Origin of Species (The Outer Limits)

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Origin of Species is an episode of The Outer Limits television show. It was first broadcast on November 14th of 1998, during the fourth season, and is a sequel to a previous episode Double Helix. The opening narration is "Humans have looked to he heavens and wondered 'where did we come from' and 'where are we going', but will we find those answers in the stars, Or in ourselves?"

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning Plot and/or ending details follow.

After lifting off into space, the rocket is seen heading through the cosmos. It's a very shakey ride inside a strange-looking ship. The students, and Doctor, are all secure against a sort of upright wall. The ride stabilizes after they exit the atmosphere. Soon after some questioning from the students, the Doctor places his hand on a symbol, however he and his son are absorbed into the ship.

The confused students search for any trace of them after their disappearance. They try to calm down, but mostly fail.

They attempt to stay together, and talk amongst themselves, but decide to try and wait until the ship reaches its destination.

Suddenly, the ship rocks violently and it seems they're breaking apart, however in truth the ship is reshaping into another form, of a more aerodynamical craft. They are amazed at the changes, and are afraid of the possibilities, but decide to put their fears aside and split up to map out the ship to search for anything useful or possibly more information about the ship itself.

The girlfriend, who stayed behind in the central room, is looking around. She reads through the Doctor's report.

Meanwhile, one of the pairs are inspecting a corridor. The girl asks what the guy thinks the ship is made of, to which he responds some sort of metallic crystal. There are comments made that the ship feels more like a 'living thing'

Another group find a symbol that looks like the one that had been on the Doctor's hand.

Back in the central room, the girlfriend is still reading the report. It appears he and his son have a disease. On the last page is a diagram of the symbol, and a note about a dinner date. As she closes the book, she hears a voice coming from the machine apparently the Doctor and his son had been absorbed into. She, curious, places her hand close to the machine and is zapped. It is then that a sort of holographic image of the doctor and son (they alternate) appear, trying to tell her to 'listen and prepare', then disappears.

Another group disappears into a moving wall in the corridor, and strange noises are heard. When the wall they disappeared in moves back, they are gone.

The other group returns, to find the girlfriend alone in the center room. She gives one of the guys the report, and tells him to look through it.

It's discovered that the Doctor possibly passed his disease to his son, which is why the ship made them disappear..

What sort of mysteries does this ship hold? And what will the fate of the students be?