner, and was an integral part of the way 'prisoners' were kept within The Village. It was depicted as a floating white ball that could coerce, and, if necessary, disable inhabitants of The Village, primarily Number Six. In one incident, it even killed a person, but it is not clear whether the ability to kill was a normal feature of Rover or if this incident was a malfunction. Several aspects of the Rover device were not explained, presumably left to the imagination/speculation of the viewer.
In the novel The Prisoner: Number Two by David McDaniel, based upon the series, the name Guardian was used instead of Rover.
Rover was depicted as a large white inflatable balloon, not quite fully inflated, with a flexible skin. Rover would often produce a muffled roar sound when attacking. It would also sometimes emit a strange light display / luminescence from its interior. Once released, Rover could bounce and glide across the land and sea for a long range and at high speed, faster than a vehicle or boat.