Episode
The Outer Limits: The Human Factor
Overview
At a military base far in the arctic, a man invents a machine which allows two minds to contact one another. An earthquake causes a malfunction and two men wake up to find that their minds have switched bodies.
Details
- Series
- The Outer Limits
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 1963-11-11
- Runtime
- 52 min
Episode context
The Human Factor is Episode 8 in Season 1 of The Outer Limits. It aired on 1963-11-11. The runtime is 52 min.
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