The appearance of an asteroid is baffling. It is three light years
from the nearest star and must have been travelling for thousands of years in space. Computer reports an atmosphere
source somewhere inside it.
Its proximity to the runaway moon gives Commander John Koenig the opportunity to land on it.
Piloted by Mike Baxter and accompanied by Professor Bergman, they blast their way into it. Baxter is dazed by the explosion
which later leads to the threat of blindness. In the living chamber inside is an unconscious, terribly injured humanoid
alien.
The alien is taken to Moonbase Alpha, but he dies, despite attempts by Doctor Russell to revive
him. Shortly afterwards the medical team discover that the alien is alive, and what's more, there is not a sign
of his terrible injuries.
A terrifying power has been unleashed. The man they have rescued gives his name as Balor,
citizen of the planet Progron. He is a scientist who has achieved man's dream of immortality for his people, defeating
death with the promise of eternal happiness.
But with nothing to strive for, civilisation has lost its purpose and with it the realisation that only
death can give meaning to life. Balor has been blamed and banished, imprisoned in a living rock from the planet and
cast into space.
But he is now, as Koenig soon comes to realise, a complete psychopath. He is hungry for pain
and destruction, his immense strength and powers of re-generation and eternal life drive him on to destroy everything and
everyone within his reach.
No-one is safe from him, but there is no way of catching him and holding him. How can you kill
a man who cannot be killed? The decision Koenig takes is a grim one. Somehow, he has to be lured into the airlock
from which he can be released into space forever, but to trap him Koenig has to be with him ...
Episode synopsis taken from Guide Book provided with the Digitally Restored Network/Granada
Ventures Series One Box Set
Copyright Granada Ventures
