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Out of This World

5.81962Ended1 season

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Out of This World is a British science fiction anthology television series made by ABC Television and broadcast in 1962. A spin-off from the popular anthology series Armchair Theatre, each episode is introduced by actor Boris Karloff. Many episodes are adaptations of stories by sci-fi writers including Isaac Asimov, Philip K. Dick and Clifford D. Simak. The series is generally seen as a precursor to the BBC science fiction anthology Out of the Unknown.

About the series

Out of This World is a British science fiction anthology television series made by ABC Television and broadcast in 1962. A spin-off from the popular anthology series Armchair Theatre, each episode is introduced by actor Boris Karloff. Many episodes are adaptations of stories by sci-fi writers including Isaac Asimov, Philip K. Dick and Clifford D. Simak. The series is generally seen as a precursor to the BBC science fiction anthology Out of the Unknown.

Created by: Irene Shubik
Network: ITV1
Episodes: 14

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Episodes

Season

1

Episode 1

Dumb Martian

1962-06-24 60 min

An Earthman on a solo tour of duty on one of Jupiter's moons buys a Martian woman as a companion. He mistreats her, assuming her to be just a 'dumb Martian'. He learns, to his cost, that she has more intelligence than he gives her credit for.

2

Episode 2

The Yellow Pill

1962-06-30 60 min

Psychiatrist John Frame is asked by police to examine Michael Connor, who claims to have come from another time. Frame is startled when Connor demonstrates an extraordinary and intimate knowledge of Frame's private life.

3

Episode 3

Little Lost Robot

1962-07-07 60 min

When a robot is expected to obey every command, what does it do when a technician tells it to 'get lost'?

4

Episode 4

Cold Equations

1962-07-14 60 min

Lee Cross is a teenage stowaway on a rocket ship, hoping to see her brother on another planet. However, her extra mass was obviously unaccounted for, leaving the ship with not enough fuel to reach its destination.

5

Episode 5

Impostor

1962-07-21 60 min

Earth is at war with the Outspacers. Major Peters believes that an Outspace robot bomb is masquerading as top scientist Roger Carter. Condemned to death, a horrified Carter tries desperately to prove his innocence — or is Peters right?

6

Episode 6

Botany Bay

1962-07-28 60 min

Bill Sheridan believes that the patients at the criminally insane institute he works for are being controlled by aliens. After killing one of 'the possessed', he finds himself in the same institute, this time as a patient.

7

Episode 7

Medicine Show

1962-08-04 60 min

A travelling medicine show revisits a small American town, this time under new ownership. The new owners require seeds as payment in return for miracle cures.

8

Episode 8

Pictures Don't Lie

1962-08-11 60 min

Radio researcher Nathen picks up signals coming from a spaceship hovering near Earth and succeeds in communicating with his 'opposite number' aboard the ship. Speech and pictures are received showing that the occupants are humanoid – and friendly. But can they trust us?

9

Episode 9

Vanishing Act

1962-08-18 60 min

Edgar Brocklebank, a third rate conjurer, becomes a sensation after buying the vanishing trick box from the estate of the 'Great Vorg', a once famous magician. However, what Edgar can't explain is exactly where his assistants or objects are going once they have entered the box — as they don't return.

10

Episode 10

Divided We Fall

1962-08-25 60 min

In 2033, Eddy, the world's most respected supercomputer, detects strange rebellious thoughts in 'The Syns', which are synthetic human beings.

11

Episode 11

The Dark Star

1962-09-01 60 min

A mysterious disease is sweeping through London, giving its victims superhuman strength in the early stages. Most alarmingly, however, it seems to be selecting targets, with each link in the chain leading a step higher in status. Where will it end and how did it start? Scotland Yard chiefs and scientist Dr Howard must find out-fast.

12

Episode 12

Immigrant

1962-09-08 60 min

Bishop is sent to investigate the planet Kimon, which selects only the brightest as immigrants, who make great wealth to send back to their families — but the immigrants themselves are never seen again.

13

Episode 13

Target Generation

1962-09-15 60 min

A belief handed down through the centuries that when the Tremor comes it signifies the beginning of the End; a community where reading is heresy; and a letter marked 'to be opened only in an emergency'. These elements come together for Jon Hoff who can read and must decides whether the beginning of the End is enough.

14

Episode 14

The Tycoons

1962-09-22 60 min

Oscar Raebone, a keen tax avoidance investigator for the Inland Revenue, is sent to look into the affairs of a company making novelties. He finds a strange group there calling themselves 'The Tycoons'.

Cast

Boris Karloff

Boris Karloff

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