Talk:John Drake (Danger Man)

Michael Moorcock assured me that his Eternal Champion character identity as Jon Daker is not Drake either.

Dual nationality category
Before anyone decides to change it, it is perfectly correct for Drake to be listed under Fictional Irish-Americans AND Fictional British people in that the character underwent a retcon during the course of the series that resulted in his nationality changing, as explained in the article. 68.145.238.33 21:42, 19 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Actually, the only nationality-oriented retcon here was that in the first "Danger Man" programme, Drake was an American (working for NATO) and in the later one, British. Here in the US at least, there is an accepted usage of "British" that covers all the British Isles, including Ireland, even though that's a separate country; saying the Irish are not British is like restricting "American" to the people of the United States, when actually the word is applicable to the entire American bi-continent. I'd call one single statement that Drake is an Irishman a slip stemming from the fact that McGoohan was one (albeit born in the USA, a citizenship that at this point he was not considering claiming). --Ted Watson (talk) 22:57, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

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The Black Book, romance
Is this episode really an example of John falling in love with a woman? Most of the episodes have some degree of flirtation between Drake and a female guest-star, although there is never sexual involvement. Does this episode really stand out from the rest in that regard? --99.225.254.102 (talk) 01:23, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I take it you have never viewed the episode. Or, for that matter, many Danger Man episodes as Drake never even flirts with women (except superficially as part of a cover). Even the two linked Susan Hampshire episodes don't go as far as Black Book, even though one ends with Drake and Hampshire's character leaving on holiday together! Read any history of "The Prisoner" and you'll see how hard McGoohan worked to eliminate romance from his scripts (A Change of Mind being the key episode) and you'll see how unique Black Book is. 23skidoo (talk) 06:10, 28 September 2008 (UTC)