Doctor Xenon

 was a character featured in the 1950s television series Tales of Tomorrow. Played by actor Joseph Holland, he appeared in the first episode of season two, "Seeing-Eye Surgeon".

Biography
Little is known about the true history of Doctor Xenon, including his real name. Stories of Doctor Xenon have circulated throughout the medical community of Western Europe for decades and there are many who believe that he was just something of an urban legend and never actually existed at all.

In 1952, a man calling himself Doctor Xenon came to the office of Doctor Bob Tyrell. He knew that Tyrell and his colleague Doctor Foyle were scheduled to perform a risky operation on a man named Professor Ross, a famed nuclear physicist. Xenon expressed great interest in the surgerey and expressed the importance of its success. To help Doctor Tyrell in his work, he lent him a pair of specially-designed spectacles that allowed him to perceive things on the cellular level. With the aid of these glasses, Tyrell was able to successfully perform the operation.

Doctor Xenon disappeared and nobody ever heard from him again.

Notes & Trivia

 * The character of was created by Michael Blair and Ed Dooley.


 * Doctor Xenon introduced himself as a graduate of Reisberg University in Munich, but it is unclear whether this was actually true or not.