1 00:00:17,044 --> 00:00:18,835 Emily! 2 00:00:18,835 --> 00:00:20,753 Emily! 3 00:00:24,508 --> 00:00:26,216 (cries out 4 00:00:30,263 --> 00:00:31,923 (screams) 5 00:00:43,024 --> 00:00:46,143 ( man ) There is nothing wrong with your television set. 6 00:00:46,143 --> 00:00:48,945 Do not attempt to adjust the picture. 7 00:00:48,945 --> 00:00:51,691 We are controlling transmission . 8 00:00:51,691 --> 00:00:56,400 We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical. 9 00:00:56,400 --> 00:01:01,410 We can change the focus to a soft blur or sharpen it to crystal clarity. 10 00:01:01,410 --> 00:01:06,200 For the next hour, sit quietly and we will control all you see and hear. 11 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:09,785 You are about to participate in a great adventure. 12 00:01:09,785 --> 00:01:13,040 You are about to experience the awe and mystery 13 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:18,167 which reaches from the inner mind to The Outer Limits. 14 00:01:35,984 --> 00:01:40,312 ln the course of centuries, man has devoured the Earth itself. 15 00:01:40,312 --> 00:01:43,530 The machine age has dried up the seas of oil, 16 00:01:43,530 --> 00:01:46,823 industry has consumed the heartlands of coal. 17 00:01:46,823 --> 00:01:52,075 The atomic age has plundered the rare elements: uranium, cobalt, plutonium, 18 00:01:52,075 --> 00:01:55,574 leaving behind worthless deposits of lead and ashes. 19 00:01:55,574 --> 00:01:58,116 Starvation is at hand. 20 00:01:58,116 --> 00:02:02,997 Only here, in the void of space, is there a new source of atomic power. 21 00:02:02,997 --> 00:02:07,876 Above us in the debris of the solar system, in the meteorites and asteroids, 22 00:02:07,876 --> 00:02:11,213 are the materials needed to drive the reactors. 23 00:02:11,213 --> 00:02:14,051 Yet in their distant, silent orbits, 24 00:02:14,051 --> 00:02:17,716 these chunks of matter are beyond the reach of man . 25 00:02:17,716 --> 00:02:20,307 Beyond the reach of human hands, 26 00:02:20,307 --> 00:02:24,386 but not beyond the reach of the human mind. 27 00:02:24,386 --> 00:02:27,975 Driving along a country road in an ordinary car 28 00:02:27,975 --> 00:02:31,775 is a modest man , Harold J Finley. 29 00:02:31,775 --> 00:02:34,478 Quiet and profound. 30 00:02:40,203 --> 00:02:42,279 ( horn blares) 31 00:02:46,750 --> 00:02:49,158 ( horn blares) 32 00:02:49,158 --> 00:02:53,836 - Move over a bit, can 't you? - Turn around and go the other way. 33 00:02:53,836 --> 00:03:00,084 - That takes me 1 2 miles out of my way. - Then just wait till we're finished. 34 00:03:02,221 --> 00:03:04,629 ( horn blares) 35 00:03:09,936 --> 00:03:12,391 Are you looking for trouble, Mac? 36 00:03:54,514 --> 00:03:57,349 ( hissing and buzzing ) 37 00:05:08,617 --> 00:05:10,858 Harold! 38 00:05:12,996 --> 00:05:15,320 lt's twenty minutes past eight. 39 00:05:16,332 --> 00:05:19,581 There are no classes for me this morning. 40 00:05:19,581 --> 00:05:22,378 l've got somebody filling in for me. 41 00:05:23,588 --> 00:05:26,623 l'm driving over to Readsville. 42 00:05:27,674 --> 00:05:31,173 Don 't tell me you're pestering those space people again . 43 00:05:31,173 --> 00:05:33,793 You tried to get a job last year. 44 00:05:33,793 --> 00:05:37,428 They told you they need good research scientists. 45 00:05:37,428 --> 00:05:41,140 - l have more to offer now. - Yes, you're a year older. 46 00:05:41,140 --> 00:05:44,602 Sometimes a man tries to climb out of a rut. 47 00:05:44,602 --> 00:05:50,352 - l'm sick of teaching at a second-rate college. - Did you fix the bathroom faucet? 48 00:05:50,352 --> 00:05:54,067 Yes. Yesterday, when you asked me to. 49 00:05:54,067 --> 00:05:57,529 Dear, l really mustn 't stand here talking. 50 00:06:00,827 --> 00:06:03,068 Harold? 51 00:06:03,068 --> 00:06:07,414 Harold! Stop at the supermarket and return these bottles, will you? 52 00:06:07,414 --> 00:06:11,205 - They're waiting for me. - Oh, Harold. 53 00:06:13,170 --> 00:06:16,336 What could they use you for? An astronaut? 54 00:06:17,507 --> 00:06:21,670 l've already seen one of their most important men . 55 00:06:26,431 --> 00:06:29,764 He's having me meet with his entire staff. 56 00:06:29,764 --> 00:06:35,230 They think l may be able to save one of their most important projects. 57 00:06:39,275 --> 00:06:41,481 (car engine starts ) 58 00:07:06,923 --> 00:07:10,125 The asteroid belt is located between Jupiter and Mars. 59 00:07:10,125 --> 00:07:12,547 All shapes and sizes, thousands of them. 60 00:07:12,547 --> 00:07:15,512 Sometimes they collide, shatter and rain down . 61 00:07:15,512 --> 00:07:17,879 The particles weigh thousands of pounds. 62 00:07:17,879 --> 00:07:23,221 Most are a crude metal structure, like iron . But the big ones contain rare earths. 63 00:07:23,221 --> 00:07:26,721 The fissionable series. Uranium, titanium, in tremendous quantities. 64 00:07:26,721 --> 00:07:29,227 No use if you can 't get to it. 65 00:07:29,227 --> 00:07:33,520 Space capsules can 't crack an asteroid, break off hunks of it. 66 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:36,143 We're working on it, and making progress. 67 00:07:36,143 --> 00:07:40,822 l realise how hard you have worked, but Washington is closing you down . 68 00:07:40,822 --> 00:07:43,571 You'll be transferred to more practical projects. 69 00:07:43,571 --> 00:07:47,486 They can 't! This project could pay for the entire country. 70 00:07:47,486 --> 00:07:49,864 For defence costs, schools, highways. 71 00:07:49,864 --> 00:07:53,202 For the whole Federal budget. We could abolish taxes! 72 00:07:53,202 --> 00:07:59,752 Your last report admits you have not developed any mining devices heavy enough to do the job. 73 00:07:59,752 --> 00:08:02,552 Your space capsules can 't generate enough power 74 00:08:02,552 --> 00:08:06,626 to deflect an asteroid mass out of trajectory towards Earth, 75 00:08:06,626 --> 00:08:09,550 much less control them on the way. 76 00:08:09,550 --> 00:08:11,888 Gentlemen , 77 00:08:11,888 --> 00:08:14,591 you've met Mr Harold J Finley. 78 00:08:16,313 --> 00:08:18,886 Mr Finley's a college professor. 79 00:08:18,886 --> 00:08:21,775 He's been studying the electromagnetic field phenomenon . 80 00:08:21,775 --> 00:08:25,150 He and l have been working together on a solution . 81 00:08:26,071 --> 00:08:28,277 l want you to see this. 82 00:08:28,277 --> 00:08:31,407 l think he's discovered a means of gravity control, 83 00:08:31,407 --> 00:08:35,198 far beyond any power we know. 84 00:08:35,198 --> 00:08:38,911 This fragment was found near Redlands, Texas. 85 00:08:38,911 --> 00:08:45,077 A metallic structure has been fused and compressed to a weight of over half a ton . 86 00:08:47,130 --> 00:08:49,252 Mr Finley. 87 00:10:31,799 --> 00:10:34,716 Tell them how you do it. 88 00:10:38,930 --> 00:10:44,469 l have developed... a link gate... 89 00:10:46,353 --> 00:10:52,188 ..complex enough to regulate the forces of the field energy surrounding us. 90 00:10:53,859 --> 00:10:57,025 These waves are all around us now, 91 00:10:57,025 --> 00:11:01,980 like, you know, radio waves, television channels, 92 00:11:01,980 --> 00:11:05,200 X-rays and so on . 93 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:07,533 The entire electromagnetic flux. 94 00:11:07,533 --> 00:11:10,366 l have no actual power myself. 95 00:11:10,366 --> 00:11:15,408 By using my brain patterns as a sort of focusing device, 96 00:11:15,408 --> 00:11:21,213 l'm able to direct electromagnetic field energy into a discrete beam. 97 00:11:21,213 --> 00:11:26,001 lt's rather as though my brain were a lens, 98 00:11:26,001 --> 00:11:30,179 focusing light waves into a sharp line. 99 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:36,435 l'd like to see the actual device. 100 00:11:36,435 --> 00:11:40,558 - Device? - The link gate, amplifier, whatever it is. 101 00:11:40,558 --> 00:11:43,690 l'm afraid that's not possible. 102 00:11:43,690 --> 00:11:47,730 You see, l had to have a special operation . 103 00:11:47,730 --> 00:11:50,399 lt's embedded here... 104 00:11:52,282 --> 00:11:54,986 ..directly in the frontal lobe. 105 00:11:57,953 --> 00:12:00,408 ( low steady beeping ) 106 00:12:06,335 --> 00:12:08,458 Did you see it? 107 00:12:08,458 --> 00:12:11,706 lt's embedded below the fissure of Rolando. 108 00:12:11,706 --> 00:12:14,757 Six months ago, Mr Finley showed me the link. 109 00:12:14,757 --> 00:12:18,133 He persuaded me to authorise an extraordinary operation . 110 00:12:18,133 --> 00:12:21,595 - You? - Yes. We knew there'd be risks. 111 00:12:21,595 --> 00:12:26,183 - lt was the toughest decision . - l insisted that l wanted it done. 112 00:12:26,183 --> 00:12:30,603 And frankly, we were on a spot here. We needed a miracle. 113 00:12:30,603 --> 00:12:33,517 No one was offering us any but Finley. 114 00:12:33,517 --> 00:12:35,974 l've been running some pattern tests. 115 00:12:35,974 --> 00:12:41,399 lf he can control the power, we'll have one of the space crew undergo a similar operation . 116 00:12:41,399 --> 00:12:44,899 A massive power control built into one of our astronauts? 117 00:12:44,899 --> 00:12:47,240 The perfect solution . 118 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:50,038 Asteroids and meteorites slowed down to boarding speed, 119 00:12:50,038 --> 00:12:52,451 mineral fragments smashed off, 120 00:12:52,451 --> 00:12:57,492 all by the concentration of force fields directed by conscious thought. 121 00:12:57,492 --> 00:13:00,332 Forget about that cancellation . 122 00:13:00,332 --> 00:13:03,036 l have a report to make. 123 00:13:05,509 --> 00:13:09,458 - l'm Dr Hindeman , project psychiatrist. - Yes. Dr Hindeman . 124 00:13:09,458 --> 00:13:13,213 Tell me, what made you take the chance? 125 00:13:13,213 --> 00:13:16,384 Why risk your life in a major brain operation ? 126 00:13:16,384 --> 00:13:20,729 Because l wanted to work with you people here on the project. 127 00:13:20,729 --> 00:13:24,638 You are aware the brain contains more than just scanning waves, 128 00:13:24,638 --> 00:13:26,684 axions, synapses? 129 00:13:26,684 --> 00:13:29,688 Yes, sir, l'm very well aware of that. 130 00:13:29,688 --> 00:13:33,403 These mechanical aspects contain the human mind, 131 00:13:33,403 --> 00:13:36,983 the emotions, our hates and fears. 132 00:13:36,983 --> 00:13:41,495 lt holds dark secrets locked in the closets of our memory. 133 00:13:41,495 --> 00:13:47,291 Strange urges, strange drives that our conscious egos are not even aware of. 134 00:13:50,754 --> 00:13:53,162 What will happen ? 135 00:13:54,424 --> 00:13:57,424 They too begin to get control 136 00:13:57,424 --> 00:14:02,889 over massive amounts of electromagnetic power. 137 00:14:03,848 --> 00:14:06,339 They actually want to pay you? 138 00:14:06,339 --> 00:14:09,144 Twice the salary l'm getting at the college. 139 00:14:09,144 --> 00:14:11,843 They want me to join the research team. 140 00:14:11,843 --> 00:14:14,767 Don 't they want to catch up with the Russians? 141 00:14:14,767 --> 00:14:17,734 Happily not everybody has your exalted opinion of me. 142 00:14:17,734 --> 00:14:20,896 l don 't get it. l bet you're making it up. 143 00:14:20,896 --> 00:14:24,362 You've been acting funny ever since that brain operation . 144 00:14:24,362 --> 00:14:27,906 Vera, l never told you the truth about the operation . 145 00:14:27,906 --> 00:14:31,534 You see, l've invented an energy link, 146 00:14:31,534 --> 00:14:34,747 sub-miniature, controlling a cosmic voltage... 147 00:14:34,747 --> 00:14:38,788 - You're not listening. - You know how technical talk bores me. 148 00:14:38,788 --> 00:14:41,588 You were saying, your operation . 149 00:14:41,588 --> 00:14:44,382 Doesn 't matter. We'll have to sell this house. 150 00:14:44,382 --> 00:14:47,756 - What? - Yes, if we're moving over to Readsville. 151 00:14:47,756 --> 00:14:50,422 l'm not moving over to Readsville. 152 00:14:50,422 --> 00:14:53,720 You want me to stay a worm, don 't you? 153 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:58,675 An unimportant, unproductive classroom worm. 154 00:14:58,675 --> 00:15:05,559 Some women take their husbands' hands and say, ''Together we'll climb to the stars.'' 155 00:15:07,234 --> 00:15:09,903 But not you . 156 00:15:09,903 --> 00:15:12,945 -Never you . - (shears snipping ) 157 00:15:16,325 --> 00:15:21,531 l'm going to see Dean Radcliffe, to arrange about a teaching replacement. 158 00:15:24,373 --> 00:15:28,287 l'd like to say yes, but l'd be a poor administrator 159 00:15:28,287 --> 00:15:33,162 if l didn 't give first consideration to the welfare of the school. 160 00:15:33,162 --> 00:15:36,333 Your contract is until the end of the semester. 161 00:15:36,333 --> 00:15:40,084 - You could get a replacement. - But l'm counting on you . 162 00:15:40,084 --> 00:15:42,508 A replacement will be without experience. 163 00:15:42,508 --> 00:15:45,389 Time would be wasted in teaching him procedures, 164 00:15:45,389 --> 00:15:47,804 familiarising him with techniques and students. 165 00:15:47,804 --> 00:15:53,272 But l'm needed on that project. lt's vital, important work. 166 00:15:53,272 --> 00:15:56,231 Nothing is more vital than teaching the young. 167 00:15:56,231 --> 00:15:58,848 We have a responsibility to the future. 168 00:15:58,848 --> 00:16:02,318 We can 't turn our backs on work half-done 169 00:16:02,318 --> 00:16:05,197 and go off in search of adventure. 170 00:16:05,197 --> 00:16:09,783 You won 't object to my working at the space centre in my spare time? 171 00:16:09,783 --> 00:16:14,904 l'm sorry, Harold. You've given me your promise to serve on this faculty. 172 00:16:14,904 --> 00:16:18,325 We ask full-time, we need full-time. 173 00:16:18,325 --> 00:16:21,958 No other member splits his concentration into other fields. 174 00:16:21,958 --> 00:16:25,455 You have a commitment and l must hold you to it. 175 00:16:25,455 --> 00:16:28,958 l don 't want to replace you . l can 't replace you . 176 00:16:28,958 --> 00:16:31,630 The answer is no. 177 00:16:31,630 --> 00:16:34,466 The answer is... no. 178 00:16:38,809 --> 00:16:41,513 (typewriter keys tapping ) 179 00:17:29,184 --> 00:17:30,927 l'll be at the faculty... 180 00:17:30,927 --> 00:17:33,432 (screams) 181 00:18:13,929 --> 00:18:15,755 ( low hum ) 182 00:18:19,225 --> 00:18:22,060 - Ready? - All ready. 183 00:18:22,060 --> 00:18:26,894 l won 't register full force this first time. Keep it down to half. 184 00:18:57,548 --> 00:18:59,540 All right... 185 00:18:59,540 --> 00:19:01,714 Now full concentration . 186 00:19:01,714 --> 00:19:06,718 Just make sure you don 't crystallise your thoughts toward a specific task. 187 00:20:31,625 --> 00:20:34,460 All right, you can relax now. 188 00:20:35,712 --> 00:20:41,298 According to these field equations, you're controlling a force of half a million kilowatts. 189 00:20:41,298 --> 00:20:44,379 lt increases each time we do it. 190 00:20:44,379 --> 00:20:47,962 l seem to be able to concentrate more deeply. 191 00:20:47,962 --> 00:20:51,632 Yes, your control is becoming more effective every time. 192 00:20:51,632 --> 00:20:55,846 Right now, you can channel a force strong enough to power... 193 00:20:56,980 --> 00:20:59,517 ..a medium-sized aircraft carrier. 194 00:20:59,517 --> 00:21:03,432 All right, gentlemen , that will be all for today, thank you . 195 00:21:04,611 --> 00:21:07,232 We're asking an awful lot of you . 196 00:21:07,232 --> 00:21:10,032 Putting you through these tests, examining you . 197 00:21:10,032 --> 00:21:13,940 l hope you're not trying to carry your work at the college. 198 00:21:13,940 --> 00:21:16,746 No, sir. l've let that go. 199 00:21:16,746 --> 00:21:22,825 This is all l want, just to be of some use in something really important. 200 00:21:22,825 --> 00:21:24,999 You won 't regret it. 201 00:21:24,999 --> 00:21:30,963 One day, one of those presidential citations will probably read, ''Harold J Finley.'' 202 00:21:33,593 --> 00:21:36,084 Mr Finley, have you got a minute? 203 00:21:36,084 --> 00:21:39,174 - Yes. - My name is Steve Crandon. 204 00:21:39,174 --> 00:21:42,306 l volunteered for the operation . 205 00:21:42,306 --> 00:21:44,805 l don 't know whether they'll pick me, 206 00:21:44,805 --> 00:21:49,312 but whoever they select, you're going to be in that capsule with them. 207 00:21:49,312 --> 00:21:52,974 - ln spirit, l mean . - That's very gratifying. 208 00:21:52,974 --> 00:21:56,940 lt's very gratifying indeed. l'm honoured. 209 00:21:56,940 --> 00:21:59,988 No, sir. We're the ones that are honoured. 210 00:21:59,988 --> 00:22:03,115 You risked your life. You were first. 211 00:22:04,452 --> 00:22:10,904 You astronauts have brought a new vitality to bear on the business of living. 212 00:22:10,904 --> 00:22:14,954 There's been nothing like you since the old pioneering days. 213 00:22:14,954 --> 00:22:18,785 You make up for all the miseries, disappointments, failures 214 00:22:18,785 --> 00:22:21,839 and kicks in the teeth we have to bear. 215 00:22:21,839 --> 00:22:24,373 Failure? You? 216 00:22:25,135 --> 00:22:27,591 Just do me one favour. 217 00:22:27,591 --> 00:22:30,638 Don 't wait until my age to make your mark. 218 00:22:30,638 --> 00:22:33,682 Do it while you're young, strong and vigorous. 219 00:22:33,682 --> 00:22:36,216 Do it right now. 220 00:22:36,216 --> 00:22:40,979 - l hope you don 't mind this fatherly advice. -Not at all, sir. 221 00:22:40,979 --> 00:22:44,558 - Don 't let them crush you . - Crush me? 222 00:22:44,558 --> 00:22:47,362 - Are you married? -No, sir. Not yet. 223 00:22:47,362 --> 00:22:52,065 - But l have the proverbial girl back home. - What does she feel about your work? 224 00:22:52,065 --> 00:22:55,200 - She thinks it's fine. - Good. 225 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:57,200 Mr Finley? 226 00:22:58,371 --> 00:23:03,246 - Are there any after-effects? - What? 227 00:23:03,246 --> 00:23:09,744 Oh, you mean the operation . A few headaches, naturally, but they soon disappear. 228 00:23:09,744 --> 00:23:14,707 A fascinating concept, the human brain acting as a control centre, 229 00:23:14,707 --> 00:23:19,884 having enough cosmic energy to blow half the world off the map. Pow! 230 00:23:19,884 --> 00:23:24,225 - lt's a good thing we're peace-loving citizens. - Yes! 231 00:23:25,352 --> 00:23:27,427 Are you free for dinner? 232 00:23:30,814 --> 00:23:32,890 (car door closes) 233 00:23:34,234 --> 00:23:38,017 Hello, Vera. l've brought somebody home with me. 234 00:23:38,779 --> 00:23:41,151 Meet SSteve C ra ndon Ve ra ? 235 00:23:44,034 --> 00:23:48,944 - We're working together on the project. - How do you do, Mrs Finley? 236 00:23:48,944 --> 00:23:52,662 - (sullenly) How do you do? - ( Harold) Steve is an astronaut. 237 00:23:52,662 --> 00:23:57,251 Speaking of the space centre, Dean Radcliffe dropped in . 238 00:23:57,251 --> 00:23:59,999 - Oh, yes? - He wanted to see you . 239 00:23:59,999 --> 00:24:04,341 He seemed angry. Said you were neglecting your classes. 240 00:24:04,341 --> 00:24:08,049 You can 't say l didn 't warn you , Harold. 241 00:24:08,049 --> 00:24:13,468 Oh, well, there's no use letting a little bad news spoil our dinner. 242 00:24:13,468 --> 00:24:18,426 l've eaten . l left some things on the stove for you to heat up. 243 00:24:18,426 --> 00:24:22,511 You said you would come home early and help wash windows. 244 00:24:22,511 --> 00:24:26,977 You didn 't, naturally, so l can 't stop now. 245 00:24:26,977 --> 00:24:31,986 l seem to have barged in at a wrong time, Mr Finley. 246 00:24:31,986 --> 00:24:34,321 l'll catch a bus back. 247 00:24:38,245 --> 00:24:40,782 No, wait a minute. 248 00:24:40,782 --> 00:24:41,533 Steve. 249 00:24:43,082 --> 00:24:46,083 We'll have to make it another time. 250 00:24:46,083 --> 00:24:50,254 - That's all right. - You'll like Vera when you get to know her. 251 00:24:50,254 --> 00:24:54,543 (conversation drowned by hissing and buzzing ) 252 00:25:21,906 --> 00:25:24,479 (screams) 253 00:25:25,867 --> 00:25:28,274 ( Vera yells and sobs) 254 00:25:30,871 --> 00:25:33,409 - Vera. - lt touched me. 255 00:25:33,409 --> 00:25:36,956 Electricity, crawling all over my face. 256 00:25:36,956 --> 00:25:39,161 lt pushed me! 257 00:25:39,161 --> 00:25:42,212 - There isn 't anything here. - (she sobs) 258 00:25:50,387 --> 00:25:52,510 Dangerous things, ladders. 259 00:25:52,510 --> 00:25:55,212 The number of people who fall off them. 260 00:25:55,212 --> 00:26:00,141 l didn 't fall. l felt something, ugly and crawling. 261 00:26:00,141 --> 00:26:02,844 But you were alone on the ladder. 262 00:26:02,844 --> 00:26:06,432 - You lost your balance. - Something pulled at me. 263 00:26:06,432 --> 00:26:10,647 - lt threw me down . - Vera, it's your imagination . You were alone. 264 00:26:10,647 --> 00:26:13,234 How could anything have pulled at you? 265 00:26:13,234 --> 00:26:17,527 - l don 't know. - l'll send over a nurse tomorrow morning. 266 00:26:17,527 --> 00:26:20,329 Good night, Mrs Finley, Mr Finley. 267 00:26:21,955 --> 00:26:24,872 Send for me if you have any trouble. 268 00:26:30,337 --> 00:26:32,495 (phone rings) 269 00:26:35,466 --> 00:26:39,463 - Hello? - That you , Harold? Dean Radcliffe here. 270 00:26:39,463 --> 00:26:42,844 - Did Vera speak to you? - You wanted to talk. 271 00:26:42,844 --> 00:26:45,842 You've broken your word to me, Harold. 272 00:26:45,842 --> 00:26:49,474 You promised to devote yourself to teaching. You signed a contract. 273 00:26:49,474 --> 00:26:53,647 But look... please. 274 00:26:53,647 --> 00:26:55,516 Hello? 275 00:26:56,900 --> 00:26:59,473 - Hello? - l'm here, Harold. 276 00:26:59,473 --> 00:27:04,272 - l want to give you a chance. - lf you knew the importance of what l'm doing... 277 00:27:04,272 --> 00:27:07,609 Harold, l'm aware of the importance of space research, 278 00:27:07,609 --> 00:27:10,280 and atomic research, and the diplomatic corps. 279 00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:14,409 Those are fields for specialists. You belong in the field of education . 280 00:27:14,409 --> 00:27:17,291 lt's your life work. Don 't throw it away. 281 00:27:17,291 --> 00:27:21,201 Listen , can l come over and talk to you right now? 282 00:27:23,214 --> 00:27:25,621 l'm in bed, Harold. lt's 1 1 .30. 283 00:27:25,621 --> 00:27:28,509 Well, first thing in the morning, then . 284 00:27:29,761 --> 00:27:34,386 lf you want, but l don 't see what l can do about it at all. 285 00:27:40,561 --> 00:27:44,890 The man 's a nobody. Ano-talent, ineffectual nobody. 286 00:27:44,890 --> 00:27:48,392 Precisely the kind who gets all the undeserved grace. 287 00:27:50,570 --> 00:27:53,321 - Good night, Emily. - Good night, dear. 288 00:27:55,657 --> 00:27:57,982 Sometimes l wish... 289 00:28:02,496 --> 00:28:05,995 Find an extra pillow and put it behind my back. 290 00:28:05,995 --> 00:28:09,124 Yes. Here. 291 00:28:24,264 --> 00:28:26,671 l almost wish... 292 00:28:34,856 --> 00:28:37,062 ( hissing and buzzing ) 293 00:29:13,221 --> 00:29:15,012 Emily! 294 00:29:15,012 --> 00:29:15,762 Emily! 295 00:29:18,850 --> 00:29:20,759 (cries out 296 00:29:26,315 --> 00:29:28,437 (screams) 297 00:29:36,740 --> 00:29:40,784 ( Emily) lt was like a force, a weird shape, 298 00:29:40,784 --> 00:29:43,282 as though it had life. 299 00:29:43,282 --> 00:29:46,532 lt pulled me out of the bed. 300 00:29:46,532 --> 00:29:51,456 lt was like a thousand crawling sparks all over me. 301 00:29:51,456 --> 00:29:54,919 And it threw me against that door. 302 00:29:56,131 --> 00:29:58,254 No noise, no explosion? 303 00:29:58,254 --> 00:30:01,549 No, nothing like that. 304 00:30:01,549 --> 00:30:05,259 I'm not even sure I was awake. 305 00:30:05,259 --> 00:30:10,892 Anyhow, l came to out in the hall. 306 00:30:10,892 --> 00:30:13,639 And l looked in here 307 00:30:13,639 --> 00:30:16,142 and l saw a thing. 308 00:30:17,190 --> 00:30:19,431 Hard to describe. 309 00:30:19,431 --> 00:30:22,188 lt was like a piece of a storm. 310 00:30:23,403 --> 00:30:27,614 Snakes of lightning striking in all directions, 311 00:30:27,614 --> 00:30:29,816 stabbing and burning. 312 00:30:29,816 --> 00:30:35,406 lt gave off a sound like ripping cloth, 313 00:30:35,406 --> 00:30:38,455 electricity snapping and tearing. 314 00:30:38,455 --> 00:30:40,990 No sign of your husband? 315 00:30:40,990 --> 00:30:44,127 No, he's... gone. 316 00:30:46,005 --> 00:30:49,670 He said, ''Good night, Emily,'' and l put out the light 317 00:30:49,670 --> 00:30:52,089 and that's the last l... 318 00:30:53,178 --> 00:30:55,799 He's just gone. 319 00:30:58,307 --> 00:31:00,928 lt doesn 't make sense. 320 00:31:00,928 --> 00:31:03,976 Everything else is wiped out except where you ... 321 00:31:06,314 --> 00:31:08,271 Yes, sir? 322 00:31:12,444 --> 00:31:15,444 What are you doing here? 323 00:31:15,444 --> 00:31:20,529 l had an appointment with the Dean ... 324 00:31:21,701 --> 00:31:23,824 ..this morning. 325 00:31:43,428 --> 00:31:46,132 Tapping in on more and more power. 326 00:31:47,181 --> 00:31:49,718 lt's like a cosmic reservoir. 327 00:31:50,684 --> 00:31:55,261 There's no limit to the amount that can be fed into the link gate. 328 00:31:55,261 --> 00:31:59,856 lt won 't be long before we can direct it into the city system. 329 00:31:59,856 --> 00:32:04,858 We won 't need power plants, not even atomic reactors. 330 00:32:06,280 --> 00:32:09,814 Pure power. Pure and perfect. 331 00:32:10,825 --> 00:32:13,576 Controlled by the mind of man . 332 00:32:13,576 --> 00:32:17,830 That'll be enough. You can relax now, Harold. 333 00:32:18,957 --> 00:32:20,830 You know... 334 00:32:20,830 --> 00:32:23,959 l don 't want to sound prophetic but... 335 00:32:23,959 --> 00:32:26,755 ..we're close to becoming gods. 336 00:32:27,797 --> 00:32:30,418 What about Steve? 337 00:32:30,418 --> 00:32:34,629 - Did they select him? - Yes. He'll be operated on in the morning. 338 00:32:39,265 --> 00:32:42,349 - Mr Finley, come in . - Dr Hindeman . 339 00:32:46,187 --> 00:32:49,638 Do you mind if l ask you a theoretical question ? 340 00:32:49,638 --> 00:32:56,605 -Not at all. - This cosmic energy that l control... 341 00:32:56,605 --> 00:33:01,446 We've... measured it, we've been testing it... 342 00:33:01,446 --> 00:33:03,947 - And it seems to be... - Sit down . 343 00:33:03,947 --> 00:33:05,904 Thank you . 344 00:33:09,206 --> 00:33:14,745 lt seems to be related to the substructure of space. 345 00:33:14,745 --> 00:33:19,954 lt has certain electromagnetic properties 346 00:33:19,954 --> 00:33:22,628 but it's related to the inertia field. 347 00:33:22,628 --> 00:33:29,674 lt's as if it were the universal radiant of all the stars in all the galaxies. 348 00:33:29,674 --> 00:33:32,724 Now, you, as a psychiatrist, 349 00:33:32,724 --> 00:33:34,973 would you say that it's possible 350 00:33:34,973 --> 00:33:40,392 that my emotions could change the character of these waves? 351 00:33:40,392 --> 00:33:44,023 That's the point l made the first day you were here. 352 00:33:44,023 --> 00:33:47,567 The force is constant but it can be misguided. 353 00:33:49,573 --> 00:33:54,400 Since the beginning of time, men have believed in the possibility of projecting evil thoughts. 354 00:33:54,400 --> 00:34:00,786 Now we know that the thought process can exercise control over an electromagnetic force. 355 00:34:00,786 --> 00:34:05,043 And this control can use these powers to evil ends. 356 00:34:05,043 --> 00:34:08,372 Then we can project destruction . 357 00:34:09,548 --> 00:34:11,836 Very possibly. 358 00:34:11,836 --> 00:34:15,548 But not if l didn 't want to, not subconsciously. 359 00:34:17,679 --> 00:34:22,056 - Have you ever been under analysis? -No. 360 00:34:22,056 --> 00:34:25,219 lnever thought it would help me. 361 00:34:25,219 --> 00:34:28,353 There may be a hidden side to your nature, 362 00:34:28,353 --> 00:34:32,263 a mass of hostile urges, bitterness, resentment against someone. 363 00:34:32,263 --> 00:34:37,903 You mean l might want to hurt somebody? l might even want to kill him? 364 00:34:37,903 --> 00:34:40,187 Or her. 365 00:34:40,187 --> 00:34:42,481 Without my even realising it. 366 00:34:43,951 --> 00:34:48,577 We all suffer the slings and arrows of an outraged subconscious. 367 00:35:17,437 --> 00:35:21,386 - Vera. - The dean 's secretary telephoned. 368 00:35:21,386 --> 00:35:24,892 Dean Radcliffe's funeral is on Tuesday. 369 00:35:26,277 --> 00:35:27,937 Vera. 370 00:35:30,698 --> 00:35:33,449 - l killed him. - You what? 371 00:35:33,449 --> 00:35:36,244 And you were right about the ladder. 372 00:35:36,244 --> 00:35:39,654 You were pulled off it and thrown down . 373 00:35:39,654 --> 00:35:43,073 - l did it. - Have you gone out of your mind? 374 00:35:43,073 --> 00:35:47,703 You were home when the dean ... You weren 't near the ladder when l... 375 00:35:47,703 --> 00:35:52,996 l can be a hundred miles away and still control matter. 376 00:35:52,996 --> 00:35:56,335 lnever told you the truth about my operation , 377 00:35:56,335 --> 00:35:58,675 about this brain operation . 378 00:35:58,675 --> 00:36:02,089 lt's given me a terrible power. 379 00:36:02,089 --> 00:36:04,430 l could move mountains. 380 00:36:04,430 --> 00:36:07,643 l could destroy the world. 381 00:36:08,646 --> 00:36:13,603 - Harold? - l'm a decent person , aren 't l, dear? 382 00:36:13,603 --> 00:36:19,486 Anything but a violent man . You've never known me to hate anybody. 383 00:36:19,486 --> 00:36:24,855 The terrible thing is there is a part of me, a piece of my brain , 384 00:36:24,855 --> 00:36:28,325 which... hates. 385 00:36:29,329 --> 00:36:33,575 lt's like a dark cloud in my subconscious. 386 00:36:33,575 --> 00:36:39,579 lt did that to you , and it blasted Dean Radcliffe to his death, 387 00:36:39,579 --> 00:36:42,583 without my even knowing about it. 388 00:36:50,763 --> 00:36:53,005 (phone dial whirring ) 389 00:36:54,308 --> 00:36:57,059 Operator, give me the County Hospital. 390 00:36:57,059 --> 00:36:58,561 Vera. 391 00:37:00,939 --> 00:37:04,389 l'm getting an ambulance. You're in no condition to drive. 392 00:37:04,389 --> 00:37:07,311 You don 't believe a word of it. 393 00:37:07,311 --> 00:37:10,859 You wouldn 't hurt anyone even if you could. 394 00:37:10,859 --> 00:37:15,899 You're not a violent man . You've never hated anyone, never. 395 00:37:15,899 --> 00:37:18,607 Not to hurt them, no, Vera. 396 00:37:18,607 --> 00:37:23,038 But l have this power. lt acts whether l want it to or not. 397 00:37:23,038 --> 00:37:26,119 No, Harold, you don 't have any power. 398 00:37:26,119 --> 00:37:30,829 You've always been quiet. You told me yourself, you're too mild, too meek. 399 00:37:30,829 --> 00:37:34,747 No more! l could split this ceiling open if l wanted! 400 00:37:34,747 --> 00:37:39,591 l could crash down these walls, splinter this block into bricks and rubble! 401 00:37:39,591 --> 00:37:42,293 Harold, you're a little man . 402 00:37:42,293 --> 00:37:46,298 Anobody. You don 't have any power. 403 00:37:46,298 --> 00:37:49,885 You've been under a strain , working too hard without sleep. 404 00:37:49,885 --> 00:37:53,970 - You've let your imagination run away. - Believe me, please! 405 00:37:53,970 --> 00:37:56,645 l beg you to believe me. 406 00:37:56,645 --> 00:37:59,183 ( hissing and buzzing ) 407 00:38:03,573 --> 00:38:05,981 What is it? 408 00:38:08,286 --> 00:38:11,156 What's... What's happened to you? 409 00:39:10,337 --> 00:39:12,543 (splintering glass clattering ) 410 00:39:22,763 --> 00:39:27,674 l... can 't... stop it. 411 00:39:33,355 --> 00:39:36,771 l can 't... stop it! 412 00:39:43,197 --> 00:39:45,485 Vera. 413 00:40:12,513 --> 00:40:16,260 Don 't hate me. Please don 't hate me. 414 00:40:16,260 --> 00:40:20,637 - l don 't hate you . - Don 't kill me, Harold. Don 't kill me. 415 00:40:20,637 --> 00:40:24,897 - Please... don 't say that. - You're going to, l know it. 416 00:40:24,897 --> 00:40:26,896 Don 't touch me! 417 00:40:27,942 --> 00:40:31,393 What do you want me to say? l believe you? 418 00:40:31,393 --> 00:40:34,944 Yes, l believe you . l've been wrong. 419 00:40:34,944 --> 00:40:37,398 You have power. 420 00:40:38,325 --> 00:40:42,536 l've been a bad wife. l've hurt you . 421 00:40:42,536 --> 00:40:45,663 l've hated you . l admit it, l've hated you . 422 00:40:45,663 --> 00:40:49,241 - Vera. - You wanted a child. 423 00:40:49,241 --> 00:40:51,949 l didn 't want to give you a child. 424 00:40:51,949 --> 00:40:56,380 - l didn 't want you to be the father of my child. - Stop, Vera. 425 00:40:56,380 --> 00:41:00,207 l'll do anything you want. Anything. 426 00:41:00,207 --> 00:41:05,301 Ask people to the house. From now on , it'll all be different. 427 00:41:05,301 --> 00:41:08,135 Anything to make you stop hating me. 428 00:41:08,135 --> 00:41:11,101 You've got to give me another chance. 429 00:41:11,101 --> 00:41:13,800 Don 't kill me, Harold. Don 't. 430 00:41:15,064 --> 00:41:18,230 l don 't seem to be able to help myself. 431 00:41:36,498 --> 00:41:39,997 Please, l must talk to him, alone. 432 00:41:39,997 --> 00:41:41,786 Please. 433 00:41:43,587 --> 00:41:45,580 Steve. 434 00:41:45,580 --> 00:41:48,465 Tell them you want to back out. 435 00:41:48,465 --> 00:41:53,253 - Back out? - You don 't want to be a murderer, do you? 436 00:41:53,253 --> 00:41:57,171 - Murderer? - That's exactly what l am. 437 00:41:57,171 --> 00:41:59,798 Believe me, Steve! 438 00:41:59,798 --> 00:42:03,599 We weren 't meant to control a force of this magnitude. 439 00:42:03,599 --> 00:42:07,180 Not until the human mind is a whole lot healthier. 440 00:42:07,180 --> 00:42:10,150 Finley, l don 't want to back out. 441 00:42:11,193 --> 00:42:14,229 l'm not afraid of... power. 442 00:42:16,364 --> 00:42:19,199 This outer ring contains octohedrite meteors, 443 00:42:19,199 --> 00:42:23,654 with carbide structures containing troilite and sulphite. 444 00:42:25,664 --> 00:42:32,246 ln this orbit, the asteroids are more likely to carry strontium, uranium and the uradiate elements. 445 00:42:32,246 --> 00:42:35,663 - (door opens and closes) - Mr Keenan. 446 00:42:35,663 --> 00:42:40,754 l want you to call off Steve Crandon 's operation . 447 00:42:40,754 --> 00:42:45,676 Don 't put him through this. One person trapped by this is enough. 448 00:42:45,676 --> 00:42:51,225 Calling off his operation means cancelling the whole project. On what grounds? 449 00:42:51,225 --> 00:42:54,720 We're all partly mad. 450 00:42:54,720 --> 00:42:58,139 Power like this makes it total. 451 00:42:58,139 --> 00:43:00,646 Nuclear fission was also powerful. 452 00:43:00,646 --> 00:43:05,236 So was the automobile, the aeroplane, wonder drugs with their side effects. 453 00:43:05,236 --> 00:43:09,277 Did the potential risk ever impede human progress? 454 00:43:16,164 --> 00:43:20,872 You realise, if he wants to, he can stop the experiment on Crandon ? 455 00:43:20,872 --> 00:43:23,456 Just by concentration . 456 00:43:29,550 --> 00:43:32,716 We regret this, but we must proceed with the operation . 457 00:43:32,716 --> 00:43:36,378 You may stop it today but we will proceed tomorrow. 458 00:43:36,378 --> 00:43:40,012 Nothing will be allowed to stop it, not even you . 459 00:44:22,968 --> 00:44:24,676 )octor? 460 00:44:26,638 --> 00:44:29,259 Here's the link, inside this container. 461 00:44:29,259 --> 00:44:32,011 ( low steady beeping ) 462 00:45:17,346 --> 00:45:21,806 The shot l gave Finley will take care of his conscious opposition only. 463 00:45:21,806 --> 00:45:27,354 What l'm counting on is that subconsciously Finley wants this project to be a success. 464 00:45:28,105 --> 00:45:30,643 ( murmurs) 465 00:45:34,444 --> 00:45:37,148 ( low steady beeping ) 466 00:45:42,784 --> 00:45:44,860 (groans breathes raspingly) 467 00:45:47,038 --> 00:45:47,819 No! 468 00:45:54,544 --> 00:45:56,453 No... 469 00:46:00,674 --> 00:46:03,045 (whooshing ) 470 00:46:28,905 --> 00:46:30,565 (clattering ) 471 00:47:00,806 --> 00:47:03,593 (screaming ) 472 00:47:55,226 --> 00:47:57,349 Heaven help me. 473 00:48:14,450 --> 00:48:18,447 lf l have such power... 474 00:48:20,997 --> 00:48:23,702 ..then l don 't want to live. 475 00:48:59,487 --> 00:49:02,404 ( man ) Deep behind the kindest, gentlest soul 476 00:49:02,404 --> 00:49:06,445 may lurk violent thoughts, deadly wishes. 477 00:49:06,445 --> 00:49:10,620 Some day, men may learn to cope with the monsters of the mind. 478 00:49:10,620 --> 00:49:16,167 Then , and only then , when the human mind is truly in control of itself, 479 00:49:16,167 --> 00:49:21,879 can we begin to utilise the great and hidden powers of the universe. 480 00:49:37,477 --> 00:49:40,928 We now return control of your television set to you 481 00:49:40,928 --> 00:49:46,305 until next week at this same time, when the control voice will take you to... 482 00:49:46,305 --> 00:49:48,565 ..The Outer Limits. 483 00:49:48,615 --> 00:49:53,165 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0