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The Outer Limits

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The Outer Limits is an anthology tv series of self-contained sci-fi-horror stories, sometimes with a plot twist at the end.

Synopsis

The Outer Limits is an anthology tv series of self-contained sci-fi-horror stories, sometimes with a plot twist at the end.

Episodes

Seasons & episodes

2 seasons

The Galaxy Being

1. The Galaxy Being

Sep 16, 1963 52 min

A radio station engineer named Allan Maxwell establishes contact with an alien being. But when the station's power is turned up, the alien is teleported to Earth where its radioactive nature causes havoc.

The Hundred Days of the Dragon

2. The Hundred Days of the Dragon

Sep 23, 1963 52 min

A sinister foreign power replaces the President of the United States with its own agent via the use of a powerful drug allowing the skin to be temporarily molded into any likeness.

The Architects of Fear

3. The Architects of Fear

Sep 30, 1963 52 min

A noble scheme goes horribly awry when a group of scientists plan an elaborate hoax designed to frighten and ultimately unite humankind.

The Man with the Power

4. The Man with the Power

Oct 7, 1963 51 min

A radical experiment gives a college professor incredible power, which his subconcious mind uses to destroy his enemies.

The Sixth Finger

5. The Sixth Finger

Oct 14, 1963 52 min

A scientist discovers a way to speed up evolution and tries out the process on a simple miner.

The Man Who Was Never Born

6. The Man Who Was Never Born

Oct 28, 1963 52 min

An astronaut travels to the 23rd Century, where he finds the Earth a blasted wasteland inhabited by monsters.

O.B.I.T.

7. O.B.I.T.

Nov 4, 1963 52 min

A new invention allows spying on anyone, anywhere.

The Human Factor

8. The Human Factor

Nov 11, 1963 52 min

At a military base far in the arctic, a man invents a machine which allows two minds to contact one another. An earthquake causes a malfunction and two men wake up to find that their minds have switched bodies.

Corpus Earthling

9. Corpus Earthling

Nov 18, 1963 52 min

A man with a steel plate in his head overhears conversations about global conquest. But where are the voices coming from?

Nightmare

10. Nightmare

Dec 2, 1963 52 min

In a war action with the planet Ebon, some soldiers are captured, interrogated and tortured.

It Crawled Out of the Woodwork

11. It Crawled Out of the Woodwork

Dec 9, 1963 52 min

An incredible being made of pure energy imperils the staff of a research lab and hides a deadly secret.

The Borderland

12. The Borderland

Dec 16, 1963 52 min

A scientist named Ian Fraser invents a machine which can pierce the borderland between this world and... The Afterlife? Maybe. Fraser convinces an industrialist to finance future experiments with the possibility of contacting the rich man's dead son.

Tourist Attraction

13. Tourist Attraction

Dec 23, 1963 52 min

In a South American country a group of explorers discover a prehistoric monster in an ancient lake. The discovery leads them into conflict with the country's dictator.

The Zanti Misfits

14. The Zanti Misfits

Dec 30, 1963 52 min

Exiles from the planet Zanti arrive on Earth, and a startling truth is uncovered when two human renegades invade their privacy.

The Mice

15. The Mice

Jan 6, 1964 52 min

A convict serving a life sentence finds that he has an alternative: change places with an alien.

Controlled Experiment

16. Controlled Experiment

Jan 13, 1964 52 min

Two Martian investigators probe our custom of homicide.

Don't Open Till Doomsday

17. Don't Open Till Doomsday

Jan 20, 1964 52 min

A young couple's honeymoon is cut short by the horrifying contents of a mysterious box.

ZZZZZ

18. ZZZZZ

Jan 27, 1964 52 min

A queen bee assumes a human appearance in order to make an unwary scientist into her new mate.

The Invisibles

19. The Invisibles

Feb 3, 1964 52 min

A government agent infiltrates a secret criminal organization that uses alien parasites to control its members.

The Bellero Shield

20. The Bellero Shield

Feb 10, 1964 52 min

A scientist captures an alien that can protect itself with an unbreakable shield.

The Children of Spider County

21. The Children of Spider County

Feb 17, 1964 52 min

Four scientists disappear in one day. All were born in the same county, on the same day. A fifth scientist is in jail and a federal agent is assigned to the case. The fifth man is sprung from jail by a mysterious stranger who says he's the young man's father.

Specimen: Unknown

22. Specimen: Unknown

Feb 24, 1964 52 min

Scientists on a space station discover an unusual and dangerous plant.

Second Chance

23. Second Chance

Mar 2, 1964 52 min

A group of people board an amusement park ride. Then they (and their surprised "captain") find that they're really going on a space jaunt.

Moonstone

24. Moonstone

Mar 9, 1964 52 min

Workers on a moon base find a mysterious rock that appears to be alive.

The Mutant

25. The Mutant

Mar 16, 1964 52 min

A radioactive rainstorm at a scientific base on a distant planet mutates a scientist driving him insane and making him telepathic.

The Guests

26. The Guests

Mar 23, 1964 52 min

After discovering an elderly man dying by the side of the road, a young man finds a strange house where some people are kept prisoner and ageless by an alien intelligence.

Fun and Games

27. Fun and Games

Mar 30, 1964 52 min

Two Earth people are transported to an alien planet, along with two aliens. The are told by their abductors that they will fight each other to the death. The stakes are high: the homeworld of the losers will be destroyed slowly, for the further amusement of their captors.

The Special One

28. The Special One

Apr 6, 1964 52 min

Parents of a gifted youngster discover that their son's new tutor is not quite human.

A Feasibility Study

29. A Feasibility Study

Apr 13, 1964 52 min

The people of Earth surprise their alien captors when an entire neighborhood is transported to another planet as part of a plan to enslave the human race.

Production and Decay of Strange Particles

30. Production and Decay of Strange Particles

Apr 20, 1964 52 min

An accident in a nuclear research facility opens a dimensonal doorway and allows deadly creatures to emerge.

The Chameleon

31. The Chameleon

Apr 27, 1964 52 min

A government agent faces a crisis of conscience when he infiltrates a band of aliens marooned aboard the wreckage of a flying saucer.

The Forms of Things Unknown

32. The Forms of Things Unknown

May 4, 1964 52 min

Two women with a body in their car trunk come upon a house by chance wherein a crazed inventor has a machine that can bring back the dead.

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Cast

Vic Perrin

Vic Perrin

Control Voice (voice) (uncredited)

Production

The details

Release

1963

Seasons

2 seasons

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