Walter Feline, an associate professor of anthropology, wakes to find that alien beings called Zanns have conquered Earth and taken the surviving specimens of its life to a zoo. He is held in a room with a woman named Grace Evans. The Zanns, who believe they are immortal, learn that other animals in the zoo are dying, and they demand that Walter reveal how he is causing these deaths. The transcript covers only the first part of the episode. The episode is from the series X Minus One, first broadcast on May 22, 1955, with Alex Scob as Walter and Laurie March as Grace. Walter and Grace are kept under questioning as the Zanns press for an explanation.
With Walter Feline, Grace Evans, George (a Zann).
Listen for: The Zanns' questioning of Walter about the dying animals, and how the Zanns' belief in their own immortality shapes what they do.
First aired on May 22, 1955.
Episode notes written with AI from the recording itself; the audio is the original broadcast.
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