Mind Control
Introduction
Alphans come under various mental influences -- usually alien --
at various times, often forced to do things against
their will or that they would otherwise not do.
Lists of episodes and affected individuals/groups follows,
split by Year.
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Year One
- RATM:
Ted Clifford and
Helena Russell taken over by the
Tritonian probe, in that order.
The former died, the latter would have within a few more days.
Suggestion that
John Koenig would have been the next victim.
- "Missing Link": not quite control so much as John's
mind appearing elsewhere with physical form?
- "Guardian of Piri": everyone except John under the
Guardian's control.
(Even Main Computer is controlled as well,
though presumably by other means of control.)
One death as an indirect result?
- "Force of Life"(?): Zoref?
- "Alpha Child": Jarak nearly kills everyone through mind control.
- "Collision Course" (sort of):
Arra is not really
controlling John and Alan, but planting suggestions
(and waking them at key times?).
- "End of Eternity": Balor takes control of Mike Baxter,
driving the latter to viciously attack Koenig with a
model airplane. Baxter then screams and collapses,
with a horrible expression and hand attitude.
- "War Games" (sort of): Aliens seemingly
plant interactive imagery of what could happen
if Alpha starts attacking the aliens.
- "Space Brain": Kelly taken over by the title entity.
Dying? Actually dies under the foam.
- "Dragon's Domain":
the Dragon can take psychic control
over its intended victims, to draw them in.
Year Two
- "Metamorph":
What is left of Ray Torens is seen,
post mind-drain (by
Psyche under control of
Mentor),
working in the mines, where he later dies
dies when it collapses during final destruction of
Psychon.
- "All that Glisters":
Living rock-like life form takes over
Tony Verdeschi and then
Dave Reilly.
(Note: It also blocks Maya from reverting,
but this appears to be physical interference,
not mental interference.)
- "The Taybor":
Taybor hypnotizes
(via a pendant device)
Maya in order to kidnap her.
She later throws off the influence,
and manages (in part via a clue given by
John) to free herself.
- NANE:
Magus influences
John and Maya and
Tony and Helena to pair off,
in an attempt at genetic experimentation.
They try, with some success at first but failing later,
to fend off the influence, but before things can proceed
beyond kissing, both couples are interrupted.
- BOW:
Every Alphan is under direct but incomplete control by aliens
who can implant images and suggestions that deceive and
influence Alphans, but have to be somewhat subtle.
John driven erratic, put under brain therapy machine,
sheds the influence, and eventually sufficiently convinces
Maya of his viewpoint that she undergoes the same treatment
and sheds the influence.
Most of the rest lose it when Helena(?) devises a sonic
interference treatment.
The few remaining are only freed when the aliens
themselves finally lose and fade away.
- "The Lambda Factor": Carolyn Powell proves able
to control virtually anyone she wants, however she wants --
except Koenig (after he deals with some of his
metaphorical ghosts -- memories of two dead friends).
- "Dorzak":
Dorzak proves able to control
anyone not protected by a
neuro-pulsonic jammer,
including (at various times):
Yesta (at considerable distance), Helena, and Maya.
Tony has the jammer implanted in himself,
confronts Dorzak, and shoots him with a stun gun.
Notes
- Does not count Shermeen Williams (from
"A Matter of Balance"),
as it seems more like she was simply very impressionable,
not directly taken control of.
- Koenig is so strong-willed that he seems to
be the hardest to control and the first to shed such.
This is sometimes directly mentioned via dialog.
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