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Simon King, an alien agent from the Inter Galactic Council, is sent to Earth on a mission to stop unscrupulous refugees from a dying planet from wiping out Mankind and taking over the planet Earth.
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- E1 King's GambitNext upSep 8, 1969 · 50 min
Synopsis
Two apparently respectable businessmen, running an electronics factory, are investigated by a journalist called Simon King. The businessmen turn out to be far from respectable and the journalist, they discover, is not a journalist. Who is Simon King, or rather, what is he?
Guest stars: Katie Fitzroy (CONTROL), Clive Merrison (Idris Evans), Michael Durant (Sir Charles Cuttle), Noel Johnson (Baldock), Tom Kempinski (Scaife), Reg Whitehead (Jefferies), Bernard Shine (Armstrong), Brian Badcoe (Dr Webber)
- E2 Joker OneSep 15, 1969 · 50 min
Synopsis
Every war has a flashpoint, a fuse, a detonator—something, however small, that triggers it. In 1914, it was an assassin's bullet at Sarajevo. What could trigger an atomic war today? The Centaurans think they have the answer. And Simon, of all people, appears to be helping them...
Guest stars: Katie Fitzroy (CONTROL), Robert Beatty (Pinot), Barbara Shelley (Elaine Pinot), Alexis Chesnakov (Paston), Tim Seely (Flemyng), Bruce Boa (General), Peter Marinker (Think Tank Member), Czeslaw Grocholski (Think Tank Member)
- E3 On IceSep 22, 1969 · 50 min
Synopsis
Three scientists are mysteriously lost on a sledging party that set out from a polar research station.
Guest stars: Tom Watson (Len Bryant), David Jason (Taffy Sadler), David Jackson (Garvin), Donald Pelmear (Doctor Barker), Alexander John (Doctor Cross), Norman Claridge (Doctor Richards)
- E4 NocturneSep 29, 1969 · 50 min
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The madman lives in a No-Man's-Land a borderline between fantasy and reality... where the real becomes unreal, the unreal real, and life itself a waking nightmare. Simon finds himself living in such a nightmare. Has he gone mad or is he merely suffering from temporary delusions? Above all, why should he want to kill a perfect stranger?
Guest stars: Fraser Kerr (CONTROL), Kevin Stoney (David Plunkett), John Abineri (Beavis), Jenny McCracken (Jacey), Maria Aitken (Mother), Neil Hallett (Inspector), John Horsley (Chairman), Jack Lambert (President)
- E5 MonolithOct 6, 1969 · 50 min
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Sir Charles Munday is the richest man in the world. Might there be a Centauran plan to murder him?
Guest stars: Colin Gordon (Bentley), Peter Bayliss (Shaughnessy), Carole Mowlam (Carole), John Baskcomb (Outram), Douglas Jones (Boland), Daphne Newton (Miss Roberts)
- E6 Out of MindDate to be announced · 50 min
Synopsis
Mary, visiting a village where she stayed as a child, finds that the woman who used to look after her, Hannah Webley, is now regarded as a witch by the superstitious villagers and Mary herself is soon caught up in the ensuing witch hunt. (The episode was cancelled the night it was due to air—13 October 1969—and replaced by a documentary on Ronnie and Reggie Kray, who, earlier that day, had been refused leave to appeal against their prison sentences. For unknown reasons, it was never rescheduled, remained unscreened, and was subsequently wiped from the BBC Archives.)
Guest stars: Katie Fitzroy (CONTROL), Edward Brayshaw (Chief of CONTROL), Patrick Bedford (John Rossiter), Hilary Mason (Hannah Webley), Freddie Earlle (Jerry Randall), Michael Beint (Harry Carter), Robert Langley (Sammy), Howard Goorney (PC Brookfield)
- E7 The Lemming SyndromeOct 20, 1969 · 50 min
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143 people in one small seaside town commit suicide by drowning. Or were they under some strange and alien influence? Simon decides they probably were...
Guest stars: Katie Fitzroy (CONTROL), Anthony Sharp (Sir George Halkyn), John Rolfe (Dr Ferris), James Villiers (Wyatt), Barry Stanton (Thomson), Deirdre Costello (Margo), Robert James (Pythian), Sonia Graham (Dr Merrow)
- E8 BacklashOct 27, 1969 · 50 min
Synopsis
In a period of student riots, strong calls for a return to 'law and order' are made by General Falcon, a blood-and-guts commander of the Korean war. Suddenly, he starts to emerge as an important political figure capable of swaying public and government opinion during an international crisis. Such a man, Simon decides, is dangerous.
Guest stars: Katie Fitzroy (CONTROL), Richard Hurndall (Lord Falcon), Mark Edwards (Jonathan Fry), Morris Perry (Evans), James Beck (Gold), Roy Boyd (Johnson), Guy Standeven (TV Interviewer), Peter King (TV Director)
- E9 All That GlittersNov 3, 1969 · 50 min
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When adults start acting childishly, it is no surprise to Simon. By his standards, most people are childish. However, when they start acting childish even by their own standards—when a grown man plays hopscotch and another falls off a rocking horse—something must be wrong. But can there be any connection between childish behaviour and the Centauran plan to take over the Earth? It seems unlikely, but Centauran plans frequently do. Until they start to work...
Guest stars: Fraser Kerr (CONTROL), Mary Hignett (Bessie Collier), Bernard Severn (Albert Collier), Wendy Gifford (Gwen Gilbert), Ian Dewar (Tom Gilbert), Roy Pattison (Bill Pearce), Frederick Arle (Josh Tetley), Cynthia Bizeray (Mrs Tyldesley)
- E10 The MutantNov 10, 1969 · 50 min
Synopsis
A deadly new germ gets loose at a biological warfare laboratory. Can an antidote be found before the germ spreads into a killer plague?
Guest stars: Helen Harper (Joan Caldwell), David Ritch (Brian Caldwell), Craig Hunter (Brixham), Derrick Gilbert (Fenton), Arnold Diamond (Grant), Syd Conabere (MacAllister), Marion Reed (Alice Cranshaw), David Garth (Henley)
Cast & crew
Created by Tony Williamson
Jon Finch
Sarah Brackett
