 Most (but not all) episodes begin with a recap taken from the first episode  of Number Six waking in his "new home" and looking out of his window at the  Village. This is followed by a standard dialogue between him and Number Two  (i.e. "Where am I?" "In the Village.") which plays out under the episode  credits. In most episodes, the actor playing Number Two recites the lines  during this sequence, but in some episodes an uncredited male actor does  the chore. The sequence is altered on two notable occasions: The Number Two  played by Colin Gordon (qv) in two episodes introduces himself as "I am  Number Two" instead of "The New Number Two" as all other actors do. In the  episode "Many Happy Returns" the face of that weeks Number Two is not  revealed during the sequence in order to preserve the element of surprise.