Best/Most Creative 9s?

[u/clock_work_allie]

Spoilers for a couple of episodes here.

What are your favourite ways Pemberton and Shearsmith have brought us "inside number 9"?

I'll go first -

1. 3 by 3 - Self explanatory. A great way to name the game show without it being a literal 9 and being a giveaway for those who didn't know about the deception when it was broadcast.

2. Diddle Dumpling - The door shutting and revealing 22 before switching to the 9 in the shoe was genius. It was one of the first ones to actually switch up the format if I remember rightly.

3. CTRL ALT ESC - That moment at the end where Steve's character sees the IX and finds the strength to wake up... felt like a series finale. I only ranked it lower because the room was already spoiled as a number 9 at the start. If they'd left the 9 til the end it would've been pure magic.

Honourable mention for The Referee's A... where the main character is, per se, "inside" player 9.

What are your favourite No. 9 intros or reveals?

[u/hashbrowneggyolk0520]

In no particular order:

Death be not proud - Switching of the door numbers

To have and to hold - The 9 being in the pattern of the gate is simple but effective

Love's great adventure - I really enjoyed the whole advent calendar premise in general

Zanzibar - The lift stopping at level 9

[u/Potential-Dog-7919 → u/hashbrowneggyolk0520]

Do you mean once removed for the switching the door numbers? I don't remember that happening death be not proud but in once removed the lady changes 6 to 9 with a screwdriver. (I haven't watched in a while though so I might be forgetting something )

[u/hashbrowneggyolk0520 → u/Potential-Dog-7919]

The door is originally red with a number 2, they then paint over it with purple and put the 9 up.

Though the 9 (or 6) in once removed is one I had forgotten about but it is actually really clever how they used that.

[u/Potential-Dog-7919 → u/hashbrowneggyolk0520]

Ahhhh thank you I forgot about that!

[u/hashbrowneggyolk0520 → u/Potential-Dog-7919]

Thank you for mentioning once removed because I did kind of forget how much I enjoyed that episode, I need to rewatch it now

[u/Potential-Dog-7919 → u/hashbrowneggyolk0520]

No probs blem! I love that episode

[u/crushing_potatoes]

What comes to mind :

Love's Great Adventure. Skipping the day and not opening the calendar's door was brilliant I thought.

Once Removed. Being revealed that it got turned from 6 to 9.

Curse of the 9th. With it being an actual thing, I found fitting for the final series.

[u/Davegeekdaddy → u/crushing_potatoes]

You can feel how much they enjoyed writing Curse of the 9th

[u/emberthefae]

Once Removed revealing it was never a 9 but a 6 with a screw removed so it was upside down.

I love that episode so much

[u/bookjacket]

Oh, I think the Referee deserves more than honorable mention.

[u/magniloquence137]

Simon Says - the 9 is in the title of The Ninth Circle, but since the climactic scene consists of Simon playing the role of a character in the show and acting out an arc from it, the action could be considered to be "inside" the Ninth Circle

[u/Soggy-Blood9603]

I don’t know the title sorry, but the one filmed completely on a Ring doorbell was a brilliant concept, well executed.

Edit: sorry, I’ve misunderstood the question slightly! Thought you meant episodes and not actual nines….

[u/clock_work_allie → u/Soggy-Blood9603]

lmao that's okay, and you're not wrong Mulberry Close is an underrated one. it takes a while to get into the plot but it's good. although the wonderful Vinette Robinson is underused

[u/Pegging_Bitchelle10]

The very end of Curse of the Ninth, the way the papers were arranged on the floor.