Tales of Tomorrow

1951 - 1953 TV-G 25m 7

Anthology series featuring both classic and modern sci-fi themes.

"Tales of Tomorrow" was a television anthology science fiction series that was aired live between 3 August 1951 - 12 June 1953 and produced by George F. Foley. The show's success, lead to the production of a radio series in 1953 "Tales of Tomorrow". "Tales of Tomorrow" was developed by Theodore Sturgeon and Mort Abrahamson, together with the membership of the "Science Fiction League of America".

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Episodes:

Episode 1 Verdict from Space

1. Verdict from Space

Aired: Aug 3, 1951

Gordon Kent is on trial for allegedly killing a scientist in an underground c...

Episode 2 Blunder

2. Blunder

Aired: Aug 10, 1951

Scientists race to warn a colleague that his experiment could destroy life on...

Episode 3 A Child Is Crying

3. A Child Is Crying

Aired: Aug 17, 1951

A young child with a genius I. Q. is taken away from her mother to work at a ...

Episode 5 The Last Man on Earth

5. The Last Man on Earth

Aired: Aug 31, 1951

Martians have landed all over the world and they've left just two human being...

Episode 8 The Dark Angel

8. The Dark Angel

Aired: Sep 28, 1951

A man searches for the cause of his wife's unprecedented physical and mental ...

Episode 9 The Crystal Egg

9. The Crystal Egg

Aired: Oct 12, 1951

A crystal egg reveals live tableaux of the planet Mars. A 19th Century scient...

Episode 10 Test Flight

10. Test Flight

Aired: Oct 26, 1951

An ambitious, headstrong businessman uses his huge personal fortune to constr...

Episode 12 Enemy Unknown

12. Enemy Unknown

Aired: Nov 23, 1951

A government on the verge of meltdown requests the help of a renowned astroph...

Episode 13 Sneak Attack

13. Sneak Attack

Aired: Dec 7, 1951

When unmanned Soviet planes land at 25 big city airports and threaten to deto...

Episode 14 The Invader

14. The Invader

Aired: Dec 21, 1951

A research team led by Dr. Burroughs witnesses a UFO crash into the sea. Burr...

Episode 15 The Dune Roller

15. The Dune Roller

Aired: Jan 4, 1952

On isolated Lightning Island, a rock mysteriously crashes out of a house afte...

Episode 16 Frankenstein

16. Frankenstein

Aired: Jan 18, 1952

Dr. Victor Frankenstein, working in a castle on a remote Swiss island, attemp...

Episode 19 What You Need

19. What You Need

Aired: Feb 8, 1952

An unscrupulous free-lance writer extorts the elderly owner of a seedy second...

Episode 20 Age of Peril

20. Age of Peril

Aired: Feb 15, 1952

In 1965, an intelligence agent is assigned to discover how national secrets a...

Episode 21 Memento

21. Memento

Aired: Feb 22, 1952

A scientist discovers he cannot make the trip to Mars after building a spaces...

Episode 22 The Children's Room

22. The Children's Room

Aired: Feb 29, 1952

A couple -- Bill and Rose -- are having increasing difficulties with their so...

Episode 23 Bound Together

23. Bound Together

Aired: Mar 7, 1952

An astronaut's wife considers an affair while her husband is in space.

Episode 24 The Diamond Lens

24. The Diamond Lens

Aired: Mar 14, 1952

A scientist about to be executed recounts how he stopped at nothing, includin...

Episode 25 The Fisherman's Wife

25. The Fisherman's Wife

Aired: Mar 21, 1952

Two scientists develop a formula to restore youth and a damsel volunteers to ...

Episode 26 Flight Overdue

26. Flight Overdue

Aired: Mar 28, 1952

An internationally acclaimed aviatrix is recruited ostensibly for a flight ov...

Episode 28 Sleep No More

28. Sleep No More

Aired: Apr 11, 1952

A young man begs to be kept awake because his dreams are turning into horrify...

Episode 29 Time to Go

29. Time to Go

Aired: Apr 18, 1952

An alien race is dying, but Earth can save them - by depositing saved time in...

Episode 30 Plague from Space

30. Plague from Space

Aired: Apr 25, 1952

USAF Colonel Jeffrey Ward's abilities are put to the ultimate test when a Mar...

Episode 31 Red Dust

31. Red Dust

Aired: May 2, 1952

The first human mission to another solar system loses 2 crew on a red dust-co...

Episode 32 The Golden Ingot

32. The Golden Ingot

Aired: May 9, 1952

A chemist has been trying time and again to make gold from lead. He has been ...

Episode 33 Black Planet

33. Black Planet

Aired: May 16, 1952

Two astronomers working together, seek a tenth planet. The senior fears the j...

Episode 34 World of Water

34. World of Water

Aired: May 23, 1952

A disgruntled refugee scientist, frustrated in both his professional and pers...

Episode 35 The Little Black Bag

35. The Little Black Bag

Aired: May 30, 1952

A depressed, tired doctor with a shrewish wife is ready to end his practice. ...

Episode 36 The Exile

36. The Exile

Aired: Jun 6, 1952

An outcast alone in space develops space fever.

Episode 38 The Miraculous Serum

38. The Miraculous Serum

Aired: Jun 20, 1952

A physician invents a serum allowing animals to overcome any illness or injur...

Episode 39 Appointment on Mars

39. Appointment on Mars

Aired: Jun 27, 1952

Three astronauts land on Mars, hoping to find valuable minerals. After discov...

Episode 40 The Duplicates

40. The Duplicates

Aired: Jul 4, 1952

The government discovers a parallel world inhabited by duplicates of humanity...

Episode 41 Ahead of His Time

41. Ahead of His Time

Aired: Jul 18, 1952

The world in 2052 is a pretty wonderful place - no wars, no poverty, no famin...

Episode 42 Sudden Darkness

42. Sudden Darkness

Aired: Aug 1, 1952

A scientist invents a device which can shut down all the world's electrical p...

Episode 43 Ice from Space

43. Ice from Space

Aired: Aug 8, 1952

During a Congressional appropriations investigation, an Air Force sounding ro...

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Info about Tales of Tomorrow

Current Status: Ended

Network: ABC

Genres: Drama, Thriller, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi