1967 - Episode 06 - The General 50:17: The Prisoner

: The "General" is not a person but a room-sized supercomputer designed to be an infallible authority.

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: Unable to process a request for purpose rather than data, the machine suffers an "explosive overclocking" and self-destructs. Critical Perspective : The "General" is not a person but