Out of the Unknown

This Body Is Mine (4x3)

Air date: May 05, 1971

Allen Meredith is a shy, withdrawn man whose genius as a research physicist has for years been exploited by enterprising tycoon, Jack Gregory. So long as there was money enough for his research, he was happy. But not so his wife Ann, the only person with whom Allen has found the courage to develop a relationship. To Ann, tycoon Gregory has come to represent the arch jackal.. One day, working on an advanced development of the electro-encephalograph, Allen stumbles on a fantastic new aspect of the machine: mind transference. It seems at first of little more than academic interest - until he explains it to Ann. To her it is obvious: use it to get some of the money out of which Gregory has cheated them over the years - say £100,000. Allen is shocked, only overcoming his reluctance when Ann points out that it is their only chance of ever having any money and, anyway, this will be the ideal test for his new discovery. Accordingly, Gregory is coerced, drugged and attached to the electro-encephalograph machine. Ann then attaches Allen to the machine, sets the dials and switches on....