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Number	846
Timeline	1897
Narrator	Louis Edmonds
Writer	Violet Welles
Director	Lela Swift
Broadcast	October 7, 1969 (Tuesday)
Recorded	September 25, 1969 (Thursday)
Video	Complete: Disc 88 Collection 16: Disc 4

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Count Petofi, now inhabiting Quentin's body, attempts to fit in at Collinwood without anyone noticing.

Synopsis

Collinwood at the turn of the century. On this night Count Petofi has arranged a horrifying substitution. He has trapped the mind of Quentin Collins in his own ungainly body. To everyone who looks at him this man is Quentin Collins, but in fact the mind within is that of the evil Count Petofi.

Quentin (Petofi) attempts to fit in at Collinwood without anyone noticing. Edward plans to marry Kitty. Petofi (Quentin) tries to convince Edward that he is really Quentin; Edward does not believe him. Aristede finds a woman to test the I Ching wands; shortly after entering the trance she turns into a skeleton.

Memorable quotes

Edward (to Trask): Blast your ledger! You can't run Collinwood like a boarding school!

Edward: What is it? Is there something wrong?

Quentin (in Petofi's body): Something is terribly wrong. Edward… I am Quentin. (Edward pours a drink.) Do you hear me? I am Quentin! Edward, you can forget about the brandy.

Edward: I assure you, if you were Quentin, you wouldn’t forget about the brandy.

Wanda: It sounds coo-coo, goin' through a door that ain't there.

Dramatis personae

David Selby as Quentin Collins / Andreas Petofi
Thayer David as Andreas Petofi / Quentin Collins
Louis Edmonds as Edward Collins
Jerry Lacy as Gregory Trask
Michael Stroka as Aristede
Karen Lynn as Wanda Paisley

Background information and notes

Production

Only appearance of Karen Lynn as Wanda Paisley.

Story

The Hampshire holdings take up half the county.
Wanda throws the I-Ching wands to show the 34th hexagram (White, White, Black, Black, Black, Black), representing vigor. She sees death and is reduced into a skeleton.
INTERNAL MONOLOGUE: Count Petofi: New eyes; Quentin: He's got to know me now.
TIMELINE: Aristede is to bring someone to the cottage in two hours to enter into an I-Ching trance.

Bloopers and continuity errors

When Wanda throws the I Ching wands, all six sticks seem to land black-side-up. However, when Quentin rearranges the sticks, only four of the six sticks are now black side up.
As Wanda goes into a trance, there is a cough heard offstage.
When Wanda dies, her skeleton appears with glass eyes and a wig; while a wig is possible (if Wanda were bald, for example), it seems rather farfetched that she had glass eyes. Also, the wig hair is black - Wanda's hair was brown.
When Quentin and Edward are in the drawing room discussing Edward marrying Lady Hampshire, there is a loud noise offstage.

External Links

Dark Shadows - Episode 857 on the IMDb

Dark Shadows Every Day - Episode 857 - All of Him

The Dark Shadows Daybook - Episode 857

@@ Line 4: / Line 4: @@
 |timeline= [[1897]]
 |narrator= [[Louis Edmonds]]
-|writer= [[Violet Wells]]
+|writer= [[Violet Welles]]
 |director= [[Lela Swift]]
 |airdate= [[Template:October 7|October 7]], [[1969 productions|1969]]<br><small>(Tuesday)</small>
@@ Line 23: / Line 23: @@
 == Memorable quotes ==
+: '''Edward''' (to Trask): Blast your ledger! You can't run Collinwood like a boarding school!
+----
+: '''Edward''': What is it? Is there something wrong?
+: '''Quentin''' (in Petofi's body): Something is terribly wrong. Edward… I am Quentin. (Edward pours a drink.) Do you hear me? I am Quentin! Edward, you can forget about the brandy.
+: '''Edward''': I assure you, if you were Quentin, you wouldn’t forget about the brandy.
+----
+: '''Wanda''': It sounds coo-coo, goin' through a door that ain't there.
 == Dramatis personae ==
@@ Line 36: / Line 43: @@
 === Production ===
+* Only appearance of Karen Lynn as Wanda Paisley.
 === Story ===
-* The [[Hampshire]] Holdings take up half the county.
+* The [[Gerald Soames|Hampshire]] holdings take up half the county.
-* [[Wanda Paisley|Wanda]] throws the [[I-Ching]] wands to show the 34th hexagram (White, White, Black, Black, Black, Black) representing vigor. She sees death and is reduced into a skeleton.
+* [[Wanda Paisley|Wanda]] throws the [[I-Ching]] wands to show the 34th hexagram (White, White, Black, Black, Black, Black), representing vigor. She sees death and is reduced into a skeleton.
 * '''[[INTERNAL MONOLOGUE]]''': [[Andreas Petofi|Count Petofi]]: New eyes; [[Quentin Collins|Quentin]]: He's got to know me now.
 * '''[[TIMELINE]]''': [[Aristede]] is to bring someone to the [[cottage]] in two hours to enter into an I-Ching trance.
@@ Line 46: / Line 54: @@
 == Bloopers and continuity errors ==
-* When [[Wanda Paisley|Wanda]] throws the [[I-Ching sticks]], all six sticks seem to land black-side-up. However, when [[Quentin Collins|Quentin]] rearranges the sticks, only four of the six sticks are now black side up.
+* When [[Wanda Paisley|Wanda]] throws the [[I Ching]] wands, all six sticks seem to land black-side-up. However, when [[Quentin Collins|Quentin]] rearranges the sticks, only four of the six sticks are now black side up.
+* As Wanda goes into a trance, there is a cough heard offstage.
+* When Wanda dies, her skeleton appears with glass eyes and a wig; while a wig is possible (if Wanda were bald, for example), it seems rather farfetched that she had glass eyes. Also, the wig hair is black - Wanda's hair was brown.
+* When Quentin and Edward are in the drawing room discussing Edward marrying Lady Hampshire, there is a loud noise offstage.
+==External Links ==
+[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0911274/?ref_=tt_ep_nx Dark Shadows - Episode 857 on the IMDb]
+[https://darkshadowseveryday.com/2016/05/05/episode-857/ Dark Shadows Every Day - Episode 857 - All of Him]
+[http://www.collinsporthistoricalsociety.com/2017/09/the-dark-shadows-daybook-september-25.html The Dark Shadows Daybook - Episode 857]