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* DieHardOnAnX: Inverted in that Trent is entering the building to strike a blow on his enemies, but most of the episode is a relentless game of cat and mouse and the Kyben [[ClosedCircle made sure that Trent would not escape]].
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* ShownTheirWork: Harlan Ellison actually went to the Bradbury Building and raced the elevator from the second floor to the ground floor just to make sure that Trent could actually do it. He notes that sliding down the banister was an affectation added by the director, and wasn't necessary to beat the elevator.
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->'''The Control Voice''': Through all the legends of ancient peoples — Assyrian, Babylonian, Sumerican [sic], Semitic — runs the saga of the Eternal Man, the one who never dies, called by various names in various times, but historically known as Literature/{{Gilgamesh}}, the man who has never tasted death... the hero who strides through the centuries...
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->'''The Control Voice''': Through all the legends of ancient peoples — -- Assyrian, Babylonian, Sumerican [sic], Semitic — -- runs the saga of the Eternal Man, the one who never dies, called by various names in various times, but historically known as Literature/{{Gilgamesh}}, [[Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh Gilgamesh]], the man who has never tasted death... the hero who strides through the centuries...
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* BuildingOfAdventure: Most of the episode was filmed inside [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradbury_Building The Bradbury Building]], a UsefulNotes/LosAngeles landmark dating from 1893. Creator/HarlanEllison tailored his script around the location, which is called The Dixon Building in the episode.
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* BuildingOfAdventure: Most of the episode was filmed inside [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradbury_Building The Bradbury Building]], a UsefulNotes/LosAngeles landmark dating from 1893.1893, which later became famous for its appearance in ''Film/BladeRunner''. Creator/HarlanEllison tailored his script around the location, which is called The Dixon Building in the episode.
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* LivingArk: Trent's [[spoiler:robotic body]] contains the essence of the future human race.
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->'''Trent''': I was born ten days ago, a full-grown man born ten days ago. I woke on a street of this city. I don't know who I am, where I've been or where I'm going. Someone wiped my memories clean, and they track me down and tried to kill me. Why? Who are you?
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->'''Trent''': I was born ten days ago, a full-grown man born ten days ago. I woke on a street of this city. I don't know who I am, where I've been or where I'm going. Someone wiped my memories clean, and they track me down and tried try to kill me. Why? Who are you?
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->'''Trent''': I was born ten days ago, a full-grown man born ten days ago. I woke on a street of this city. I don't know who I am, where I've been or where I'm going. Someone wiped my memories clean, and they tracked me down and tried to kill me. Why? Who are you?
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->'''Trent''': I was born ten days ago, a full-grown man born ten days ago. I woke on a street of this city. I don't know who I am, where I've been or where I'm going. Someone wiped my memories clean, and they tracked track me down and tried to kill me. Why? Who are you?
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Trent captures one of his opponents, Breech (Steve Harris), and interrogates him. Breech explains that he and his companions are aliens from the planet Kyba, which is at war with UsefulNotes/{{Earth}} in 2964 -- 1,000 years in the future. Trent, "the last man on the Earth of the future", used a "Time Mirror" to escape to 1964 in a last-ditch attempt to save humanity, and a squad of Kyben were "altered to look like humans" to go after him. They're also competing with Trent to complete the glass hand because they too need its knowledge. The Time Mirror is hidden in The Dixon Building, a dilapidated office complex; both Trent and the Kyben are wearing medallions that work as "focusing elements for the mirror", and if a medallion is removed, its wearer suddenly returns to his native time--dead. Upon hearing this, Trent removes Breech's medallion and heads for the Dixon building.
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Trent captures one of his opponents, Breech (Steve Harris), and interrogates him. Breech explains that he and his companions are aliens from the planet Kyba, which is at war with UsefulNotes/{{Earth}} in 2964 -- 1,000 years in the future. Trent, "the last man on the Earth of the future", used a "Time Mirror" to escape to 1964 in a last-ditch attempt to save humanity, and a squad of Kyben were "altered to look like humans" to go after him. They're also competing with Trent to complete the glass hand because they too need its knowledge. The Time Mirror is hidden in The Dixon Building, a dilapidated office complex; both Trent and the Kyben are wearing medallions that work as "focusing elements for the mirror", and if a medallion is removed, its wearer suddenly returns to his native time--dead.time -- dead. Upon hearing this, Trent removes Breech's medallion and heads for the Dixon building.
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* OntologicalMystery: As Trent notes in his InternalMonologue, his memories are missing, so he has to figure out who he is, where he's been, where he's going, and who's trying to kill him and why.
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* SyntheticPlague: The humans who survive the initial invasion release one to kill the Kyben before vanishing.
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* SyntheticPlague: The future humans who survive the initial invasion release one to kill the Kyben before vanishing.
