This is a 1975
episode of Doctor Who with Tom Baker as the Doctor and Elizabeth Sladen
as Sarah Jane Smith. It pits The Doctor on an ark 4000 years into the
future. The humans on the ark have frozen themselves in sleep as a way
of saving the human race, projecting themselves into the future as the
Earth is no longer sustainable. This idea worked well, except that a
space fly has gotten into the works. The queen fly accidentally
electrocutes herself, but not before giving birth to her larvae, which
are set to inhabit the human bodies. The timing mechanism for the
humans to reemerge has been triggered, and several come back to life.
The commander however touches a larvae, and turns into a fly. The new
commander (ex commanders mate) takes over, and they determine to try to
electrocute the rest of the flies, except the lead fly who was the
commander, has turned off the power. This episode only has a happy
ending because of the sacrifice of some of the crew, including the
commander who has just enough humanity left to safe his mate.
Special effects aren't near as good as current series, and The Doctor
and the commander both seem rather stiff and unemotional, while Sarah
Jane Smith is too emotional. But it is Doctor Who.
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