- Carol Maxwell: But what makes you think that you can discover anything? Who are you?
- Alan Maxwell: Nobody. Nobody at all, but the secrets of the universe don't mind. They reveal themselves to nobodies who care.
- [first lines]
- Control Voice: There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. If we wish to make it louder, we will bring up the volume; if we wish to make it softer, we will tune it to a whisper. We will control the horizontal; we will control the vertical. We can roll the image, make it flutter. We can change the focus to a soft blur or sharpen it to crystal clarity. For the next hour, sit quietly and we will control all that you see and hear. We repeat, there is nothing wrong with your television set. You are about to participate in a great adventure. You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the inner mind to... The Outer Limits.
- Control Voice: The planet Earth is a speck of dust remote and alone in the void. There are powers in the universe inscrutable and profound. Fear can not save us. Rage can not help us. We must see the stranger in a new light, the light of understanding, and to achieve this we must begin to understand ourselvess and each other.
- Alan Maxwell: We're both breaking the rules. I'm not allowed to use the station for research.
- Galaxy Being: I am not allowed to use equipment for exploration.
- [last lines]
- Control Voice: We now return control of your television set to you until next week at this same time when the control voice will take you to... The Outer Limits.