Expanding Human
| "Expanding Human" | |
|---|---|
| The Outer Limits episode | |
| Episode no. |
Season 2 Episode 4 |
| Directed by | Gerd Oswald |
| Written by | Francis Cockrell |
| Cinematography by | Kenneth Peach |
| Production code | 40 |
| Original air date | October 10, 1964 |
| Guest actors | |
"Expanding Human" is an episode of the original The Outer Limits television show, first broadcast on 10 October 1964, during the second season. It is known for one of the earliest appearances of James Doohan, who later went on to play Scotty in Star Trek.
Control voice (shortened intro)
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Introduction
A man experiments with consciousness expanding drugs and accidentally lets loose the monster inside himself.
Opening narration
- As far back as men have recorded their history, veils have been lowered to disclose a vast new reality — rents in the fabric of Man's awareness. And somewhere, in the endless search of the curious mind, lies the next vision, the next key to his infinite capacity...
Plot
Professor Peter Wayne is disturbed to hear that his university colleague, Dr. Roy Clinton, is pursuing forbidden drug experiments with a group of graduate students. When one of the students turns up dead, Professor Wayne investigates Clinton's activities, and discovers that consciousness-expansion can have powerful and dangerous consequences.
Closing narration
Some success, some failure, but either way the gnawing hunger to know is never sated, and the road to the unknown continues to be dark and strange.
Cast
- Skip Homeier – as Dr. Roy Clinton
- James Doohan – as Police Lt. Branch
- Keith Andes – as Prof. Peter Wayne
- Jason Wingreen – as Coroner Leland
- Robert Doyle – as Marc Lake
- Shirley O'Hara – as Receptionist
- Troy Melton – as Sgt. Alger
- Owen McGiveney – as Watchman
- Mary Gregory – as Apartment Manager
- Aki Aleong – as Akada
- Vaughn Taylor – as Dean Flint
- Barbara Wilkin – as Susan Wayne
- Peter Duryea – as Morrow
- Michael Falcon – as Elevator Operator
- Sherwood Keith – as Bellaire (uncredited)
- Bill Cort – as Elevator Man (uncredited)
(Skip Homeier. Keith Andes, James Doohan, Peter Duryea and Jason Wingreen all appeared on Star Trek, the Original Series)