Kolchak: The Night Stalker: They Have Been, They Are, They Will Be...

"They Have Been, They Are, They Will Be..." is the third episode of the supernatural mystery series Kolchak: The Night Stalker. It was directed by Allen Baron with a teleplay written by Rudolph Borchert based on a story concept developed by Dennis Clark. It first aired on ABC on Friday, September 27th, 1974 at 8:00 pm.

Notes & Trivia

 * Kolchak: The Night Stalker was created by Jeff Rice.


 * "They Have Been, They Are, They Will Be", "They Have Been, They Are, They Will Be...", Kolchak: They Have Been, They Are, They Will Be", and "Kolchak: The Night Stalker: They Have Been, They Are, They Will Be" all redirect to this page.


 * When this episode aired in syndication, it was titled "U.F.O.".


 * This episode is included on disc one of the Classic Television: Kolchak: The Night Stalker DVD collection.


 * Series creator Jeffrey Grant Rice is credited as Jeff Rice in this episode.


 * This is the final episode of the show to air in September, 1974. The first three episodes of the series all air during this month.

Allusions

 * The title of this episode is a take from a quote from the short story "The Dunwich Horror," by H.P. Lovecraft. The full line goes: "The Old Ones were, the Old Ones are, and the Old Ones shall be. Not in the spaces we know, but between them, They walk serene and primal, undimensioned and to us unseen."

Quotes

 * Carl Kolchak: I knew this one was more than just the biggest story of my life. It was the biggest story in the lives of everyone on this planet. I fought for the story, fought harder than ever before, because I knew it was more than news - much more. I felt people should know about it, so they could be prepared when it happened again. If it's possible to be prepared for something like this.

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 * Carl Kolchak: Why, you look absolutely radiant! Now, there's only one thing that puts that kind of sparkle in a woman's eye.

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 * Carl Kolchak: They tried to make a little park out of the woods near Snake Rock - daffodils, tulips - but they couldn't get anything to grow. There was an area shaped like a saucer at the bottom. If you want to see it, you'll have to hurry. Our park commission decided overnight to do extensive reclamation work in that particular spot. They're filling it in with concrete. What happened? It's all a point of view, really. A traveler has a breakdown, stops to fix it, gets a road map, has a bite to eat and goes on his way - it's happened to all of us. This traveler happened to be light years off his course, instead of miles. As for me? Well, I haven't heard from the boys in the sedan - yet.