Character Relationship Map: Doppelgänger

Characters

• Colonel Glenn Ross (played by Roy Thinnes) — protagonist
• John Kane (played by Ian Hendry) — protagonist
• Jason Webb (played by Patrick Wymark) — supporting
• Mark Neuman (played by George Sewell) — supporting

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Jason Webb → John Kane (Professional Scientific Mission Supervisor)

  Webb oversees the mission for which Kane is selected as EUROSEC astrophysicist.

• Mark Neuman → Jason Webb (Professional Security Colleague)

  Neuman serves as Security Chief, while Webb is the EUROSEC director involved in responding to Ross's return and the mission's aftermath.

• Jason Webb → Colonel Glenn Ross (Professional Mission Director)

  Jason Webb helps authorize the mission and assigns Colonel Glenn Ross to the crewed expedition.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Mark Neuman → John Kane (Unknown Postmission Investigator)

  Neuman participates in questioning the returning crew, and Kane's death and examination become part of the investigation into what happened.

• Mark Neuman → Colonel Glenn Ross (Conflict Interrogator)

  Mark Neuman questions Ross after the damaged spacecraft returns, while Ross denies that he aborted the mission.

• Colonel Glenn Ross → John Kane (Alliance Mission Teammate)

  EUROSEC assigns Colonel Glenn Ross and Dr John Kane to the crewed mission, and they travel together aboard Phoenix.

Story Analysis

A space mission becomes a tragic encounter with a mirrored Earth whose reality destroys both evidence and identity.

Plot Progression

1. A Planet Behind the Sun
2. The Journey Beyond Earth
3. The Crash and False Return
4. The Mirror Earth Revealed
5. The Fatal Return Attempt