Character Relationship Map: The Projected Man

Characters

• Dr. Blanchard (played by Norman Wooland) — supporting

  Steiner's institute boss who is blackmailed into demanding a premature presentation. Secretly sabotages the projection machine with acid to ruin the project, but is later murdered by the vengeful Stei...

• Latham (played by Derrick De Marney) — supporting

  An ambitious associate who blackmails Dr. Blanchard to steal credit for Steiner's invention. He secretly sabotages the machine with acid, leading to an explosion, but is ultimately tracked down and ki...

Story Dynamics

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

• Latham → Dr. Blanchard (Conflict Blackmailer) — Latham uses coercion to control Dr. Blanchard's decisions.

  Latham blackmails Dr. Blanchard and demands credit for the projection invention.

Story Analysis

A sabotaged scientific experiment transforms its subject into a lethal figure whose search for electricity culminates in destruction and disappearance.

Plot Progression

1. The Dangerous Invention — Researchers develop a device that can transmit objects across short distances, but living subjects repeatedly die. A technical correction creates hope that the machine may finally work safely.
2. Sabotage Behind the Presentation — Latham blackmails Dr. Blanchard into forcing an early presentation. Acid sabotage causes an explosion, ends the project's funding, and exposes a hidden conspiracy.
3. The Failed Human Transfer — A second attempt is authorized, but the human projection goes to the wrong location. The subject survives in a mutilated and electrically lethal form.
4. Revenge Through Electricity — The transformed subject kills Latham, destroys the institute's power supply, and kills Dr. Blanchard. His need for electricity drives the pursuit toward a power plant.
5. The Burning Laboratory — The pursuit reaches the power plant and then returns to the laboratory. The subject destroys the equipment, is struck by the projection beam, and disappears as the building burns.