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1 x 30 minute episodes
A Neanderthal child (Guy Big) is brought forward 40,000 years through time in this adaptation of a short story by Isaac Asimov aired under the anthology title Classics Dark and Dangerous.
Kate Reid won the Silver Asteroid Award at the 15th International Festival of Science Fiction Films in Trieste, Italy, for her portrayal of the dispassionate professional nurse who is forced to intervene to protect the child when scientists subject him to gruelling tests.
Barry Morse co-starred as the cold, insensitive scientist.
The Boy
Guy Big
Nurse Edyth Fellows
Kate Reid
Dr Hoskins
Barry Morse