Stealing power from his radio station's transmitter shed, Alan Maxwell(Cliff Robertson), an "electronics wizard", believes he has made contact with an alien being in a far reaching galaxy. Through his "bleeding electricity" with expensive equipment such as transistors, circuits, cathode ray tubes so he can develop visual 3 dimensional waves of sound on a visible screen, Alan believes he can reach the "secrets of the universe." Through a binary system thanks to Alan's computer, the alien can communicate to him with thought patterns, telling him that it is from Andromeda. When Alan must attend an award ceremony in his honor for what the radio station has done for the community, a temporary DJ decides to turn up the transmitter power so his voice could be heard cross country in turn causing the alien being to surface on Earth, the creature's radioactive power a danger to any human being it comes in contact with. Essentially electromagnetic microwaves, the transmitter's signal caught the alien being, giving it form. Because the alien had a desire to explore against the wishes of those it belongs, there are consequences. Actually a non-violent creature, it saves Allan's wife when she is shot by military aiming to kill the alien at the command of the government, considering the being a threat to humankind. Good sci-fi story with a message beckoning mankind to seek out the mysteries of the universe and explore beyond our own planet. The story also warrants against using violence just because we may not understand those who are different than us. What I always liked about this show was how grounded in science it was. And the screenplay is quite intellectually sound(we are carbon based life forms, the alien is nitrogen), even if the budget for the show isn't as rewarding. Jacqueline Scott is Carol, Alan's wife, who pleads with him to abandon his radio experiments and pay more attention to her and his duties running the station. Lee Philips is Gene "Buddy" Maxwell, Alan's brother and the voice of the radio station, questioning why he is wasting so much electricity and not giving credence to the sponsors who pay for them to broadcast. The creature is essentially a man in a rubber suit, but through an effective lighting technique, giving the creature a bright glow, it is odd and unnerving.
Review of The Galaxy Being
