The Outer Limits (1963–1965): Season 1, Episode 12 - The Borderland - full transcript
After a scientist appears to invent a machine which can contact the afterlife, he convinces a rich man to finance his experiments with the possibility of contacting his benefactor's dead son.
There is nothing wrong
with your television set.
Do not attempt
to adjust the picture.
We are controlling
transmission.
We will control
the horizontal.
We will control
the vertical.
We can change the focus
to a soft blur
or sharpen it
to crystal clarity.
For the next hour,
sit quietly
and we will control
all that you see and hear.
You are about to participate
in a great adventure.
You are about to experience
the awe and mystery
which reaches from
the inner mind to...
The mind of man
has always longed to know
what lies beyond
the world we live in.
Explorers have ventured
into the deeps
and the heights.
Of these explorers,
some are scientists,
some are mystics.
Each is driven
by a different purpose.
The one thing
they share in common
is a wish to cross
the borderlands
that lie beyond...
The outer limits.
Primaries, 1-6-0.
Stroke, 9.
Stroke, 6.
Polarity minus
5-0 degrees.
Oh, no, this equipment
won't stand this.
You'll burn out the wiring
in the entire building.
It isn't working.
Let it go.
Make a record
of the field intensity.
Right.
It's still on!
aah!
Shut the switch!
My hand,
I can't move it!
No, center it! You've
put it into the minus!
Look!
My hand.
Look at it!
Dion, can you hear me?
He's trying
to reach you.
He's coming closer.
He's reaching out.
He's trying
to make you a sign.
Quick, blow out
the candles!
Mr. Price, the candles!
Well, what's going on?
It's only a luminous cloth
rigged up
on this black thread.
This woman can't reach
your son, Mr. Hartley.
I'm afraid she came
in here earlier,
cut a slit
in the tablecloth,
and stuffed this under it.
Get out of my house.
I did not mean
to trick you, Mr. Hartley.
A medium must
have the belief
of those around her.
I would do anything
to increase that belief,
because out of it
comes hidden energy.
Do you still say
you saw my son?
I described him to you.
His photograph is
right in there on your desk.
I did not see any picture.
I cannot allow you
to speak
about Mrs. Palmer
this way.
I have been
practicing
in the field
of clairvoyance
for over 20 years,
and I can tell you
that she has powers
beyond your
understanding.
Mr. Price.
Mrs. Palmer.
I think you'd better go.
We are going.
I am sorry for you,
Mr. Hartley.
I know what it is
to want to reach
a loved one
who has passed over.
I can tell you
that Mrs. Palmer
has helped me.
Wait!
Mr. Hartley,
there is no hope
in reaching your son
with these people
issuing hostility.
Good night, Mr. Hartley.
Why?
Why did they lie to me?
They're no different
than anyone else.
Money.
They didn't ask
for money.
They wouldn't.
They'd leave that
to someone from, uh...
The other world.
My son?
You'd do anything
for him, wouldn't you?
Mr. Russell, I suppose
I should be grateful to you
for saving me from making
a fool of myself,
but just why have you
appointed yourself
my... my spiritual guardian?
Like Mr. Sawyer
says, you've got
a lot of money,
Mr. Hartley,
and I don't want
to see you
throw it away
on charlatans.
And you know where
you think I should throw it?
Yes.
Is this another way
of your asking
for a new research
appropriation?
You're the only man
in this town
we can go to,
Mr. Hartley.
You're the chief stockholder
and chairman of the board
of Arrex electronics,
and you're not afraid
to explore.
Are you asking me
to finance an expedition?
In a way, yes.
You've been
reaching out.
You want to go
beyond the borderlands
into the unknown.
Mr. Frazier has been
chief of research
at Arrex electronics
for 5 years,
and I can tell you
he is a hard-minded
scientist.
I have read reports
about Mr. Frazier.
And Mrs. Frazier is
a distinguished mathematician,
holder of
the Rensselaer chair
at Midland university.
Then you can appreciate
how they're
working together
like the Curies did
on radium.
They've made
a profound discovery.
Mr. Hartley, I had
very little to do with it.
My husband's a genius.
Mr. Frazier, that's
quite a compliment.
Are you a genius?
Mr. Hartley, I'm sure
you are well aware
of invisible forces
at work in the universe,
forces that are so simple,
children play with them,
yet so powerful
that entire cities
draw electrical energy
from their depths.
Now, these are
2 bar magnets,
and there is a field of
force surrounding them...
Which is invisible,
connecting them.
Yet, it does exert
an actual influence
upon matter.
It literally reaches
out across space.
Turn one around...
And the opposite
poles repel.
I agree with you,
Mr. Frazier.
A magnet is
very mysterious.
Now, follow me, sir.
In our experiments,
we have discovered
that the force
surrounding a magnet
is really
an extension of mass.
How shall I say it?
Mass that extends
into another dimension.
No, I don't follow you,
Mr. Frazier.
Let me
put it this way.
This magnet...
Is really a miniature model
of all things.
The earth. Sun.
Trees. Cells.
Everything is shaped
by magnetic fields.
And what we have discovered
in this invisible field...
Is a doorway.
A doorway into
the fourth dimension.
A doorway into
the fourth dimension?
Yes.
You make Mrs. Palmer
sound, uh...
Commonplace.
I can assure you,
we're talking
cold, professional
science.
And it does make
Mrs. Palmer look
about as normal
as blueberry pie.
But if you've
discovered a doorway,
why do you need me?
It takes power to open
the door, Mr. Hartley.
Pure power.
Financial power.
Yes, sir.
It takes a great deal
of money to generate
the electrical
energy necessary
in the amounts we need
to accomplish our purpose.
With all of the power
in the generators at Arrex
we could only open
the door a tiny crack.
You have actually
opened the door
to another dimension?
Yes, sir.
It was done by a sudden
reversal of polarity
in an electromagnetic field.
To put it simply,
we switched the polarity
in a magnetic field
from plus to minus.
And in the transition...
Something happened.
What?
We discovered a new,
shall we say,
direction.
Width, depth, height,
and beyond.
I can't describe it to you,
I can only show you.
Well, please do.
At 11:24 last night,
Ian Frazier reached
into a magnetic field
just as Eva Frazier
reversed polarity.
I was a witness.
But a witness of what?
Show him, Ian.
Mr. Hartley,
this is my right hand.
And with this,
my left hand,
I reached over
into the fourth dimension.
2 right hands.
Is this another
cloth on a thread?
Touch it, Mr. Sawyer.
See how it joins
at the wrist?
Is it painful?
It just feels cold...
As though it's immersed
in ice water.
And there's
a tingling sensation,
like fine currents
of electricity.
Are you sure
you weren't, uh,
born with this abnormality,
Mr. Frazier?
I'm quite sure,
Mr. Sawyer.
And it isn't
a skin graft,
and it is not a trick.
Oh, no, no, no,
it's not a trick.
I can see that.
I'm afraid we ruined
the electric
substation at Arrex.
The power surged
for a few seconds
and melted
the output circuits.
And you ask me
if I could help you
to go further?
We need a larger
magnetic field
and enough power.
Enough power?
Yes, sir.
Enough power for a person
to cross over.
But, wouldn't it kill
that person?
My hand is still alive.
Are you prepared
to risk your life?
I can't think of it
that way, Mr. Sawyer.
To me it's an exploration.
I hope to see and feel
and... live
in another world.
Tell me...
Would you expect
to see anyone?
I don't know.
Mr. Hartley,
I wouldn't hold out
any false hopes
of contacting your son.
But you could try.
Nobody knows what happens
to people after they die.
And I certainly
can't say they...
Cross over
into another dimension.
But they might.
Mr. Hartley,
I am a scientist,
not a mystic.
And I can only tell you
that the realm beyond life
is unknown.
Mr. Frazier,
Mr. Russell,
I will place
my financial resources
at your disposal
on one condition...
That whatever happens,
you will make
an earnest endeavor
to contact my son.
We need enough
instantaneous power
to light the city
for one hour.
I have a certain
amount of influence
with the industries
in this district.
Could you take
this experiment
into the Midlands
power plant?
We could construct
a magnetic cell
and the field coils.
Midlands will be perfect.
How soon can you be ready?
11 days...
7.
7 days.
In 7 days,
the Midland power plant
will be yours.
I give you my word.
Commissioner,
I am not asking you,
I'm telling you.
I want the Midland plant
and substation
for one hour.
The hospitals can use
their auxiliaries.
That is correct.
I want the entire power
system for one full hour.
The governor has
already agreed.
Thank you, Commissioner.
All right, up ahead.
Up, up, up.
Be extremely careful
of the ceramics in the rod.
Come ahead slow.
Come ahead slowly.
Slowly, not too fast.
Match the bottom leg.
Come ahead, that's it.
That's it.
Now, let it down easy.
Match the red dot
with the plate
on the top
of the crossbar.
Linc!
Match the plate.
Hold off.
Settle back now,
just turn...
Uh! Don't drop it.
Eva?
huh?
Oh, I'll get that.
You haven't slept,
have you?
Neither has Ian.
He doesn't seem
to need it.
Oh, he needs it,
all right.
Just won't take it.
Eva.
Hmm?
If anything
happens to him...
I mean,
anything serious,
you know I'll
take care of you.
Mr. Sawyer.
Mrs. Palmer.
What do you want?
I want to talk
business to you.
You had your chance
and you ruined it.
I didn't ruin it.
They turned
on the lights,
caught the thread.
You've been paid...
For nothing.
That's not my fault.
I was ready
to do everything
you told me to do...
To tell him
that his son
was calling to him,
to buy
a plot of land.
Where is it?
Freeman and Carlton.
And who owns that
piece of ground?
Be careful,
Mrs. Palmer.
I am careful,
Mr. Sawyer.
Careful to collect
what is due to me.
Mrs. Palmer,
I'm Mr. Hartley's
executive director.
I allocate the funds
when and where I want.
Then perhaps
you won't mind
my talking to him.
Talk all you like.
If I say you're a liar,
he'll know who to believe.
Don't be too sure,
Mr. Sawyer.
There's something
about the truth
that gets through
to people.
I shall tell him
everything
you told me to say,
step by step.
You'll see.
Mrs. Palmer, I wouldn't
give you 5 cents.
You'd be back every day
with your hand out.
I only need
what is due to me.
Forget it, Mrs. Palmer,
and if I were you,
I'd leave town.
The police want
a license for side-shows.
Hmm, police.
I'll tell them
a few things.
Talk all you like.
I'm asking you to talk.
Talk your head off.
I'm not a side-show
freak, Mr. Sawyer.
There's more to it
than you think.
Are you going
to put a curse on me?
There's no need.
You have a curse on you.
You want to take over.
To run everybody
and everything.
You want power,
but you're not big enough.
So you steal it
piece by piece.
But it's tainted,
Mr. Sawyer.
Tainted and spoiled.
And you'll weaken.
You'll sicken.
Step by step,
you'll weaken
and the power
will leave you.
Thank you,
Mrs. Palmer.
That'll be all.
OK, I got it.
Mr. Frazier.
Well, how do you
like it?
I guess I owe you
an apology, Mr. Frazier.
Oh? What for?
I've been against
this project from the start.
I thought you were going
to throw the money around.
But, you've kept
the costs within reason.
We'll be ready for tests
as soon as the breakers
are installed.
Mr. Frazier,
when you, uh...
Go over...
You might see something.
You might acquire
some information
that might be of value.
It's understood,
of course,
that any such discovery
is the property
of the Arrex firm.
If I discover anything,
Mr. Sawyer,
you'll get your share.
I'm glad we had a chance
to talk about this
ahead of time.
I wouldn't want you
to go ahead
without knowing
who's in charge.
Are you saying you won't
let us use the power?
Not at all.
You give me your word that
you'll report anything
of any importance
to me, directly,
and you'll have
all the power you need.
Yes, sir, Mr. Sawyer.
Good.
What are
those things?
Oh, these are elements.
We're about to test
the effect of reversal
on their atomic
structure.
I thought you were
going to use
living matter?
Oh, we are,
but we have to do
some preliminary tests.
You've only got
the plant for one hour.
Well, this first test
will only take half power
at 3 seconds.
Mr. Sawyer, my husband's
about to risk his life.
He has a right to be
as safe as possible.
Leave them
alone, Benson.
Mr. Sawyer,
Mr. Hartley, please.
Go to the safety
shield.
We're going to divert
over a billion volts.
All we need is one fault
in the ceramics
and we'll get an overload
worse than any thunderstorm
you've ever seen.
Stand by.
Stand by, please.
All clear.
All clear, please.
Stand by.
Generators half.
Load 1 through 6-0.
6-0.
1 through 6-0.
6-1 through 1-2-0.
1-2-0.
6-1 through 1-2-0.
Power reading?
Primaries, 1-7-1,
stroke, 1-1,
stroke, 1-7.
Transfer load
to magnetic circuit.
What are they doing?
Some kind
of experiment.
Why are they using
so much electricity?
Probably turning
lead into gold.
Stand by to cut
the main breaker.
Here it comes.
Tell me when
it's at half.
Minus 3-1 degrees.
Polarity!
Polarity... reverse!
3, 2, 1, break it!
All right, pull 'em out!
Let me see.
Seals are reversed.
The temperature
has diminished.
We have to examine them
under the electron
microscope.
How long will
that take?
A few minutes.
How can you tell
if they're reversed?
We're more interested in
stress analysis, Mr. Hartley.
Structural faults...
Crushing, melting.
Eva, let's get
a move on.
I'm holding at half.
Bring it up 2/3.
Set up phase 2.
Phase 2.
What's that for?
Oh, we have to use
ordinary objects.
We're testing
for mirror images.
Right/left hand
reversal phenomena.
Generator 2/3.
Mr. Sawyer, you better
clear out of there.
The power increase
might cause a flare-up.
Stand by.
Load 1
through 1-2-0.
1-2-0.
1 through 1-2-0.
1-2-0 to red line.
Red line.
1-2-0 to red line.
Red line.
Power reading?
Primary, 2-7-1, stroke.
1-1, stroke, 7.
Polarity
minus 3-9 degrees.
Begin.
Stand by, breakers.
Power 2/3.
Zero. Polarity.
Polarity... reverse!
6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...
Break it!
break it!
All right, take them out.
Look!
They're turning
those things
around somehow.
I'll tell you
what they're trying.
Transmigration.
Moving matter.
Probably setting up
Mr. Hartley
for a spirit reading.
That's the way it is,
isn't it?
Kick us out
and take our place.
You're right, Mrs. Palmer,
Hartley would not be here
if they weren't trying
to reach over.
They put up
a very good show.
I saw it.
It turned 'round.
It did more
than that.
It reversed polarity
and stabilized.
But... did they go
into the other dimension?
They had to.
They became
negative matter.
We'd better keep going.
These ceramics ought not
lose too much temperature.
How many tests
before the big one?
One more.
The scientist's
best friend.
And if it lives?
I'm next.
Stand by.
Bring in from 2/3 to 3/4.
Generators in.
Reading?
Primaries, 2-7-1, stroke.
1-1, stroke, 3.
Polarity minus 3-4 degrees.
Go up 6 more.
Stand by, breakers.
Bring it in.
Power 3/4.
Polarity minus 1-7 degrees.
Power holding.
Holding.
Zero. Polarity.
Polarity... reverse!
10... 9...
8... 7...
Keep it steady.
6... 5... 4...
Keep it steady!
Needles are centered.
Now try
to ease down.
Ease it down.
It'll reassemble.
We hope.
All right.
Ease it down.
Ease it! One degree
at a time.
Try to center it.
I said center it!
The primaries will never
take the power imbalance.
It's centering.
It's holding steady.
All right.
Break it!
Break it!
Take him out!
It's drifted.
Is it dead?
It got out of phase
somehow.
Looked like
a time distortion.
Yes. It may be
a mirror image.
Some sort
of X-ray effect.
Like glass
or some...
Don't touch it!
It's fading.
What happened?
We're not sure.
You're still going?
I don't know.
We think it was
the instability
of the power level.
Living matter is composed
of chains of molecules.
The field wasn't
steady enough
to keep them sequential.
Your hand.
My hand was subjected
to an overload.
We couldn't measure
how high it went.
We're gonna try again,
at full power.
If the field
is steady enough
and strong enough,
it should work.
Linc, I need
the log sheet.
Right.
Ian, it may have
something to do with mass.
Nothing over a certain size
can survive it.
I don't think so.
You can't go without
further testing.
They won't let us
keep using the power plant.
We'll go
to the government.
It would take months.
And they might not
let me go.
What about Eva?
She knows how I feel.
Set it at full.
No reserve?
I said full.
Start second tape relay.
Line in.
Reading?
Primaries,
3, 3, 1, stroke,
1, 1, stroke, 1.
Polarity minus
1-4 degrees.
Ready breakers.
Ready. Bring it in.
Full power.
Polarity 4 degrees.
Is the power holding?
Holding.
Zero. Polarity.
Reverse!
10... 9... 8...
7... 6... 5...
4... 3... 2...
1... break it!
Break it!
He's alive.
Don't let
the power decay.
Put him back in.
If he crosses
both ways, were set.
All right,
clear the area.
Generators.
Generators full.
Full power.
Zero.
Polarity.
Reverse!
9... 8... 7...
6... 5... 4...
Circulation normal.
Bone structure intact.
No internal injuries.
Any radiation effects?
Thank you.
Dr. Sung will make
the blood and tissue tests.
I'd better get ready.
Ian...
Yeah?
Ian, we should
test more.
It's bad science
to go without checking
every step of the way.
It's a worse science
to miss out
on a prime discovery.
Well, Mr. Hartley
will give you more time.
Mr. Sawyer won't.
We could find
another backer.
Somebody
less eccentric.
Eva, who else
would throw away millions
on something sight unseen?
Well, there's got to be
a scientific foundation.
Oh, I'm sure there is.
But it would take
a year to find them,
maybe 2 years.
3 more to persuade them.
But it faded
and drifted,
like shortwave.
Then we lost the signal.
It's gone, Ian,
and we don't know where.
We don't know if it's...
Alive or dead.
We just know that it
lost its moorings
and slipped away
into...
3 years is too long to wait,
even to be safe.
Eva, I've got a feeling.
I can see myself later,
alive and well,
with you.
I've got
to say it, Ian.
I see you lost.
There's always a risk,
whether I go now
or test it a million times.
You know our topological
studies are right.
You worked out
the mass structure completely.
I could have
made an error.
There is always
the principle of uncertainty!
I'm sorry.
Eva, the odds
are with us.
Anyone who goes out beyond
the markers takes a risk.
The ocean explorers,
the first airmen,
the astronauts.
They had time... To test.
Dr. Sung has a saying.
"It's better to live
2 weeks as a tiger than...
A whole lifetime
as a lamb."
Ian...
I'm sorry.
I guess I'm just
suffering from...
Intuition.
Ian...
A clean bill of health.
No radiation effects.
No particle tracks
or tissue tears.
No sign
of deterioration.
Good.
Let's go.
yeah.
Mrs. Palmer,
they have no right
to take over Mr. Hartley.
He's our client.
And we have a right
to protect our interests.
They've got him,
Mr. Price.
There's nothing
we can do about it.
You saw what happened
when the power
wasn't on full.
They won't let that
happen again.
There's a way
to ease off the power.
You don't know
these machines.
Mm. It's like any other.
You drop something
into the wheels,
blow out a generator,
they've got to lose power.
You don't want
to kill anyone.
There's a big difference
between being dead
and being unaccounted for.
It's no use,
Mr. Price.
Even if we wreck
their experiment,
Mr. Hartley's
had a taste
of their machines
and tricks.
He won't listen
to us again.
No, no.
You can help Mr. Hartley.
You and you alone.
Where are you going?
To look at those generators.
You won't do anything?
Mr. Hartley needs help.
It's for his own good.
I don't know if this
UHF radio will work.
Your voice
will never carry
if the atmosphere
in the area
is reversing
polarity with you.
Ionic disturbance
will probably jam it.
You've got to use it.
We probably receive
enough electro-static energy
to unscramble.
Not in another dimension.
No, but during
the reversal stage,
the computers could
control the demodulations
and read the mirror image
signal and reverse it.
I don't know.
I don't know.
If anything goes wrong...
A time drift or...
Distortion...
We've got to have
communication.
Mr. Russell.
Mm-hmm?
What are they
waiting on?
Connecting
some new equipment.
For communications.
Excuse me.
Mr. Frazier.
Yes?
When you cross,
you're to call on
my son's name... Dion.
Dion. No less
than 3 times.
He was killed
when he was 17.
He... he may be
disfigured.
He was crushed
in his car
late at night.
I gave you my word,
Mr. Hartley. I'll look.
But you mustn't
expect anything.
But I do, Mr. Frazier.
I do. I... I feel it.
I... I feel I shall
reach my son.
I'll do my best.
Good luck.
Thank you.
What are you
going to do?
If this drops
down in there,
it'll cause
a short circuit.
It's wrong, Mr. Price.
There are dozens
of other generators.
The loss of one
will only lessen the power
a few degrees.
It might be enough
to kill him.
Generator failure
is not unusual.
What if he crosses over
and reaches the other world?
You may be tampering with
something very important.
Ah, he's the one
who's doing the tampering.
Your way is the right way,
Mrs. Palmer.
I understand
they're setting up a way
to communicate
with you.
We're not sure
it'll transmit,
but we can try.
Mr. Frazier,
you understand our agreement?
If you see anything
of any value,
you're to report it
to me and me only.
And if you use this means
of communication,
you're to keep
your messages general.
Mr. Sawyer, I...
I'll remember.
Good luck.
Shield.
Check one.
Mike one.
2.
Code one.
3.
Code 2.
4.
UHF.
Check 5.
Headset.
6.
Linc...
If anything
goes off the track,
please...
take care of Eva.
Nothing's going
off the track.
Ian... can you hear me?
Yes, I can hear you.
You are loud and clear.
The computers
are patched in to track you.
Eva, I...
I know.
Stand by.
Generators up to full.
Generators at full.
Are they lined in?
Lined in.
Reading?
Primary, 3-3-1, stroke,
1-1, stroke, 1.
Polarity minus 1-2.
Ready, breakers.
If you lose my voice,
take your own count
on the second reversal.
Ready to go.
All right, we go.
Bring in magnetic circuit.
Is it holding?
Holding.
Zero.
Polarity!
Reverse!
Ian. Ian,
can you hear me?
I'm falling!
6 seconds!
6 seconds!
I can't see!
Don't kill him!
Don't do it to him!
Breakers!
No!
The power's failing!
Cut it off!
Keep it in one place!
Build it up again!
I can't! The unit's failing!
Breakers!
Ian, can you hear me?
Can you hear me, Ian?
Eva! Eva!
I hear you!
I can't hear you!
Eva!
Eva!
I'm here!
I hear you! I hear you.
I can see you!
Now you're transparent!
But I can't hear you!
Don't try to touch me!
There's some kind
of overlap of space!
Eva!
3 generators
are out.
How long will it take
to get them going?
We're not going to try.
We're tying into
the substation at Oxton.
He can't hear me,
but he can see me.
You fade in and out!
I'm afraid
I'll lose contact!
There's another landscape!
Superimposed!
I can't tell
if it's another planet
or the earth
in another time!
Everything
is just barren!
I'm not in either place!
Eva! Eva!
I feel as though
I'm falling!
Don't move!
Eva!
I'm drifting!
There's a wind blowing!
The clouds
are tearing up!
Eva!
My time sense is going!
Please!
Everything is reversed!
I see you...
In slow motion!
There's a temporal drift!
Eva!
I'm going
to reach forward,
out of the field,
try to reverse
my left hand!
Eva! Touch me!
Hold on to my hand!
It can help keep me
centered in the field!
I'm drifting!
I'm here!
I see a crater!
And shadows!
I'm drifting! Eva!
I'm falling!
Ian! I won't
let you go!
Ian!
Dion! Dion!
Dion!
Dion!
He's calling
your son.
Dion!
Dion!
No answer.
It's gone dead.
But he's there!
I know he's there!
Go tell them
to keep on trying.
Tell Dr. Sung to work
the control bars!
I'll tell him
what to do!
Dr. Sung,
come over here!
Take over
her station!
Connect the red switches!
Pull 1 through 9!
Hold on to 10!
Power full!
Power at full!
Polarity
minus 4 degrees.
Take it past
the red line.
We need enough
to bring him back!
We'll black out the city.
Black it out!
Take it past
the red line.
Cut in the last one!
Now the master switch!
Zero. Polarity!
Reverse!
Unh! Unh!
He's there. I know.
He is.
I know he's there.
Dion.
Dion!
Mr. Hartley, come back!
Dion. Dion!
Where did he go?
To find his son.
Eva.
Eva.
I'm back.
I'm back.
Yes, darling,
you're back.
Safe.
There are worlds
beyond and worlds within
which the explorer
must explore.
But there is one power
which seems to transcend
space and time,
life and death.
It is a deeply
human power
which holds us safe
and together
when all other forces
combine to tear us apart.
We call it
the power of love.
We now return control of
your television set to you,
until next week
at this same time,
when the control voice
will take you to...
with your television set.
Do not attempt
to adjust the picture.
We are controlling
transmission.
We will control
the horizontal.
We will control
the vertical.
We can change the focus
to a soft blur
or sharpen it
to crystal clarity.
For the next hour,
sit quietly
and we will control
all that you see and hear.
You are about to participate
in a great adventure.
You are about to experience
the awe and mystery
which reaches from
the inner mind to...
The mind of man
has always longed to know
what lies beyond
the world we live in.
Explorers have ventured
into the deeps
and the heights.
Of these explorers,
some are scientists,
some are mystics.
Each is driven
by a different purpose.
The one thing
they share in common
is a wish to cross
the borderlands
that lie beyond...
The outer limits.
Primaries, 1-6-0.
Stroke, 9.
Stroke, 6.
Polarity minus
5-0 degrees.
Oh, no, this equipment
won't stand this.
You'll burn out the wiring
in the entire building.
It isn't working.
Let it go.
Make a record
of the field intensity.
Right.
It's still on!
aah!
Shut the switch!
My hand,
I can't move it!
No, center it! You've
put it into the minus!
Look!
My hand.
Look at it!
Dion, can you hear me?
He's trying
to reach you.
He's coming closer.
He's reaching out.
He's trying
to make you a sign.
Quick, blow out
the candles!
Mr. Price, the candles!
Well, what's going on?
It's only a luminous cloth
rigged up
on this black thread.
This woman can't reach
your son, Mr. Hartley.
I'm afraid she came
in here earlier,
cut a slit
in the tablecloth,
and stuffed this under it.
Get out of my house.
I did not mean
to trick you, Mr. Hartley.
A medium must
have the belief
of those around her.
I would do anything
to increase that belief,
because out of it
comes hidden energy.
Do you still say
you saw my son?
I described him to you.
His photograph is
right in there on your desk.
I did not see any picture.
I cannot allow you
to speak
about Mrs. Palmer
this way.
I have been
practicing
in the field
of clairvoyance
for over 20 years,
and I can tell you
that she has powers
beyond your
understanding.
Mr. Price.
Mrs. Palmer.
I think you'd better go.
We are going.
I am sorry for you,
Mr. Hartley.
I know what it is
to want to reach
a loved one
who has passed over.
I can tell you
that Mrs. Palmer
has helped me.
Wait!
Mr. Hartley,
there is no hope
in reaching your son
with these people
issuing hostility.
Good night, Mr. Hartley.
Why?
Why did they lie to me?
They're no different
than anyone else.
Money.
They didn't ask
for money.
They wouldn't.
They'd leave that
to someone from, uh...
The other world.
My son?
You'd do anything
for him, wouldn't you?
Mr. Russell, I suppose
I should be grateful to you
for saving me from making
a fool of myself,
but just why have you
appointed yourself
my... my spiritual guardian?
Like Mr. Sawyer
says, you've got
a lot of money,
Mr. Hartley,
and I don't want
to see you
throw it away
on charlatans.
And you know where
you think I should throw it?
Yes.
Is this another way
of your asking
for a new research
appropriation?
You're the only man
in this town
we can go to,
Mr. Hartley.
You're the chief stockholder
and chairman of the board
of Arrex electronics,
and you're not afraid
to explore.
Are you asking me
to finance an expedition?
In a way, yes.
You've been
reaching out.
You want to go
beyond the borderlands
into the unknown.
Mr. Frazier has been
chief of research
at Arrex electronics
for 5 years,
and I can tell you
he is a hard-minded
scientist.
I have read reports
about Mr. Frazier.
And Mrs. Frazier is
a distinguished mathematician,
holder of
the Rensselaer chair
at Midland university.
Then you can appreciate
how they're
working together
like the Curies did
on radium.
They've made
a profound discovery.
Mr. Hartley, I had
very little to do with it.
My husband's a genius.
Mr. Frazier, that's
quite a compliment.
Are you a genius?
Mr. Hartley, I'm sure
you are well aware
of invisible forces
at work in the universe,
forces that are so simple,
children play with them,
yet so powerful
that entire cities
draw electrical energy
from their depths.
Now, these are
2 bar magnets,
and there is a field of
force surrounding them...
Which is invisible,
connecting them.
Yet, it does exert
an actual influence
upon matter.
It literally reaches
out across space.
Turn one around...
And the opposite
poles repel.
I agree with you,
Mr. Frazier.
A magnet is
very mysterious.
Now, follow me, sir.
In our experiments,
we have discovered
that the force
surrounding a magnet
is really
an extension of mass.
How shall I say it?
Mass that extends
into another dimension.
No, I don't follow you,
Mr. Frazier.
Let me
put it this way.
This magnet...
Is really a miniature model
of all things.
The earth. Sun.
Trees. Cells.
Everything is shaped
by magnetic fields.
And what we have discovered
in this invisible field...
Is a doorway.
A doorway into
the fourth dimension.
A doorway into
the fourth dimension?
Yes.
You make Mrs. Palmer
sound, uh...
Commonplace.
I can assure you,
we're talking
cold, professional
science.
And it does make
Mrs. Palmer look
about as normal
as blueberry pie.
But if you've
discovered a doorway,
why do you need me?
It takes power to open
the door, Mr. Hartley.
Pure power.
Financial power.
Yes, sir.
It takes a great deal
of money to generate
the electrical
energy necessary
in the amounts we need
to accomplish our purpose.
With all of the power
in the generators at Arrex
we could only open
the door a tiny crack.
You have actually
opened the door
to another dimension?
Yes, sir.
It was done by a sudden
reversal of polarity
in an electromagnetic field.
To put it simply,
we switched the polarity
in a magnetic field
from plus to minus.
And in the transition...
Something happened.
What?
We discovered a new,
shall we say,
direction.
Width, depth, height,
and beyond.
I can't describe it to you,
I can only show you.
Well, please do.
At 11:24 last night,
Ian Frazier reached
into a magnetic field
just as Eva Frazier
reversed polarity.
I was a witness.
But a witness of what?
Show him, Ian.
Mr. Hartley,
this is my right hand.
And with this,
my left hand,
I reached over
into the fourth dimension.
2 right hands.
Is this another
cloth on a thread?
Touch it, Mr. Sawyer.
See how it joins
at the wrist?
Is it painful?
It just feels cold...
As though it's immersed
in ice water.
And there's
a tingling sensation,
like fine currents
of electricity.
Are you sure
you weren't, uh,
born with this abnormality,
Mr. Frazier?
I'm quite sure,
Mr. Sawyer.
And it isn't
a skin graft,
and it is not a trick.
Oh, no, no, no,
it's not a trick.
I can see that.
I'm afraid we ruined
the electric
substation at Arrex.
The power surged
for a few seconds
and melted
the output circuits.
And you ask me
if I could help you
to go further?
We need a larger
magnetic field
and enough power.
Enough power?
Yes, sir.
Enough power for a person
to cross over.
But, wouldn't it kill
that person?
My hand is still alive.
Are you prepared
to risk your life?
I can't think of it
that way, Mr. Sawyer.
To me it's an exploration.
I hope to see and feel
and... live
in another world.
Tell me...
Would you expect
to see anyone?
I don't know.
Mr. Hartley,
I wouldn't hold out
any false hopes
of contacting your son.
But you could try.
Nobody knows what happens
to people after they die.
And I certainly
can't say they...
Cross over
into another dimension.
But they might.
Mr. Hartley,
I am a scientist,
not a mystic.
And I can only tell you
that the realm beyond life
is unknown.
Mr. Frazier,
Mr. Russell,
I will place
my financial resources
at your disposal
on one condition...
That whatever happens,
you will make
an earnest endeavor
to contact my son.
We need enough
instantaneous power
to light the city
for one hour.
I have a certain
amount of influence
with the industries
in this district.
Could you take
this experiment
into the Midlands
power plant?
We could construct
a magnetic cell
and the field coils.
Midlands will be perfect.
How soon can you be ready?
11 days...
7.
7 days.
In 7 days,
the Midland power plant
will be yours.
I give you my word.
Commissioner,
I am not asking you,
I'm telling you.
I want the Midland plant
and substation
for one hour.
The hospitals can use
their auxiliaries.
That is correct.
I want the entire power
system for one full hour.
The governor has
already agreed.
Thank you, Commissioner.
All right, up ahead.
Up, up, up.
Be extremely careful
of the ceramics in the rod.
Come ahead slow.
Come ahead slowly.
Slowly, not too fast.
Match the bottom leg.
Come ahead, that's it.
That's it.
Now, let it down easy.
Match the red dot
with the plate
on the top
of the crossbar.
Linc!
Match the plate.
Hold off.
Settle back now,
just turn...
Uh! Don't drop it.
Eva?
huh?
Oh, I'll get that.
You haven't slept,
have you?
Neither has Ian.
He doesn't seem
to need it.
Oh, he needs it,
all right.
Just won't take it.
Eva.
Hmm?
If anything
happens to him...
I mean,
anything serious,
you know I'll
take care of you.
Mr. Sawyer.
Mrs. Palmer.
What do you want?
I want to talk
business to you.
You had your chance
and you ruined it.
I didn't ruin it.
They turned
on the lights,
caught the thread.
You've been paid...
For nothing.
That's not my fault.
I was ready
to do everything
you told me to do...
To tell him
that his son
was calling to him,
to buy
a plot of land.
Where is it?
Freeman and Carlton.
And who owns that
piece of ground?
Be careful,
Mrs. Palmer.
I am careful,
Mr. Sawyer.
Careful to collect
what is due to me.
Mrs. Palmer,
I'm Mr. Hartley's
executive director.
I allocate the funds
when and where I want.
Then perhaps
you won't mind
my talking to him.
Talk all you like.
If I say you're a liar,
he'll know who to believe.
Don't be too sure,
Mr. Sawyer.
There's something
about the truth
that gets through
to people.
I shall tell him
everything
you told me to say,
step by step.
You'll see.
Mrs. Palmer, I wouldn't
give you 5 cents.
You'd be back every day
with your hand out.
I only need
what is due to me.
Forget it, Mrs. Palmer,
and if I were you,
I'd leave town.
The police want
a license for side-shows.
Hmm, police.
I'll tell them
a few things.
Talk all you like.
I'm asking you to talk.
Talk your head off.
I'm not a side-show
freak, Mr. Sawyer.
There's more to it
than you think.
Are you going
to put a curse on me?
There's no need.
You have a curse on you.
You want to take over.
To run everybody
and everything.
You want power,
but you're not big enough.
So you steal it
piece by piece.
But it's tainted,
Mr. Sawyer.
Tainted and spoiled.
And you'll weaken.
You'll sicken.
Step by step,
you'll weaken
and the power
will leave you.
Thank you,
Mrs. Palmer.
That'll be all.
OK, I got it.
Mr. Frazier.
Well, how do you
like it?
I guess I owe you
an apology, Mr. Frazier.
Oh? What for?
I've been against
this project from the start.
I thought you were going
to throw the money around.
But, you've kept
the costs within reason.
We'll be ready for tests
as soon as the breakers
are installed.
Mr. Frazier,
when you, uh...
Go over...
You might see something.
You might acquire
some information
that might be of value.
It's understood,
of course,
that any such discovery
is the property
of the Arrex firm.
If I discover anything,
Mr. Sawyer,
you'll get your share.
I'm glad we had a chance
to talk about this
ahead of time.
I wouldn't want you
to go ahead
without knowing
who's in charge.
Are you saying you won't
let us use the power?
Not at all.
You give me your word that
you'll report anything
of any importance
to me, directly,
and you'll have
all the power you need.
Yes, sir, Mr. Sawyer.
Good.
What are
those things?
Oh, these are elements.
We're about to test
the effect of reversal
on their atomic
structure.
I thought you were
going to use
living matter?
Oh, we are,
but we have to do
some preliminary tests.
You've only got
the plant for one hour.
Well, this first test
will only take half power
at 3 seconds.
Mr. Sawyer, my husband's
about to risk his life.
He has a right to be
as safe as possible.
Leave them
alone, Benson.
Mr. Sawyer,
Mr. Hartley, please.
Go to the safety
shield.
We're going to divert
over a billion volts.
All we need is one fault
in the ceramics
and we'll get an overload
worse than any thunderstorm
you've ever seen.
Stand by.
Stand by, please.
All clear.
All clear, please.
Stand by.
Generators half.
Load 1 through 6-0.
6-0.
1 through 6-0.
6-1 through 1-2-0.
1-2-0.
6-1 through 1-2-0.
Power reading?
Primaries, 1-7-1,
stroke, 1-1,
stroke, 1-7.
Transfer load
to magnetic circuit.
What are they doing?
Some kind
of experiment.
Why are they using
so much electricity?
Probably turning
lead into gold.
Stand by to cut
the main breaker.
Here it comes.
Tell me when
it's at half.
Minus 3-1 degrees.
Polarity!
Polarity... reverse!
3, 2, 1, break it!
All right, pull 'em out!
Let me see.
Seals are reversed.
The temperature
has diminished.
We have to examine them
under the electron
microscope.
How long will
that take?
A few minutes.
How can you tell
if they're reversed?
We're more interested in
stress analysis, Mr. Hartley.
Structural faults...
Crushing, melting.
Eva, let's get
a move on.
I'm holding at half.
Bring it up 2/3.
Set up phase 2.
Phase 2.
What's that for?
Oh, we have to use
ordinary objects.
We're testing
for mirror images.
Right/left hand
reversal phenomena.
Generator 2/3.
Mr. Sawyer, you better
clear out of there.
The power increase
might cause a flare-up.
Stand by.
Load 1
through 1-2-0.
1-2-0.
1 through 1-2-0.
1-2-0 to red line.
Red line.
1-2-0 to red line.
Red line.
Power reading?
Primary, 2-7-1, stroke.
1-1, stroke, 7.
Polarity
minus 3-9 degrees.
Begin.
Stand by, breakers.
Power 2/3.
Zero. Polarity.
Polarity... reverse!
6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...
Break it!
break it!
All right, take them out.
Look!
They're turning
those things
around somehow.
I'll tell you
what they're trying.
Transmigration.
Moving matter.
Probably setting up
Mr. Hartley
for a spirit reading.
That's the way it is,
isn't it?
Kick us out
and take our place.
You're right, Mrs. Palmer,
Hartley would not be here
if they weren't trying
to reach over.
They put up
a very good show.
I saw it.
It turned 'round.
It did more
than that.
It reversed polarity
and stabilized.
But... did they go
into the other dimension?
They had to.
They became
negative matter.
We'd better keep going.
These ceramics ought not
lose too much temperature.
How many tests
before the big one?
One more.
The scientist's
best friend.
And if it lives?
I'm next.
Stand by.
Bring in from 2/3 to 3/4.
Generators in.
Reading?
Primaries, 2-7-1, stroke.
1-1, stroke, 3.
Polarity minus 3-4 degrees.
Go up 6 more.
Stand by, breakers.
Bring it in.
Power 3/4.
Polarity minus 1-7 degrees.
Power holding.
Holding.
Zero. Polarity.
Polarity... reverse!
10... 9...
8... 7...
Keep it steady.
6... 5... 4...
Keep it steady!
Needles are centered.
Now try
to ease down.
Ease it down.
It'll reassemble.
We hope.
All right.
Ease it down.
Ease it! One degree
at a time.
Try to center it.
I said center it!
The primaries will never
take the power imbalance.
It's centering.
It's holding steady.
All right.
Break it!
Break it!
Take him out!
It's drifted.
Is it dead?
It got out of phase
somehow.
Looked like
a time distortion.
Yes. It may be
a mirror image.
Some sort
of X-ray effect.
Like glass
or some...
Don't touch it!
It's fading.
What happened?
We're not sure.
You're still going?
I don't know.
We think it was
the instability
of the power level.
Living matter is composed
of chains of molecules.
The field wasn't
steady enough
to keep them sequential.
Your hand.
My hand was subjected
to an overload.
We couldn't measure
how high it went.
We're gonna try again,
at full power.
If the field
is steady enough
and strong enough,
it should work.
Linc, I need
the log sheet.
Right.
Ian, it may have
something to do with mass.
Nothing over a certain size
can survive it.
I don't think so.
You can't go without
further testing.
They won't let us
keep using the power plant.
We'll go
to the government.
It would take months.
And they might not
let me go.
What about Eva?
She knows how I feel.
Set it at full.
No reserve?
I said full.
Start second tape relay.
Line in.
Reading?
Primaries,
3, 3, 1, stroke,
1, 1, stroke, 1.
Polarity minus
1-4 degrees.
Ready breakers.
Ready. Bring it in.
Full power.
Polarity 4 degrees.
Is the power holding?
Holding.
Zero. Polarity.
Reverse!
10... 9... 8...
7... 6... 5...
4... 3... 2...
1... break it!
Break it!
He's alive.
Don't let
the power decay.
Put him back in.
If he crosses
both ways, were set.
All right,
clear the area.
Generators.
Generators full.
Full power.
Zero.
Polarity.
Reverse!
9... 8... 7...
6... 5... 4...
Circulation normal.
Bone structure intact.
No internal injuries.
Any radiation effects?
Thank you.
Dr. Sung will make
the blood and tissue tests.
I'd better get ready.
Ian...
Yeah?
Ian, we should
test more.
It's bad science
to go without checking
every step of the way.
It's a worse science
to miss out
on a prime discovery.
Well, Mr. Hartley
will give you more time.
Mr. Sawyer won't.
We could find
another backer.
Somebody
less eccentric.
Eva, who else
would throw away millions
on something sight unseen?
Well, there's got to be
a scientific foundation.
Oh, I'm sure there is.
But it would take
a year to find them,
maybe 2 years.
3 more to persuade them.
But it faded
and drifted,
like shortwave.
Then we lost the signal.
It's gone, Ian,
and we don't know where.
We don't know if it's...
Alive or dead.
We just know that it
lost its moorings
and slipped away
into...
3 years is too long to wait,
even to be safe.
Eva, I've got a feeling.
I can see myself later,
alive and well,
with you.
I've got
to say it, Ian.
I see you lost.
There's always a risk,
whether I go now
or test it a million times.
You know our topological
studies are right.
You worked out
the mass structure completely.
I could have
made an error.
There is always
the principle of uncertainty!
I'm sorry.
Eva, the odds
are with us.
Anyone who goes out beyond
the markers takes a risk.
The ocean explorers,
the first airmen,
the astronauts.
They had time... To test.
Dr. Sung has a saying.
"It's better to live
2 weeks as a tiger than...
A whole lifetime
as a lamb."
Ian...
I'm sorry.
I guess I'm just
suffering from...
Intuition.
Ian...
A clean bill of health.
No radiation effects.
No particle tracks
or tissue tears.
No sign
of deterioration.
Good.
Let's go.
yeah.
Mrs. Palmer,
they have no right
to take over Mr. Hartley.
He's our client.
And we have a right
to protect our interests.
They've got him,
Mr. Price.
There's nothing
we can do about it.
You saw what happened
when the power
wasn't on full.
They won't let that
happen again.
There's a way
to ease off the power.
You don't know
these machines.
Mm. It's like any other.
You drop something
into the wheels,
blow out a generator,
they've got to lose power.
You don't want
to kill anyone.
There's a big difference
between being dead
and being unaccounted for.
It's no use,
Mr. Price.
Even if we wreck
their experiment,
Mr. Hartley's
had a taste
of their machines
and tricks.
He won't listen
to us again.
No, no.
You can help Mr. Hartley.
You and you alone.
Where are you going?
To look at those generators.
You won't do anything?
Mr. Hartley needs help.
It's for his own good.
I don't know if this
UHF radio will work.
Your voice
will never carry
if the atmosphere
in the area
is reversing
polarity with you.
Ionic disturbance
will probably jam it.
You've got to use it.
We probably receive
enough electro-static energy
to unscramble.
Not in another dimension.
No, but during
the reversal stage,
the computers could
control the demodulations
and read the mirror image
signal and reverse it.
I don't know.
I don't know.
If anything goes wrong...
A time drift or...
Distortion...
We've got to have
communication.
Mr. Russell.
Mm-hmm?
What are they
waiting on?
Connecting
some new equipment.
For communications.
Excuse me.
Mr. Frazier.
Yes?
When you cross,
you're to call on
my son's name... Dion.
Dion. No less
than 3 times.
He was killed
when he was 17.
He... he may be
disfigured.
He was crushed
in his car
late at night.
I gave you my word,
Mr. Hartley. I'll look.
But you mustn't
expect anything.
But I do, Mr. Frazier.
I do. I... I feel it.
I... I feel I shall
reach my son.
I'll do my best.
Good luck.
Thank you.
What are you
going to do?
If this drops
down in there,
it'll cause
a short circuit.
It's wrong, Mr. Price.
There are dozens
of other generators.
The loss of one
will only lessen the power
a few degrees.
It might be enough
to kill him.
Generator failure
is not unusual.
What if he crosses over
and reaches the other world?
You may be tampering with
something very important.
Ah, he's the one
who's doing the tampering.
Your way is the right way,
Mrs. Palmer.
I understand
they're setting up a way
to communicate
with you.
We're not sure
it'll transmit,
but we can try.
Mr. Frazier,
you understand our agreement?
If you see anything
of any value,
you're to report it
to me and me only.
And if you use this means
of communication,
you're to keep
your messages general.
Mr. Sawyer, I...
I'll remember.
Good luck.
Shield.
Check one.
Mike one.
2.
Code one.
3.
Code 2.
4.
UHF.
Check 5.
Headset.
6.
Linc...
If anything
goes off the track,
please...
take care of Eva.
Nothing's going
off the track.
Ian... can you hear me?
Yes, I can hear you.
You are loud and clear.
The computers
are patched in to track you.
Eva, I...
I know.
Stand by.
Generators up to full.
Generators at full.
Are they lined in?
Lined in.
Reading?
Primary, 3-3-1, stroke,
1-1, stroke, 1.
Polarity minus 1-2.
Ready, breakers.
If you lose my voice,
take your own count
on the second reversal.
Ready to go.
All right, we go.
Bring in magnetic circuit.
Is it holding?
Holding.
Zero.
Polarity!
Reverse!
Ian. Ian,
can you hear me?
I'm falling!
6 seconds!
6 seconds!
I can't see!
Don't kill him!
Don't do it to him!
Breakers!
No!
The power's failing!
Cut it off!
Keep it in one place!
Build it up again!
I can't! The unit's failing!
Breakers!
Ian, can you hear me?
Can you hear me, Ian?
Eva! Eva!
I hear you!
I can't hear you!
Eva!
Eva!
I'm here!
I hear you! I hear you.
I can see you!
Now you're transparent!
But I can't hear you!
Don't try to touch me!
There's some kind
of overlap of space!
Eva!
3 generators
are out.
How long will it take
to get them going?
We're not going to try.
We're tying into
the substation at Oxton.
He can't hear me,
but he can see me.
You fade in and out!
I'm afraid
I'll lose contact!
There's another landscape!
Superimposed!
I can't tell
if it's another planet
or the earth
in another time!
Everything
is just barren!
I'm not in either place!
Eva! Eva!
I feel as though
I'm falling!
Don't move!
Eva!
I'm drifting!
There's a wind blowing!
The clouds
are tearing up!
Eva!
My time sense is going!
Please!
Everything is reversed!
I see you...
In slow motion!
There's a temporal drift!
Eva!
I'm going
to reach forward,
out of the field,
try to reverse
my left hand!
Eva! Touch me!
Hold on to my hand!
It can help keep me
centered in the field!
I'm drifting!
I'm here!
I see a crater!
And shadows!
I'm drifting! Eva!
I'm falling!
Ian! I won't
let you go!
Ian!
Dion! Dion!
Dion!
Dion!
He's calling
your son.
Dion!
Dion!
No answer.
It's gone dead.
But he's there!
I know he's there!
Go tell them
to keep on trying.
Tell Dr. Sung to work
the control bars!
I'll tell him
what to do!
Dr. Sung,
come over here!
Take over
her station!
Connect the red switches!
Pull 1 through 9!
Hold on to 10!
Power full!
Power at full!
Polarity
minus 4 degrees.
Take it past
the red line.
We need enough
to bring him back!
We'll black out the city.
Black it out!
Take it past
the red line.
Cut in the last one!
Now the master switch!
Zero. Polarity!
Reverse!
Unh! Unh!
He's there. I know.
He is.
I know he's there.
Dion.
Dion!
Mr. Hartley, come back!
Dion. Dion!
Where did he go?
To find his son.
Eva.
Eva.
I'm back.
I'm back.
Yes, darling,
you're back.
Safe.
There are worlds
beyond and worlds within
which the explorer
must explore.
But there is one power
which seems to transcend
space and time,
life and death.
It is a deeply
human power
which holds us safe
and together
when all other forces
combine to tear us apart.
We call it
the power of love.
We now return control of
your television set to you,
until next week
at this same time,
when the control voice
will take you to...