Joyce tells her father she is attracted to Randall, so he finds an excuse to keep him around, much to the annoyance of her boyfriend, medical doctor Tony Drake. Groups in other nations start building their own spaceships. Stanton demands the right to select the passengers in exchange for his money, but Hendron insists that he is not qualified to make those choices all he can buy is a seat on the ark. To finance the rest, Hendron meets wheelchair-using business magnate Sidney Stanton. Two wealthy humanitarians arrange for a start to construction and a lease on a former Army proving ground to build an ark. With other scientists scoffing at his claims, his proposal is rejected. He pleads for the construction of " arks" to transport a lucky few to Zyra in the faint hope that humanity can be saved from extinction. Hendron warns the United Nations that the end of the world is little more than eight months away, with a close pass first by Zyra, before Bellus destroys the Earth nineteen days later. Hendron, with the assistance of his daughter Joyce, confirms their worst fears: Bronson has discovered that a rogue star named Bellus, accompanied by an Earth-sized planet named Zyra, is on a collision course with Earth. Pilot David Randall flies top-secret photographs from South African astronomer Dr. In the prologue, quotes from the Book of Genesis are shown and narrated, describing God's decision to wipe out humanity.
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