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Directed by James Goldstone
Written by Ellis St. Joseph
On a hill overlooking a Welsh mining town the science of genetics has been astoundingly advanced. Professor Mather has invented a machine that, through high-frequency electronics working on a molecular level, will speed up the process of evolution.
A young miner volunteers to be the first human subject for the machine. The first jolt of power seems to have an instant effect on him. Immediately he has more intelligence and understanding, and his body evolves as well. His forehead is higher, his eyes brighter and his fingers, long and sensitive, now have three joints instead of two. And the stub of a sixth finger begins to grow.
The evolution continues until he represents man of one million years in the future — he is translucent and lives by photosynthesis.
NOTES: David McCallum would play spy Illya Kuryakin in the hit 1960s series The Man From U.N.C.L.E. He also appeared in The Outer Limits episode "The Forms of Things Unknown." Edward Mulhare would star in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir and play David Hasselhoff's boss on Knight Rider.
(Original Airdate: October 14, 1963)
David McCallum (Gwyllm Griffiths), Edward Mulhare (Prof. Mathers), Jill Haworth (Cathy Evans), Constance Cavendish (Gert "The Bread" Evans), Robert Doyle (Wilt Morgan), Nora Marlowe (Mrs. Ives), Janos Prohaska (Darwin the monkey), Chuck Hayward (1st Deputy), George Peking (2nd Deputy)
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