The Outer Limits (TV Series)

The Duplicate Man (1964)

Ivy Bethune: Miss Thorsen

Quotes 

• Henderson James : How long... how long are duplicates permitted to live? S'pose one is created ats, say at, uh, 7:00?

  Miss Thorsen : Midnight, whether its mission has been completed or not. It can be programmed to return to its original in less time, but in any case it must be destroyed within five hours

  Henderson James : The reaon, as I understand it, is the possibility of the duplicate becoming too aware of... of what he is.

  Miss Thorsen : Reconstitution of memory. Contacts, association, stimuli - every experience triggers more memories.

  Henderson James : And the more people he talks to, the more... aware he, uh... becomes.

  Miss Thorsen : Exactly. In time the memory would be fully reestablished as in the original. He becomes human, and aware. Conditions then become chaotic. There have been several cases where it was not the duplicate who was destroyed.