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Tales of Tomorrow.

Presented by Maslin Beauty Blend Broadcast.

Tonight's Tale of Tomorrow, Seeing Eye Surgeon.

Starring Bruce Cabot with Ed Jerome.

Good evening.

Know what this is?

Ball of beeswax.

What about beeswax, you say? Well, a very interesting what about beeswax.

In an editorial in The Shuttle, this little magazine put out by and for the

people that work in the Maslin Mills.

A member of the Maslin family writes these editorials, and I thought this one

would be interesting, so if you don't mind, I'll read it right now.

Back in the days of Rome, a sculptor who was more interested in money than in art

could sometimes cheat a little.

If his chisel slipped, if he cut more deeply into the marble than he meant to

cut, he would fill the hole with beeswax mixed with marble dust.

In time, the wax would crumble and the hole would show.

So, honest sculptors marked their works sine sere.

S-I-N-E, without, C-E-R-E, wax.

And that's where the word sincere comes from. It means without wax.

So the word sincere we use to mean an honest expression of an honest feeling.

originally meant an honest work of art, a work that would stand the test of

time, a work that needed no patching, no correcting, no wax.

And that old meaning of the word sincere should be, I think, our goal in every

task we undertake, to do each job so skillfully, so honestly, that it is like

a perfect piece of art, sincere, to stand the test of time.

And that was the little editorial I wanted to read you from the shuttle.

This magazine put out for and by the people that work in the Maslin Mills.

And now C.H. Maslin and Sons bring you tonight's tale of tomorrow, Seeing Eye

Surgeon, starring Bruce Cabot with Ed Jerome.

Well, I suppose you think you were being very ingenious.

But let me tell you, Dr. Terrell, we almost had a dead patient on our hands.

I did what I thought was best. I gave you explicit instructions as to the

performance of this operation.

I didn't ask you to improvise. But surely making the incision on a medulla,

you could see... Oh, precisely. And what did you expect to accomplish by that?

The best way to relieve the pressure, you could see that... All I could see

was that if I did not push you aside and take over, we would have had a dead

patient on our hands. Tell me something, Dr. Foyle.

Just what have you got against me?

I have nothing against you personally, so long as you don't think you can

supersede my judgment.

One more mistake like that, Dr. Durrell, I'll have you dismissed.

You seem to forget that I am the chief surgeon at this hospital.

Oh, not at all.

I couldn't do that.

Just what do you mean by that?

Oh, nothing. Nothing at all. I have 25 years of experience behind me.

No amount of book learning can give you that.

While I'm in charge here, you will follow my instructions exactly as I give

them to you, understand?

Yes, sir.

Just don't forget it. That's all.

Same old story, huh? Uh-huh.

My methods are just too up-to-date for him, that's all.

You know, it's too bad that Dr. Coyle won't keep up with the times.

Why should he when he can live on his past reputation?

Some people still regard him as the finest neurosurgeon in the country.

Yes, I know.

Tell me, Martha, what's your honest opinion about all this?

You mean about what happened in the operating room? Yes.

You were doing an excellent job.

But the old man can't afford to have his authority questioned, so he tried to

show you up as incompetent. But what for? Why?

Professional jealousy, maybe. I wouldn't let it worry you.

You know, I don't want to make excuses for the old man, but he does have a lot

on his mind.

He's operating on Professor Ross tomorrow.

Professor Ross, the nuclear physicist?

Yes, and he's in a very critical condition.

Dr. Stevens says he has a growth right on the frontal lobe.

You know, that's going to be a tricky operation.

Yes, I know, but I don't think he'd try it unless he thought he could do it.

Ross isn't just another patient, Bob.

He's an important man.

Bob, whole national defense may depend on whether he can be kept alive to

finish his experiments. I know all that, Martha.

But still, I don't see that that gives him any reason to pick on me.

Operating room, Miss Larson speaking.

Yes, he is.

All right, I'll tell him.

Well, I guess that explains why the old man got so upset.

That was his secretary.

He's worried about you.

Worried about me? What for?

You're scheduled to assist him in the Ross case tomorrow, and he wants you to

study the x-rays.

Me? Now, why on earth would he pick me?

Because as much as he hates to admit it, there's no one else sufficiently

competent. Well, I think the least he could have done was to tell me himself.

Bob, now don't get upset.

Don't jeopardize your career by fighting him.

If Ross should die because of a clash of personalities in the operating room,

your reputation as a neurosurgeon along with Dr. Foyle's would suffer

irreparable damage.

Yeah, honey, I guess you're right. Thanks for the tough talk.

Well, here's Ross's files, including the x-rays. You better look them over.

All right. Anybody wants me, I'll be in the office.

Bob. Uh-huh?

I'll be keeping my fingers crossed.

You are Dr. Tiller?

Yes, that's right.

I'm Dr. Zenon, a graduate of Reichsberg University in Europe.

How do you do, doctor? Won't you sit down? Thank you.

What can I do for you?

I have come to help you. To help me? Well, that's very nice of you, doctor,

but look, I don't want you to think I'm rude, but I'm pretty busy just now.

This is about Professor Ross.

What about him?

He is a brilliant nuclear physicist.

Yes, I know all that. You see, I read the papers, too.

But you are operating on him tomorrow. That is why you are here now.

You seem to know a lot about it.

You wish to examine the x-rays, to impress every detail of them on your

mind.

Commendable.

But if I may say so, my friend, useless.

Quite useless.

Your mind is too overwrought to accept the details.

How can you possibly tell me what my mind is capable of accepting?

That is not important.

What is important is that Professor Ross should live to complete his experiments.

It is imperative that he make his contribution towards ending these

threats of war. Look, Doctor, if you just came here simply to tell me about

the seriousness of my responsibility, I already know. But I have come here to

help you, Dr. Tyrell, to ensure that the operation is a success.

Dr. Zena, no living man can do that.

The chances of Professor Ross' recovery are very slim, very slim indeed.

On the contrary, my friend, I assure you they are very great.

All you need is one thing.

What's that?

Dr. Zenon's vision.

Oh, look, Doctor, you're wasting my... If you will only listen to me.

I've been listening to you. I have here a pair of glasses which I have processed

in a special way.

Now, look, Doctor, let's... I implore you.

The welfare of mankind is at stake. Be reasonable.

You be reasonable. This thing's gone far enough. Come on, Doctor, I'm going to

have to ask you to leave.

No, no, my friend.

Not until you have promised to use the glasses.

All right, doctor, give me the glasses, I promise.

That is a promise, remember?

Oh, yes, I promise.

You will find they have a tendency to become foggy.

When that happens, take them off and wipe them with this fluid.

All right, I'll try and remember.

You must remember, the success of the operation depends upon it.

All right. And one thing more.

I am only lending these glasses to you for this particular operation.

It is very important that Professor Ross should live.

Yes, Doctor, that's right.

Look, how'd you happen to lend me the glasses? Don't you know that Dr. Foyle

is actually performing the operation? I'm his assistant.

No, my friend.

You are going to perform the operation.

Bob. Hey.

Bob.

Oh, Martha.

What time is it?

It's half past two.

Oh, my. I must have dozed off.

Here's Dr.

Foyle's data on Professor Ross.

Fine.

Bob. What?

Dr. Foyle has been suddenly taken ill.

He has? When? A while ago. I just left his office.

What about Professor Ross, that operation tomorrow morning? That's what

I'm trying to tell you.

Dr. Foyle has appointed you to perform the operation.

Me?

Dr. Zenon was right.

We'll continue with the second act of Seeing Eye Surgeon in just a moment.

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And now the second act of Seeing Eye Surgeon, starring Bruce Cabot with Ed

Jerome.

Martha, let me get this straight.

I'm going to be in complete charge of the operation, is that right? Yes.

It's just incredible.

That's exactly what he predicted.

Who? Uh, uh, Dr. Zenon. He paid me a visit a little while ago.

Listen, Martha.

See, if you can find any kind of a record on a Dr. Zenon, he's a graduate

of Riceburg University. That's in Europe.

Okay.

But may I ask why?

Well, uh, no particular reason.

No particular reason at all.

Bob, what is it? You seem worried about something.

Naturally, I'm worried.

But why?

Darling, this may be your chance to break away from the old man.

Why, if this operation is a success, your reputation as a leading

neurosurgeon will be established.

Well, it isn't as simple as that, don't you see?

Dr. Foyle isn't risking a thing.

Come here a minute.

Let me show you something.

You see that? That growth is right on the frontal lobe.

You know what the chances of success are in an operation like this?

Not very good.

Not very good?

Some understatement there. About one in a thousand.

Well, are you planning on a biopsy?

Well, I'm afraid I won't have time to make a microscopic study of the tissue

or just... Well, then you won't know if the tumor's cancerous or not.

You know something?

I've got a hunch that Dr.

Foyle is deliberately passing up this assignment.

He knows it's inoperable, so he's throwing it right in my lap.

Now, there's no use getting upset about it.

He's getting upset with half the world praying for Professor Ross' recovery.

Well, don't take it out on me. I'm only the bearer of bad news.

I know, honey.

I'm sorry.

Listen.

Will you ask Dr. Stevens if he'll be good enough to assist me?

Surely.

I'll need Dr. Way and Dr.

Abbott in the operating room.

You might see if you can get them in there in a half hour for a conference.

Well, what time will you operate?

Ten o'clock tomorrow morning is scheduled.

Okay.

And Bob.

Remember, I'm gonna be right in there rooting for you.

If I can't keep him under anesthetic much longer, I might go back to the

shock. I run the risk of having to perform a lobotomy.

No, my friend.

You are going to perform the operation.

Father,

I left some glasses and a small wax bottle in the right-hand drawer on my

desk. Send for it, will you?

Hurry.

Good. Put the bottle down. Give me the glass.

That's incredible.

I can see the whole cellular structure.

The most minute difference between healthy tissue and diseased tissue.

Quick, I think we've got a chance.

Clean the glass while we hurry.

Ready to suit you, Dr. Stevens.

Say, Judes, put me through to Dr. Terrell's office.

Terrell, this is Dr. Foyle.

I just read the report on the Ross operation.

I can't make hair or tail of it.

It certainly does need some explanation.

It reads more like something out of a comic book than a surgeon's report.

Now, wait a minute.

I'm here at my home, but I'll be at the hospital in 15 minutes.

You wait there in your office for me.

I want to talk to you.

More mail?

How's Professor Ross?

Well, he's off the danger list.

Everyone's saying it's a miracle.

You're just about right.

By the way, did you find out anything about Dr. Zenon? No, and I've checked

all the usual references, including the American Medical Association.

Let's try the Library of Congress.

Yes, and I'm going to call them back after... Well, I could do it now.

Will you? And use the phone outside. I want to talk to Dr. Foyle. Good

afternoon, Dr. Foyle. Afternoon.

Let me know as soon as you find out anything.

Sure. Won't you sit down, Doctor?

Here.

I'm not here to argue the medical aspects of the case.

I don't agree with your methods of procedure, but I hadn't expected to do

that. But when I read in the report some drivel about miraculous classes, I felt

my duty to have a thorough examination.

Dr. Poyle, I can't say that I blame you, but believe me, it's not important.

The resident doctor didn't agree with you. Neither did your assistants.

What is this all about, Terrell?

Oh, it's... it's nothing.

With the whole hospital blathering about it?

Don't be absurd.

This report said that you stopped the operation while the patient was on the

verge of shock in order to get a pair of glasses from your office.

Don't you realize that that delay might have caused the patient's death?

Yes, sir, but we saved the patient's life.

The operation was a success. That's the important thing. Only by some miracle.

And it had something to do with glasses.

Ah, Doctor, you're way off base.

Am I? I don't think so. Otherwise, you wouldn't be so upset.

Doctor, once and for all, will you forget those glasses? Oh, so then you

admit there were glasses.

Well, if they're not important, you won't mind telling me where you got

them.

All right, Dr. Foyle, I'll tell you, but you won't believe me.

I got them from a man named Dr.

Zenon. He loaned them to me.

Doctor who?

Dr. Zenon. He's a graduate of Riceburg University in Europe. Oh, don't give me

that, Doctor.

I happen to know that legend, too.

What are you talking about?

You mean you haven't heard it? No, I don't know anything about a legend.

No, I guess maybe you would.

You never studied in Europe.

Whoever gave you those glasses must have known that.

Doctor, I can just tell you that I used them. I don't know where they are just

now. I gave them to Miss Larson right after the operation. I was so upset I

couldn't... I couldn't even think.

Miss Larson, will you come in here?

The glasses Dr.

Terrell used during the Ross operation, where are they?

Well, I put them in here right after the operation.

By the way, Bob, I've tried the Library of Congress and I can't find any record

of Dr. Zeman. No? There doesn't seem to be such a person. Of course not.

He's the product of Dr. Terrell's fevered imagination.

Here they are. And here's the cleaning fluid.

Stay here, Dr. Poyle.

What are you talking about?

Why, these glasses have no lenses.

I don't understand.

When I put them away, the lenses were there.

That is strange.

That's very strange.

Maybe it was solution in this bottle.

I wonder.

I guess Dr. Zenon meant it when he said that he was just loaning me these

glasses for this one particular operation.

Do you expect me to believe there was actually a Dr. Zenon?

Dr. Foyle, I don't know what to expect you to believe.

It all seems so unreal now, and yet it did happen. There was a Dr. Zenon, and

there were glasses.

Does Dr. Zenon really exist?

I don't know.

Does that matter? Do we three standing right here in this room really exist?

Who knows?

The real and the unreal.

Where does one stop and the other begin?

Maybe we're just the figment or product of someone else's fevered imagination.

Someone from another world, perhaps.

Dr. Zenon.

Who knows who Dr. Zenon really is?

Or if he did ever actually exist.

Who knows?

And so we end tonight's tale of tomorrow. Now, don't go away. You'll be

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We're very happy to be able to announce that Tales of Tomorrow has been honored

with a first annual Galaxy Magazine Television Award on the basis of the

shows A Child is Crying and Ahead of His Time. Since Galaxy is one of our leading

science fiction magazines, we're especially proud that it should have

singled out our show for this very great honor.

Next week, Tales of Tomorrow will present Jackie Cooper and Edith Fellows

in the cocoon.

A story of suspense and terror which we guarantee will provide you with 30

minutes of tension and shock.

We feel that The Cocoon will rank high as one of the most unusual stories ever

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