Don't Open Till Doomsday

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“Don’t Open Till Doomsday”
The Outer Limits episode
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 17
Written by	Joseph Stefano
Directed by	Gerd Oswald
Guest stars	Miriam Hopkins John Hoyt Russell Collins Buck Taylor Nellie Burt
Photographed by	Conrad Hall
Production no.	22
Original airdate	January 20, 1964
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"Don’t Open Till Doomsday" is an episode of the original The Outer Limits television show. It first aired on 20 January 1964, during the first season.

Contents 1 Introduction 2 Opening narration 3 Plot 4 Closing narration 5 Cast 6 External links

[edit] Introduction

An eloping couple stay at a house owned by a woman whose husband disappeared on their wedding day back in the 1920s. Her plan is to use the young couple to free her husband who has been trapped by an alien creature.

[edit] Opening narration

"The greatness of evil lies in its awful accuracy. Without that deadly talent for being in the right place at the right time evil must suffer defeat. For unlike its opposite good, evil is allowed no human failings, no miscalculations. Evil must be perfect or depend upon the imperfections of others."

[edit] Plot

Forthcoming.

[edit] Closing narration

"Without that deadly talent for being in the right place at the right time evil must suffer defeat, and with each defeat doomsday is postponed for at least one more day."

[edit] Cast

• Miriam Hopkins – as Mary Kry
• David Frankham – as Harvey Kry
• John Hoyt – as Emmett Balfour
• Buck Taylor – as Gard Hayden
• Melinda Plowman – as Viva Hayden
• Russell Collins – as Justice of the Peace
• Nellie Burt – as Wife
• Anthony Jochim – as Mordecai Spazman
• Frank Delfino – as Creature (uncredited)
• Robert Johnson – as voice of Creature (uncredited)

[edit] External links

• Detailed episode guide by 'Monsieur Vincent'
• "Don't Open Till Doomsday" at TV.com