Aliens in the Mind 77-01-09 (2 of 6) Hurried Exodus

Summary

Podcast Summary:

Harold's Old Time Radio – Aliens in the Mind 77-01-09 (2 of 6) "Hurried Exodus"
Date: March 6, 2026
Host: Harold’s Old Time Radio
Episode Focus: BBC Radio Sci-Fi Thriller – "Aliens in the Mind", Episode 2

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Episode Overview

This episode continues the chilling tale set on the remote Scottish Isle of Luig, where Dr. Curtis Lark (Vincent Price) and Dr. John Cornelius (Peter Cushing) are investigating a spate of bizarre "island sickness" cases—revealed to be caused by a genetic mutation enabling telepathic mind control among islanders. Following the suspicious death of Dr. Hugh Dexter and the destruction of his house, Lark and Cornelius, aided by the enigmatic young Flora Keary, attempt to untangle the web of control on the island, confront hostile villagers, and plan a "hurried exodus" to get Flora to London—hoping her unique gifts will provide answers but risking the wrath of the controlling influence.

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Key Discussion Points & Highlights

1. Recap of Dangerous Events (00:43–03:03)

• The episode opens with a summary of the previous installment: Dr. Hugh Dexter is dead, presumably murdered; his house is in ashes; housekeeper Molly Kyle perishes; Flora Keary saves Lark and Cornelius.
• The core theory: islanders are being mentally controlled by mutated humans called "Controllers," with Flora being a possible key.
  Quote:

  "Because now Luig is mine. Luig is mine."
  — Flora Keary (02:48)

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2. Piecing Together the Genetic Mystery (03:19–06:11)

• Lark and Cornelius sift through Dexter’s notes, discussing telepathic phenomena and possible "Master Race"—controllers implanting their will in others (zombie-like obedience).
• They note an alarming count—some 250 mutants hidden among the population.
• The urgency: Get Flora off the island for medical study, before she, too, is lost to mysterious forces.
  Memorable Exchange:

  "Think what Hitler or Stalin might have done with power like that." — Lark
  "Think what they did without it." — Cornelius (05:09–05:12)

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3. The Minister: Threat or Ally? (06:11–07:14)

• Lark and Cornelius debate the minister's role—likely a mutant, but not a Controller.
• The minister’s sinister demeanor and possible hopes for their demise raise tension.
  Quote:

  "That man, really, he spooks me...A sinister Minister."
  — Curtis Lark (06:17)

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4. The Search for Flora (09:20–13:03)

• After the fire, Flora is missing; her disappearance triggers alarm among Lark, Cornelius, the minister, and Sergeant McBinnie.
• The group splits up: Lark investigates Dexter’s ruins with McBinnie; Cornelius and the Minister go to the police.
• Revelations about Dexter investigating the "Fellowship" via brain scans and blood samples, including McBinnie himself.

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5. An Accident at the Cliff (15:13–17:02)

• Lark and McBinnie narrowly survive a cliff collapse.
• News arrives: Flora has been spotted near an abandoned barn, prompting a race against potential danger.
• Conversation on Flora's family: Her father opposed her stay with the minister; both parents died in a mysterious fire.

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6. Tensions Erupt at the Barn (18:02–21:39)

• At the barn, McBinnie grows suspiciously insistent they do not enter—it’s revealed he is under mutant influence.
• Flora, found inside, panics:

  "Keep him out. Keep him out."
  — Flora Keary (20:01)

• Flora demonstrates her own telepathic control, driving McBinnie away like a sleepwalker. Quote:

  "He's going. He just turned and he's walking away like a sleepwalker."
  — Curtis Lark (21:29)

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7. The "Hurried Exodus" – Escape by Boat (22:25–27:32)

• They aim to evacuate Flora to London by boat. Tension builds as Flora attempts to telepathically summon others aboard, causing chaos and drawing a mob to the docks.
• As she becomes increasingly distressed, Curtis resorts to sedating her with spiked wine, reminiscent of a "Mickey Finn."
• The group narrowly contains the situation, but the episode ends with questions about the spread of mutation beyond the island. Memorable moment:

  "I was repelling borders—Or trying to. Quite apart from the little army of mutants down on the dock, our friendly neighborhood purser decided to join in the fun and kick the door down."
  — Curtis Lark (28:08)

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8. Paranoia at Sea & Further Questions (27:32–29:21)

• Onboard, Lark observes the purser may also be under control, raising fears that the mutant threat is not confined to Luig.
• Open-ended speculation: Are mutants infiltrating the mainland?

  "Yeah, but I wonder how many mutants have used the boat to get off the island altogether. And whether they went of their own free will or under orders."
  — Curtis Lark (28:57)

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Noteworthy Quotes & Moments (with Timestamps)

• Flora Keary asserts dominance:

  "Because now Luig is mine. Luig is mine." (02:48)

• On the danger of mental control:

  "Think what Hitler or Stalin might have done with power like that." — Lark (05:09) "Think what they did without it." — Cornelius (05:12)

• Piecing together the scale:

  "120 mutants under the age of, say, 33...and at least as many over that age—250 all told."
  — Lark and Cornelius (05:25–05:33)

• Minister’s dismissive attitude:

  "Well, I'm not committing that poor wee lassie to having her brain meddled with. I have no right."
  — Minister (11:55)

• Telepathic suggestion in action:

  "He's going. He just turned and he's walking away like a sleepwalker."
  — Curtis Lark (21:29)

• Flora’s power and distress at leaving:

  "She must be calling every mutant on the island. There'll be a riot if we don't get her under control."
  — Curtis Lark (25:51)

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Timeline of Key Segments

| Timestamp | Segment/Topic | |------------|--------------------------------------------------------| | 00:43–03:03| Recap and setup; the mystery of Luig intensifies | | 03:19–06:11| Genetic theorizing; urgency of Flora’s case | | 09:20–13:03| Aftermath of fire; search for Flora begins | | 15:13–17:02| Cliff accident; Flora’s family history | | 18:02–21:39| Barn confrontation; telepathic control in action | | 22:25–27:32| Boat escape, mutant mob, sedating Flora | | 27:32–29:21| Onboard paranoia; possibility of the threat spreading |

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Conclusion & Tone

This episode creates an atmosphere of mounting paranoia and knotty allegiances. The interplay of Price and Cushing’s characters brings wit ("Perfidious albument.") and gravitas, while Flora’s tragic ambiguity deepens the tension.
Wry humor and clipped dialogue reinforce the sense of British restraint even as events spiral out of control—anchoring the high-concept sci-fi with human stakes. The question lingers: Is escape truly possible when the enemy lies within?

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For listeners: "Hurried Exodus" ramps up the stakes, introduces the possibility of telepathic infiltration spreading to the mainland, and leaves our protagonists in perilous uncertainty as the boat pulls away from the island."

Transcript

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Aliens in the mind. Co starring vincent price as co curtis lark and peter cushing as john cornelius. On the remote Scottish isle of Luig. Lark and Cornelius are convinced that the death of their friend, Dr. Hugh Dexter was no accident. From his research notes they diagnosed the island sickness as early symptoms of a strange genetic mutation affecting many of the island's inhabitants. Turning them into zombies, blindly obeying orders from an unknown source. The key to the mystery seems to be an apparently simple minded 18 year old girl, Flora Keary, who saves them from burning to death in a fire that destroys Dr. Dexter's house and with it the housekeeper, Molly Kyle.

[Curtis Lark]

Let it fun.

[Sergeant McBinnie]

Let it go.

[John Cornelius]

No.

[Curtis Lark]

We must go. I'm coming out.

[Flora Keary]

Do not move.

[Curtis Lark]

Do not move. We must move.

[Flora Keary]

It is over.

[John Cornelius]

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

[Flora Keary]

Because I was telling them to stay.

[Curtis Lark]

Why? For why?

[Flora Keary]

Because now Luig is mine. Luig is mine.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Part 2 hurried exit.

[Curtis Lark]

Come in. Morning, John. You still in bed?

[John Cornelius]

Where else should one be at this unearthly hour? Oh, look. And I distinctly say it. Four minutes. Look at it. Damn things.

[Sergeant McBinnie]

Raw.

[Curtis Lark]

Well, you know, in some parts of the world, raw egg is considered quite a delicacy.

[John Cornelius]

Well, not here. It did you discover anything of value in Hughes notes?

[Curtis Lark]

Just bits and pieces. It's like a jigsaw puzzle with most of the pieces missing.

[John Cornelius]

That's more than we expected. We'll have to put together our own picture and then see how Hughes pieces fit in.

[Curtis Lark]

Well now let's see. What have we got so far?

[John Cornelius]

I've got a slight feeling of nausea from this revolting egg.

[Curtis Lark]

Perfidious albument.

[John Cornelius]

Oh no, please, not at this time of day. Look, pour me some coffee, will you?

[Curtis Lark]

Sure, it's my pleasure.

[John Cornelius]

Thanks. Now, what have you got so far? The fact that there occurred on this island a mutation of the human species brought about by some genetic transformation of the brain which enables it to receive some form of telepathic communication.

[Curtis Lark]

Only to receive. Now what about transmitting telepathic messages?

[John Cornelius]

That's not proven, is it? Now we can be certain of only two cases. Molly Kyle, who is now dead, presumably, and Flora Keary. Who at best, is an imperfect example of a different, more highly developed mutation. What Hugh was pleased to call the

[Curtis Lark]

Master Race controllers would be a more accurate description of those two bizarre ladies. They both seem to have this power of implanting their own thoughts, their own will, in the minds of other mutants.

[John Cornelius]

And so what outwardly looked like ordinary human beings become in fact extensions of the mind of the controller without even being aware of it. That's terrifying.

[Curtis Lark]

Think what Hitler or Stalin might have done with power like that.

[John Cornelius]

Think what they did without it.

[Curtis Lark]

According to Hughes notes, in the 20 years he was on the island, there were 120 cases of mental disorientation.

[John Cornelius]

Mutant metamorphosis.

[Curtis Lark]

What? You will. Which gives us 120 mutants under the age of, say, 33.

[John Cornelius]

And at least as many over that

[Curtis Lark]

age, 250 all told.

[John Cornelius]

And all totally indistinguishable from the rest of the inhabitants.

[Curtis Lark]

Except for Flora.

[John Cornelius]

Yes, except for Flora. We've got to get that girl to London. It's the only way.

[Curtis Lark]

Oh, now, wait a minute. Hang on. That could be a pretty tall order.

[John Cornelius]

We must do it somehow. We need to run tests on her medical checks.

[Curtis Lark]

And do all the other things that humans Dexter tried to do.

[John Cornelius]

Precisely.

[Curtis Lark]

And got himself murdered for. You know, that Blaze last night at Hughes place was no accident, John. It was meant for us. Someone out here just doesn't like us knowing too much.

[John Cornelius]

That's why we have to get Flora away from here. Surely you see.

[Curtis Lark]

Well, I can see the sense in it. But what I can't see is how to go about it.

[John Cornelius]

We'll start with the Minister.

[Curtis Lark]

I'd like our chances a lot better if I disliked him a little less. That man, really, he spooks me. Now, John, about the Minister. There's no doubt that he's a mutant. Well, he is a mutant, isn't he?

[John Cornelius]

Almost certainly, on the evidence we have.

[Curtis Lark]

But he's not a Controller.

[John Cornelius]

I would say it's unlikely.

[Curtis Lark]

You know, once Flora realized Mrs. Kyle was dead, she said Luig was hers. I don't believe she would have dared say that if the Minister was also a Controller.

[John Cornelius]

No. And when I first met her yesterday, she seemed completely overawed by him. Mind you, he is a trifle overbearing,

[Curtis Lark]

not to mention unpleasant. He's much too sinister for my taste. A sinister Minister. Still, this little visit of ours should dent his sanctimonious composure.

[John Cornelius]

How so?

[Curtis Lark]

But I feel sure he hoped. Perhaps he even prayed that we died last night.

[John Cornelius]

Well, we'll soon find out.

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[Curtis Lark]

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[Curtis Lark]

next few minutes could be quite interesting.

[Flora Keary]

Oh, Mr. Cornelius.

[John Cornelius]

Whatever's the matter?

[Curtis Lark]

Mary, Come.

[Flora Keary]

Come in.

[John Cornelius]

Thank you.

[Curtis Lark]

You look as though you'd seen a ghost.

[Flora Keary]

Ay, well, we. We thought you must be dead.

[John Cornelius]

What made you think that?

[Flora Keary]

Yon fire up at the doctor's house last night.

[John Cornelius]

We had gone by then.

[Curtis Lark]

Yes. Fortunate, wasn't it?

[Flora Keary]

Ay, but Mr. Cornelius said he'd be staying here for the night and when he didna come back.

[Curtis Lark]

The fault is entirely mine, Mary. I persuaded him to keep me company at the inn.

[Flora Keary]

Eh, well, all's Well, I suppose I'll. I'll get the minister. Minister.

[Minister]

Yes, Mary?

[Flora Keary]

Could I trouble you?

[Minister]

You're coming. Well, what is it, Mary?

[Flora Keary]

There's two visitors to see Mr. Cornelius and Professor Lark. Professor Lark?

[Curtis Lark]

Returned from the dead, Minister. What?

[Minister]

You did manage to escape?

[John Cornelius]

We left before the fire broke out.

[Minister]

I were fortunate.

[Flora Keary]

We'd feared the worst for you.

[Minister]

That will be all, Mary.

[Flora Keary]

Yes. Yes, Minister.

[John Cornelius]

What about Mrs. Kyle?

[Minister]

There's the real tragedy for you. Such a fine woman. A real pillar of strength in the community.

[Curtis Lark]

She is dead, then?

[John Cornelius]

Aye.

[Minister]

They brought down the body this morning. Or what was left of it. Ah. Strange that they should have found her in the doctor's study.

[Curtis Lark]

Why not?

[Minister]

She should have. She was usually out and about in the garden at that time of the day.

[Curtis Lark]

Maybe she was looking for something.

[John Cornelius]

Do they know what caused the fire?

[Minister]

No, and I doubt they ever will, frankly. When will you be returning to London?

[Curtis Lark]

We get the boat back this afternoon, most probably.

[Minister]

Ay, ay, very wise.

[John Cornelius]

And would like to take Flora with us.

[Curtis Lark]

Flora?

[Minister]

And what would you want to do a thing like that for?

[John Cornelius]

She is ill, Minister.

[Minister]

Aye, she has the island sickness. We don't need a brain surgeon to tell us that, Minister.

[John Cornelius]

I suspect that she has a tumor. A tumor on the brain? She has all the classic symptoms. And it's the most likely explanation why she has not returned to normal like everyone else has done.

[Minister]

Ah, see. I see. And I suppose you will be wanting to operate on her yourself, Mr. High and Mighty Cornelius?

[John Cornelius]

Only if my first diagnosis proves correct.

[Minister]

Well, I'm not committing that poor wee lassie to having her brain meddled with. I have no right.

[Curtis Lark]

Anyway, you don't need one. She has a perfect right of her own. She's of age.

[Minister]

But she is not compos mentis, is she?

[John Cornelius]

Not all the time, certainly.

[Curtis Lark]

But some of the time her mentis is so compass, it's almost out of sight.

[Minister]

What's that supposed to mean?

[Curtis Lark]

It's just a manner of speaking, Minister.

[Minister]

Well, Mary, what is the mother.

[Flora Keary]

Have you seen Flora this morning, Minister?

[Curtis Lark]

No. Why?

[Flora Keary]

Her bed's not been slept in. She couldn't have come back last night.

[Curtis Lark]

When was the last time you saw her, Mary?

[Flora Keary]

When she went out last evening.

[John Cornelius]

We'd better start looking for her.

[Minister]

I'm going straight down to the police station.

[Flora Keary]

The police station?

[Minister]

We can't let that girl roam around loose on the island. We've got to find her before she does some harm to herself. My court, Mary, if you would.

[Flora Keary]

Yes, yes, Minister.

[John Cornelius]

I'll come with you, Minister.

[Minister]

And what about you, Professor?

[Curtis Lark]

No, no, I think Two's company just wander up to Hugh's house and poke around in the ashes.

[Sergeant McBinnie]

You won't find much in there. What?

[Curtis Lark]

Oh, yeah, you're right, Officer.

[Sergeant McBinnie]

Sergeant, if you don't mind, sir. Sergeant McBen.

[Curtis Lark]

Okay, sergeant. Did the minister send you?

[Sergeant McBinnie]

Yes, sir.

[Curtis Lark]

What to do? Keep an eye on me to help

[Sergeant McBinnie]

you, sir, if you want.

[Curtis Lark]

Nice of you.

[Sergeant McBinnie]

It's only two minutes on the bike. What are we looking for, by the way?

[Curtis Lark]

I really don't know. Some of Dr. Dexter's research papers, perhaps? Though I don't think much could have survived this. It's one of the most comprehensive fires I've ever seen.

[Sergeant McBinnie]

Just as well. If you ask me. Some of the Church fellowship took great exception to Dr. Dexter's researches.

[Curtis Lark]

Now, why would they do that?

[Sergeant McBinnie]

Well, sir, over the past few years, those researches, as you call them, seem to be aimed exclusively at the Fellowship.

[Curtis Lark]

Come on, now.

[Sergeant McBinnie]

And to no one else. Practically every single member of the fellowship had been investigated by Dr. Dexter at some time or another.

[Curtis Lark]

Investigated, Sergeant? Oh, that's police language. You mean examined? No, sir.

[Sergeant McBinnie]

I mean investigated, Professor. Brain pictures, blood samples and the lake. He even went into our family backgrounds, our ancestry. Okay, it was an investigation right enough.

[Curtis Lark]

Did he ever investigate you, Sergeant?

[Sergeant McBinnie]

Yes, sir. He said it was for the influenza. That was just last year.

[Curtis Lark]

So you're a member of the Fellowship, too?

[Sergeant McBinnie]

Well, I don't think you're going to find anything here, Professor.

[Curtis Lark]

No. Guess you're right.

[Sergeant McBinnie]

I'll walk you back to the manse, see if there's any news.

[Minister]

What?

[Curtis Lark]

Of young Flora.

[Sergeant McBinnie]

So you know about that?

[Curtis Lark]

Yes. Yes, I was there when they found out.

[Sergeant McBinnie]

Hold on, sir. I'll just fetch my bike.

[Curtis Lark]

Okay. I. I wonder what makes a girl like that run off.

[Sergeant McBinnie]

You mean Flora?

[Curtis Lark]

Yeah.

[Sergeant McBinnie]

Well, I hear you're wanting to operate on her head. And she might not want to see it opened up like a can of beans. It is her head, after all.

[Curtis Lark]

But no one's told her about that yet. Maybe she doesn't need to be told. Oh, dear God.

[Sergeant McBinnie]

Are you ready now, sir? Yeah.

[Curtis Lark]

Okay, I'm coming.

[Sergeant McBinnie]

This is the beach road around the head. It's a wee bit further than the path over the top, but it's easier for me with the bike and all.

[Curtis Lark]

Is that the head?

[Sergeant McBinnie]

Aye, sir. Straight up above you.

[Curtis Lark]

Way to fall. Poor Hugh.

[Sergeant McBinnie]

It was an open and shut case, Professor.

[Curtis Lark]

Not open enough, Sergeant, and shut too damn quick. There's someone up there.

[Sergeant McBinnie]

You couldn't see them from here. Even if there was, nobody goes too near the edge. It's in danger of giving way as it is.

[Curtis Lark]

There's someone up there now.

[Sergeant McBinnie]

No, there are always wee pebbles falling. It's the wind and the rain that does it.

[Flora Keary]

It.

[Curtis Lark]

Look out.

[Minister]

Come on.

[Curtis Lark]

The whole cliff's coming down.

[Sergeant McBinnie]

Good Lord.

[John Cornelius]

What was that?

[Minister]

Oh, it's nothing. It's just a cliff. There's been a lot of rain recently. Must have weakened the overhang. It's fortunate that there was no one underneath.

[John Cornelius]

But there was.

[Curtis Lark]

Look, hi.

[Minister]

Aye, there's two of them. That looks like Sergeant McBinnie. Come on. We'd best hear that.

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[John Cornelius]

Curtis. Are you hurt?

[Curtis Lark]

Oh, yeah. I never felt better.

[John Cornelius]

But what happened?

[Curtis Lark]

That damn cliff tried to pull down on us.

[Sergeant McBinnie]

Hi. And it near succeeded, too.

[John Cornelius]

One man, another.

[Curtis Lark]

Drachna head's a pretty dangerous place, especially to foreigners. What are you all doing here anyway?

[Minister]

There's been news of Flora.

[Curtis Lark]

Oh.

[John Cornelius]

Well, apparently she's been seen near an old barn.

[Sergeant McBinnie]

Which barn is this?

[Minister]

Old MacKenzie's place. One of your men brought the news. Not five minutes since. We're just on our way over there.

[Sergeant McBinnie]

I wonder what put it into her head to come out here.

[John Cornelius]

Why did Flora stay with you in the first place, Minister? Our parents sent her because she was troubled in spirit.

[Sergeant McBinnie]

And the trouble stayed with her. More's the pity.

[Curtis Lark]

What about her parents, Minister? Were they members of the fellowship?

[Minister]

Her mother was, but her father was an ungodly man.

[John Cornelius]

They were happy for Flora to stay with you.

[Sergeant McBinnie]

Her father wasn't. Old Kiri kicked up a fuss about it. Isn't that right, Minister?

[Minister]

Aye, aye, right enough.

[Curtis Lark]

Why is everyone talking about them in the past tense as though they were dead?

[Sergeant McBinnie]

They are dead. They died about four years ago. A terrible accident.

[Curtis Lark]

Not a fire, by any chance?

[Sergeant McBinnie]

Ay, it was a fire, Professor. You must be feigned.

[Curtis Lark]

This island must be very inflammable.

[Minister]

There's the barn up ahead.

[Sergeant McBinnie]

Now, Are you sure this is the right place, Minister? It seems odd for a lassie to come here.

[Minister]

It was one of your own men who told us so.

[Sergeant McBinnie]

It seems ridiculous coming all the way up here. It's a wild goose chase, if you ask me.

[Curtis Lark]

You think perhaps we ought to turn back, Sergeant?

[Sergeant McBinnie]

There's no point in going into a place like that.

[Minister]

Stop your blathering, man.

[Sergeant McBinnie]

Stay out. She's not there, I tell you.

[John Cornelius]

That's easily proved, Sergeant.

[Sergeant McBinnie]

Stay out of that van.

[John Cornelius]

Why?

[Curtis Lark]

Don't argue with him, John.

[Sergeant McBinnie]

I'm ordering you to stay out.

[Minister]

And I am telling you I'm going in there.

[Sergeant McBinnie]

Keep out, I tell you. Keep him out. He mustn't come in.

[Curtis Lark]

Take your hands off my passion. Look out, Minister. Come on, John.

[Sergeant McBinnie]

Leave them at it.

[Curtis Lark]

Him out. Despatch your man.

[Sergeant McBinnie]

Let's not coming.

[John Cornelius]

What was all that about?

[Curtis Lark]

The police sergeant's a mutant. Didn't you see his eyes?

[John Cornelius]

Then why is he fighting the minister, of all people?

[Curtis Lark]

You're right. It doesn't make sense.

[John Cornelius]

Unless the minister isn't a mutant, which knocks our theory on the head.

[Curtis Lark]

I can't work that one out. At least not now. Come on, Flora must be in here.

[Flora Keary]

Keep him out. Keep him out.

[Curtis Lark]

Over here in the corner.

[Flora Keary]

Keep him out. Keep him out.

[John Cornelius]

It's all right, Flora. It's all over now. There's nothing to be frightened of. Here, blow your nose on there.

[Curtis Lark]

Flora, can you make the policeman go home?

[John Cornelius]

What about the minister?

[Flora Keary]

Oh, the minister. Oh, keep him away.

[Curtis Lark]

Minister's not here, Flora. Honestly. At least he's taking no further interest in the proceedings. I. I think the sergeant hit him with his night stick truncheon.

[John Cornelius]

The minister's asleep, Flora. He'll never find out about your being here unless Sergeant McBinnie tells him so. I want Sergeant McBinney to go away, don't you?

[Flora Keary]

Oh, yes. I want.

[John Cornelius]

I want Sergeant McBinny.

[Flora Keary]

I want Sergeant McBinnie to go.

[John Cornelius]

To go away from here. Wish hard, flora. Wish Sergeant McBinny away from here.

[Flora Keary]

I wish Sergeant McBinny away from Here.

[Curtis Lark]

He's going. He just turned and he's walking away like a sleepwalker.

[John Cornelius]

Bye bye, Sergeant McBinnie.

[Sergeant McBinnie]

Bye bye.

[Curtis Lark]

I hate breaking things up, John, but I think it's time we were moving out. That boat leaves in an hour.

[John Cornelius]

Right. Now, Flora, I thought it might be rather fun to go on a boat. Have you ever been on one?

[Flora Keary]

No. A minister always forbade me.

[John Cornelius]

Well, we won't let the minister know. We'll just sneak on board without telling him. Come on, then. Take my hand. Uncle Cornelius is in charge now.

[Flora Keary]

Uncle Cornelius.

[John Cornelius]

You can forget all about that horrid old minister.

[Curtis Lark]

Uncle. Uncle Cornelius. Hey, wait for me. Uncle Cornelius.

[Sergeant McBinnie]

Welcome aboard, sir. May I have your tickets, please?

[Curtis Lark]

Yes. There are three of us.

[Sergeant McBinnie]

Thank you very much, sir.

[Curtis Lark]

Where are the cabins?

[Sergeant McBinnie]

Well, they're both aft, sir. One on the port side, the other on the starboard.

[Curtis Lark]

Ours is cabin A, aft on the port side, sir. Come on, John. Flora.

[John Cornelius]

After you, Flora, my dear.

[Sergeant McBinnie]

Thank you.

[Curtis Lark]

The cabin is aft on the port side, wherever that is.

[John Cornelius]

Straight ahead on this side.

[Curtis Lark]

Cabernet. Here we are. Your Cabin awaits you, Uncle Cornelius.

[Flora Keary]

Do we have to go in there?

[John Cornelius]

Not if you don't want to, my dear.

[Flora Keary]

I want to stay outside and look at all the people.

[John Cornelius]

All right, you do that, Curtis. We must keep an eye on her. The least little thing could set her off again.

[Flora Keary]

Yoo hoo.

[Sergeant McBinnie]

Mary.

[Curtis Lark]

You stay with her, John. You're doing just fine. I'll see if I can get some drinks brought up to the cabin, huh?

[John Cornelius]

Flora, would you like something to drink?

[Flora Keary]

What can I have?

[Curtis Lark]

Anything you like.

[Flora Keary]

Could I have some wine?

[John Cornelius]

Wine?

[Curtis Lark]

Why not? She's over age. Wine it shall be, my lady. Won't take me a minute.

[Flora Keary]

Look, look. There's Mary down there.

[John Cornelius]

Where?

[Flora Keary]

Down there by the gangway.

[John Cornelius]

Oh, yes.

[Flora Keary]

I wish Mary could come. She'd love a boat ride.

[John Cornelius]

Oh, I shouldn't think she'd want to come.

[Flora Keary]

She'd want to if I wanted her to.

[John Cornelius]

Yes, I'm sure she would.

[Flora Keary]

Well, then I do want her to come.

[John Cornelius]

Flora.

[Curtis Lark]

No.

[Flora Keary]

Come on, little Mary. Come for a boat trip.

[John Cornelius]

No, Flora, she doesn't want to come. She hasn't got time.

[Flora Keary]

I want her to come. She will come. She has to.

[John Cornelius]

Welcome aboard, madam.

[Sergeant McBinnie]

I must go on board. May I have your ticket, please?

[Flora Keary]

I must go on, John.

[Curtis Lark]

I've had the drinks put in the cabin. The wine glass is hers.

[Sergeant McBinnie]

Curtis. Thank goodness you're back.

[Curtis Lark]

What the hell's going on?

[John Cornelius]

She's trying to call Mary on board now, Flora. They won't let her on without a ticket.

[Sergeant McBinnie]

Be reasonable.

[Curtis Lark]

Why don't you come and have a glass of wine with us to celebrate? No.

[Flora Keary]

I want Mary to come.

[Curtis Lark]

Well, she can't.

[Flora Keary]

Then I'm not coming. But don't want a boat trip.

[John Cornelius]

We can't get off now, Flora. It's too late.

[Curtis Lark]

Get her into the cabin.

[John Cornelius]

In here, Father.

[Curtis Lark]

No.

[John Cornelius]

Come along.

[Flora Keary]

No, I won't. Your cabin.

[Curtis Lark]

There.

[Sergeant McBinnie]

Get in there.

[Curtis Lark]

Oh, Percer. How long before we sail?

[Sergeant McBinnie]

Any moment now, sir.

[Curtis Lark]

But what was all that? Oh, it's nothing, Percy. Just a rather spoiled child who doesn't want to go back home to London.

[Sergeant McBinnie]

I don't blame her. He wouldn't get me going into a big city for all the tea in China. Help. Help.

[Curtis Lark]

No good shouting, Flora. You'll just stay there now until we sail. Help.

[Sergeant McBinnie]

Help.

[Curtis Lark]

Take me off. Help.

[Sergeant McBinnie]

Help. Your tickets please, sir. Take me off. Your tickets, please. Take me off. Look here. Take me off. Take me off. Right, off you go then.

[Curtis Lark]

Down there. Ready?

[Sergeant McBinnie]

I just seem so.

[Curtis Lark]

Take me off.

[Minister]

None of that.

[Curtis Lark]

Come here.

[Sergeant McBinnie]

I warned you,

[Curtis Lark]

John. Let me in. Let me in. Oh, for goodness sakes, John, do something. She must be calling every mutant on the island. There'll be a riot if we don't get her under control.

[John Cornelius]

The only way to do that is

[Sergeant McBinnie]

to knock her out. Yeah, exactly.

[John Cornelius]

Any suggestions? Mm.

[Curtis Lark]

Just do these two. Pop them in her wine glass and make her drink it. That should do the trick.

[John Cornelius]

I hope you know what you're doing.

[Curtis Lark]

Trust me, John. Anyway, I can't stay here chatting with you. I've got an invasion to repel. Now, don't forget to lock the door after me.

[John Cornelius]

All right, all right.

[Curtis Lark]

None of that.

[Sergeant McBinnie]

Pick me up. Pick me up.

[Curtis Lark]

It's locked.

[Sergeant McBinnie]

First, take me off.

[Curtis Lark]

Oh, my God. Now, stop kicking that door down. John, for Pete's sake, switch her off, will you? Oh, no, you don't. No, you don't. Come. Stand off. Get off. What.

[Sergeant McBinnie]

What are you doing? I beg your pardon. I awfully sorry, sir.

[Curtis Lark]

That's quite all right, Percy.

[Flora Keary]

What.

[Curtis Lark]

What happened? Well, I thought you were going to fall, so I. I just grabbed you.

[Sergeant McBinnie]

Thank you. Thank you very much, sir.

[Curtis Lark]

You feeling all right now?

[Sergeant McBinnie]

Yes, yes, thank you, sir. What came over me, anyway? If you'll excuse me, sir, we'll be sailing almost immediately. I must attend to my duty.

[Minister]

John.

[Curtis Lark]

Open up. John, it's me, Curtis.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Come in.

[John Cornelius]

What have you been doing?

[Curtis Lark]

Oh, I've been swapping bedtime stories with the purser. Where's that drink, John? I think I've earned it.

[John Cornelius]

There you are, dear boy. Scotch, as usual.

[Curtis Lark]

Oh, boy.

[John Cornelius]

I hope you don't mind. We started without you, didn't we, Flora?

[Flora Keary]

Yes, we did, Uncle Cornelius. Oh, it's lovely.

[Curtis Lark]

We see you like the wine, Flora?

[Flora Keary]

Oh, yes. He never let me drink wine.

[John Cornelius]

Who didn't? The minister.

[Curtis Lark]

N. Well, he'll have to let you now, won't he?

[Flora Keary]

Long as you don't tell him.

[Sergeant McBinnie]

Oh.

[John Cornelius]

Catch up. I just.

[Curtis Lark]

Ready and waiting, sir.

[John Cornelius]

What was it, Your famous Mickey Finn again?

[Curtis Lark]

Yes, sir. Double measure.

[John Cornelius]

It's very good, isn't it?

[Curtis Lark]

It is the best.

[John Cornelius]

What was all that commotion? I.

[Curtis Lark]

How? My dear John, I was repelling borders. Or trying to. Quite apart from the little army of mutants down on the dock, our friendly neighborhood purser decided to join in the fun and kick the door down.

[John Cornelius]

Great Scott. The purser. How did you stop him?

[Curtis Lark]

Well, I interposed my body between him and the cabin door.

[John Cornelius]

Clever.

[Curtis Lark]

And he kicked me on the ankle. Damn him. Mind you, he wasn't really himself at the time, but when he came to his senses, he apologized and went about his duties like a good little purser.

[John Cornelius]

Extraordinary. The purse was an unexpected complication.

[Curtis Lark]

Isn't he? Yes, he was a real shaker. I just wasn't prepared for a mutant here on the boat.

[John Cornelius]

But it's a normal enough job for an islander plying back and forth to the mainland.

[Curtis Lark]

Yeah, but I wonder how many mutants have used the boat to get off the island altogether. And whether they went of their own free will or under orders.

[Narrator/Announcer]

That was part two 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 Keary, Fraser Carr Police Sergeant Irene Sutcliffe Mary and Andrew Sear, the purser. Aliens in the Mind was written by Rene Basilico from an idea by Robert Holmes. Production by John Dios Greenlight helps kids

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