History Recap / TheOuterLimits1995S3E7TheCamp

* ThemeNaming: Almost all of the former slaves have given names which are derived from Hebrew such as Rebecca, Tali, David, Isaac, Caleb, Ruth and Joshua. This is in keeping with the storyline's resonance with the Literature/BookOfExodus. Exceptions to the theme include Alex and Henry.

* ThemeNaming: Almost all of the former slaves have given names which are derived from Hebrew such as Rebecca, Tali, David, Isaac, Caleb, Ruth and Joshua. This is in keeping with the storyline's resonance with the Literature/BookOfExodus. Exceptions to the theme include Alex and Henry.

* TheSpeechless: Prisoner 98843's daughter, who is apparently mute.

* SlaveRace: Humans have been enslaved for twelve generations and are imprisoned in concentration camps where they manufacture spaceship fuel. The camps are overseen by androids (with the appearance of humans) and the humans are identified by serial numbers.

* SlaveLiberation: The surviving humans are held as slaves for the "New Masters", an alien species that long ago conquered Earth. One of them discovers the overseers who run their camp are actually androids, and breaking down due to age. She then manages to lead a successful slave revolt.

* SkeleBot9000: The Commandant and the other camp overseers are androids who have a dermal layer fitted over their endoskeletons. This layer is organic and ages over time like human skin but it can be replaced. With every complete replacement, the relevant android assumes a new identity. The Commandant reveals to Prisoner 98843 that the previous ten camp commandants were all him.

* ShroudedInMyth: None of the human slaves have ever seen one of the New Masters, the alien race that had conquered Earth twelve generations earlier. During an uprising two generations earlier, one man caught a glimpse of the world outside the huge wall that surrounds the camp and supposedly told the father of Prisoner 91777 what he saw: scorched Earth, black steel and New Masters everywhere. The New Masters were alleged to be three times the size of a human with four arms and razor teeth. The Commandant reveals that the New Masters had abandoned Earth 100 years earlier, meaning that they were gone by the time of the uprising. After another, more successful uprising, the slaves open the gate and see that the landscape is lush and green.

* ShroudedInMyth: None of the human slaves have ever seen one of the New Masters, the alien race that conquered Earth twelve generations earlier. During an uprising two generations earlier, one man caught a glimpse of the world outside the huge wall that surrounds the camp and supposedly told the father of Prisoner 91777 what he saw: scorched Earth, black steel and New Masters everywhere. The New Masters were alleged to be three times the size of a human with four arms and razor teeth. The Commandant reveals that the New Masters abandoned Earth 100 years earlier, meaning that they were gone by the time of the uprising. After another, more successful uprising, the slaves open the gate and see that the landscape is lush and green.

* OralTradition: The Elders in the concentration camp have passed on the stories of what life was like before the New Masters conquered Earth for twelve generations.

* OctopoidAliens: The Commandant keeps a sharrak, an alien creature resembling a giant squid that can split its tentacles in two, at the titular concentration camp. On occasion, he feeds disruptive prisoners to it. The sharrak is itself a food source as the New Masters consider it a delicacy.

* NoNameGiven: None of the characters in the episode are named. The android overseers seemingly don't have names, while the human slaves are referred to by serial numbers. [[SubvertedTrope However]], two of the slaves are given the names Tali and Alex in the sequel "Promised Land".

* NoNameGiven: None of the characters in the episode are named. The android overseers seemingly don't have names, while the human slaves are referred to by serial numbers. [[SubvertedTrope However]], two of the slaves are given the names Tali and Alex in the sequel "Promised Land".

* LesCollaborateurs: {{Played with}}. The prisoners believe that the overseers are humans who are collaborating with the New Masters. In fact, they are androids who have run the camp for its entire twelve generation existence. When Prisoner 98843 begins working with the Commandant, the other inmates shun her as they regard her as a collaborator. However, she proves her loyalty when she tells them of the overseers' android status and that they are severely weakened due to having gone decades without repairs. She then urges them to fight back, which leads to a successful slave revolt.

* BornIntoSlavery: Earth was conquered by the Tsal-Khan (otherwise known as the New Masters) twelve generations earlier, meaning that eleven generations of camp inmates were born into slavery.

-->'''The Control Voice:''' Of all the needs which drive us: hunger, thirst, desire... perhaps the most powerful is the simple need to be free.

A man called Prisoner 91777 is chosen as the new Elder. To honor their deal, the Commandant takes 98843 and 91777 to a pool with a giant squid-like monster called a sharrak and hands 91777 a machete. The creature attacks them until 91777 chops off one of its tentacles. The Commandant allows them to keep the tentacle to feed their people.

At the feast, 91777 notes that there are fewer guards than before. He and a few others talk about how they have never actually seen the New Masters in person. In the past, his father participated in a failed uprising. One man managed to look over the wall and described it as scorched earth, black steel and New Masters everywhere. They are supposedly three times the size of a human with four arms and huge fangs.

Prisoner 98843 is called back to the Commandant’s office and in the confusion, one of the prisoners sneaks away and tries to climb over the wall. The Commandant reveals to 98843 that he and the rest of guards are really androids that are starting to break down because they have not received maintenance in decades. He orders her to help repair them, threatening to feed her daughter to the sharrak if she does not. She repairs them by gleaning parts from androids that have ceased to function. She is allowed to live separate from the other prisoners and is given a uniform like the guards to replace her rags. Even though she is able to secure more food and privileges for the prisoners, they, especially her lover, shun her as a traitor, thinking she is selling her body to the Commandant and the guards and not believing her explanation of what is really going on.

She begins to notice that the spaceship fuel never actually gets shipped outside of the camp. The Commandant reveals that if the androids can no longer function well enough to hold the camp or if the New Masters deem the camp unnecessary, they will issue Procedure 7, a purging of the camp. The prisoners are lined up and the one who climbed is missing. The Elder claims he is sick and 98843 checks his bed and pretends to confirm it. However, the guards bring out his corpse and reveal they stopped him from climbing the wall. As punishment for lying to him, the Commandant orders the guards to kill her daughter, but 98843 rips his head right off his shoulders, proving to everyone that he was an android. The head angrily orders the guards to start Procedure 7 and kill them all, but she tells the prisoners that the guards are not invincible and to fight back. They attack the guards and tear them to pieces, though they take several casualties. Afterwards, 98843 explains the the androids were so old that their bodies had become fragile.

She begins to notice that the spaceship fuel never actually gets shipped outside of the camp. The Commandant reveals that if the androids can no longer function well enough to hold the camp or if the New Masters deem the camp unnecessary, they will issue Procedure 7, a purging of the camp. The prisoners are lined up and the one who climbed is missing. The Elder claims he is sick and 98843 checks his bed and pretends to confirm it. However, the guards bring out his corpse and reveal they stopped him from climbing the wall. As punishment for lying to him, the Commandant orders the guards to kill her daughter, but 98843 rips his head right off his shoulders, proving to everyone that he was an android. The head angrily orders the guards to start Procedure 7 and kill them all, but she tells the prisoners that the guards are not invincible and to fight back. They attack the guards and tear them to pieces, though they take several casualties.

Before the Commandant's head runs out of power, they ask him what is on the other side of the walls. He admits that he doesn't know. As far as he knows, the New Masters left Earth about a hundred years ago and he has not received any communication from them. He maintained the camp regimen simply because those were his orders. The now free humans open the gates to find the landscape is lush and green.

She begins to notice that the spaceship fuel never actually gets shipped outside of the camp. The Commandant reveals that if the androids can no longer function well enough to hold the camp or if the New Masters deem the camp unnecessary, they will issue Procedure 7, a purging of the camp. The prisoners are lined up and the one who climbed is missing. The Elder claims he is sick and 98843 checks his bed and pretends to confirm it. However, the guards bring out his corpse and reveal they stopped him from climbing the wall. As punishment for lying to him, the Commandant orders the guards to kill her daughter, but 98843 rips his head right off his shoulders, proving to everyone that he was an android. She tells the prisoners that the guards are not invincible and to fight back. They attack the guards and tear them to pieces.

At the feast, 91777 notes that there are fewer guards that before. He and a few others talk about how they have never actually seen the New Masters in person. In the past, his father participated in a failed uprising. One man managed to look over the wall and described it as scorched earth, black steel and New Masters everywhere. They are supposedly three times the size of a human with four arms and huge fangs.

The Commandant reveals to 98843 that he and the rest of guards are really androids that are starting to break down because they have not received maintenance in decades. He orders her to help repair them, threatening to feed her daughter to the sharrak if she does not. She repairs them by gleaning parts from androids that have ceased to function. She is allowed to live separate from the other prisoners and is given a uniform like the guards to replace her rags. Even though she is able to secure more food and privileges for the prisoners, they, especially her lover, shun her as a traitor, thinking she is selling her body to the Commandant and the guards and not believing her explanation of what is really going on.

She begins to notice that the spaceship fuel never actually gets shipped outside of the camp. Eventually, the Commandant decides to issue Procedure 7, a purging of the camp. When he and the guards line up the prisoners to begin the purge, 98843 rips his head right off his shoulders, proving to everyone that he was an android. She tells the prisoners that the guards are not invincible and to fight back. They attack the guards and tear them to pieces.

In a concentration camp surrounded by high walls, an Elder tells his fellow prisoners the story of how they came to be there. Twelve generations ago, an alien race came to Earth and wiped out most of humanity, trapping the rest in this concentration camp, where they are put to work manufacturing spaceship fuel. He tells the children that their birthright is outside the prison and scorns their human guards who collaborate with the aliens. For this show of disrespect, the guards drag him away.

At the feast, 91777 notes that there are fewer guards that before. He and a few others talk about how they have never actually seen the aliens in person. In the past, his father participated in a failed uprising. One man managed to look over the wall and described it as scorched earth and aliens three times the size of a human with four arms and huge fangs.

In a concentration camp surrounded by high walls, an elder tells his fellow prisoners the story of how they came to be there.