Screenplay by TERRY NATION   Directed by PAUL DICKSON     The Champions encounter eerie drama in Wales and defeat a macabre espionage plot.     A message from a top newspaper man, Nichols (J.G. DEVLIN), takes Richard Barrett (WILLIAM GAUNT) to a remote village in Wales. Nichols has stumbled on a remarkable story and needs Richard’s help. The cub reporter who tipped him off has already been killed, and Nichols himself is murdered soon afterwards—but Richard has already learned enough to begin his own investigations.   The sensational clue to the mystery is to be found in a rambling old house which has been taken over as a research centre, now closely guarded. And in the house is the body of General Carl Patterson, one of the most important men in the Pentagon defence team. Very ill, and close to death, he has been abducted, and Nichols has discovered that he is the subject of an experiment in cryobiology—the technique of deep-freezing bodies so that they can be brought to life again later. Whoever is running this research centre seems to have perfected the process.   The research scientist is a girl named Inge Kalmutt (ANN LYNN) and the man forcing her to work on General Patterson is a stranger named Squires (BERNARD LEE). He is holding her father as ransom.   Richard succeeds in getting into the old house, but the terrified Inge betrays his presence. He is overwhelmed by sheer force of numbers and finds himself placed in a container and put through the deep-freezing process. He should be frozen to death in under an hour, but his super-human resistance enables him to stand up to the treatment and break out of the container.   The whole pattern of the eerie drama takes shape as it is revealed that Squires is a man who, in his own words, is selling immortality. The presence of General Patterson’s body is part of a fantastic and macabre espionage plot. Patterson was the one man who knew the entire United States defence system. While alive, he was protected day and night, but there is no security risk involving a dead man. However, if Inge Kalmutt’s experiments are successful, his body can be brought out of the deep freeze and he can be revived sufficiently to make him talk. The government Squires is working for will be very interested...   Meanwhile, Nemesis boss Tremayne (ANTHONY NICHOLLS) has linked the disappearances of Richard and the General, and it’s known that Richard has gone to Wales. Craig Stirling (STUART DAMON) and Sharron (ALEXANDRA BASTEDO) follow him there, and arrive just in time to give Richard a helping hand when he very much needs it.     AN PRODUCTION   Series created by Monty Berman and Dennis Spooner   © Copyright Incorporated Television Co. Ltd. MCMLXVII     Stuart Damon   Alexandra Bastedo   William Gaunt   Anthony Nicholls     Craig Stirling   Sharron Macready   Richard Barrett   Tremayne     Bernard Lee   Ann Lynn   Philip Locke   J.G. Devlin   Gregory Phillips   Christina Taylor   Fredric Abbott     Squires   Inge Kalmutt   Yeats   Frank Nicholls   David Fenton   Lee Rogers   White     Associate Producer   Director of photography   Art director   Editor     Johnny Goodman   Frank Watts   Charles Bishop   Inman Hunter     Musical director   Theme composed by   Post-production supervisor   Production manager   Casting   Stunt arranger     Edwin Astley   Tony Hatch   Philip Aizlewood   Malcolm Chistopher   Anthony Arnell   Bill Sawyer     Sound editor   Sound recordists   Music editor   Associate art director   Set dresser   Construction manager     Rydal Love   Len Abbott, Dave Bowen   Alan Willis   John Graysmark   Brian Rider   Bill Greene     Second unit director   Second unit cameraman   Camera operator   Assistant director   Continuity   Special effects     Ray Austin   Jimmy Harvey   Harry Gillam   Colin Lord   Elizabeth Wilcox   Sid Pearson     Scenic artist   Production buyer   Make-up supervisor   Hairdressing   Wardrobe supervisor   Supervising electrician     A.J. Van Montagu   Sid Palmer   Gerry Fletcher   Michael Jones   Laura Nightingale   Ted Hallows       Made on location and at ASSOCIATED BRITISH ELSTREE STUDIOS ENGLAND.