A psychoanalyst, Dr. Robert Harrison, is called on by the government to treat a noted atomic physicist, Dr. Kirk Allen, who believes that he lives in two separate worlds—on Earth as a scientist in a government research laboratory, and on another planet where he is the dominant authority and has powers of telepathy and teleportation.

The story concerns Dr. Harrison's "adventure into outer space" as he "becomes too involved in the other world of his patient.

[5][6] An extended version of the story was published in 1955 as part of Lindner's book, The Fifty-Minute Hour.

[7] The teleplay was broadcast on November 14, 1957, as part of the second season of the anthology television series, Playhouse 90.

"[11] In The New York Times, critic Jack Gould found the production to be in "rather questionable taste" as it shifted moods from playful satiric humor to serious issues of psychiatry and the depiction of the scientist as a troubled human being.

Gould concluded: "Mixing psychiatry and comedy calls for a surer and subtler touch than was evidenced last night.