- The Probe
Infobox Television episode
Title = The Probe
Series = The Outer Limits
Caption =
Season = 2
Episode = 17
Airdate =January 16 ,1965
Production = 48
Writer =Seeleg Lester (teleplay)Sam Neuman (story)
Director =Felix Feist
Photographer =Kenneth Peach Fred J. Koenekamp
Guests = Mark RichmanPeggy Ann Garner Ron Hayes
Episode list = List of "The Outer Limits" episodes
Prev = The Premonition
Next ="The Probe" was the final episode of the original "
The Outer Limits " television show. It first broadcast on16 January ,1965 , during the second season.Opening narration
:"The persistence of Man's curiosity led him into new worlds. Without conquering his own, he invaded the sub-world of the microscope, and the outer-world of space. It is said turnabout is fair play… but is it?"
Plot
The final episode of the Outer Limits deals with four plane crash survivors who suddenly find themselves trapped in an alien space probe that was taking water samples. Inside they find a puzzle they need to solve before all four are killed.
Closing narration
:"A few days, a week, a month… Will the Earth be visited by a stranger from the universe? A warm, compassionate stranger, to tell us of wonders beyond imagination, of life beyond comprehension, of secrets from the treasure house of stars?"
Cast
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Peter Mark Richman – as Jefferson Rome
*Peggy Ann Garner – as Amanda Frank
*Ron Hayes – as Pilot Coberly
*William Stevens – as Dexter
*William Boyett – as Beeman
*Richard Tretter – as Radio Engineer
*Janos Prohaska – as "The Mikie"ee also
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Cube (film)
*The Cube External links
* [http://membres.lycos.fr/tmcr/daystar/tol_s2/tol_eps49.shtml Detailed episode guide] by 'Monsieur Vincent'
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