Andrew Cartmel, former script editor of "Doctor Who", will be writing
the third in Powys Media's series of original novels based on Patrick
McGoohan's "The Prisoner", scheduled for a fall 2006 release.

"Miss Freedom" tells the story of a special covert unit sent to free
Number Six from the Village, in a tale which fuses the jet-set world
of Sixties spy-thrillers with the cheerily sinister microcosm of the
Village. As with the other Powys Prisoner novels, it is set towards
the end of the classic TV series.

Cartmel, a longtime fan of "The Prisoner", was script editor of Doctor
Who during one of its most experimental periods in the late '80s --
during which time the production team wanted to film the story "The
Happiness Patrol" in Portmeirion as a "Prisoner" homage, though the
budget wouldn't allow it.

In related news, the second new "Prisoner" novel, "The Other" by
acclaimed Doctor Who novelist Lance Parkin, is now scheduled for
spring 2006; Parkin has been given extra time to work on his
manuscript. (Robert Sheckley's previously-announced "Prisoner" book
has also been postponed due to his illness.) "The Other" will be
launched at the same time as David A. McIntee's Space: 1999 book "Born
For Adversity", the first in Powys' new "Year Three" series continuing
on from the end of the Gerry Anderson TV series.

The first Powys "Prisoner" novel, "The Prisoner's Dilemma" (by
Aurealis Award winner Jonathan Blum and Rupert Booth, with
introduction by J. Michael Straczynski) was launched to strong reviews
in spring 2005. More details on all these books are available at the
Powys website at http://www.powysmedia.com -- where any of Powys'
released titles can be ordered.