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* Torens [[MindRape having his mind drained by Psyche]] in "The Metamorph". What really sells the scene is the lack of dialogue apart from the [[HellIsThatNoise horrifying sound]] of Psyche and the performance of actor Nick Brimble, who fully conveys the horror of someone having their mind literally ripped out of their skull. And once that's all done and over with, Torens is [[LossOfIdentity reduced to a mindless vegetable]] who doesn't even recognize his former colleagues, condemned to toil in the mines for the remainder of his natural life.
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* Torens [[MindRape having his mind drained by Psyche]] in "The Metamorph". What really sells the scene is the lack of dialogue apart from the [[HellIsThatNoise horrifying sound]] of Psyche and the performance of actor Nick Brimble, who fully conveys the horror of someone having their mind literally ripped out of their skull. And once that's all done and over with, Torens is [[LossOfIdentity [[TechnicallyLivingZombie reduced to a mindless vegetable]] who doesn't even recognize his former colleagues, condemned to toil in the mines for the remainder of his natural life.
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* The fate of Commissioner Simmonds (pictured) in "Earthbound". After forcing his way aboard the vessel of some friendly aliens (who are, conveniently, headed for Earth) and who've agreed to take one Alphan passenger along for the ride (since they have a spare hibernation cubicle), Simmonds awakes inside the glass cubicle only minutes into the voyage. Turns out, the aliens' suspended-animation process has to be specifically calibrated to the chosen individual, and the aliens are asleep, and the cubicle can only be opened from the outside.
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* The fate of Commissioner Simmonds (pictured) in "Earthbound". After forcing his way aboard the vessel of some friendly aliens (who are, conveniently, headed for Earth) and who've agreed to take one Alphan passenger along for the ride (since they have a spare hibernation cubicle), Simmonds awakes inside the glass cubicle only minutes into the voyage. Turns out, the aliens' suspended-animation process has to be specifically calibrated to the chosen individual, and the aliens are asleep, and the cubicle can only be opened from the outside. What makes it nightmare fuel is the fact that the voyage to Earth is going to take 75 ''years''. Simmonds is going to be a skeleton by the time they're near it and the aliens wake up.
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* The episode "Dragon's Domain", and that scene with the tentacled monster dragging screaming personnel into its mouth and spitting out dessicated, char-broiled, smoking corpses...
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* The episode "Dragon's Domain", and that scene with the tentacled monster dragging screaming personnel into its mouth and spitting out dessicated, desiccated, char-broiled, smoking corpses...
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* The fate of [[Creator/BrianBlessed Dr. Rowland]] in "Death's Other Dominion". We don't see his actual demise, but we certainly see the aftermath, and boy is it horrific. As soon as their Eagle leaves the atmosphere of Ultima Thule, a planet that is essentially [[Literature/LostHorizon Shangri-La]] [[RecycledInSpace in space]], Koenig and Carter suddenly hear Helena scream, and find Dr. Rowland reduced to a steaming, badly decomposed corpse. Even more horrifyingly, he is ''still holding Helena's hand'' when they come upon the gruesome scene.
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* The fate of [[Creator/BrianBlessed Dr. Rowland]] in "Death's Other Dominion". We don't see his actual demise, but we certainly see the aftermath, and boy is it horrific. As soon as their Eagle leaves the atmosphere of Ultima Thule, a planet that is essentially [[Literature/LostHorizon Shangri-La]] [[RecycledInSpace [[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace in space]], Koenig and Carter suddenly hear Helena scream, and find Dr. Rowland reduced to a steaming, badly decomposed corpse. Even more horrifyingly, he is ''still holding Helena's hand'' when they come upon the gruesome scene.
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* Balor from "End of Eternity" is an immortal AxCrazy psychopath with [[HealingFactor accelerated healing]] who demands that the inhabitants of Moonbase Alpha submit to his sadistic ways in exchange for the secret to eternal life after they free him from his asteroid prison. He's basically an [[RecycledInSpace alien version]] of Myth/{{Faust}}. Worse is the ending - he ends up exactly where he started, [[AndIMustScream imprisoned for all eternity]], after being ThrownOutTheAirlock.
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* Balor from "End of Eternity" is an immortal AxCrazy psychopath with [[HealingFactor accelerated healing]] who demands that the inhabitants of Moonbase Alpha submit to his sadistic ways in exchange for the secret to eternal life after they free him from his asteroid prison. He's basically an [[RecycledInSpace [[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace alien version]] of Myth/{{Faust}}. Worse is the ending - he ends up exactly where he started, [[AndIMustScream imprisoned for all eternity]], after being ThrownOutTheAirlock.
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** The basic concept of the episode warrants discussion here as well. A massive {{generation ship|s}} containing the last remains of a once-grand civilization has devolved into something out of a post-apocalyptic nightmare following a radiation leak, with the surviving members of the underclass being used as HumanResources for the privileged, something which is demonstrated in all its full horror in a scene where Alpha security guard Bill Lowery is placed in a disintegration chamber and broken down to a few base proteins. WordOfGod states that the whole scenario was inspired at least in part by the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguayan_Air_Force_Flight_571 Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 disaster]], in which the crash survivors were forced to [[NoPartyLikeADonnerParty cannibalize their dead comrades]] in order to survive long enough to find help.
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** The basic concept of the episode warrants discussion here as well. A massive {{generation ship|s}} containing the last remains of a once-grand civilization has devolved into something out of a post-apocalyptic nightmare following a radiation leak, with the surviving members of the underclass being used as HumanResources for the privileged, something which is demonstrated in all its full horror in a scene where Alpha security guard Bill Lowery is placed in a disintegration chamber DisintegrationChamber and broken down to a few base proteins. WordOfGod states that the whole scenario was inspired at least in part by the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguayan_Air_Force_Flight_571 Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 disaster]], in which the crash survivors were forced to [[NoPartyLikeADonnerParty cannibalize their dead comrades]] in order to survive long enough to find help.
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* The fate of Commissioner Simmonds (pictured) in "Earthbound". After forcing his way aboard the vessel of some friendly aliens (who are, conveniently, headed for Earth) and who've agreed to take one Alphan passenger along for the ride (since they have a spare hibernation cubicle), Simmonds awakes inside the glass cubicle only minutes into the voyage. Turns out, the aliens' suspended-animation process doesn't work on humans... and the aliens are asleep, and the cubicle can only be opened from the outside...
** It ''does'' work on humans, but they had to check the staff to see who'd be most compatible with the system - and Simmonds forced his way in before it could be completed. And just to rub it in, guess who the computer deemed to be the one most suited...
** They didn't have to check who was most compatible. Dr. Russell runs tests and confirms that the process would work with any human, but Zantor points out that it would have to be calibrated to the chosen individual. Simmonds suffers his fate because he doesn't allow Zantor to carry out this calibration. The computer selection was simply to choose an Alphan at random, but it's insinuated that the reason Simmonds was chosen was that he was the least essential to the continued survival of the base.
** It ''does'' work on humans, but they had to check the staff to see who'd be most compatible with the system - and Simmonds forced his way in before it could be completed. And just to rub it in, guess who the computer deemed to be the one most suited...
** They didn't have to check who was most compatible. Dr. Russell runs tests and confirms that the process would work with any human, but Zantor points out that it would have to be calibrated to the chosen individual. Simmonds suffers his fate because he doesn't allow Zantor to carry out this calibration. The computer selection was simply to choose an Alphan at random, but it's insinuated that the reason Simmonds was chosen was that he was the least essential to the continued survival of the base.
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* The fate of Commissioner Simmonds (pictured) in "Earthbound". After forcing his way aboard the vessel of some friendly aliens (who are, conveniently, headed for Earth) and who've agreed to take one Alphan passenger along for the ride (since they have a spare hibernation cubicle), Simmonds awakes inside the glass cubicle only minutes into the voyage. Turns out, the aliens' suspended-animation process doesn't work on humans... has to be specifically calibrated to the chosen individual, and the aliens are asleep, and the cubicle can only be opened from the outside...
** It ''does'' work on humans, but they had to check the staff to see who'd be most compatible with the system - and Simmonds forced his way in before it could be completed. And just to rub it in, guess who the computer deemed to be the one most suited...
** They didn't have to check who was most compatible. Dr. Russell runs tests and confirms that the process would work with any human, but Zantor points out that it would have to be calibrated to the chosen individual. Simmonds suffers his fate because he doesn't allow Zantor to carry out this calibration. The computer selection was simply to choose an Alphan at random, but it's insinuated that the reason Simmonds was chosen was that he was the least essential to the continued survival of the base.outside.
** It ''does'' work on humans, but they had to check the staff to see who'd be most compatible with the system - and Simmonds forced his way in before it could be completed. And just to rub it in, guess who the computer deemed to be the one most suited...
** They didn't have to check who was most compatible. Dr. Russell runs tests and confirms that the process would work with any human, but Zantor points out that it would have to be calibrated to the chosen individual. Simmonds suffers his fate because he doesn't allow Zantor to carry out this calibration. The computer selection was simply to choose an Alphan at random, but it's insinuated that the reason Simmonds was chosen was that he was the least essential to the continued survival of the base.
