Originally
starting life as a proposed Doctor Who script (Second Doctor) this was later
made into this fantastic sci-fi serial starring real-life friends Peter Cushing
and Vincent Price as old college friends – eminent brain surgeon John Cornelius
and his laconic college friend and parapsychologist Curtis Lark.
I’m
very pleased that it was turned down.
Cushing & Price are in phenomenal form trading banter and handling
the often pretty absurd banter with aplomb.
And, let’s be honest here they both have amazing voices that I could
listen to all day.
The
story details their discovery (via another old friend) of colony of telepathic
‘mutants’ on a small Scottish island.
Amongst their number they identify two women they describe as
‘controllers’, mutants who can control the actions of other mutants. Their investigation into this phenomena leads
them to London and an attempt to take over the government. Which they foil in what must be said is an
anticlimactic ending.
The
whole thing is gloriously dated and sublimely archaic and great, great, great
fun.
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