1. First Aired: 13 November 1959
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2. There is a Fifth dimension.
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3. Beyond that which is known to man.
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4. It is a dimension as vast as space.
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5. And as timeless as infinity.
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6. It is the middle ground
between light and shadow...
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7. between science and superstition.
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8. And it lies between the
pit of man's fears...
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9. and the summit of his knowledge.
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10. This is the dimension
of imagination.
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11. It is an area which we call
The Twilight Zone.
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12. Witness a dungeon.
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13. Made out of mountains,
salt flats and sand...
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14. that stretch to infinity.
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15. The dungeon has an inmate.
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16. James A. Corry.
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17. And this is his residence:
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18. Metal shack.
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19. An old touring car that squats
in the sun and goes nowhere.
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20. For there is Nowhere to go.
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21. Let it be known...
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22. that James A. Corry is
a convicted criminal.
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23. Placed in solitary confinement.
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24. Confinement stretches as far
as the eye can see.
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25. Because this particular dungeon
is on an asteroid.
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26. Nine million miles from the earth.
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27. Now witness a man's mind and body
shriveling in the sun.
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28. A man dying of loneliness.
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29. Entry, 15th day,
sixth month, year four.
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30. And all the days and the months
and the years are the same.
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31. There'll be a supply ship
coming in soon, I think.
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32. They're either due or overdue.
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33. And I hope it's Allenby's ship
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34. Because he's a decent man and
he brings things for me.
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35. Like he brought in the parts
for that antique automobile.
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36. I was a year putting that
thing together.
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37. A whole year putting an
old car together.
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38. But thank God for that car
and for the time I used up.
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39. I can look at it out there,
and I know that it's real.
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40. Reality is what I need.
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41. Because what is there left
that I can believe in?
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42. The desert and the wind?
The silence?
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43. Or myself?
Can I believe in myself anymore?
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44. Allenby?
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45. Allenby!
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46. How are you, Corry?
- Quite a place you've got here.
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47. Glad you like it.
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48. I didn't say I liked it.
I think it stinks.
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49. You don't have to live here.
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50. No, but I have to come back here
four times a year.
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51. That's eight months away from earth.
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52. Sometimes my kids don't even
recognize me.
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53. But you, you've got it made here.
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54. Yeah, this makes for simple living,
doesn't it?
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55. 6,000 miles from north to south.
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56. 4,000 from east to west.
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57. And all of it just like this.
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58. All right, Adams, cut it out.
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59. Now, we've only got
a 15-minute layover.
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60. No one's checking on your
schedule way out here.
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61. We can play a couple
of games of cards.
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62. If we delay our time of departure...
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63. it just places us in a different
Orbital position.
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64. We'll never make it back to earth.
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65. We would have to stay at least...
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66. 14 days before it's
in position again.
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67. Oh, 14 days! I got some Beer saved.
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68. We could play some cards.
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69. I wish we could but, like I said,
we've only got 15 minutes.
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70. What's a few minutes?
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71. Hey, we could play chess.
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72. Let's go in.
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73. Allenby, only two minutes are gone.
We've only got 13 left.
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74. I don't want to foul up
your schedule...
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75. but how about one game of cards?
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76. We've been here two
minutes already...
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77. And he hasn't asked
about the pardon.
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78. How about it, Allenby?
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79. You're out of luck,
the sentence reads 50 years.
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80. And they're not even reviewing
cases of homicide.
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81. You've been here four years now.
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82. So that makes 46 more to go.
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83. So make yourself comfortable, huh?
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84. Corry, we don't make the rules.
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85. We deliver supplies and
pass on information.
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86. There's been pressure back home
about this kind of punishment.
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87. A lot people think
it's unnecessarily cruel.
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88. They may change their minds
and alter the law.
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89. And imprison you on earth
like the old days.
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90. Who knows what the next couple
of years may bring?
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91. Every morning, when I get up...
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92. I tell myself this is
my last day of sanity.
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93. I can't stand this loneliness
one more day.
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94. By noon feels the inside of my mouth
like gun powder and burnt copper.
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95. Down deep inside my gut...
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96. I get an ache that's
just pulling everything out.
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97. Then I force myself to hold
on for one more day.
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98. But I can't do that
for another 46 years.
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99. I'll go right out of my mind.
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100. You're breaking my heart.
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101. Adams, you and Carstairs go get
the supplies.
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102. Mr Corry got a broken leg?
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103. You go do what I tell you.
Now.
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104. That big crate?
You know, the big one?
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105. You treat that one gently.
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106. Brought you some paperback books.
- Thanks.
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107. I brought you something else too.
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108. It'd mean my job
if they ever suspect.
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109. It'd be my neck if they
found out for sure.
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110. Look, Allenby.
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111. I don't want any gifts.
I don't want tidbits.
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112. Makes me feel like
an animal in a cage...
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113. with an old Lady out there
who wants to throw peanuts at me.
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114. A pardon, Allenby.
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115. That's the only gift I want.
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116. I'm not a murderer.
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117. I killed in self-defense.
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118. There's still a lot of people who
believe me.
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119. It happens to be the truth!
I killed in self-defense!
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120. I know. I know all about it.
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121. And I doubt if this will be any
Consolation to you, but...
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122. this isn't an easy assignment
to handle.
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123. Stopping here four times a year
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124. and having to look at a man's agony.
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125. You're right, Allenby.
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126. That's very little consolation.
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127. I can't bring you freedom.
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128. All I can do is try to bring you
things to help keep your sanity.
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129. Something so you can just
fight loneliness.
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130. You wanna open up this big crate?
- No. Not yet.
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131. Uh, stay out there.
I'll be right out.
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132. We got to go now.
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133. We'll be back in three months.
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134. When you open up that crate
there's nothing you need to do.
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135. The item's been vacuum-packed.
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136. You'll need no activator of
any kind. The air will do that.
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137. There will be a booklet inside
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138. That will answer any
of your questions.
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139. Corry.
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140. They don't know what
it is I've brought.
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141. So I'd appreciate your waiting until
we get out of sight.
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142. Have a good trip back.
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143. Give my regards to Broadway.
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144. Sure, Corry.
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145. I'll see you in three months.
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146. Allenby?
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147. I don't much care what's in it,
but for the thought...
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148. for the decency...
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149. Thank you.
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150. You're quite welcome, Corry.
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151. Captain.
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152. What's in the big crate?
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153. I'm not quite sure, really.
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154. Maybe it's just an illusion.
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155. Maybe it's salvation.
I don't know.
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156. Let's go.
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157. 'You are now the proud possessor...
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158. 'of a robot built in
the form of a woman.
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159. 'To all intent and purpose,
this creature is a woman.
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160. 'Physiologically and
psychologically...
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161. 'she is a human being with a set
of emotions and a memory track.
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162. 'The ability to reason,
to think and to speak.
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163. 'She is beyond illness and,
under normal circumstances...
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164. 'should have a lifespan similar
to that of a normal human being.
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165. Her name is Alicia.'
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166. My name's Alicia.
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167. What's your name?
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168. Get out of here.
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169. Get out of here!
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170. I don't need no machine.
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171. Go on! Get out of here!
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172. My name's Alicia.
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173. What's your name?
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174. I brought you some water.
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175. Put it over there.
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176. It'll get warm just sitting there
- How would you know?
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177. I can feel thirst.
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178. Yeah? What else can you feel?
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179. I don't understand.
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180. Can you feel heat?
And cold?
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181. And hunger?
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182. How about pain? Can you feel pain?
- That, too.
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183. How?You're a machine, aren't you?
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184. Why didn't they build you
to look like a machine?
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185. Why didn't they build
you out of metal...
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186. with bolts and wires and electrodes
and things like that?
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187. Why'd they turn you into a lie...
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188. cover you with something
that looks like flesh...
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189. give you a face?
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190. A face that if I...
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191. If I look at long enough,
makes me think...
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192. makes me believe that...
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193. It's a lie!
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194. Corry?
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195. You mock me, you know that?
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196. When you talk to me,
I'm being mocked.
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197. I'm sorry.
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198. You hurt me, Corry.
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199. How can I hurt you?
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200. This isn't real flesh.
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201. There aren't any muscles or tendons.
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202. You're just like this heap.
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203. A hunk of metal with arms and legs
instead of wheels.
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204. But this heap doesn't mock me
the way you do.
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205. It doesn't look at me
with make-believe eyes.
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206. Or talk to me with
a make-believe voice.
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207. Well, I'm sick of being mocked by
the memory of women.
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208. And that's all you are:
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209. A reminder to me that I'm so lonely
I'm about to lose my mind.
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210. I can feel loneliness, too.
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211. Oh, Alicia, I'm sorry.
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212. Alicia's been with
me now for 11 months.
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213. It's difficult to write down...
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214. what has been the sum total...
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215. of this very strange
and bizarre relationship.
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216. Is it man and woman?
Or man and machine?
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217. I don't really know myself.
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218. But there are times
when I do know...
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219. That Alicia is simply
an extension of me.
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220. I hear my words coming from her,
my emotions.
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221. The things that she
has learned to love
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222. Are those things that I've loved.
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223. I'm not lonely anymore.
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224. Each day can now be lived with,
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225. And I love Alicia.
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226. Nothing else matters.
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227. And that's the star Betelgeuse.
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228. In the constellation of Orion.
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229. And there's the Great Bear.
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230. See it with it's pointer stars
in line with the Northern Star?
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231. And there's the
Constellation Hercules.
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232. God's beauty.
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233. That's right, Alicia.
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234. God's beauty.
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235. That star, Corry.
What's that star?
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236. That's not a star, that's a ship.
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237. A ship? But it can't be a ship.
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238. There isn't one due
here for three months.
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239. You said after the last time,
not for another three months.
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240. It must be Allenby's ship.
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241. He's the only one
that ever comes close.
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242. They stop at the other asteroids,
then they come here.
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243. That means we'll see them
in the morning.
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244. We'd better get back
to the house then.
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245. No.
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246. Corry!
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247. We've got good news for you.
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248. All the sentences
have been reviewed.
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249. You've been given a pardon!
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250. We're taking you
back home on this ship.
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251. But we've got to take off in 20
minutes and we can't wait longer.
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252. We've been dodging meteor storms.
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253. We're almost out of fuel.
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254. Any longer than 20 minutes...
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255. and we'll have passed
the point of departure.
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256. And I don't think
we'd make it back.
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257. Allenby, what did you say?
- They've granted you a pardon!
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258. But it won't do us any good
unless you get ready to move out.
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259. We picked up seven other
men off asteroids.
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260. We only have room for
15 pounds of stuff.
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261. Leave the rest behind.
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262. 15 pounds?
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263. 15 pounds?
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264. I don't have 15 pounds of stuff.
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265. All I have is a shirt,
a ledger book, a pencil...
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266. and a pair of shoes.
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267. That car they can keep.
That'll be for the next poor devil.
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268. There won't be any
'Next poor devil.'
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269. Good. I'm glad of that.
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270. Alicia and I will climb
into that ship of yours.
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271. And we'll look out the port...
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272. And we'll give it all
a big kiss goodbye.
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273. Who, Corry?
- Oh, my dear God, I forgot her.
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274. He's out of his mind. Who's Alicia?
- A robot.
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275. She's a woman.
- Corry, she's a robot.
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276. She's gentle and kind.
Allenby, she kept me alive.
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277. If it wasn't for her,
'd have given up.
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278. That's the crate you
wouldn't let us look at.
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279. We can't let this be a problem.
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280. There's no more problems
on heaven and earth.
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281. We'll just climb in that ship of yours
en als we op aarde...
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282. 15 pounds.
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283. Oh, wait a minute.
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284. You'll have to throw
out some equipment.
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285. Alicia, weighs more than 15 pounds.
- That's exactly the point, now.
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286. Our ship is stripped now. We only
have room for you and your pencil.
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287. Leave that robot.
- She's not a robot! She's a woman.
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288. You leave her behind, that's murder!
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289. I haven't got any choice.
Understand?
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290. No, you don't understand!
She's not a robot!
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291. She's a woman!
Alicia! Alicia!
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292. Come on. We just want you to
get your gear packed...
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293. We've got 15 minutes, captain.
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294. I'm not leaving without her!
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295. Alicia!
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296. Alicia! Alicia, show them!
Talk to them!
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297. Show them!
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298. I don't have any choice.
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299. I have no choice st all.
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300. Corry?
- No!
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301. Corry. Corry.
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302. Corry... Corry...
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303. We've got to go now, captain.
- We will go now.
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304. Come on, Corry.
Time to go home.
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305. It's all behind you now.
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306. It's like a bad dream.
A nightmare.
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307. When you wake up,
you'll be back on earth.
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308. You'll be home.
That's right.
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309. All you're leaving behind
is loneliness.
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310. I must remember that.
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311. I must remember to
keep that in mind.
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312. On a microscopic piece of
sand that floats through space...
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313. is a fragment of a man's life,
left to rust.
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314. As the place he lived in
and the machines he used.
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315. Without use,
they will disintegrate...
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316. from the wind, the sand and
the years that act upon them.
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317. All of Mr Corry's machines.
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318. Including the one made in his image
kept alive by love...
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319. But now obsolete in:
The Twilight Zone.
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