Episode 05 : "Genesis"

• First Transmitted February 7th 1967
• Director Richard Benedict
• Written by John W.Bloch

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An oceanography lab in Rhode Island has been taken over by the Invaders. David Vincent tries to stop them using the labs facilities to save the life of a key Alien leader

The Guest Stars in tonight's story :

Tim McIntire  



Carol Rossen  



Frank Overton 

SPOILERS
FOLLOW

What's New in this Episode

• The Invaders' disc-weapons kill people by inducing a cerebral haemorrage (stroke)
• They need to use the transparent tubes to 're-generate' themselves, and keep them in their assumed human-form.
• The tubes can also induce a heart-attack, making it look like death by natural causes.
• They also use an illuminated crystal device to gain hypgnotic control over humans, but this is not entirely effective.
• They can duplicate a person's voice well enough to fool a close aquaitance.
• The Invaders rely at least partly on conventional electricity

Unanswered Questions

• Why was Hal Corman so traumatised by the sight of an alien?
• How come the disc weapon didn't kill him the first time?

Notes

• Frank Overton also appears in the Star Trek Episode - "This Side of Paradise"