Voices in the Earth

Voices in the Earth is an episode of the television series "The New Twilight Zone",

Cast

* Professor Donald Knowles: Martin Balsam
* Jacinda Carlyle: Jenny Agutter
* Old woman: Eve Brenner
* Old man: Theodore Lehmann
* Bledsoe: Dennis Haskins
* Middle-aged man: Christopher Lofton
* Ghost leader: Wortham Krimmer
* Young woman: C'esca Lawrence
* Girl: Sandra Ganzer

ynopsis

Donald Knowles is a professor, joint commander of an expedition team who returns to a barren Earth. As he explores the ruins of the planet, he is confronted by ghosts of those that died in the disaster that has befallen the planet. He finds them in an abandoned café, where the voices ask him "not to forget them." He soon discovers they are spirits of the forefathers who had not left the Earth when life began dissolving. They plead with him not to let the others dig and destroy what remains of the planet in their search for valuable minerals. Jacinda, the other commander of the expedition, ignores him, until he takes her to the café to hear the voices for herself. However, once there, they refuse to speak to him, and Commander Carlyle concludes that he is going mad. Later, the specters try to possess Donald to destroy the mission, but he is stopped, and Jacinda gives him a medical leave. Professor Knowles returns to the café to confront the ghosts. They tell him he is their only hope of leaving, by channeling through him. He refuses, and angrily returns to the ship. But a "miracle" occurs, it begins raining, life is discovered in the oceans, and the Earth is saved. Donald leaves the ship, and calls out that one day they will be back.

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