The Outer Limits

1h

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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

Episodes

Cast

The Galaxy Being

1. The Galaxy Being

52min

16th Sep 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

2. The Hundred Days of the Dragon

52min

23rd Sep 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

3. The Architects of Fear

52min

30th Sep 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

4. The Man with the Power

51min

7th Oct 1963

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

52min

14th Oct 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

6. The Man Who Was Never Born

52min

28th Oct 1963

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.

52min

4th Nov 1963

A new invention allows spying on anyone, anywhere.

The Human Factor

8. The Human Factor

52min

11th Nov 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

9. Corpus Earthling

52min

18th Nov 1963

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

Nightmare

10. Nightmare

52min

2nd Dec 1963

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

52min

9th Dec 1963

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

The Borderland

12. The Borderland

52min

16th Dec 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

13. Tourist Attraction

52min

23rd Dec 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

14. The Zanti Misfits

52min

30th Dec 1963

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

52min

6th Jan 1964

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

Controlled Experiment

16. Controlled Experiment

52min

13th Jan 1964

Two Martian investigators probe our custom of homicide.

Don't Open Till Doomsday

17. Don't Open Till Doomsday

52min

20th Jan 1964

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

ZZZZZ

18. ZZZZZ

52min

27th Jan 1964

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

The Invisibles

19. The Invisibles

52min

3rd Feb 1964

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

The Bellero Shield

20. The Bellero Shield

52min

10th Feb 1964

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

The Children of Spider County

21. The Children of Spider County

52min

17th Feb 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

22. Specimen: Unknown

52min

24th Feb 1964

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

Second Chance

23. Second Chance

52min

2nd Mar 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

24. Moonstone

52min

9th Mar 1964

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

The Mutant

25. The Mutant

52min

16th Mar 1964

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

52min

23rd Mar 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

27. Fun and Games

52min

30th Mar 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

28. The Special One

52min

6th Apr 1964

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

A Feasibility Study

29. A Feasibility Study

52min

13th Apr 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

30. Production and Decay of Strange Particles

52min

20th Apr 1964

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

The Chameleon

31. The Chameleon

52min

27th Apr 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

32. The Forms of Things Unknown

52min

4th May 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.

First air date

16th Sep 1963

Last air date

16th Jan 1965

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks