Science Fiction Theatre
TV Series
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1955 2 Seasons

Science Fiction Theatre

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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.

Episodes

Season 1

Season 1

39 Episodes Aired 1955

No overview available for this season.

Beyond
25 min
E1

Beyond

Apr 09, 1955

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
30 min
E2

Time Is Just a Place

Apr 16, 1955

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

Out of Nowhere
30 min
E3

Out of Nowhere

Apr 23, 1955

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.
30 min
E4

Y.O.R.D.

Apr 30, 1955

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

Stranger in the Desert
30 min
E5

Stranger in the Desert

May 07, 1955

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

No Food for Thought
30 min
E6

No Food for Thought

May 14, 1955

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

The Brain of John Emerson
30 min
E7

The Brain of John Emerson

May 21, 1955

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

Spider Inc
30 min
E8

Spider Inc

May 28, 1955

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

Death at 2 A.M.
30 min
E9

Death at 2 A.M.

Jun 04, 1955

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

Conversation With an Ape
30 min
E10

Conversation With an Ape

Jun 11, 1955

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

Marked Danger
30 min
E11

Marked Danger

Jun 18, 1955

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

Hour of Nightmare
30 min
E12

Hour of Nightmare

Jun 25, 1955

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
30 min
E13

One Hundred Years Young

Jul 02, 1955

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

The Strange Dr. Lorenz
30 min
E14

The Strange Dr. Lorenz

Jul 09, 1955

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

The Frozen Sound
30 min
E15

The Frozen Sound

Jul 30, 1955

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

The Stones Began to Move
30 min
E16

The Stones Began to Move

Aug 06, 1955

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

The Lost Heartbeat
30 min
E17

The Lost Heartbeat

Aug 13, 1955

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

The World Below
30 min
E18

The World Below

Aug 27, 1955

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
30 min
E19

Barrier of Silence

Sep 03, 1955

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
30 min
E20

The Negative Man

Sep 10, 1955

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
30 min
E21

Dead Reckoning

Sep 17, 1955

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
30 min
E22

A Visit from Dr. Pliny

Sep 24, 1955

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
30 min
E23

Strange People at Pecos

Oct 01, 1955

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
30 min
E24

Dead Storage

Oct 08, 1955

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
30 min
E25

The Human Equation

Oct 15, 1955

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

Target: Hurricane
30 min
E26

Target: Hurricane

Oct 22, 1955

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

Water Maker
30 min
E27

Water Maker

Oct 29, 1955

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
30 min
E28

The Unexplored

Nov 05, 1955

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

The Hastings Secret
30 min
E29

The Hastings Secret

Nov 12, 1955

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
30 min
E30

Postcard from Barcelona

Nov 19, 1955

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
30 min
E31

Friend of a Raven

Nov 26, 1955

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
30 min
E32

Beyond Return

Dec 03, 1955

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

Before the Beginning
30 min
E33

Before the Beginning

Dec 10, 1955

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

The Long Day
30 min
E34

The Long Day

Dec 17, 1955

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

Project 44
30 min
E35

Project 44

Dec 24, 1955

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?
30 min
E36

Are We Invaded?

Dec 31, 1955

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
30 min
E37

Sound of Murder

Jan 07, 1956

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
30 min
E38

Operation Flypaper

Jan 14, 1956

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

The Other Side of the Moon
30 min
E39

The Other Side of the Moon

Jan 28, 1956

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

Season 2

Season 2

39 Episodes Aired 1956

No overview available for this season.

30 min
E1

Signals From the Heart

Apr 07, 1956

A policeman who wears an electronic heart transmitter has a heart attack and is searched for by doctors and his fellow police.

30 min
E2

The Long Sleep

Apr 14, 1956

A scientist is forced to put a dying young boy into deep freeze by a desperate father.

30 min
E3

Who Is This Man?

Apr 21, 1956

A hypnosis experiment goes wrong when a man adopts the personality of a murderer who was hanged in 1882.

30 min
E4

The Green Bomb

Apr 28, 1956

A scientist uses stolen material to build an atomic bomb in his house.

30 min
E5

When a Camera Fails

May 05, 1956

A doctor is suspected of insanity when he claims that he can see perfectly preserved images from the past by using special eyeglasses.

30 min
E6

Bullet Proof

May 12, 1956

A bank robber uses a resistant metal left behind by an alien spaceship as a shield.

30 min
E7

The Flicker

May 19, 1956

Two police inspectors attempt to prove that a man was killed because of the hypnotic effect caused by a movie screen Flicker.

30 min
E8

The Unguided Missile

May 26, 1956

A young woman becomes a national security risk when her ESP abilities pick up top-secret defense formulas.

30 min
E9

Mind Machine

Jun 23, 1956

A dying scientist transmits his knowledge through a brain-transmitting machine.

30 min
E10

The Missing Waveband

Jun 16, 1956

A scientist receives scientific information from a prisoner on a totalitarian world millions of light years away.

30 min
E11

The Human Experiment

Jun 23, 1956

A scientist develops a powerful serum and experiments with it at her country home. The serum transforms her subjects into superbeings who take her prisoner.

30 min
E12

Man Who Didn't Know

Jun 30, 1956

After a plane crash, a jet pilot recovers with no memories of his recent past. He is unaware that he has been implanted with an enemy spying device.

30 min
E13

End of Tomorrow

Jul 07, 1956

A scientist defects to the west and claims to have a serum that will destroy all viruses. A doctor, however, believes the serum to be a weapon that is designed to cause mass sterility.

30 min
E14

The Phantom Car

Jul 21, 1956

A sheriff and a geologist join forces to stop the rampage of a radio controlled car.

30 min
E15

Beam of Fire

Jul 28, 1956

After top scientists are killed by an alien beam, a scientist discovers that space scouts are trying to stop mankind's progress into space.

30 min
E16

The Legend of Crater Mountain

Aug 18, 1956

A small town Arizona teacher discovers that some of her students have telepathic powers.

30 min
E17

Living Lights

Aug 25, 1956

A scientist creates the atmosphere of Venus in a bell-jar to prove that life can exist there. He, however, doesn't anticipate the strange creatures of floating light that appear in, and then escape from, his bell-jar.

30 min
E18

Jupitron

Sep 15, 1956

A man and woman are transported to a moon of Jupiter where a long missing scientist gives then a formula for creating synthetic food.

30 min
E19

The Throwback

Sep 22, 1956

A biologist believes that he can predict people's lives by studying their ancestors.

30 min
E20

Miracle of Doctor Dove

Sep 29, 1956

Investigators try to locate three vanished nutrition experts who may have found the key to longer life.

30 min
E21

One Thousand Eyes

Oct 06, 1956

After a scientist is murdered and the main suspect dies, a police scientist reconstructs the crime with a revolutionary camera.

30 min
E22

Brain Unlimited

Oct 13, 1956

While testing an anti-black-out serum a pilot is forced to eject. He later tries to reconstruct the event by speeding up his brain.

30 min
E23

Death at My Fingertips

Oct 20, 1956

A student is framed for murder by someone forging fingerprint evidence. It is later discovered that the real killer knows how to transfer finger prints through plastic skin grafts.

30 min
E24

Survival in Box Canyon

Nov 03, 1956

A rescue operation tries to locate a pilot whose plane crashed in an atomic bonb testing area.

30 min
E25

The Voice

Nov 10, 1956

A ESP skeptic discovers evidence that may save the life of a man sentenced to death. When his plane crashes, the skeptic is forced to us ESP to transmit the crucial evidence to prison authorities.

30 min
E26

Three Minute Mile

Nov 17, 1956

A football star is given a serum that increases his strength.

30 min
E27

The Last Barrier

Nov 24, 1956

In a secret test the US launches a rocket to photograph the moon. In order to maintain security the government plants a story that the rocket is actually a flying saucer. Reports come in, however, that lead them to believe that there are flying saucers out there.

30 min
E28

Signals from the Moon

Dec 01, 1956

A diplomat from an eastern country must undergo a delicate operation involving bouncing a video signal off the moon after he is injured by an assassin's bullet.

30 min
E29

Doctor Robot

Dec 08, 1956

A digital computing machine designed to translate human languages appears to have been tampered with. An investigation reveals, however, that a staff member has been secretly using the computer to evaluate medical alternatives for his critically ill wife.

30 min
E30

The Human Circuit

Dec 15, 1956

A rescue operation is mounted when a dancer's clairvoyant vision of a stranded pilot is electronically reproduced.

30 min
E31

The Miracle Hour

Dec 22, 1956

A boy blinded in an automobile accident is treated by a doctor using a new technique involving lights.

30 min
E32

Sun Gold

Dec 29, 1956

Evidence of a 2,000 year old nuclear explosion is uncovered in the Peruvian Andes. Explorers go there and discover the skeleton of a ""visitor from the sky"" who provided the Incas with incredible secrets including the ability to harness the power of sunlight.

30 min
E33

Facsimile

Jan 05, 1957

Three top scientists fall victim to a mysterious disease. An investigation reveals that the lab they worked in has been picking up and amplifying pain impulses from a hospital across town.

30 min
E34

Killer Tree

Jan 12, 1957

A scientist investigates a tree with an ancient reputation of breathing death. He discovers that the area surrounding the tree releases a colorless, odorless, and deadly gas.

30 min
E35

Gravity Zero

Jan 19, 1957

Two scientists who are about to lose their jobs, astound the world with a process that neutralizes gravity.

30 min
E36

The Magic Suitcase

Jan 26, 1957

A young boy and his grandfather find a mysterious suitcase that appears to be a power plant capable of producing an unlimited amount of energy.

30 min
E37

Bolt of Lightning

Feb 02, 1957

An investigation reveals that a scientist died and his entire building was destroyed when he tried to build a flying saucer.

30 min
E38

The Strange Lodger

Feb 09, 1957

A strange man sends signals to a bright light 1,000 miles away. Before authorities can grab him, he disappears.

30 min
E39

Sound That Kills

Apr 06, 1957

A scientist must clear his name when he is accused of murdering someone with an ultrasonic weapon he has created.

Series Info

Status

Ended

Seasons

2

Episodes

78

Language

en

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