Robert Holmes - Aliens In The Mind

ROBERT HOLMES - ALIENS IN THE MIND (320kbs-m4a/382mb/2hrs45mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 22nd January to 26th February 2023

Starring Peter Cushing and Vincent Price.

Written by Rene Basilico from an idea by Robert Holmes.

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1977.

ROBERT HOLMES - ALIENS IN THE MIND - 1. ISLAND GENESIS (320kbs-m4a/65mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 22nd January 2023

The curiosity of the inhabitants of the remote Scottish island of Luig is aroused when two strangers arrive for the funeral of the local doctor.

The two men are no strangers to each other, nor were they to the late Dr Hugh Dexter. One is Professor Curtis Lark - a flamboyant American explorer, scientist and Nobel Prize winner whose research has been in the field of telepathy and telekinesis; the other is John Cornelius - the eminent British brain surgeon.

What starts as a brief visit by two colleagues to honour an old friend quickly develops into a series of bizarre and frightening events uncovering the presence of forces unknown bent on world domination...

John Cornelius .... Peter Cushing
Professor Curtis Lark .... Vincent Price
Minister Donald Schooler .... Henry Stamper
Mrs Kyle .... Shirley Dixon
Flora Kiery .... Sandra Clarke
Mary .... Irene Sutcliffe
Dr Hugh Dexter .... Frazer Carr

ROBERT HOLMES - ALIENS IN THE MIND - 2. HURRIED EXODUS (320kbs-m4a/64mb/27mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 29th January 2023

On the Isle of Luig, Lark and Cornelius are certain the death of Dr Hugh Dexter was no accident.

From his research notes, they diagnose a mysterious island sickness.

The key to the mystery seems to be an apparently simple-minded 18-year-old, Flora Kiery...

John Cornelius .... Peter Cushing
Curtis Lark .... Vincent Price
Minister Donald Schooler .... Henry Stamper
Shirley Kyle .... Shirley Dixon
Flora Kiery .... Sandra Clarke
Mary .... Irene Sutcliffe
Police Sergeant .... Frazer Carr
Purser .... Andrew Sear

ROBERT HOLMES - ALIENS IN THE MIND - 3. UNEXPECTED VISITATIONS (320kbs-m4a/64mb/27mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 5th February 2023

Believing the apparently simple-minded Flora Kiery may be the key to the strange genetic mutation they've discovered on the Isle of Luig, Professor Curtis Lark and John Cornelius persuade her to leave the island and come with them to London.

They believe that only by exhaustive laboratory tests can they ever hope to solve the mystery of her extraordinary telepathic powers...

John Cornelius .... Peter Cushing
Curtis Lark .... Vincent Price
Flora Kiery .... Sandra Clarke
Kalman Baromek .... Steve Playtus
Joan .... Joan Mathieson
Purser .... Andrew Sear

ROBERT HOLMES - ALIENS IN THE MIND - 4. OFFICIAL INTERCESSIONS (320kbs-m4a/64mb/27mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 12th February 2023

Having brought the apparently simple-minded Flora Keiry to London, Professor Lark and John Cornelius uncover the sinister nature of her true identity.

Then they realise the authorities must be alerted...

John Cornelius .... Peter Cushing
Curtis Lark .... Vincent Price
Flora Kiery .... Sandra Clarke
Kalman Baromek .... Steve Playtus
Ian Sanderson .... Frazer Carr
Gulliver .... William Eadle
Brigadier Sherman .... Clifford Norgates
Gwynt .... Michael Harbour

ROBERT HOLMES - ALIENS IN THE MIND - 5. GENETIC REVELATION (320kbs-m4a/64mb/27mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 19th February 2023

Professor Curtis Lark and John Cornelius have established the existence of another colony of mutants in the heart of London.

But the only person who could fight them is dead...

John Cornelius .... Peter Cushing
Curtis Lark .... Vincent Price
Flora Kiery .... Sandra Clarke
Ian Sanderson .... Frazer Carr
Gulliver .... William Eadle
Brigadier Sherman .... Clifford Norgates
Gwynt .... Michael Harbour
Manson .... Andrew Sear
Home Office Official .... James Thomason

ROBERT HOLMES - ALIENS IN THE MIND - 6. FINAL TRIBULATIONS (320kbs-m4a/63mb/27mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 16th February 2023

Professor Lark and John Cornelius reveal to Flora's MP father, Ian Sanderson, that he himself is a mutant being - manipulated by some unidentified Controller.

Shocked and horrified, Sanderson helps them trace the organisation...

John Cornelius .... Peter Cushing
Curtis Lark .... Vincent Price
Sir Graham MacLeodan .... Richard Hurndall
Lady MacLeodan .... Joan Benham
Ian Sanderson .... Frazer Kerr
Donald Scholar .... Henry Stamper
Manson .... Andrew Sear