The Outer Limits
The Outer Limits
TV Series
7.8
1963 2 Seasons

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.

Episodes

Specials

Specials

2 Episodes Aired 2026

No overview available for this season.

Season 1

Season 1

32 Episodes Aired 1963

No overview available for this season.

The Galaxy Being
52 min
E1

The Galaxy Being

Sep 16, 1963

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
52 min
E2

The Hundred Days of the Dragon

Sep 23, 1963

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
52 min
E3

The Architects of Fear

Sep 30, 1963

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
51 min
E4

The Man with the Power

Oct 07, 1963

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

The Sixth Finger
52 min
E5

The Sixth Finger

Oct 14, 1963

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

The Man Who Was Never Born
52 min
E6

The Man Who Was Never Born

Oct 28, 1963

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

O.B.I.T.
52 min
E7

O.B.I.T.

Nov 04, 1963

A new invention allows spying on anyone, anywhere.

The Human Factor
52 min
E8

The Human Factor

Nov 11, 1963

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
52 min
E9

Corpus Earthling

Nov 18, 1963

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

Nightmare
52 min
E10

Nightmare

Dec 02, 1963

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

It Crawled Out of the Woodwork
52 min
E11

It Crawled Out of the Woodwork

Dec 09, 1963

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

The Borderland
52 min
E12

The Borderland

Dec 16, 1963

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
52 min
E13

Tourist Attraction

Dec 23, 1963

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
52 min
E14

The Zanti Misfits

Dec 30, 1963

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

The Mice
52 min
E15

The Mice

Jan 06, 1964

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

Controlled Experiment
52 min
E16

Controlled Experiment

Jan 13, 1964

Two Martian investigators probe our custom of homicide.

Don't Open Till Doomsday
52 min
E17

Don't Open Till Doomsday

Jan 20, 1964

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

ZZZZZ
52 min
E18

ZZZZZ

Jan 27, 1964

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

The Invisibles
52 min
E19

The Invisibles

Feb 03, 1964

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

The Bellero Shield
52 min
E20

The Bellero Shield

Feb 10, 1964

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

The Children of Spider County
52 min
E21

The Children of Spider County

Feb 17, 1964

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
52 min
E22

Specimen: Unknown

Feb 24, 1964

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

Second Chance
52 min
E23

Second Chance

Mar 02, 1964

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
52 min
E24

Moonstone

Mar 09, 1964

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

The Mutant
52 min
E25

The Mutant

Mar 16, 1964

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

The Guests
52 min
E26

The Guests

Mar 23, 1964

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
52 min
E27

Fun and Games

Mar 30, 1964

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
52 min
E28

The Special One

Apr 06, 1964

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

A Feasibility Study
52 min
E29

A Feasibility Study

Apr 13, 1964

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
52 min
E30

Production and Decay of Strange Particles

Apr 20, 1964

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

The Chameleon
52 min
E31

The Chameleon

Apr 27, 1964

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
52 min
E32

The Forms of Things Unknown

May 04, 1964

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.

Season 2

Season 2

17 Episodes Aired 1964

No overview available for this season.

Soldier
52 min
E1

Soldier

Sep 19, 1964

Two soldiers from the future are thrust back through time to the present day.

Cold Hands, Warm Heart
52 min
E2

Cold Hands, Warm Heart

Sep 26, 1964

After returning from a mission to Venus, an astronaut can't seem to stay warm enough and has strange dreams about encountering a wraith-like being outside his spaceship window.

Behold, Eck!
52 min
E3

Behold, Eck!

Oct 03, 1964

A scientist invents a pair of glasses which enable him to see and communicate with a two dimensional being.

Expanding Human
52 min
E4

Expanding Human

Oct 10, 1964

A man experimenting with conciousness expansion drugs becomes super-human and not really human at all.

Demon with a Glass Hand
52 min
E5

Demon with a Glass Hand

Oct 17, 1964

Continuance of the human race against alien invaders depends on a man with a glass hand and no memory of his past.

Cry of Silence
52 min
E6

Cry of Silence

Oct 24, 1964

A couple of motorists stranded in the desert are stalked by a bunch of tumbleweeds.

The Invisible Enemy
52 min
E7

The Invisible Enemy

Oct 31, 1964

A manned mission to Mars is menaced by Martian creatures who swim in the planet's sandy soil.

Wolf 359
52 min
E8

Wolf 359

Nov 07, 1964

A college professor recreates the environment of a distant planet in a lab in order to study its evolution... which happens quickly.

I, Robot
52 min
E9

I, Robot

Nov 14, 1964

A robot is put on trial for the murder of his creator.

The Inheritors Part I
52 min
E10

The Inheritors Part I

Nov 21, 1964

After being shot in the head, a soldier gains a genius IQ and begins working fervently toward a mysterious goal.

The Inheritors Part II
52 min
E11

The Inheritors Part II

Nov 28, 1964

An investigation reveals a desperate plan involving the construction of a spaceship and a group of special children.

Keeper of the Purple Twilight
52 min
E12

Keeper of the Purple Twilight

Dec 05, 1964

An alien offers his technical knowledge of how to build a ray gun in exchange for a scientist's ability to feel emotions.

The Duplicate Man
52 min
E13

The Duplicate Man

Dec 19, 1964

A man wants to capture a dangerous alien creature. Doing it himself would be way too dangerous, so he has his clone do it.

Counterweight
52 min
E14

Counterweight

Dec 26, 1964

Six future astronauts are put through a simulation of a long space flight.

The Brain of Colonel Barham
52 min
E15

The Brain of Colonel Barham

Jan 02, 1965

A dying astronaut agrees to have his brain implanted into a robot body.

The Premonition
52 min
E16

The Premonition

Jan 09, 1965

An out-of-control test flight traps a pilot and his wife in a slow-moving time warp, and they're not alone.

The Probe
52 min
E17

The Probe

Jan 16, 1965

After flying into a hurricane, the crew of a cargo plane bound for Tokyo is captured by an alien space probe.

Series Info

Status

Ended

Seasons

2

Episodes

49

Language

en

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