Science Fiction Theatre (1955)
Synopsis
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.
Episodes
Beyond
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
A man discovers that his next door neighbors are fugitives from the future.
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.
Y.O.R.D.
An alien spaceship in distress is sending an SOS to personnel at an arctic outpost.
Stranger in the Desert
After meeting a radioactive eagle and a disappearing botanist, two prospectors discover a strange energy source in the desert.
No Food for Thought
A synthetic nutrient that prolongs the life span of human beings spawns a deadly virus.
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.
Spider Inc
A giant spider fossil leads a geologist to discover a method of synthesizing petroleum.
Death at 2 A.M.
A scientist uses a strength serum to murder a man who is blackmailing him.
Conversation With an Ape
A telepathic chimp saves a scientist and his wife when they are confronted by a killer.
Marked Danger
A space capsule releases a strange green gas that alters a young woman's metabolism.
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...
One Hundred Years Young
After a chemist claims to be 200 years old there is an effort to perfect an immortality serum.
The Strange Dr. Lorenz
A doctor discovers that a honey formula has amazing healing powers.
The Frozen Sound
After a doctor is charge with spying it is learned that a synthetic crystal can record sounds.
The Stones Began to Move
An Egyptologist tries to prove that the pyramids were constructed using levitation.
The Lost Heartbeat
A scientist needs to construct a mechanical heart or his colleague will die.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Human Equation
A doctor discovers that brutal murders are being caused by fumes from a wheat fungus experiment that produces violent side effects.
Target: Hurricane
When a meteor's plunge into the ocean causes a hurricane that sweeps toward Florida, a meteorologist desperately searches for his son.
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.
The Unexplored
A woman's telepathic abilities lead her and her husband to a missing biologist.
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.
Postcard from Barcelona
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
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
A serum cures a dying woman but turns her into a killer who can change her physical appearance at will.
Before the Beginning
Biophysicist Dr. Ken Donaldson uses a photon gun to cure his wife of a mysterious disease.
The Long Day
An experimental rocket creates artificial daylight at night and causes trouble for an ex-con.
Project 44
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?
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
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
A thief uses a sonic paralyzer to freeze people while he steals scientific secrets.
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.
Cast
Details
Original Title
Science Fiction Theatre
Status
Ended
Seasons
2
Episodes
78
