ALL SCI-FI

[Bud Brewster]

The science in this episode is fascinating — an experiential medical procedure that involves reducing a patient's temperature to below freezing without causing cellular damage.

But the real strength of this episode is in the powerful drama it presents. Dick Foran plays a research scientist who is forced to use his experimental procedure on a young boy dying from kidney failure.

The boy's father is portrayed by John Doucette, an experienced character actor we've all seen in dozens of movies and TV shows. He's never given a better performance than in this episode, playing the desperate farther of the critically ill boy.

Doucette has kidnapped Foran's family and hidden them in a remote location, refusing to release them until Foran saves his son's life — despite the fact that Foran's wife is diabetic and will die without her daily insulin.


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This is one of the most highly recommended episode in this remarkable series — which is finally available on high quality DVD's from Shout Factory (available at a cheaper price from Amazon. )

UPDATE: Dec 23rd, 2022 - Shout Factory has discontinue this product. Amazon only has three left in stock, as of today. [/size]


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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

[Bud Brewster]

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YouTube has a number of episodes from this great show, and the picture quality suggests that they're from the restored DVDs sold by Shout Factory.

Science Fiction Theatre - The Long Sleep S2 E2


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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)