"The Galaxy Being" is the first episode of the original The Outer Limits television show. It first aired on 16 September 1963. In it, Allan Maxwell, an engineer for a small radio station, somehow makes contact with a peaceful alien creature, who gets transported to Earth by accident. The Galaxy Being inadvertently kills several people with its natural radiation, and is met with violence and hysteria from the people of Earth.
Cliff Robertson, who ...
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"The Galaxy Being" is the first episode of the original The Outer Limits television show. It first aired on 16 September 1963. In it, Allan Maxwell, an engineer for a small radio station, somehow makes contact with a peaceful alien creature, who gets transported to Earth by accident. The Galaxy Being inadvertently kills several people with its natural radiation, and is met with violence and hysteria from the people of Earth.
Cliff Robertson, who had already appeared in episodes of The Twilight Zone, plays Maxwell, an engineer who has dedicated himself to researching microwave background noise using a device powered from a nearby radio station. He inadvertently gets an alien from the Andromeda Galaxy on his three-dimensional television screen. Using his computer, Maxwell is able to translate the alien's thought patterns into English. Both are conducting illicit experiments; Maxwell should not be using the radio station's power, and the alien is forbidden to contact Earth "because you...
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