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A military project run by Geoffrey Darrow (John Vernon) tries to put
the plans to build an android based upon the designs of one professor
Vaslovik (Lew Ayres) into action - but something goes wrong, and who knows
what, and the android just refuses to come to life. But he, the titular
Questor (Robert Foxworth) comes to life, only hours later, escapes the
lab, pays a visit to Jerry Robinson (Mike Farrell), one of Vaslovik's
confidants working on the project, and persuades him to help him track
down Vaslovik. Point is, Vaslovik has entrusted him with a mission, but
the mission has been erased from his memory bank. Robinson agrees to help
and the two make it to London, where the one trail Questor has is leading
to Lady Trimble (Dana Wynter), according to all reports a master spy
selling to the highest bidder ... but it turns out Vaslovik had a secret
chamber in her mansion which was pretty much the hub of his operations,
and to which he grants access to Questor. And it's soon found out Questor
was an international do-gooder, and Lady Trimble's activities actually
helped him in his cause. Questor and Robinson are also soon tracked down
to Darrow and brought back to the USA. But there is a problem, Questor has
learned there is a nuclear bomb implanted in his brain if he doesn't make
it to Vaslovik's actual headquarters in 48 hours - and Darrow agrees to
let Robinson and Questor slip to track down Vaslovik's headquarters, but
has a tracking device implanted in Questor's brain. Questor and Robinson
manage to find Vaslovik's place, where they learn that Vaslovik was an
android like Questor, coming from a long line of androids having been sent
to earth to help humankind through its infancy and always making the right
decisions. Questor is the very last in this line, and once his life cycle
comes to an end 200 years from now, humankind will have matured far anough
to look after itself. Darrow has listened in on all of this, and is so
touched by all of this that he gives up his own life helpint Questor and
Robinson escape to go on to good for humankind. As a standalone
1970's TV-movie, The Questor Tapes isn't too bad, really, as it
does feature an original and well-structured story, a few rather
interesting plottwists, a pacifist message, and an eccentric but very
fitting performance by Robert Foxworth. At the same time though it does
feature a few too many "robot who wants to understand human
emotions"-clichées, and a very cheesy ending. However, it seems the
main reason The Questor Tapes did not work as a pilot for a series
is that while it built up a decent mystery, everything is solved in this
one, and the pilot does not hold sufficient suspense to whet one's
appetite for the series. Sure, it's obvious that the thing would be about
an android do-gooder and his human companion, but that does seem rather
feeble in concept - and probably wouldn't have made too good a series
anyways ...
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