Out of the Unknown

Season 1, Episode 12: The Midas Plague

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The Future is bright for most of society: robot labour and free energy make the creation of goods easy and automatic. But the disadvantaged of this Golden Age are those who have to stem the inexorable tide of robot-manufactured goods; they are continually supplied with more things than they can possibly consume. Is there any way for a 'poor' man to get off this treadmill of consumption?

All Episodes - Season 1

No Place Like Earth
Episode 1
No Place Like Earth
 The Counterfeit Man
Episode 2
The Counterfeit Man
 Stranger in the Family
Episode 3
Stranger in the Family
 The Dead Past
Episode 4
The Dead Past
 Time In Advance
Episode 5
Time In Advance
 Come Buttercup, Come Daisy, Come... ?
Episode 6
Come Buttercup, Come Daisy, Come... ?
 Sucker Bait
Episode 7
Sucker Bait
 The Fox and the Forest
Episode 8
The Fox and the Forest
 Andover and the Android
Episode 9
Andover and the Android
 Some Lapse of Time
Episode 10
Some Lapse of Time
 Thirteen to Centaurus
Episode 11
Thirteen to Centaurus
 The Midas Plague
Episode 12
The Midas Plague
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