Out of This World

(uk) season 1

"Out of This World" was a hosted science fiction anthology television series with Boris Karloff as host, screening on ITV - Independent Television (UK). The series of thirteen episodes ran from 7 July 1962 until 22 September 1962. The story "Dumb Martian" was intended to be screened on "Out of this World", but as actually screened as an episode of "Armchair Theatre".

Where to Watch (uk) season 1

14 Episodes

  • Dumb Martian
    E1
    Dumb MartianAn 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.
  • The Yellow Pill
    E2
    The Yellow PillPsychiatrist John Frame is asked by police to examine a man, 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.
  • Little Lost Robot
    E3
    Little Lost RobotIn 2039, robots cater to every human need, following the "prime directive" not to harm humans. However, when a robot that's been deprogrammed to disregard the directive gets lost amid a crowd of identical machines, a "robopsychologist" is employed to help try and identify it.
  • Cold Equations
    E4
    Cold EquationsLee Cross is a teenage stowaway on a rocket ship hoping to see her brother on another planet. However, her extra mass was obviously not accounted for, leaving the ship with not enough fuel to reach its destination.
  • Impostor
    E5
    ImpostorEarth is at war with the Outspacers. Security officer Maj. 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?
  • Botany Bay
    E6
    Botany BayBill 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.
  • Medicine Show
    E7
    Medicine ShowA medicine show revisits a small American town this time under new ownership. The new owners require seeds as payment in return for miracle cures.
  • Pictures Don't Lie
    E8
    Pictures Don't LieRadio research worker 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?
  • Vanishing Act
    E9
    Vanishing ActEdgar 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.
  • Divided We Fall
    E10
    Divided We FallIt's 2033 and Eddy the world's most respected supercomputer is detecting strange rebellious thoughts in 'The Syns' which are synthetic human beings.
  • The Dark Star
    E11
    The Dark StarA 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.
  • Immigrant
    E12
    ImmigrantBishop 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.
  • Target Generation
    E13
    Target GenerationA 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.
  • The Tycoons
    E14
    The TycoonsOscar 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 of (uk) season 1

  • Boris Karloff

 

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