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56-470: [REDACTED] Look up abduction in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Abduction may refer to: Media [ edit ] Film and television [ edit ] "Abduction" ( The Outer Limits ) , a 2001 television episode "Abduction", a 2007 episode of Death Note "Abductions", a 2002 episode of Totally Spies! "The Abduction" ( Alias ) ,

112-415: A 2002 episode of an American television series "The Abduction" ( Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman ) , a 1994 episode of an American television series Abduction (1975 film) , directed by Joseph Zito Abduction (1997 film) , directed by Takao Okawara Abduction (2011 film) , directed by John Singleton Abduction (2019 film) , directed by Ernie Barbarash Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story ,

168-487: A 2005 American documentary film The Abduction , a 1996 TV movie starring Victoria Principal and Robert Hays Literature [ edit ] Abduction (novel) , a 2000 novel by Robin Cook Abduction! , a 2004 novel by Peg Kehret The Abduction , a 1987 novel (Norwegian title Bortførelsen ) by Mette Newth The Abduction , a 1998 novel by J. Robert King Music [ edit ] "Abduction",

224-472: A 2005 song by Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson, from the album Tyranny of Souls Abduction, a music label run by members of Sun City Girls Of a person or people [ edit ] Alien abduction , phenomenon of people reporting what they believe to be the real experience of being kidnapped by extraterrestrial beings Bride kidnapping , a practice in which a man abducts the woman he wishes to marry Child abduction , unauthorized removal of

280-473: A certain age, weight, and height range. After finding the needed candidates, he reveals the map. The area is discovered to be a hidden military area not on any normal map and, along with Nodel's son ( Ryan Reynolds ) and his girlfriend, the group travels to the area. Inside that area, is a spaceship-type device, with symbols matching the ones on the Doctor's hands. It activates, and a message from an apparent alien race

336-577: A contest to travel on the space plane. However, none of the Daedalus passengers know that Harris has reprogrammed the flight plan to take the flight to the site of the close encounter that shattered the young man's life. Aaron ( Saul Rubinek ) is an American lawyer of Polish ancestry who is obsessed with what happened to his family at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp and is sure that Robert Greene ( Jan Rubeš ), aka Karl Rademacher ( Alex Zahara ),

392-548: A disease that is turning them to stone, and Sarah accidentally becomes infected. Joshua eventually finds her, and she pleads with him not to touch her, so he may not become infected. They return to their own neighborhood, and Joshua explains the purpose of the energy barrier to the other residents, wondering what choice they have other than to serve as slaves. Joshua explains the disease his daughter has been infected with, and suggests they deliberately infect themselves to save Earth from enslavement. After discussing it, all join hands in

448-470: A happier life and asks her if she still invented the time machine. Jamie then travels back in time before her friend’s death and shoots her murderer. A geneticist , Dr Martin Nodel ( Ron Rifkin ), is a researcher looking into introns , mysterious sections of DNA that he believes hold the secret to future evolution. He develops a formula that he believes will activate them, and tests it on himself. After developing

504-454: A labor camp to save him from being executed. Aaron demands that they take Hannah with them and Prentice eventually relents. Later, Prentice informs Aaron that since his sister was believed to have been killed, the Tribunal in the future will allow her to remain with Aaron & his wife. He takes Hannah to their father who breaks down crying upon realizing who she is, embracing her. Notes: 1) At

560-461: A minor from the custody of their guardian(s) Express kidnapping , abduction where a small immediate ransom is demanded International child abduction , form of human trafficking Kidnapping , unlawful confinement of a person against their will Raptio , large-scale abduction of women Tiger kidnapping , taking a hostage to force a loved one or associate of the victim to do something Sciences [ edit ] Abduction (anatomy) ,

616-543: A result of an outlawed eugenics attempt to create superior children. The series was filmed in Vancouver , British Columbia , and Victoria, British Columbia . Stories by Harlan Ellison , A. E. van Vogt , Eando Binder , Richard Matheson , Larry Niven , Stephen King , George R.R. Martin and James Patrick Kelly were adapted. Leslie Stevens was a program consultant for the first four seasons (until his death), while Joseph Stefano –creator, producer, and head writer of

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672-581: A result, that season, unlike the previous ones, was completely free of any swearing or nudity. It was canceled in 2002, after a total of 152 episodes – far more than the original incarnation of the show. In the revived show, the Control Voice was supplied by Kevin Conway . The new series distanced itself from the " monster of the week " mandate that had characterized the original series from its inception; while there were plenty of aliens and monsters, they dramatized

728-509: A specific scientific concept and its effect on humanity. Examples of this include " Dark Rain " ( biochemical warfare causing worldwide sterility), " Final Exam " (discovery of practical cold fusion power), " A Stitch in Time " (a time traveler tinkers with history), as well as two episodes (" Unnatural Selection " and "Criminal Nature") revolving around a human mutation known as Genetic Rejection Syndrome (humans mutating into violent creatures) as

784-474: A stroke of 'luck', the bullet does not kill Becka, but her severe brain damage causes her to begin to hallucinate that the picture of a tuxedoed stranger on top of the TV (Who calls himself 'The 8 By 10' Man; in the original story it was a picture of Jesus) is talking to her. Under the advice of the 8 By 10 Man, Becka eventually decides to kill her worthless husband ( John Diehl ), and in a bit of 'damaged savantry', rigs up

840-416: A trial. Cutler begins to look into Dr. Link's financial records and finds that he was working for a defense contractor , eventually discovering that Dr. Link was working to turn Adam into a weapon. Cutler argues, with supporting evidence of financial accounts and company memos, that Dr. Link was forced into attempting to rewrite Adam's central programming, effectively lobotomizing it, and that Adam reacted in

896-440: A type of movement that draws a structure or limb away from the median plane of the body Abductive reasoning , a method of reasoning in logic See also [ edit ] Abducted (disambiguation) Abductor (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Abduction . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

952-458: A way through the barrier and comes face-to-face with their captors, a slothful race who feel physical activity is beneath them. The Trinues explain that all of the inhabitants of Joshua's neighborhood have been taken as part of a feasibility study into the suitability of humans for slavery , and, if they are found able to survive in the alien's native environment, the rest of Earth's population will also be enslaved. Adrielo's people are dying from

1008-428: Is from the late 21st century, where time travel has been perfected. Even with the evidence provided to him by the time traveler, Aaron has difficulty proving his case. Greene insists that he is not Rademacher, and, near the end of the episode, Greene plans to leave for Argentina in order to avoid prosecution. Aaron goes to Greene's house with a gun, demanding a confession. Prentice follows him there, telling Aaron that he

1064-596: Is his great-grandson, and that if Aaron kills Greene & goes to prison that he will cease to exist. Aaron does not to shoot Greene. Instead, Prentice & Aaron go back to 1944 as two members of the SS, with Greene dressed as a camp prisoner. Greene meets & tries to tell his younger self who he is, but Rademacher shoots him, thinking that the old man is just another Jewish prisoner. Aaron sees his father & half-sister Hannah walking by, and, seeing his chance, he rushes forward, snatches Hannah & orders his father to be taken to

1120-641: Is knocked out. As their situation appears bleak, Skokes attempts to raise his fellow prisoner's spirits by telling her of a top secret plan to launch a sneak attack that might turn the tide of the war. Suddenly, a guard enters the cell, and she willingly leaves, revealing that she is really an alien spy who is actually being slowly transformed back into her original form. Jay ( Jason London ) and Hannah ( Alyssa Milano ) are in love, but she wants to stay celibate until marriage. An object falls into Hannah's room and an alien entity merges with her. The alien needs her to have sex, but random males morph into her body during

1176-415: Is missing episodes 5 (" Mind Over Matter "), 19 (" Falling Star "), and 21 (" Vanishing Act "). These three episodes are included on "The Roku Channel". Between 1996 and 1997, Prima Publishing published three books which served as compilations of mostly prose adaptations for episodes from the 1963 and 1995 series. Between 1997 and 1999, a series of books based on the show but aimed towards younger readers

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1232-423: Is played back. The Doctor, and the students, decide to enter the ship on a journey to the home planet. Despite his son and son's girlfriend not qualifying, the Doctor says that they'd need someone like the two of them. The ship takes off. Becka Paulson ( Catherine O'Hara ) accidentally shoots herself in the head while watching a soap opera. The bullet lodges in her brain, and begins to have some strange effects. In

1288-477: Is taken to a cell and preparations are made to disassemble it. Mina, Dr. Link's daughter, contacts a lawyer, Thurman Cutler ( Leonard Nimoy ), who pushes for a murder trial, insisting that Adam is his client and not simply a machine. A court hearing begins, and the prosecutor pushes for dismissal of the case on the grounds that Adam is just a machine. Cutler argues that, although Adam is clearly not human , it possesses intelligence and will, and, on that basis, deserves

1344-420: Is titled The Outer Limits: The Complete Final Season , and, in 2014, it was split and re-released as a 3-disc Volume One and 2-disc Volume Two sets. Until June 2020, all seven seasons of the series were available uncut on Hulu , until January 2021 and selectively edited on Amazon Video , and seasons 1–7 are uncut on "The Roku Channel" on Roku devices. All seven seasons are on MGM+ , although season 2

1400-404: Is working on the central memory of a robot , Adam, when it suddenly activates and attacks him. A lab assistant enters the room in time to see Adam smashing up the laboratory before crashing through a window and escaping, while Dr. Link is left dead. Later, a police officer finds Adam in a back alley, and Adam, apparently remembering nothing of the incident, asks the officer to contact Dr. Link. Adam

1456-402: The pay-TV channel Showtime (Trilogy, a Los Angeles and Canada-based company, is credited with creating the 1995 series). The episodes appeared in syndication the following season (the same arrangement as MGM/Showtime series Stargate SG-1 and Poltergeist: The Legacy ). It continued on Showtime until 2001, when Sci-Fi quietly took over production for the seventh and final season. As

1512-584: The Martian lifeforms. In the meantime, Kress deals with growing discord with his wife ( Helen Shaver ) over financial troubles, his obsession with work and the stress of concealing the stolen Martian lifeforms from his former supervisors at the government lab. Kress comes to believe that he is a god to his sandkings when they erect sand structures that resemble his face. Bitten by one of the sandkings, his obsession peaks as he alienates his wife, son, father ( Lloyd Bridges ), and kills his former supervisor by throwing him in

1568-524: The United Kingdom and Benelux (2005). Season 1 was released uncut and with extra features on DVD in the US (MGM, 2005), UK ( 20th Century Fox , 2007), and Germany (Fox/MGM, 2008). Because sales of the set did not meet expectations, no further seasons were released. In 2010, Canada's Alliance Home Entertainment released all seven seasons on DVD. Season 1 mirrored the content of the earlier MGM set, while season 2

1624-473: The United States: Aliens Among Us , Death & Beyond , Fantastic Androids & Robots , Mutation & Transformation , Sex & Science Fiction , and Time Travel & Infinity . These DVDs all contain the original uncut episodes, as originally aired, and were collected in a box set, The Outer Limits: The New Series (2006). The Aliens & Sex titles were also released by MGM in

1680-461: The aliens, is thrown into a cell, where he encounters another captive - a young female  cadet . She reveals that their captors are apparently grafting alien skin onto her body a bit at a time. Skokes tries to escape from their cell through an overhead vent, but his attempt fails at first when he is attacked by something lurking in the vents. Skokes makes a second attempt to escape through the air ducts, but an alien guard severs his hand before Skokes

1736-456: The church to sacrifice themselves and prove that humans are unsuitable as slaves. The genetic rejection syndrome (GRS) monster children are now adults who commit murders. Detective Ray Venable ( Gary Cole ) has a "secret" son with GRS, Dylan, who is harassing Ray's family. Ray injects himself with a serum to temporarily enhance his sensory abilities (more like GRS people) in order to hunt him. Ray does this successfully, only to find out that it

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1792-550: The early 1980s, it was finally relaunched in 1995. The success of television speculative fiction such as Star Trek: The Next Generation and The X-Files and anthology shows such as Tales from the Crypt convinced rights holder Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to revive The Outer Limits . A deal was made with Trilogy Productions, the company behind such cinema hits as Backdraft and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves . The show would run on

1848-509: The end the episode was a note from Sam Egan: "Dedicated to my father who survived Auschwitz... and to his wife and daughter who did not." The Outer Limits (1995 TV series) The Outer Limits is an anthology of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end. The revival series maintained an anthology format but occasionally featured recurring story arcs that were then tied together during season-finale clip shows . After an attempt to bring back The Outer Limits during

1904-468: The episodes of The Outer Limits , a 1995 science fiction / dark fantasy television series . The series was broadcast on Showtime from 1995 to 2000, and on the Sci Fi channel in its final year (2001–2002). Showtime's head of programming, Jeffrey Offsay, said the show "found a home at Showtime because MGM, which produced the original series, supplies feature films to both Showtime and The Movie Channel. At

1960-713: The first season and continued through season 6. The musical theme for the modern Outer Limits series is credited to John Van Tongeren and Mark Mancina. In most seasons, there was a clip show that intertwined the plots of several of the show's episodes (see " The Voice of Reason " for an example). At each commercial interval, the Control Voice can be heard saying "The Outer Limits... please stand by". A number of episodes from seasons 1–6 feature nudity and other adult content. Though originally broadcast uncensored, those episodes have been edited for commercial syndication. Between 2002 and 2006, six themed DVD anthologies of The Outer Limits , with six episodes each, were released by MGM in

2016-414: The government on Martian life is aborted because one of his specimens almost escapes into the natural environment. However, Kress does not agree with the abandonment of the project and decides to continue his experiments in his barn. He strongly believes that the insect-like species is actually sentient. He steals some sand containing Martian eggs from his lab and creates a makeshift incubator to hatch more of

2072-470: The intercourse. Thinking that Jay is in danger while in her presence, Hannah shuns him. Jay and his professor start an investigation regarding her. As more men vanish, the police pursue Hannah, who is "caught in the act" devouring a man. A cop shoots her, but the wound quickly heals. When the lovers are reunited, Jay, convinced that the alien needs something more than sex, makes love with Hannah and pupated alien finally rises from her body, and leaves. Dr. Link

2128-544: The light. When NASA turns him down, Harris is recruited by Carlton Powers ( Barry Corbin ), a self-made billionaire who plans to privatize space travel & thinks Harris' presence on the inaugural flight of his new Daedalus spaceship will help him sell the service. Harris & Powers are joined on the flight by Martin Reese ( Mackenzie Gray ), a skeptical tabloid reporter, Lil Vaughn ( Andrea Martin ), an eccentric fashion mogul , and Ty & Barbara Chafey, young newlyweds who won

2184-402: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abduction&oldid=1214856168 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Abduction (The Outer Limits) This page is a list of

2240-399: The liquid that acts on the intron he tests the liquid on himself. He begins experiencing strange symptoms, including a sort of map that grows on his back and a pattern that grows on his hand. Shortly after he begins looking for students that are suitable candidates. They have to have a high IQ, never had surgery, and are free from imperfections such as tattoos or glasses. They also have to be in

2296-415: The mission when a mysterious violet light penetrated the cockpit & began enveloping his body. In the investigation that followed, no evidence could be found to support his story, leaving a blot on Harris' NASA record & his life in ruins. Now, at age 63, he knows he can never make amends with his estranged wife Madelaine, but he feels that he could clear his name if he could just get back to where he saw

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2352-404: The original Outer Limits TV series– served as an executive consultant and later senior advisor throughout the whole series. Stefano also remade his episode " A Feasibility Study ", retitling it " Feasibility Study " for the third season. John Van Tongeren and Mark Mancina composed new music different from that of Dominic Frontiere and Harry Lubin . John Van Tongeren scored ten episodes for

2408-430: The past, Givens brings Jamie along with her, and they arrive at the time and place Givens was abducted and assaulted. The man is killed before he can harm the young Givens, but Givens herself is fatally shot & dies. When Jamie returns to the future, she finds that the rape and murders Givens had prevented have all been undone – one such victim being Jamie’s best friend. She visits the now adult young Givens, who has lived

2464-734: The reboot was planned under the title The Outer Limits On-Line . MGM was working with Worlds Inc . In 2014, it was reported that a feature film directed by Scott Derrickson based on the series was in development. In April 2019, a revival was in the works at a premium cable network. Two identical indoor roller coasters named The Outer Limits: Flight of Fear opened in 1996 at Paramount's Kings Dominion in Richmond, Virginia , and Paramount's Kings Island in Cincinnati, Ohio . Loosely based on several episodes of The Outer Limits, both rides are heavily themed to an alien invasion, with riders entering

2520-488: The same gun. The gun is traced to Dr.  Theresa Givens  ( Amanda Plummer ), a former employee at a top-secret government project. Mysteriously, Givens was only five years old at the time of the first murder, and the gun had not even been manufactured yet. Jamie eventually learns that Givens has invented a time machine that she uses to travel back in time and assassinate men who would later in their lives commit acts of rape & murder towards women. In her final trip to

2576-403: The sandking incubator, where the creatures—already starved by Kress as an experiment—quickly devour him. In the end, Kress attempts to destroy all the sandkings but fails. In the epilogue of the episode, a colony of sandkings is shown surviving in the wilderness. In the future, humanity is losing an interstellar war against a technologically-advanced race. Major  John Skokes , a prisoner of

2632-560: The series after 132 episodes. The show was then revived on the Sci-Fi Channel in 2001, with the first episode featuring Tom Arnold , premiering on March 16, 2001. Two of the executive producers at Showtime, Pen Densham and Mark Stern, also returned for the revival of the series. After one season, the Sci-Fi Channel cancelled the show in 2002, primarily due to declining viewership ratings. Dr. Simon Kress's ( Beau Bridges ) research for

2688-427: The stories are so strong, and not resort to remaking original Outer Limits scripts". All but one of the 43 episodes in season 1 and season 2 are originals, the only remake is 'I Robot', which starred Leonard Nimoy in the original, and he also appears in the new episode. The premiere episode, The Sandkings , featured Lloyd Bridges , his son Beau Bridges , and Beau's son Dylan Bridges. In 2000, Showtime cancelled

2744-400: The television (under the 8 by 10 Man's instructions) to deliver a fatal electrical pulse to whoever touches the knob. Becka in the end tricks her husband into touching it, but as he begins to be fatally electrocuted, she finally realizes just what she has done and tries to save him. All she does is alter the circuit by touching him, and the two fall dead, the victim of a tragic quirk of fate that

2800-469: The time we were making our deal to get into business with them, they were restarting their TV operation as well. They had the idea of wanting to make The Outer Limits and they thought it was the kind of thing that would work very well for us". Executive producer Pen Densham noted how anthologies can be "risky". He explained that "every week no stories are the same, no actors are the same, we don't have an easy path of an ongoing character, we have to make sure

2856-435: The way any human might when faced with death. The court eventually finds that Adam is a person and will stand trial for the murder of Dr. Link. As it is being led away, Adam sees the prosecuting attorney in danger of being run over and rescues her, sacrificing its own life in the process. FBI agent Jamie Pratt ( Michelle Forbes ) investigates a series of murders spanning a period of forty years that were all committed with

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2912-486: Was a plot by his son, who placed the serum so that Ray would find it. Ray's son forcefully injects more of the serum into his dad, so that Ray now has irreversible GRS, and Ray transforms into a monster. Ray kills Dylan, but Ray's family is afraid of him because he now looks like the other GRS monsters. When NASA astronaut Theodore Harris was in space the first time on September 16, 1963, it did not go quite as planned. Alone in his Mercury capsule , he panicked and aborted

2968-467: Was also uncensored, with the exception of one episode, " Paradise ". Seasons 3–6 all contain numerous censored episodes, and Season 7 contains the original unedited episodes; unlike the previous seasons, it was produced with no nudity or swearing. In 2013, TGG Direct released the seventh season in the US, again unedited but of marginally inferior visual quality than the Alliance season 7 DVDs. The 5-disc set

3024-554: Was in the end far from lucky. Joshua Hayward ( David McCallum ) & his daughter Sarah awake one morning to find a four-block section of their suburban neighborhood surrounded by a mysterious energy barrier. Sarah finds a badly disfigured alien, Adrielo, who tells her that her neighborhood has been grabbed & moved by another race of aliens, the Triunes. He shows her a way through the energy barrier to his own captured realm and begs her to help him save his people. Meanwhile, Joshua finds

3080-435: Was published by Tor Books , penned by genre fiction author John Peel . The first, The Zanti Misfits , was a loose adaptation of the eponymous 1963 series episode, while the second was based on the episode The Choice from the new series. The other ten books were original stories. Author Stan Timmons also wrote two tie-in original novels in 2003 entitled Always Darkest and Dark Matters , respectively. An MMO for

3136-407: Was the commanding SS officer in charge of his part of that camp. Aaron is able to do little to prove who Greene really is or prosecute him, until a mysterious man, Nicholas Prentice ( Alex Diakun ), starts giving him evidence: a jacket, a notebook & other items which he obtained by going back in time to 1944. Prentice had witnessed Rademacher shoot someone at the beginning of the episode, and he

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