Aliens in the Mind 77-01-02 (1 of 6) Island Genesis

Summary

Podcast Summary: Harold's Old Time Radio

Episode: Aliens in the Mind 77-01-02 (1 of 6) Island Genesis
Date: March 6, 2026
Host: Harolds Old Time Radio
Original Stars: Vincent Price (Professor Curtis Lark), Peter Cushing (John Cornelius)

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Overview

This episode presents the first part of “Aliens in the Mind: Island Genesis,” an evocative sci-fi radio play from the Golden Age, co-starring Vincent Price and Peter Cushing. The drama unfolds on a remote Scottish island, Luig, following the suspicious death of local doctor Hugh Dexter. As his old friends John Cornelius and Curtis Lark arrive to pay their respects, they become entangled in a mysterious web of mental illness, telepathic mutations, and insular island secrets—a classic set-up of intrigue and slow-burning terror.

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Key Story Developments & Discussion Points

1. Arrival and Atmosphere ([01:11]–[06:14])

• The episode opens with the burial of Dr. Hugh Dexter, presided over by the minister, Donald Schooler.
• John Cornelius arrives from London, greeted by suspicion and cautious hospitality from the locals.
• The mood is somber, layered with mistrust, isolation, and hints of a tightly-knit community wary of outsiders.
• There’s discussion of Dexter’s death—a fall off Drachna Head during heavy fog. Speculation surrounds the incident, with some suggesting intoxication.

Notable Dialogue:

• John Cornelius: “Yeah. It was quite a fog we had that night.” ([08:12])
• Donald Schooler: “He was drunk, Mr. Cornelius. Wasn't said at the inquest, of course, but everyone here is of the opinion that poor, poor Dr. Dexter had taken a drop too much that night.” ([08:20])

2. Introducing Flora and Island Lore ([06:25]–[07:22])

• Cornelius has a surreal encounter with Flora, a disturbed local girl who mumbles about “calling them away from the fire” and predicting death.
• Schooler dismisses her problems as “mental disorientation,” treated through faith rather than medicine.
• Hints are dropped about unusual patterns of psychological affliction among the island’s youth—children troubled, then mysteriously cured.

Notable Moment:

• Flora (Mary): “She’s calling them. She’s calling them again ... They’ll die too. Who will die? You will.” ([06:30]–[06:46])

3. The Friends Reunite and Doubts Multiply ([09:15]–[12:04])

• In the doctor’s house, Cornelius is joined by fellow friend and eccentric scientist Curtis Lark (having arrived by an elaborate route).
• Lark reveals he received a coded letter from Dexter warning of “a terrible danger here,” suggesting Dexter feared for his life and suspected mail tampering.

Memorable Exchange:

• Cornelius: “It's as though he knew he was going to die.” ([13:13])
• Lark: “And who was going to kill him.” ([13:18])

4. Suspicion, Evidence, and Discovery ([13:38]–[16:56])

• Lark finds Dexter’s reading glasses near the cliff—an odd choice for anyone to wear in a dangerous area at night.
• Lark, having accessed the autopsy report, reveals there was no alcohol in Dexter’s system, contradicting the community’s drunkenness theory.
• The pair search for answers, uncovering a hidden notebook in “Wardlock’s Medical Encyclopedia” (a clever puzzle, referencing an old code and a hollowed-out book).

Notable Scene:

• Lark: “You can’t really believe that Hugh, or anyone else for that matter, would walk along a dangerous cliff top at night in thick fog with a pair of reading glasses stuck on his nose. It’s just not possible.” ([14:04]–[14:22])

5. The Revelation of the Mutants ([17:01]–[21:36])

• They listen to a tape left by Dexter, who claims his research notes are lost and now only a notebook (now found) remains.
• Dexter’s recording warns that a “mutant species” is developing on the island, distinguished by telepathy and a peculiar cycle of adolescent mental disruption, followed by sudden normalization.
• The exception: Flora, who appears to represent a more advanced “second phase”—a prototype master race, able to dominate others’ minds.
• Dexter’s ominous conclusion: “If there are others like her, the whole future of mankind as we know it could be threatened.” ([21:26])

6. Escalation: Paranoia and Immediate Danger ([21:58]–[24:07])

• Lark drugs Mrs. Kyle, wary that anyone could be a mutant, and insists on extreme caution as they realize the scale of the threat.
• Cornelius recognizes Flora as possibly the “second phase” mutant mentioned by Dexter.
• The investigation leads them to the local church, where a strange “Fellowship” is in session.

Notable Quotes:

• Lark: “Until such time as we learn how to distinguish mutants from non-mutants, I intend, in the interest of self preservation, to suspect everyone on this island of being a mutant.” ([23:22])
• Cornelius: “That girl's our only lead.” ([23:53])

7. Climax: Mass Mind Control and Catastrophe ([24:19]–[28:19])

• Cornelius and Lark watch, hidden, as the church congregation slips into a trance-like state, with Mary (Flora) chanting about hellfire and damnation.
• Simultaneously, Hugh’s house bursts into flames—an apparent murder attempt meant for Cornelius and Lark, who only survive by chance.
• Flora and Mary’s true nature is revealed: they're mutants able to enforce or disrupt mental control over the townspeople at will.

Notable Moments:

• Mary/Flora: “Because now Luig is mine. Luig is mine.” ([28:09])
• Lark: “So Mrs. Kyle was a second phase mutant too ... Flora isn’t just a prototype. Hugh’s so called master race has been with us for at least 50 years.” ([28:19]–[28:26])

8. Final Realizations and Chilling Implications ([28:25]–[28:59])

• The friends realize the mutation has been present for three generations, threatening humanity itself.

Memorable Reflection:

• Cornelius: “50 years. Three generations.” ([28:38])

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Noteworthy Quotes & Moments with Timestamps

• Flora: “They’ll die too. Who will die? You will.” ([06:44])
• Lark: "You can't really believe ... would walk along a dangerous cliff top at night in thick fog with a pair of reading glasses stuck on his nose." ([14:04])
• Dexter (tape): "My observations have led me to believe that this island is in the throes of giving birth to a new race ... But my EEGs suggest that their brain is quite different from ours. I know for a fact that they are capable of some form of telepathy." ([19:25])
• Dexter: “Her name is Flora Keery. Pray God she is only the prototype. If there are others like her, the whole future of mankind as we know it could be threatened.” ([21:26])
• Lark: “I intend ... to suspect everyone on this island of being a mutant.” ([23:22])
• Mary/Flora: “Because now Luig is mine. Luig is mine.” ([28:09])

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Major Themes & Atmosphere

• Paranoia pervades, with everyone a possible threat.
• Isolation and mistrust color every interaction between the outsiders and the locals.
• Classic sci-fi motifs: mutation, evolution, telepathy, and the concept of a ‘master race’.
• Psychological horror: The play builds tension through unseen pressures and the gradual, chilling realization of a larger, existential threat.

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Structure & Tone

The drama is rich with atmospheric detail, crisp banter between Price’s Lark and Cushing’s Cornelius, and a slow-burn sense of dread. The language blends scientific inquiry, subtle humor, and mounting suspense, true to vintage radio thriller form.

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Conclusion

Part one of “Aliens in the Mind” sets a gripping stage, with Cornelius and Lark facing the terrifying prospect of being hunted by a village of mind-controlling mutants—and the knowledge that the threat could extend far beyond the island’s shores. The tension between science and superstition, the unknown and the mundane, forms the core of this mainland-vs-island mystery. The chilling finale reveals that the master race may already be many generations in the making.

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To Continue:
Tune in for the next episode to discover how Cornelius and Lark attempt to uncover—and survive—the island's grim secret.

Transcript

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[John Cornelius]

Aliens in the mind. Co star starring vincent price as professor curtis lark and peter cushing as john cornelius.

[Donald Schooler]

Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God to take unto himself the soul of our brother, We commit his body to the ground, earth to earth, ashes to ashes, In the sure hope of the resurrection to eternal life through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

[Mary]

Amen.

[Curtis Lark]

Hey.

[Narrator/Dr. Hugh Dexter]

That's that, then.

[Mary]

Well, we'll be missing him, dukey. The doctor.

[Narrator/Dr. Hugh Dexter]

20 years he's been with us. Do you know that fellow at the gravesite?

[Mary]

I've never seen him before.

[Narrator/Dr. Hugh Dexter]

I don't doubt we'll know him soon enough.

[Mary]

Aye, the ministers await him already. Old Donald School has not wanted a stranger pass his gate.

[John Cornelius]

Part 1 Island Genesis

[Donald Schooler]

Good day to you, sir. I'm Donald Schooler, the minister here. And you'd be?

[John Cornelius]

John Cornelius.

[Donald Schooler]

A relative of the doctors, maybe?

[John Cornelius]

No, just a friend. A very old friend.

[Donald Schooler]

And have you travelled far?

[John Cornelius]

From London. I had hoped to be here for the inquest.

[Donald Schooler]

That was this morning? Accidental death, of course. Tragic.

[John Cornelius]

Yes. Could you tell me how he. I mean, I read that he fell

[Donald Schooler]

from a cliff last Friday night. There was a heavy fog over the island. We get a lot of it coming in from the sea at this time of the year. It seems he wandered off the cliff path. He was found at the foot of Drachna Head. 460ft. I see. You know there's no boat back to the mainland until tomorrow?

[John Cornelius]

Oh, yes, But I'm told there's an inn. Oh.

[Donald Schooler]

Oh, no, you're welcome to stay at the manse.

[John Cornelius]

Well, that's. That's very kind of you, Mary.

[Donald Schooler]

Not at all. I insist.

[John Cornelius]

Well, thank you.

[Donald Schooler]

Ay, Mary. My housekeeper will be glad to see a new face around the place. Mary?

[Mary]

Is that you? Minister?

[Donald Schooler]

We have a guest. Mary. Mr. Cornelius.

[John Cornelius]

I'm glad to meet you.

[Donald Schooler]

An old friend of the doctor's.

[Mary]

That's a sad day, sir. He was such a fine man.

[Donald Schooler]

Mr. Cornelius can have the front guest room, Mary, can he not?

[Narrator/Advertiser]

Ay.

[Mary]

Is that all you have with you? Just the one wee bag?

[John Cornelius]

It's quite adequate.

[Donald Schooler]

I Assure you, I will. Leave it with Mary, Mr. Cornelius.

[John Cornelius]

Thank you.

[Mary]

I'll weigh up and give the room an airing now.

[Donald Schooler]

You'll take a wee dram, just to warn you.

[John Cornelius]

A little whiskey would be most welcome. Thank you.

[Donald Schooler]

Oh, sit yourself down, Mr. Cornelius. Make yourself at home.

[John Cornelius]

That's most kind. Thank you.

[Donald Schooler]

Was it long since you'd seen him? The doctor?

[John Cornelius]

It must be three or four years, I suppose. We wrote occasionally and kept promising to meet, but with the distance and pressure of work. Well, you know how it is.

[Donald Schooler]

Ay, ay, I can well imagine. Ah, here.

[John Cornelius]

Thank you.

[Donald Schooler]

And here's a healthier.

[John Cornelius]

God bless.

[Donald Schooler]

And had you been corresponding lately with the doctor?

[Curtis Lark]

No.

[John Cornelius]

I haven't heard from him for quite a while.

[Donald Schooler]

Ah, that's better. And he was your oldest friend, you see.

[John Cornelius]

One of them. We were inseparable in the old days. Hugh and I and a man called Curtis Lark.

[Donald Schooler]

Curtis Lark. That's rather a quaint name.

[John Cornelius]

Rather a quaint man, I suppose. American, of course. The three of us were together at the same hospital. You're not free from aircraft noise even up here, Mr. Schooler.

[Donald Schooler]

Oh, a helicopter from the naval training station. It's not usual for them to fly so low. Since you were at the same hospital, I take it you are also a medical man?

[John Cornelius]

Yes.

[Donald Schooler]

Should I not be addressing you as Dr. Cornelius, then?

[John Cornelius]

No, I'm a surgeon.

[Donald Schooler]

Ah, you'd be a specialist of some sort?

[John Cornelius]

Oh, yes, I'm a brain surgeon. Didn't you have a housekeeper?

[Donald Schooler]

Molly Kyle? I. Oh, a fine woman. She was at the service.

[John Cornelius]

Do you think she'd mind if I went up to the house?

[Donald Schooler]

I'm sure she'd expect it. Why not? No, before. Before it gets dark. I'd be glad to walk you over there myself.

[John Cornelius]

Oh, that's very kind of you, Minister.

[Donald Schooler]

Come along, then, Mr. Cornelius. Oh, if you could just wait a moment, I better tell Mary we're going out.

[John Cornelius]

Certainly. I'll be outside stretching my legs. Half past, two minutes slow. What the devil?

[Narrator/Dr. Hugh Dexter]

Oh, no.

[Mary]

Oh, please, no.

[John Cornelius]

My poor child. What is the matter?

[Mary]

She's calling them. She's calling them again.

[John Cornelius]

Calling who, my dear?

[Mary]

The fellowship. She's calling them away from the fire. Oh, stop her. Stop her or they'll die too.

[John Cornelius]

Who will die?

[Mary]

Who will die? You will.

[John Cornelius]

Come here, my dear. What is your name?

[Curtis Lark]

Laura.

[Donald Schooler]

Laura, come inside at once.

[Mary]

Oh, no, Minister. I'm all right. I'm not hearing her voice. I'm not. I'm not.

[Donald Schooler]

I'm sorry, Mr. Cornelius. I hope Flora wasn't bothering You. This seems to be one of her bad days.

[John Cornelius]

What's wrong with her?

[Donald Schooler]

Sick in the head, I'm afraid. Mental disorientation, the doctor called it.

[John Cornelius]

Is she receiving any treatment?

[Donald Schooler]

Prayer and faith in the Lord is the best possible treatment, Mr. Cornelius. Many of the young folk on Luig come here troubled in spirit, and within a year or so they're completely cured. That's why their parents send them to me.

[John Cornelius]

Really? Are you a faith healer, then?

[Donald Schooler]

No, Mr. Cornelius. I am just the shepherd to my flock. Now, shall we walk across to the doctor's house?

[John Cornelius]

Please.

[Donald Schooler]

It's just a few minutes over the headland. This is drachna head, Mr. Cornelius.

[John Cornelius]

Was it here that you fell?

[Donald Schooler]

Ah, down on those rocks.

[John Cornelius]

Seems rather a long way to have strayed from the path.

[Donald Schooler]

24ft, according to the coroner.

[John Cornelius]

He must have walked this way hundreds of times. You would have thought.

[Donald Schooler]

Yeah. It was quite a fog we had that night.

[John Cornelius]

Even so, the path here is worn to the bare rock, but the moment you stray towards the edge, it's all grass. Thick grass.

[Donald Schooler]

He was drunk, Mr. Cornelius. Wasn't said at the inquest, of course, but everyone here is of the opinion that poor, poor Dr. Dexter had taken a drop too much that night.

[John Cornelius]

That doesn't sound a bit like you.

[Donald Schooler]

Wait. What's that?

[Narrator/Dr. Hugh Dexter]

Where?

[Donald Schooler]

Down there on the beach, you see?

[John Cornelius]

Oh, yes. There is someone down there.

[Curtis Lark]

Ah.

[Donald Schooler]

He's taking the cliff path up towards the doctor's house.

[Curtis Lark]

Come along.

[Donald Schooler]

We'll no doubt run into him further along. Ah, here we are.

[John Cornelius]

Much bigger than I expected.

[Donald Schooler]

Ah, this was his surgery. A dispensary. And the living quarters as well.

[Mary]

Oh, hello, Minister.

[Donald Schooler]

Hello, Molly. This is Mrs. Kyle.

[John Cornelius]

Good afternoon, Mrs. Kyle.

[Mary]

Good afternoon.

[Donald Schooler]

This is Mr. Cornelius, Molly. He was a friend of the doctor's.

[Mary]

Oh. Ay.

[Donald Schooler]

Hello there.

[John Cornelius]

What?

[Donald Schooler]

Who is this? Now?

[John Cornelius]

Good nod. It's Curtis, Lord Clark. Where on earth did he spring from?

[Curtis Lark]

Hello, John. How are you?

[John Cornelius]

I'm fine, but how did you get here?

[Curtis Lark]

By passenger jet, private charter plane, and finally by one of your Royal Navy's helicopters. Am I in time?

[John Cornelius]

Not for Hugh's funeral, if that's what you mean.

[Curtis Lark]

Well, I did try, but I was in wildest Borneo when I got the news.

[John Cornelius]

Oh, I'm sorry. Let me introduce you. Professor Curtis Lark, the minister. The Reverend Donald Schooler, professor. And Mrs. Kyle Hughes, housekeeper.

[Donald Schooler]

Hello.

[Mary]

Will you not come inside, gentlemen?

[Curtis Lark]

Thank you. After you, John.

[Mary]

Go straight into the study, if you would.

[Donald Schooler]

If you would excuse me, Molly.

[Mary]

Ay, you'll be wanting to get back for The Fellowship meeting.

[John Cornelius]

Fellowship?

[Donald Schooler]

The Fellowship of the Kirk.

[Curtis Lark]

Oh.

[John Cornelius]

I'll see you later then, Minister.

[Donald Schooler]

Aye, back at the manse. Good day to you, Professor.

[Curtis Lark]

Happy and Minister.

[John Cornelius]

Hmm. Early Edwardian walnut. Hardly Hugh's taste, I would have thought.

[Mary]

If it's the furniture you're talking about, he bought it with the practice. It used to belong to old Dr. Mingis before. There's a picture over here that you'll maybe recognize.

[Curtis Lark]

Oh, yes, the class photograph.

[Mary]

I think you're both there on it somewhere.

[John Cornelius]

Second row left. With Hugh standing between us.

[Curtis Lark]

I can still remember the day when it was taken. Was it really 20 years ago?

[John Cornelius]

No, it was nearer 30.

[Curtis Lark]

Oh my goodness. All things considered, we still look remarkably young.

[John Cornelius]

All things considered, Curtis, you probably need glasses.

[Mary]

We're none of us getting any younger, sir.

[Curtis Lark]

Mrs. Cow, did you. I mean, did the doctor ever wear glasses?

[Mary]

Aye, he had a pair made last year just for reading, you know.

[John Cornelius]

What time was it when the doctor went out last Friday?

[Mary]

I wasn't here that night, sir. I was over to the mainland to visit relatives.

[Donald Schooler]

Oh, I see.

[John Cornelius]

So you wouldn't know if he had been drinking at all?

[Mary]

No, sir, I'm afraid not. Uh huh. Can I get you gentlemen something to eat?

[Curtis Lark]

Oh, that's an excellent idea. I had breakfast somewhere, but I've quite forgotten where. Or even when it was.

[Mary]

You must be starved. I'll away to see to it now.

[Curtis Lark]

Oh, thank you, you're most kind. Oh, dear, dear John. I can't tell you how glad I am to see you again.

[John Cornelius]

My dear fellow, I'm glad to see you too. And surprised.

[Curtis Lark]

Surprised?

[John Cornelius]

I'm astonished. It's less than a week since Hugh's death was announced. It's quite incredible that you managed to get here from. Where was it? The wilds of Borneo?

[Curtis Lark]

John, I. I wasn't in Borneo. Oh, no, that was just for the Minister's benefit. Ah. I'd left Borneo two days before on my way here. And when I heard the news of Hugh's death, I was actually making a stopover in Sydney, Australia. You see, I received this letter from Hugh. Look, you'd better read it. Here.

[John Cornelius]

Thank you. My dear Curtis, please read this scribble indulgently because it's extremely difficult for an island vegetable like me to keep a steady leaf between lines. Eh? Well, it doesn't make sense.

[Curtis Lark]

Oh yes it does. Don't you remember that silly code we devised when we suspected that horse faced matron of opening our mail?

[John Cornelius]

Oh, good Lord, yes. Let me see now. First two, wasn't it Right. First two and last two words in every sentence.

[Curtis Lark]

That's right. Now you try it again.

[John Cornelius]

Please read last two between lines. A terrible danger here. You must help me.

[Curtis Lark]

Message ends.

[John Cornelius]

A terrible danger here. It's as though he knew he was going to die.

[Curtis Lark]

And who was going to kill him.

[John Cornelius]

You can't be serious.

[Curtis Lark]

Well, he obviously thought his mail was being intercepted.

[John Cornelius]

You can't suspect the postman.

[Curtis Lark]

I don't even know the postman.

[John Cornelius]

Well then.

[Curtis Lark]

And I hardly know Mrs. Kyle any better.

[John Cornelius]

Oh, now that's preposterous.

[Curtis Lark]

Well, someone was checking Hugh's mail.

[John Cornelius]

It doesn't follow that they killed him. Or indeed that anyone killed him.

[Curtis Lark]

John, I found this pair of glasses on the beach.

[John Cornelius]

Show them to me.

[Curtis Lark]

They're reading glasses.

[John Cornelius]

I can see that, but they're not necessarily used.

[Curtis Lark]

They were just about where his body would have been.

[John Cornelius]

Well, surely they would have been in a case.

[Curtis Lark]

Hugh certainly had a case for them. John, look. It's right there on the desk. Empty.

[John Cornelius]

But it still doesn't prove anything.

[Curtis Lark]

Not in a court of law perhaps, but it's proof enough for me. You can't really believe that Hugh, or anyone else for that matter, would walk along a dangerous cliff top at night in thick fog with a pair of reading glasses stuck on his nose. It's just not possible.

[John Cornelius]

According to the Minister, the general opinion is that Hugh was drunk that night.

[Curtis Lark]

John, that's not possible either.

[John Cornelius]

Why?

[Curtis Lark]

Well, he swore off liquor the night his wife died. Besides, I've seen the autopsy report. When I made a courtesy call on the coroner earlier today before I arranged for the helicopter to bring me over.

[John Cornelius]

But that's not allowed.

[Curtis Lark]

I know, I know. I think perhaps he was overwhelmed by my medical reputation.

[John Cornelius]

I'm amazed. Perhaps we could come to the point, Curtis.

[Curtis Lark]

The point, my dear John, is that according to the autopsy report, there was absolutely no trace of alcohol in the body. Not in the stomach, not in the blood, not in the urine. None whatsoever.

[John Cornelius]

Curiouser and curiouser.

[Curtis Lark]

Gosh, if we could only. If we could only find something positive or.

[John Cornelius]

What did you have in mind?

[Curtis Lark]

Oh, I don't know. Some notes, a diary, a letter. He never dared send anything.

[John Cornelius]

But where do we start to look?

[Curtis Lark]

Well, presumably where no one else would think of looking.

[John Cornelius]

You think he hid something?

[Curtis Lark]

I certainly hope so. I would have done it in his place.

[John Cornelius]

Yes, I'm sure you would.

[Curtis Lark]

Well, don't just stand there, John. Try those filing cabinets.

[John Cornelius]

Oh, very well.

[Curtis Lark]

There's nothing much in the desk. I'll try these cupboards over here.

[John Cornelius]

Just medical Reports here. What you'd expect, really.

[Curtis Lark]

Hey, there's a cassette recorder in here.

[John Cornelius]

I thought Hugh was a hi fi man.

[Curtis Lark]

Well, he was.

[John Cornelius]

I can't imagine what sort of music he had.

[Curtis Lark]

Oh, Scottish folk music, sea chanties, the Boston Pops?

[John Cornelius]

Never.

[Curtis Lark]

Oh, no, definitely not his thing.

[John Cornelius]

If he had wanted light relief, he would have chosen Vivaldi or Scarletti.

[Curtis Lark]

And certainly not on a Cassini. He was too much of a purist. Let's move it on a bit. Not far enough yet.

[Narrator/Dr. Hugh Dexter]

I've recorded this message for John Cornelius, consultant surgeon to the London Encephalic Hospital, or for Professor Curtis Lark of the New York Institute of Paranormal Phenomena. I must admit from the start that all my research records disappeared when my study was burgled earlier in the year. Construe that how you will. All that now remains is a notebook of my observations which I have lodged for safekeeping with our old friend, Ward Locke.

[John Cornelius]

Who?

[Curtis Lark]

Do you know anyone named Locke? I don't.

[John Cornelius]

The only Locke I know had the misfortune to be an encyclopedia.

[Curtis Lark]

What are you talking about?

[John Cornelius]

Wardlock's Medical Encyclopedia.

[Curtis Lark]

John, you're a genius. An unsung genius.

[John Cornelius]

Yes, but we tend not to sing about it on this side of the Atlantic.

[Curtis Lark]

You know Locke, Locke, Locke, Locke.

[John Cornelius]

That black tome, dear boy, over on the left.

[Curtis Lark]

Aha. Here it is. Locke's Medical Encyclopedia.

[John Cornelius]

Oh, do open it, Curtis. It won't bite you.

[Curtis Lark]

Look at that. A Hollow's been cut into the center of the pages.

[John Cornelius]

Yes, but what's inside his notebook?

[Curtis Lark]

What else? Ah, just returned Mord Lock to, as you would say, his appointed place in the order of things.

[John Cornelius]

Yes, but you'd better let me have that notebook. You're always losing things. I'll put it in my pocket.

[Curtis Lark]

Damn it. I've even lost the playback button on this Inferno machine. All right, all right. There we are.

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[Donald Schooler]

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[Narrator/Dr. Hugh Dexter]

If you can find time to contact Wardlock, you will see that. My observations have led me to believe that this island is in the throes of giving birth to a new race. A mutant species. Physically, they are human. But my EEGs suggest that their brain is quite different from ours. I know for a fact that they are capable of some form of telepathy. It is the development of this telepathic power during early adolescence that is directly responsible for the high incidence of mental disorientation among the younger people on the island. Almost invariably, the clinical symptoms in these cases seem to disappear within about a year.

[John Cornelius]

Schoolers, prayer and faith in the Lord.

[Curtis Lark]

What's that supposed to mean?

[John Cornelius]

The minister cures them. Or so he claims. The island of sickness, he calls it.

[Curtis Lark]

What Hughes describing sounds more like an. An island genesis.

[John Cornelius]

Yes, I know. Look, switch it on again, alright?

[Narrator/Dr. Hugh Dexter]

The single exception to this rule is a girl whose development seems to have been arrested in the middle of her own personal metamorphosis, as it were, so that she retains all the disorientation symptoms. Logically, one would have expected a complementary arrest in the development of her brain. But her EEG suggests that her brain may in fact be better developed than anyone else's. She has proved able on occasions to disrupt the telepathic communication of other mutants. And this is what frightens me. To implant her own thoughts in their minds. It is my belief that she may be a second phase mutant. The prototype of a genetically selected master race. Her name is Flora Keery. Pray God she is only the prototype. If there are others like her, the whole future of mankind as we know it could be threatened.

[Curtis Lark]

My God.

[John Cornelius]

Well, at least we know why Hugh died. Dr. Dexter Mrs. Kyle.

[Mary]

I thought I heard the doctor.

[Curtis Lark]

Well, you did, Mrs. Kyle, but it was only a tape recording.

[John Cornelius]

Sit down, Mrs. Kyle.

[Mary]

Thank you. Thank you very much.

[Curtis Lark]

Well, I can understand it. It must have given you quite a turn. Look, you'd better drink this.

[Mary]

Thank you. What a nasty dish.

[Curtis Lark]

It shouldn't be. It said pure malt on the label. Go on, drink it up.

[Mary]

Oh, my heart's still pounding. I just wasn't expecting it.

[John Cornelius]

You know us for a moment. You'll soon feel better.

[Curtis Lark]

Yes. Now, look, this will help you to relax.

[Mary]

I'm feeling quite dizzy.

[Curtis Lark]

No, no, no, don't get up. Don't get up. Just rest. There.

[John Cornelius]

Lord, the poor woman's fainted. It must be the shock.

[Curtis Lark]

Oh, don't be an ass, John. I slipped her what is euphemistically known as a Mickey Finn. A Mickey?

[John Cornelius]

There's no smell. What on earth was it?

[Curtis Lark]

It was a curare derivative. Out in Borneo, there's a tribe of head hunters who use it as a local anesthetic.

[John Cornelius]

Very interesting, John, but hardly relevant. Unless you intend taking Mrs. Kyle's head as a trophy.

[Curtis Lark]

No, but she may intend taking mine. Or yours, for that matter. Let's be quite clear about our situation, John. Hugh was killed, presumably by mutants because he knew too much about him. If they discover how much we know, we won't have a snowball's chance in hell of getting off this island alive.

[John Cornelius]

But you surely don't suspect Mrs. Carl of being a mutant?

[Curtis Lark]

Until such time as we learn how to distinguish mutants from non mutants, I intend, in the interest of self preservation, to suspect everyone on this island of being a mutant.

[John Cornelius]

Curtis. I met a girl called Flora earlier today at the manse. The minister's house. She was about 18, I should think. Well past the age of puberty. Anyway, she had all the symptoms of the case that you spoke of.

[Curtis Lark]

The second phase. Mutant?

[John Cornelius]

It could be. Where are you off to now?

[Curtis Lark]

To the manse, of course. That girl's our only lead.

[John Cornelius]

What about Mrs. Kyle?

[Curtis Lark]

Oh, she'll sleep it off in about a half hour or so. Are you coming?

[John Cornelius]

Just collecting the cassette.

[Curtis Lark]

Very good thinking, my dear John.

[John Cornelius]

Thank you. Right, now let's go.

[Curtis Lark]

I'm coming.

[John Cornelius]

Look, Curtis, something's going on in the church. The lights are.

[Curtis Lark]

Must be some sort of service.

[John Cornelius]

The fellowship meeting.

[Curtis Lark]

Yes, that's right. The minister mentioned it.

[John Cornelius]

So did Flora. She said something about calling them away from the fire.

[Curtis Lark]

What fire?

[John Cornelius]

I don't know.

[Curtis Lark]

Then I think it's time we found out.

[John Cornelius]

Come on.

[Donald Schooler]

Are we all gathered I called you all to the house of God because it has always been our refuge in times of trouble.

[Curtis Lark]

John, give me a leg up. I want to do a little surreptitious eavesdropping. Steady, John, steady.

[John Cornelius]

You're overweight. Damn it. All those hot dogs.

[Curtis Lark]

Well, let me down for the greatest of pleasure. There are more rows and rows of them in there. Just sitting there like so many zombies.

[Narrator/Dr. Hugh Dexter]

Listen, servant of the devil.

[Mary]

His work is Satan's handiwork. It should be cast into outer darkness.

[Donald Schooler]

All unto everlasting hellfire.

[Curtis Lark]

Those people make the Spanish Inquisition sound like a parlor game.

[Mary]

If the devil's handiwork were constrained, consumed in eternal hell fires.

[Donald Schooler]

And I would not move from the house of God to save it.

[Narrator/Dr. Hugh Dexter]

And the ashes should be cast.

[John Cornelius]

Curtis, There's a fire up there on the hill. What?

[Curtis Lark]

A fire. It looks like the whole house has gone up in flames.

[John Cornelius]

Hugh's house?

[Curtis Lark]

Yes.

[John Cornelius]

I just remembered some twitter. When I talked to Flora, she said that if I didn't stop her calling them away from the fire, I'd die too. You I didn't understand at the time, but I do now. They wanted us to be in that house.

[Curtis Lark]

And they would just sit there in their church and let us quietly burn to death.

[John Cornelius]

Who's Flora? What are you doing here?

[Mary]

Waiting for her to die.

[John Cornelius]

Mrs. Kyle. She's up there in that inferno. Probably still unconscious.

[Mary]

No, she's awake now.

[Curtis Lark]

Flora, what's going on in the church?

[Mary]

She is calling them. Calling them to the fire. Listen. Save me. Save me.

[Donald Schooler]

Oh my God. Something's wrong.

[Mary]

Save me. No. Stay where you are. Stay. Stay. Stay. We must perfectly let it run. Let it run.

[Donald Schooler]

No. No. We must go and commit.

[Mary]

Do not move. Do not move.

[Donald Schooler]

We must move.

[Mary]

It is over.

[John Cornelius]

But she was calling them. Why didn't they go?

[Mary]

Because I was telling them to stay.

[Curtis Lark]

Why, Flora?

[John Cornelius]

Why?

[Mary]

Because now Luig is mine. Luig is mine.

[Curtis Lark]

So Mrs. Kyle was a second phase mutant too.

[John Cornelius]

You realize what that means?

[Curtis Lark]

Yes. Means that Flora isn't just a prototype. Hugh's so called master race has. Has been with us for at least 50 years.

[John Cornelius]

50 years. Three generations.

[Curtis Lark]

And God said, go forth and mult.

[John Cornelius]

That was part one of Aliens in the Mind. Co starring Vincent Price as Curtis Lark and Peter Cushing as John Cornelius. With Henry Stamper as Donald Schoular Sandra Clark Flora Curie Shirley Dixon Mrs. Kyle Irene Sutcliffe Mary and Fraser Carr Dr. Hugh Dexter Aliens in the Mind was written by Rene Basilico from an idea by Robert Holmes Production by John Dyess

[Curtis Lark]

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[Mary]

This bill would cut the vital resources

[Curtis Lark]

they need while increasing megastore profits. They deserve it, don't they?

[Narrator/Advertiser]

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