Aliens Are Like Mirages

Aliens Are Like Mirages
Show	Marvellous Boxes
Webpage	http://www.decoderringtheatre.com/showcase/
Air Date	15 August 2012
Episode Number	6
Episode Length	35 min
Genre	Sci Fi
Director	Gregg Taylor
Writer	Tim Prasil
Music By	[[_]]
Players

This week, our final Marvellous Box opens to reveal a secret from beyond the stars. Is it a gift? A curse? Or nothing more than we make of it? Nothing can be certain when we find that Aliens Are Like Mirages.

Cast of Characters

Pam Doree

Private Eddie Mathis

Dr. Timothy Dusek

Dr. Aaron Wasserman

Dr. Tanaka

Campbell Jarvis

Production Assistant

Plot

Divinity student Pam Doree is made responsible for a box that appears to have been sent to Earth by evangelicals from outer space. The miraculous box offers humanity a means to make the world a more unified place. Of course, such things don’t come without some kind of sacrifice.

Quotes

PAM: So it's not pulling molecules out of us, right?

WASSERMAN: Right! Which is good news!

DUSEK: And what is the basis of your faith, Mr. Jarvis?

JARVIS: Oh, eye-witness accounts and reproducability. The Bible and the scientific method. Mulder and Scully.

Trivia

The story plays with the myth of Pandora's Box. Pam Doree is a variation on Pandora, and Eddie Mathis somewhat parallels Epimetheus.

Dr. Timothy Dusek is a Professor of Theology and Ethics. In Czech, his surname means "soul."

Links

Tim Prasil's blog is at http://timprasil.wordpress.com, and his facebook page is at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tim-Prasil/182195741871176

Episode Page - http://decoderringtheatre.com/index.php?id=2012-08-14_AliensAreLikeMirages&cat=sc

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