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COLLECTION · Series · 1962

Out of This World

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.

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* 5.8 (4)FantasyScience FictionUnited Kingdom
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Creators
Irene Shubik
Countries
United Kingdom
Studios
ITV1 · ABC Weekend Television
Runtime
60 min/ep
Release
24/06/1962
Score
5.8 / 10 (4)
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Seasons and episodes
Series 1
14 episodes · 1962
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…

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.

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'?

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.

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?

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.

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.

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…

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…

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.

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…

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.

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…

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'.

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