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Science Fiction Theatre

Science Fiction Theatre

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Science Fiction Theatre is an American science fiction anthology series that aired in syndication from April 1955 to April 1957. It was produced by Ivan Tors and Maurice Ziv.

StatusEnded
Runtime30m
LanguageEN
First Air DateApr 9, 1955

Episodes

Episode 1 - BeyondE125m

Beyond

Travelling at three times the speed of sound, a test pilot ejects claiming that another craft was about to collide with his.

Apr 9, 1955

Episode 2 - Time Is Just a PlaceE230m

Time Is Just a Place

A man discovers that his next door neighbors are fugitives from the future.

Apr 16, 1955

Episode 3 - Out of NowhereE330m

Out of Nowhere

When Dr. Osbourne discovers bats crashing into the sides of buildings, he figures out that a radar disrupting device is being used by enemy agents.

Apr 23, 1955

Episode 4 - Y.O.R.D.E430m

Y.O.R.D.

An alien spaceship in distress is sending an SOS to personnel at an arctic outpost.

Apr 30, 1955

Episode 5 - Stranger in the DesertE530m

Stranger in the Desert

After meeting a radioactive eagle and a disappearing botanist, two prospectors discover a strange energy source in the desert.

May 7, 1955

Episode 6 - No Food for ThoughtE630m

No Food for Thought

A synthetic nutrient that prolongs the life span of human beings spawns a deadly virus.

May 14, 1955

Episode 7 - The Brain of John EmersonE730m

The Brain of John Emerson

A policeman after discovering that his mind contains all the knowledge of a dead scientist decides to continue the scientist's work.

May 21, 1955

Episode 8 - Spider IncE830m

Spider Inc

A giant spider fossil leads a geologist to discover a method of synthesizing petroleum.

May 28, 1955

Episode 9 - Death at 2 A.M.E930m

Death at 2 A.M.

A scientist uses a strength serum to murder a man who is blackmailing him.

Jun 4, 1955

Episode 10 - Conversation With an ApeE1030m

Conversation With an Ape

A telepathic chimp saves a scientist and his wife when they are confronted by a killer.

Jun 11, 1955

Episode 11 - Marked DangerE1130m

Marked Danger

A space capsule releases a strange green gas that alters a young woman's metabolism.

Jun 18, 1955

Episode 12 - Hour of NightmareE1230m

Hour of Nightmare

Rumors of UFO sitings and human disappearances in a remote section of Mexico draw a man and woman team of magazine photographers to investigate. The police commandante attempts to dissuade them from venturing into the mountains, then, failing that, refers them to a local man to be their guide - the brother of the only person confirmed to have really disappeared. Once among the hills, this trio discovers strange lights in the skies, an abandoned rifle with a grotesquely twisted barrel, something moving in the underbrush...

Jun 25, 1955

Episode 13 - One Hundred Years YoungE1330m

One Hundred Years Young

After a chemist claims to be 200 years old there is an effort to perfect an immortality serum.

Jul 2, 1955

Episode 14 - The Strange Dr. LorenzE1430m

The Strange Dr. Lorenz

A doctor discovers that a honey formula has amazing healing powers.

Jul 9, 1955

Episode 15 - The Frozen SoundE1530m

The Frozen Sound

After a doctor is charge with spying it is learned that a synthetic crystal can record sounds.

Jul 30, 1955

Episode 16 - The Stones Began to MoveE1630m

The Stones Began to Move

An Egyptologist tries to prove that the pyramids were constructed using levitation.

Aug 6, 1955

Episode 17 - The Lost HeartbeatE1730m

The Lost Heartbeat

A scientist needs to construct a mechanical heart or his colleague will die.

Aug 13, 1955

Episode 18 - The World BelowE1830m

The World Below

The survivors of a submarine disaster claim that they saw a city on the sea floor. They, however, are ridiculed by investigators.

Aug 27, 1955

Episode 19 - Barrier of SilenceE1930m

Barrier of Silence

A U.S. scientist working on a top-secret atomic project disappears from a German city. When he reappears two weeks later, he cannot remember anything about what happened to him. He cannot communicate with those around him and appears to be brainwashed.

Sep 3, 1955

Episode 20 - The Negative ManE2030m

The Negative Man

When electrician Vic Murphy is blasted by the electricity of a computer, his intelligence immediately soars beyond genius level and his senses enable him to hear and see things no man has ever before experienced.

Sep 10, 1955

Episode 21 - Dead ReckoningE2130m

Dead Reckoning

On an emergency flight to the Arctic, a pilot runs into a magnetic storm. The crew is forced to use Earth's magnetic fields to escape.

Sep 17, 1955

Episode 22 - A Visit from Dr. PlinyE2230m

A Visit from Dr. Pliny

A man claiming to be from another planet announces that he has a source of power greater than atomic energy. He claims he has come to share the knowledge, but is regarded as an eccentric crack pot.

Sep 24, 1955

Episode 23 - Strange People at PecosE2330m

Strange People at Pecos

Radar expert Jeff Jamison believes that his neighbors are spies from outer space. He becomes more convinced when the neighbor's little girl appears to be unable to feel pain.

Oct 1, 1955

Episode 24 - Dead StorageE2430m

Dead Storage

A baby woolly mammoth is brought to life after being frozen in the Arctic for a half million years. Scientists attempt to discover a means of sustaining its life.

Oct 8, 1955

Episode 25 - The Human EquationE2530m

The Human Equation

A doctor discovers that brutal murders are being caused by fumes from a wheat fungus experiment that produces violent side effects.

Oct 15, 1955

Episode 26 - Target: HurricaneE2630m

Target: Hurricane

When a meteor's plunge into the ocean causes a hurricane that sweeps toward Florida, a meteorologist desperately searches for his son.

Oct 22, 1955

Episode 27 - Water MakerE2730m

Water Maker

A scientist is comes to the desert laboratory of a dead scientist in order to evaluate the scientist's plans to create water in the arid areas of the earth.

Oct 29, 1955

Episode 28 - The UnexploredE2830m

The Unexplored

A woman's telepathic abilities lead her and her husband to a missing biologist.

Nov 5, 1955

Episode 29 - The Hastings SecretE2930m

The Hastings Secret

A scientist is killed by deadly termites in the jungles of Peru. A young couple attempt to complete his experiments on termites that can eat through solid rock.

Nov 12, 1955

Episode 30 - Postcard from BarcelonaE3030m

Postcard from Barcelona

A dead scientist's papers reveal that he had made a deal with aliens to help mankind's progress in science.

Nov 19, 1955

Episode 31 - Friend of a RavenE3130m

Friend of a Raven

A social worker tries to help a deaf-mute boy who can apparantly communicate with animals. When the boy's hearing and speech are restored, he rebels.

Nov 26, 1955

Episode 32 - Beyond ReturnE3230m

Beyond Return

A serum cures a dying woman but turns her into a killer who can change her physical appearance at will.

Dec 3, 1955

Episode 33 - Before the BeginningE3330m

Before the Beginning

Biophysicist Dr. Ken Donaldson uses a photon gun to cure his wife of a mysterious disease.

Dec 10, 1955

Episode 34 - The Long DayE3430m

The Long Day

An experimental rocket creates artificial daylight at night and causes trouble for an ex-con.

Dec 17, 1955

Episode 35 - Project 44E3530m

Project 44

After a crew is chosen for the first flight to Mars trouble arises when the project is continually sabotaged by an astronaut.

Dec 24, 1955

Episode 36 - Are We Invaded?E3630m

Are We Invaded?

A student tries to prove that flying saucers exist. His evidence is debunked until he turns up a photograph that could only have been taken from a distant point in the universe.

Dec 31, 1955

Episode 37 - Sound of MurderE3730m

Sound of Murder

Dr. Tom Matthews uses his scientific knowledge to battle a false charge of murder. The problem is the case against Matthews is strong because Matthews's voice has been identified in compromising situations.

Jan 7, 1956

Episode 38 - Operation FlypaperE3830m

Operation Flypaper

A thief uses a sonic paralyzer to freeze people while he steals scientific secrets.

Jan 14, 1956

Episode 39 - The Other Side of the MoonE3930m

The Other Side of the Moon

A scientist believes that the moon is being used as a nuclear waste dumping ground by creatures from other worlds.

Jan 28, 1956

Actors

Truman Bradley

Truman Bradley

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