
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 is introduced by actor Boris Karloff. Many episodes are adaptations of stories by sci-fi 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 Out of the Unknown.
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Air Date: 1962-06-24
An Earthman on a solo tour of duty on one of Jupiter's moons buys a Martian woman as a companion. He mistreats her, a...
Air Date: 1962-06-30
Psychiatrist John Frame is asked by police to examine Michael Connor, who claims to have come from another time. Fram...
Air Date: 1962-07-07
When a robot is expected to obey every command, what does it do when a technician tells it to 'get lost'?
Air Date: 1962-07-14
Lee Cross is a teenage stowaway on a rocket ship, hoping to see her brother on another planet. However, her extra mas...
Air Date: 1962-07-21
Earth is at war with the Outspacers. Major Peters believes that an Outspace robot bomb is masquerading as top scienti...
Air Date: 1962-07-28
Bill Sheridan believes that the patients at the criminally insane institute he works for are being controlled by alie...
Air Date: 1962-08-04
A travelling medicine show revisits a small American town, this time under new ownership. The new owners require seed...
Air Date: 1962-08-11
Radio researcher Nathen picks up signals coming from a spaceship hovering near Earth and succeeds in communicating wi...
Air Date: 1962-08-18
Edgar Brocklebank, a third rate conjurer, becomes a sensation after buying the vanishing trick box from the estate of...
Air Date: 1962-08-25
In 2033, Eddy, the world's most respected supercomputer, detects strange rebellious thoughts in 'The Syns', which are...
Air Date: 1962-09-01
A mysterious disease is sweeping through London, giving its victims superhuman strength in the early stages. Most ala...
Air Date: 1962-09-08
Bishop is sent to investigate the planet Kimon, which selects only the brightest as immigrants, who make great wealth...
Air Date: 1962-09-15
A belief handed down through the centuries that when the Tremor comes it signifies the beginning of the End; a commun...
Air Date: 1962-09-22
Oscar Raebone, a keen tax avoidance investigator for the Inland Revenue, is sent to look into the affairs of a compan...