The Deadly Dolls (Airdate:September 24, 1967) STORYLINE
Puppeteer Professor Multiple stows away and one by one, replaces Seaview's
crew with his dolls which are capable of growing and assuming the men's
physical, if not their complete mental characteristics. Nelson
eventually learns that Multiple is but the mouthpiece for a supercomputer,
which on an information gathering mission, has inadvertently crashed on
Earth, becoming stranded. The machine, through Multiple and his
puppet replacements, seeks to forcibly take Seaview as a new home, as a
hermit crab might appropriate a snail shell.
Written: Charles Bennett Directed: Harry
Harris Guest Cast Professor Multiple...........Vincent
Price Burns..............................Tom
Anthony Puppeteers.................Ronald P. Martin Roy
Raymond Etherington F. Alton Wood Vincent
Price &
company 
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Del Monroe: "The
puppeteers who worked on this episode were wonderful. They
invited us to see a real puppet show after the filming was
over. They used thin wires to make the dolls move and it was
fascinating to see them work. It was a fun episode to
do."

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Mike says: The
episode is loaded with new effects and is cleverly written, in addition to
featuring a delightful performance by Vincent Price as Multiple. At
its core, the story is bona-fide science fiction, something Voyage didn't
dabble in much after season one. All in all, The Deadly Dolls is not
too, too bad, at all.
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Mark says:
The Nelson puppet is one of the greatest guest characters ever seen
in a fantasy show. He pops in and out of view and tries to drive
Admiral Nelson nuts with one-liners. The doll has no sense of social
etiquette or moral responsibility. He’s a "in-your-face" puppet with
attitude, a muppet gone amok. This episode also benefits from a
bizarre sense of humor, the great Vincent Price, a nice working
relationship between Nelson and Crane as they team up to battle the
nasty dolls and a rousing special-effects climax. A genuine
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