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The series has been seen by some as an expose of the post [[Cambridge Spy Ring]] culture, a discussion of 60s [[counterculture]], an entertaining spoof [[spy series]] and possibly as an allegory for how society forces us all to conform and how it oppresses and ultimately absorbs the differently minded.
Just as [[Pink Floyd]]'s "Dark Side of the Moon" can be synchronized with "[[The Wizard of Oz]]" it has been suggested that the opening sequences of "The Prisoner" can be synchronized with several songs from [[the Beatles]]' "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band".<ref>The synchronicity theory between the two classics has now become so well-known that some colleges include it in their music curriculum. [http://alt.tcm.turner.com/EVENTS/2001/woz/darkside/darkside_synch.html] </ref>