Science Fiction Theatre

1955 - 1957

Beyond

Episode 1

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

Time Is Just a Place

16th April 1955

Episode 2

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

Out of Nowhere

23rd April 1955

Episode 3

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.

Y.O.R.D.

30th April 1955

Episode 4

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

Stranger in the Desert

Episode 5

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

No Food for Thought

Episode 6

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

The Brain of John Emerson

Episode 7

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

Spider Inc

Episode 8

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

Death at 2 A.M.

Episode 9

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

Conversation With an Ape

Episode 10

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

Marked Danger

Episode 11

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

Hour of Nightmare

Episode 12

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...

One Hundred Years Young

Episode 13

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

The Strange Dr. Lorenz

Episode 14

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

The Frozen Sound

Episode 15

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

The Stones Began to Move

6th August 1955

Episode 16

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

The Lost Heartbeat

13th August 1955

Episode 17

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

The World Below

27th August 1955

Episode 18

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

Barrier of Silence

3rd September 1955

Episode 19

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.

The Negative Man

10th September 1955

Episode 20

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.

Dead Reckoning

17th September 1955

Episode 21

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.

A Visit from Dr. Pliny

24th September 1955

Episode 22

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.

Strange People at Pecos

1st October 1955

Episode 23

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.

Dead Storage

8th October 1955

Episode 24

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.

The Human Equation

15th October 1955

Episode 25

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

Target: Hurricane

22nd October 1955

Episode 26

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

Water Maker

29th October 1955

Episode 27

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.

The Unexplored

5th November 1955

Episode 28

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

The Hastings Secret

12th November 1955

Episode 29

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.

Postcard from Barcelona

19th November 1955

Episode 30

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

Friend of a Raven

26th November 1955

Episode 31

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.

Beyond Return

3rd December 1955

Episode 32

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

Before the Beginning

10th December 1955

Episode 33

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

The Long Day

17th December 1955

Episode 34

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

Project 44

24th December 1955

Episode 35

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

Are We Invaded?

31st December 1955

Episode 36

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.

Sound of Murder

7th January 1956

Episode 37

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.

Operation Flypaper

14th January 1956

Episode 38

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

The Other Side of the Moon

28th January 1956

Episode 39

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

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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.

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