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A researcher takes drugs that turn him into a superbeing that wants to convert or destroy the rest of humanity.

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->'''The Control Voice:''' As far back as men have recorded their history, veils have been lowered to disclose a vast new reality — rents in the fabric of Man's awareness. And somewhere, in the endless search of the curious mind, lies the next vision, the next key to his infinite capacity...

A researcher takes drugs that turn him into a superbeing that who wants to convert or destroy the rest of humanity.
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->'''The Control Voice:''' Some success, some failure, but either way the gnawing hunger to know is never sated, and the road to the unknown continues to be dark and strange.

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A researcher takes drugs that turn him into a superbeing that wants to convert or destroy the rest of humanity.

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* MonsterOfTheWeek: The CE drug transforms Roy physically as well as mentally, distorting his facial structure for reasons that are never explained.
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* SuoerStrength: One of the effects of the CE formula.

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* SuoerStrength: SuperStrength: One of the effects of the CE formula.
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* SuoerStrength: One of the effects of the CE formula.
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* JekyllAndHyde: The episode is basically an update of [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde the original story]] for TheSixties.


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* WakingUpAtTheMorgue: Happens to Dr. Akada after he takes the CE drug.
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* TastesLikeChicken: A variation. Roy says that the CE formula is "reminiscent of cucumbers, a characteristic I'm unable to account for, but it's not bad at all.

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* TastesLikeChicken: A variation. Roy says that the CE formula is "reminiscent of cucumbers, a characteristic I'm unable to account for, but it's not bad at all."

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* BittersweetEnding: While our main antagonist is out of the way, the damage has already been done: someone else has taken the drug and now they're in danger of becoming just like him.

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[[caption-width-right:350:An "expanded" Roy prepares to dose Peter. ''"If you'd care to sample this, I promise you'll be charmed with its effect.... it will lead you into a world whose glory is magnificently beyond anything you've ever known."'']]
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* BittersweetEnding: TastesLikeChicken: A variation. Roy says that the CE formula is "reminiscent of cucumbers, a characteristic I'm unable to account for, but it's not bad at all.
* WhatNowEnding:
While our main antagonist Roy is out of the way, the damage has already been done: someone else Peter has taken been forced to take the drug and now they're in danger of becoming just like him.will presumably begin his own "expansion" soon.
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* BittersweetEnding: While our main antagonist is out of the way, the damage has already been done: someone else has taken the drug and now they're in danger of becoming just like him.

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