The Galaxy Being

Infobox Television episode
Title = The Galaxy Being
Series = The Outer Limits


Caption =
Season = 1
Episode = 1
Airdate = September 16, 1963
Production = 1
Writer = Leslie Stevens
Director = Leslie Stevens
Photographer = John M. Nickolaus
Guests = Lee Phillips
Jacqueline Scott
Cliff Robertson
Episode list = List of "The Outer Limits" episodes
Prev =
Next = The Hundred Days of the Dragon

"The Galaxy Being" is the first episode of the original "The Outer Limits" television show. It first aired on 16 September, 1963.

Introduction

Allan Maxwell, an engineer for a small radio station, somehow makes contact with an alien creature.

Opening narration

Plot

The engineer of radio station KXKVI ("sic"), who is researching microwave background noise, inadvertently gets an alien from the Andromeda Galaxy on his three-dimensional television screen. Both are conducting illicit experiments; the human being should not be using the radio station's power, and the alien is forbidden to contact Earth "because you are danger to other galaxies." Despite warnings from the alien about applying excessive power to the communication, an undisciplined disc jockey turns it up whilst the engineer is being feted at a banquet. The power surge causes the microwave creature to be pulled through the communications apparatus and to appear on Earth. Although it has no desire to cause harm, its unearthly composition wreaks havoc by radiation, electrical blackouts, atmospheric disturbances, and overloaded-circuit explosions. While authorities quickly mobilize to attack the "hostile" alien, the engineer desperately tries to find a way to get it back to its home planet.

Closing narration

Control Voice's Sign-off

Alternate version:

Appearance of the alien

The alien is, like many of the later aliens encountered in the series, played by a man in a rubber suit. However, to give it a more outlandish appearance the suit is rendered as a negative image. It is also notable that the alien is only ever seen from the waist up, presumably because only the upper part of the suit was made.

Cast

* Cliff Robertson – as Allan Maxwell
* Jacqueline Scott – as Carol Maxwell
* Lee Phillips – as Gene Maxwell
* Bert Metcalfe – as Eddie Phillips
* Allyson Ames – as Loreen
* James Frawley – as Trooper
* Bill Catching – as National Guard Major
* Allan Pinson – as Policeman
* Roy Sickner – as Collins
* Charles MacQuarry – as Being #2

External links

* [http://membres.lycos.fr/tmcr/daystar/tol_s1/tol_eps01.shtml Detailed episode guide] by 'Monsieur Vincent'
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