The Brain of Colonel Barham

15th episode of the 2nd season of The Outer Limits

"The Brain of Colonel Barham"

The Outer Limits episode

Episode no.

Season 2
Episode 15

Directed by

Charles Haas

Story by

Sidney Ellis

Teleplay by

Robert C. Dennis

Cinematography by

Kenneth Peach

Production code

Original air date

January 2, 1965 (1965-01-02)

Guest appearances

Grant Williams
Elizabeth Perry
Anthony Eisley

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"The Brain of Colonel Barham" (original title: "The Brain of Donald Duncan") is an episode of the original The Outer Limits television show. It first aired on 2 January 1965, during the second season. The episodes reunite the two former leads of Hawaiian Eye, Grant Williams and Anthony Eisley.

Opening narration

With the world growing more crowded, the great powers strive to conquer other planets. The race is on. The interplanetary sea has been charted; the first caravelle of space is being constructed. Who will get there first? Who will be the new Columbus?

Plot

The space race continues as the American military strives to be the first to successfully land a man on Mars. But the best candidate for the job, Col. Barham, is dying of an incurable ailment that has left him unable to walk. There is great debate whether a human being could survive a trip to Mars and whether a computer could adapt to unforeseen circumstances. It is decided to separate the Colonel's brain from his body and keep it alive, with neural implants connecting it to visual and audio input/output for the mission combining an astronaut's brain with a computer. But without a body, the brain becomes extremely powerful and develops megalomaniacal tendencies that endanger the life of his wife and others.

Closing narration

Progress goes on. One experiment fails, but even out of failure valuable lessons are learned. A way will be found, someday, somehow. It always is.

Cast

Grant Williams as Major Douglas McKinnon
Anthony Eisley as Colonel Alec Barham
Elizabeth Perry as Jennifer Barham
Douglas Kennedy as General Daniel Petit
Martin Kosleck as Dr. Leo Hausner
Wesley Addy as Dr. Rahm
Peter Hansen as Major Locke
Paul Lukather as Ed Nichols
George Robotham as Paul Lukather's stunt double

The Outer Limits episodes

1963 series
(episodes)

Season 1

"The Galaxy Being"
"The Hundred Days of the Dragon"
"The Architects of Fear"
"The Man with the Power"
"The Sixth Finger"
"The Man Who Was Never Born"
"O.B.I.T."
"The Human Factor"
"Corpus Earthling"
"Nightmare"
"It Crawled Out of the Woodwork"
"The Borderland"
"Tourist Attraction"
"The Zanti Misfits"
"The Mice"
"Controlled Experiment"
"Don't Open Till Doomsday"
"ZZZZZ"
"The Invisibles"
"The Bellero Shield"
"The Children of Spider County"
"Specimen: Unknown"
"Second Chance"
"Moonstone"
"The Mutant"
"The Guests"
"Fun and Games"
"The Special One"
"A Feasibility Study"
"Production and Decay of Strange Particles"
"The Chameleon"
"The Forms of Things Unknown"

Season 2

1995 series
(episodes)

References

"The Outer Limits: Season 2, Episode 15 | Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2024-01-31.

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