Tales of Tomorrow

Season 2

TV-G
"Tales of Tomorrow" was a television anthology science fiction series that was aired live between 3 August 1951 - 12 June 1953 and produced by George F. Foley. The show's success, lead to the production of a radio series in 1953 "Tales of Tomorrow". "Tales of Tomorrow" was developed by Theodore Sturgeon and Mort Abrahamson, together with the membership of the "Science Fiction League of America".

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42 Episodes

  • A Bird in Hand
    E1
    A Bird in HandTwo youngsters discover a talking bird in a zoo and come to the realization that the bird is part of a plot by the animal kingdom to reclaim the world from humans.
  • Thanks
    E2
    ThanksA scientific invention brings glory to a struggling violinist but it also causes him to commit murder.
  • The Seeing Eye Surgeon
    E3
    The Seeing Eye SurgeonWhen a prominent physician dons a pair of eyeglasses he discovers that he can see into the future.
  • The Cocoon
    E4
    The CocoonA group of scientists are trapped inside a house in a remote jungle by hideous invisible creatures.
  • The Chase
    E5
    The ChaseA man arrives at a sea lodge and confesses to a murder but it's later revealed that he's from the future.
  • Youth on Tap (aka: Young Blood)
    E6
    Youth on Tap (aka: Young Blood)A 26 year old man gives a doctor a blood transfusion in return for $1,000 but the process causes the young man to age.
  • Substance X
    E7
    Substance XA young woman goes to her hometown at the behest of a food conglomerate. Her assignment is to discover what the people of the community are using for food after their only food outlet closes. She discovers a scientist who has developed a food substitute called 'Substance X'. Anyone who diets on Substance X is unable to eat normal food from that time on.
  • The Horn
    E8
    The HornA scientist invents a machine that has the power to control human emotions.
  • Double Trouble
    E9
    Double TroubleA writer pens a story about a death ray machine only to discover later that the government actually has such a device.
  • Many Happy Returns (aka: Invaders at Ground Zero)
    E10
    Many Happy Returns (aka: Invaders at Ground Zero)A father discovers that his son and other neighborhood children are being controlled telepathically by an alien.
  • The Tomb of King Tarus
    E11
    The Tomb of King TarusAn archeologist discovers that an ancient king has been able to stay alive for centuries in a tomb deep beneath the Egyptian desert.
  • The Window
    E12
    The WindowA live television program is interrupted by a mysterious signal that shows a murder about to take place.
  • The Camera
    E13
    The CameraA blackmailer discovers a camera that will take pictures 25 years into the future.
  • The Quiet Lady
    E14
    The Quiet LadyA deadly disease covers the earth and its only hope is a little girl.
  • The Invigorating Air
    E15
    The Invigorating AirA young scientist produces a new kind of air which proves to be "invigorating."
  • The Glacier Giant
    E16
    The Glacier GiantA reporter and his damsel sidekick search for a giant reportedly encased in the ice of the Himalayas.
  • The Fatal Flower
    E17
    The Fatal FlowerDoing research in the Brazilian jungle, two biochemists develop a mysterious plant.
  • The Machine
    E18
    The MachineA machine that can foretell the future says that one of a doctor's infant patients will grow up to be a murderer.
  • The Bitter Storm
    E19
    The Bitter StormA man brings back voices and sounds from the Garden of Eden.
  • The Mask of Medusa
    E20
    The Mask of MedusaPerry Mason won't be able to help a killer who takes refuge in a museum where the statues come to life.
  • Conqueror's Isle
    E21
    Conqueror's Isle
  • Discovered Heart
    E22
    Discovered HeartAn alien who's an advance scout for an invasion force arrives at a lighthouse hoping to use its beacon as a signal. A precocious little girl win's the alien's heart and moves the extraterrestrial to surrender his life to prevent invasion.
  • The Picture of Dorian Gray
    E23
    The Picture of Dorian GrayHandsome Dorian Gray never seems to age but the same cannot be said about his portrait.
  • Two Faced
    E24
    Two FacedTo win the love of a woman, a man arranges to have the head of her former lover transplanted onto his body.
  • The Build Box
    E25
    The Build BoxA little boy is the recipient of a strange box from the owner of a gift shop.
  • Another Chance
    E26
    Another ChanceA man is given the chance to live the past seven years of his life over but he makes the same mistakes.
  • The Great Silence
    E27
    The Great SilenceThe nation is hit with an epidemic in which vocal chords are paralyzed but it's actually an alien plot to control the people of the United States.
  • Lonesome Village
    E28
    Lonesome Village
  • The Fury of the Cocoon
    E29
    The Fury of the CocoonMembers of an expedition into the jungle are attacked by invisible blood sucking leaches from outer space.
  • The Squeeze Play
    E30
    The Squeeze PlayA magician hates a reporter so he hypnotizes all the people with whom the newsie comes into contact into forgetting him.
  • Read to Me Herr Doktor
    E31
    Read to Me Herr DoktorAn old professor with failing eyesight builds a robot named Herr Doktor to read him books that he had never had a chance to read when he was younger. The relationship between the professor and the robot is very close. The books that the robot reads give it the desire to be a complete person. Their roles become reversed. The robot begins to demand that the professor read aloud to him. Later, the robot falls in love with the professor's daughter. When she spurns the robot, it learns that the books it has been reading were wrong and it dies of a broken heart.
  • Ghost Writer
    E32
    Ghost WriterA writer discovers to his horror that the events in his short stories are coming true.
  • Past Tense
    E33
    Past TenseA doctor travels back in time in order to extol the virtues of penicillin and save lives but ends up being committed to an insane asylum where he falls ill and dies from a disease which could have been prevented by penicillin.
  • Homecoming
    E34
    HomecomingA pilot returns home after being stranded in the Arctic for five years and discovers that he can only live in cold temperatures.
  • The Rivals
    E35
    The RivalsA new wife finds herself a rival for her husband's affections--his cat.
  • Please Omit Flowers
    E36
    Please Omit FlowersA mortician discovers a serum that induces a death-like sleep.
  • The Evil Within
    E37
    The Evil WithinA scientist creates a formula that unlocks evil. Then his wife unknowingly ingests some of the formula.
  • The Vault
    E38
    The VaultWhile making scientific tests, four people get trapped inside a vault.
  • Ink
    E39
    InkA chemist comes into possession of an ink which has the power to hypnotize all who look at anything written with the substance.
  • The Spider's Web
    E40
    The Spider's WebInhabitants of an island find themselves affected by atomic radiation.
  • Lazarus Walks
    E41
    Lazarus WalksA man gets revived after being declared clinically dead for a short period of time. Then he discovers that he has the ability to detect lies.
  • What Dreams May Come
    E42
    What Dreams May ComeA woman receives telepathic waves that she is about to be murdered.

 

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