The Outer Limits

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.

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Seasons

The Galaxy Being

1. The Galaxy Being

Air Date: 1963-09-16

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

Air Date: 1963-09-23

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

Air Date: 1963-09-30

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

Air Date: 1963-10-07

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

Air Date: 1963-10-14

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

Air Date: 1963-10-28

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.

Air Date: 1963-11-04

A new invention allows spying on anyone, anywhere.

The Human Factor

8. The Human Factor

Air Date: 1963-11-11

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

Air Date: 1963-11-18

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

Nightmare

10. Nightmare

Air Date: 1963-12-02

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

Air Date: 1963-12-09

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

The Borderland

12. The Borderland

Air Date: 1963-12-16

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

Air Date: 1963-12-23

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

Air Date: 1963-12-30

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

Air Date: 1964-01-06

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

Controlled Experiment

16. Controlled Experiment

Air Date: 1964-01-13

Two Martian investigators probe our custom of homicide.

Don't Open Till Doomsday

17. Don't Open Till Doomsday

Air Date: 1964-01-20

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

ZZZZZ

18. ZZZZZ

Air Date: 1964-01-27

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

The Invisibles

19. The Invisibles

Air Date: 1964-02-03

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

The Bellero Shield

20. The Bellero Shield

Air Date: 1964-02-10

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

The Children of Spider County

21. The Children of Spider County

Air Date: 1964-02-17

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

Air Date: 1964-02-24

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

Second Chance

23. Second Chance

Air Date: 1964-03-02

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

Air Date: 1964-03-09

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

The Mutant

25. The Mutant

Air Date: 1964-03-16

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

Air Date: 1964-03-23

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

Air Date: 1964-03-30

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

Air Date: 1964-04-06

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

A Feasibility Study

29. A Feasibility Study

Air Date: 1964-04-13

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

Air Date: 1964-04-20

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

The Chameleon

31. The Chameleon

Air Date: 1964-04-27

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

Air Date: 1964-05-04

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.

Soldier

1. Soldier

Air Date: 1964-09-19

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

Cold Hands, Warm Heart

2. Cold Hands, Warm Heart

Air Date: 1964-09-26

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!

3. Behold, Eck!

Air Date: 1964-10-03

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

Expanding Human

4. Expanding Human

Air Date: 1964-10-10

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

Demon with a Glass Hand

5. Demon with a Glass Hand

Air Date: 1964-10-17

A man with a glass hand attempts to unravel the mystery of who he is.

Cry of Silence

6. Cry of Silence

Air Date: 1964-10-24

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

The Invisible Enemy

7. The Invisible Enemy

Air Date: 1964-10-31

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

Wolf 359

8. Wolf 359

Air Date: 1964-11-07

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

I, Robot

9. I, Robot

Air Date: 1964-11-14

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

The Inheritors Part I

10. The Inheritors Part I

Air Date: 1964-11-21

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

The Inheritors Part II

11. The Inheritors Part II

Air Date: 1964-11-28

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

Keeper of the Purple Twilight

12. Keeper of the Purple Twilight

Air Date: 1964-12-05

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

13. The Duplicate Man

Air Date: 1964-12-19

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

14. Counterweight

Air Date: 1964-12-26

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

The Brain of Colonel Barham

15. The Brain of Colonel Barham

Air Date: 1965-01-02

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

The Premonition

16. The Premonition

Air Date: 1965-01-09

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

17. The Probe

Air Date: 1965-01-16

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

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Rating

7.7/10

Release Date

1963-09-16

Episodes

49 (2 seasons)

Status

Ended

Cast

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