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Out of This World

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.

Jun 24, 19621 seasons14 episodesEndedEN

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Boris Karloff

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Seasons

Series 1

14 episodes

Premiered Jun 24, 1962

Episodes

1–6 of 14

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Ep 1

Dumb Martian

Jun 24, 1962

60m

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.

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Ep 2

The Yellow Pill

Jun 30, 1962

60m

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.

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Ep 3

Little Lost Robot

Jul 7, 1962

60m

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

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Ep 4

Cold Equations

Jul 14, 1962

60m

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.

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Ep 5

Impostor

Jul 21, 1962

60m

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?

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Ep 6

Botany Bay

Jul 28, 1962

60m

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.

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