The Invisible Enemy
- Episode aired Oct 31, 1964
- 51m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
523
YOUR RATING
The first manned expedition to Mars finds itself being killed one-by-one by an alien predator.The first manned expedition to Mars finds itself being killed one-by-one by an alien predator.The first manned expedition to Mars finds itself being killed one-by-one by an alien predator.
Robert DoQui
- Lieutenant Frank Johnson
- (as Bob DoQui)
Michael T. Mikler
- Captain Fred Thomas
- (as Mike Mikler)
Vic Perrin
- Control Voice
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Jerry Sohl
- Leslie Stevens(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaByron Haskin was known for reusing different items from previous projects for newer efforts (i.e. The Martian War Machines from The War of the Worlds (1953) appearing in Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)). For this episode, which also takes place on Mars, he brings back both the Mars Gravity Probe spacesuits, as well as Adam West, for this tale.
- GoofsThe astronauts are told that the atmosphere on Mars does support (human) life and that no helmets are needed. In reality, Mars' atmosphere is 95% carbon dioxide and only 1.6% oxygen, making it incompatible with unprotected human life.
- Quotes
Captain Fred Thomas: This is Captain Fred Thomas, commanding interplanetary vehicle M1 colonization probe. To Colonel Hal Danvers, headquarters communication, planet Earth. Subject of report - arrival on the planet Mars. Landing is completely successful.
- ConnectionsReferenced in The Outer Limits: Wolf 359 (1964)
Featured review
Decent episode. The short story sounds way better.
A spaceship from Earth is sent to look into the possibilities of colonizing Mars. The two astronauts however are attacked by an unseen entity and disappear. Three years later a new expedition of four men is sent led by Adam West to discover what happened and find the remains of the old ship. As figured, they start getting knocked off one by one by the same unseen enemy, however they soon make a shocking discovery of who or what is attacking them. This is a pretty ok episode that I loved to watch especially when I was younger. Watching it know it's easy to see its faults, as a lot of what's happening could probably be avoided by the characters who are supposed to be trained military astronauts not making stupid decisions. The creature on display however is pure 50s b movie gold and is why this is getting the rating it is as it's pretty much the only memorable thing about this, that and of course starring a young pre-Batman Adam West. The original short story this was based on sounds a lot better than how this turned out, and after finding out the script was re-written multiple times it's not surprising.
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- b_kite
- Mar 29, 2022
Details
- Runtime51 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- 4:3
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