More Vincent Price! Today it's Aliens in the Mind, a 1977 BBC sci-fi serial teaming Price with my favorite horror icon, Peter Cushing!
Respected surgeon John Cornelius and Professor Curtis Lark (of the New York Institute of Paranormal Phenomenon) are brought to a remote Scottish isle for the funeral of an old friend. They soon discover that their friend's death was no accident, as he was investigating a race of telepathic mutants that has developed on the island. Cornelius and Lark must escape to the mainland and find a way to prevent the mutants from expanding their mental domination to the rest of the world.
Aliens in the Mind was originally developed as a Doctor Who serial by fan-favorite Robert Holmes. For whatever reason, it was never produced for television but ended up as a BBC Radio 4 commission instead. Holmes was too busy with his duties as script editor for Who to write the radio series, so the task fell to a Rene Bascilico. However, the finished product still bears Holmes' touch and certainly feels like a long-lost Who story.
Cushing and Price are both excellent in this. I don't know how close they were in real life, but they certainly come across as good friends here. Though the two are credited in several films together they rarely shared significant screen time, so it's a real treat to hear them reveling in the two-handed banter that was a hallmark of Holmes' work.
You can download Aliens in the Mind in mp3 format by clicking on the Rapidshare link below. These files were taken from a recent BBC 7 re-broadcast of the series. Thanks to the original ripper!
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The file link right clicked downloads a rar file that cannot be opened or recognized as an archive. Please repost the file
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