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 was introduced by the actor Boris Karloff. Many of the episodes were adaptations of stories by science fiction 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 series Out of the Unknown.
Out of This World (Season 1)
Dumb Martian (Episode 1)
Air date: 1962-06-24
Runtime: 60 min
The Yellow Pill (Episode 2)
Writer: Leon Griffiths
Air date: 1962-06-30
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Psychiatrist 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 (Episode 3)
Air date: 1962-07-07
Runtime: 60 min
Cold Equations (Episode 4)
Air date: 1962-07-14
Runtime: 60 min
Impostor (Episode 5)
Air date: 1962-07-21
Runtime: 60 min
Botany Bay (Episode 6)
Air date: 1962-07-28
Runtime: 60 min
Medicine Show (Episode 7)
Air date: 1962-08-04
Runtime: 60 min
Pictures Don't Lie (Episode 8)
Air date: 1962-08-11
Runtime: 60 min
Vanishing Act (Episode 9)
Air date: 1962-08-18
Runtime: 60 min
Divided We Fall (Episode 10)
Air date: 1962-08-25
Runtime: 60 min
The Dark Star (Episode 11)
Air date: 1962-09-01
Runtime: 60 min
Immigrant (Episode 12)
Air date: 1962-09-08
Runtime: 60 min
Target Generation (Episode 13)
Air date: 1962-09-15
Runtime: 60 min
The Tycoons (Episode 14)
Air date: 1962-09-22
Runtime: 60 min
Seasons
Episodes 14