The Outer Limits

1963–1965 · Ended · 2 seasons · 49 episodes · Sci-Fi & Fantasy · United States

Creator Leslie Stevens · Channel ABC · Starring Ivan Dixon, Robert Duvall, Willard Sage

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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.
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Episodes

32 episodes · September 1963 – May 1964
  1. Episode 1: 1. The Galaxy BeingSeptember 16, 1963 · 52 min
    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.
  2. Episode 2: 2. The Hundred Days of the DragonSeptember 23, 1963 · 52 min
    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.
  3. Episode 3: 3. The Architects of FearSeptember 30, 1963 · 52 min
    A noble scheme goes horribly awry when a group of scientists plan an elaborate hoax designed to frighten and ultimately unite humankind.
  4. Episode 4: 4. The Man with the PowerOctober 7, 1963 · 51 min
    A radical experiment gives a college professor incredible power, which his subconcious mind uses to destroy his enemies.
  5. Episode 5: 5. The Sixth FingerOctober 14, 1963 · 52 min
    A scientist discovers a way to speed up evolution and tries out the process on a simple miner.
  6. Episode 6: 6. The Man Who Was Never BornOctober 28, 1963 · 52 min
    An astronaut travels to the 23rd Century, where he finds the Earth a blasted wasteland inhabited by monsters.
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  1. Episode 7: 7. O.B.I.T.November 4, 1963 · 52 min
    A new invention allows spying on anyone, anywhere.
  2. Episode 8: 8. The Human FactorNovember 11, 1963 · 52 min
    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.
  3. Episode 9: 9. Corpus EarthlingNovember 18, 1963 · 52 min
    A man with a steel plate in his head overhears conversations about global conquest. But where are the voices coming from?
  4. Episode 10: 10. NightmareDecember 2, 1963 · 52 min
    In a war action with the planet Ebon, some soldiers are captured, interrogated and tortured.
  5. Episode 11: 11. It Crawled Out of the WoodworkDecember 9, 1963 · 52 min
    An incredible being made of pure energy imperils the staff of a research lab and hides a deadly secret.
  6. Episode 12: 12. The BorderlandDecember 16, 1963 · 52 min
    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.
  7. Episode 13: 13. Tourist AttractionDecember 23, 1963 · 52 min
    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.
  8. Episode 14: 14. The Zanti MisfitsDecember 30, 1963 · 52 min
    Exiles from the planet Zanti arrive on Earth, and a startling truth is uncovered when two human renegades invade their privacy.
  9. Episode 15: 15. The MiceJanuary 6, 1964 · 52 min
    A convict serving a life sentence finds that he has an alternative: change places with an alien.
  10. Episode 16: 16. Controlled ExperimentJanuary 13, 1964 · 52 min
    Two Martian investigators probe our custom of homicide.
  11. Episode 17: 17. Don't Open Till DoomsdayJanuary 20, 1964 · 52 min
    A young couple's honeymoon is cut short by the horrifying contents of a mysterious box.
  12. Episode 18: 18. ZZZZZJanuary 27, 1964 · 52 min
    A queen bee assumes a human appearance in order to make an unwary scientist into her new mate.
  13. Episode 19: 19. The InvisiblesFebruary 3, 1964 · 52 min
    A government agent infiltrates a secret criminal organization that uses alien parasites to control its members.
  14. Episode 20: 20. The Bellero ShieldFebruary 10, 1964 · 52 min
    A scientist captures an alien that can protect itself with an unbreakable shield.
  15. Episode 21: 21. The Children of Spider CountyFebruary 17, 1964 · 52 min
    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.
  16. Episode 22: 22. Specimen: UnknownFebruary 24, 1964 · 52 min
    Scientists on a space station discover an unusual and dangerous plant.
  17. Episode 23: 23. Second ChanceMarch 2, 1964 · 52 min
    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.
  18. Episode 24: 24. MoonstoneMarch 9, 1964 · 52 min
    Workers on a moon base find a mysterious rock that appears to be alive.
  19. Episode 25: 25. The MutantMarch 16, 1964 · 52 min
    A radioactive rainstorm at a scientific base on a distant planet mutates a scientist driving him insane and making him telepathic.
  20. Episode 26: 26. The GuestsMarch 23, 1964 · 52 min
    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.
  21. Episode 27: 27. Fun and GamesMarch 30, 1964 · 52 min
    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.
  22. Episode 28: 28. The Special OneApril 6, 1964 · 52 min
    Parents of a gifted youngster discover that their son's new tutor is not quite human.
  23. Episode 29: 29. A Feasibility StudyApril 13, 1964 · 52 min
    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.
  24. Episode 30: 30. Production and Decay of Strange ParticlesApril 20, 1964 · 52 min
    An accident in a nuclear research facility opens a dimensonal doorway and allows deadly creatures to emerge.
  25. Episode 31: 31. The ChameleonApril 27, 1964 · 52 min
    A government agent faces a crisis of conscience when he infiltrates a band of aliens marooned aboard the wreckage of a flying saucer.
  26. Episode 32: 32. The Forms of Things UnknownMay 4, 1964 · 52 min
    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.

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FIRST AIRED
September 16, 1963
LAST AIRED
January 16, 1965

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