The Outer Limits

Name: The Outer Limits
Genre: Drama, Science Fiction
Cast: Vic Perrin

TV Series1963 – 19651h2 seasons · 49 episodes

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Drama Science Fiction

"There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission". This 60s anthology series from the minds of Leslie Stevens and Joseph Stefano pushed the boundaries of television and viewers minds by using intelligent science fiction to frighten and entertain viewers.

Creators: Joseph Stefano Leslie Stevens
Directors: Robert H. Justman Gregg Peters Lee H. Katzin
Writers: Seeleg Lester Lou Morheim
Stars: Vic Perrin

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E1SoldierSep 19, 1964 · 1h · A soldier from a future Earth is blasted back through time to the present day and must learn how his new world works. Meanwhile, his opposite number also travels back in time.TVmaze 7.3

E2Cold Hands, Warm HeartSep 26, 1964 · 1h · An astronaut returns from a one-man expedition to Venus with an insatiable craving for heat, and begins transforming into an alien life form.TVmaze 5.0

E3Behold Eck!Oct 3, 1964 · 1h · After making special pairs of glasses out of meteorite material, an optical scientist sees a two-dimensional energy being that has become trapped in the third dimension. He then tries to help the creature to get home.TVmaze 5.7

E4Expanding HumanOct 10, 1964 · 1h · A doctor's experiments with mind altering drugs leads to a changed body and consciousness as he starts using more and more of his brain.TVmaze 6.7

E5Demon with a Glass HandOct 17, 1964 · 1h · A man named Trent travels from future Earth to the present via a time mirror. Aliens who have invaded Earth come after him, seeking the secrets of Trent's glass hand... which will reveal where Earth's population has disappeared to.TVmaze 9.2

E6Cry of SilenceOct 24, 1964 · 1h · When a couple goes to look at where they will be buying a new farm to move to, they accidentally hit a rock, then start to have encounters with very strange tumbleweeds.TVmaze 6.3

E7The Invisible EnemyOct 31, 1964 · 1h · On a world of unending sand, Earth astronauts are picked off one by one by an unseen killer.TVmaze 7.0

E8Wolf 359Nov 7, 1964 · 1h · Scientists create a miniature replica of Wolf 359 in the laboratory to test its potential for terraforming, and get unexpected results.TVmaze 7.0

E9I, RobotNov 14, 1964 · 1h · A sentient robot is put on trial for the crime of murder.TVmaze 6.3

E10The Inheritors (1)Nov 21, 1964 · 1h · Four soldiers come back to military bases wounded in the head by bullets, it is discovered that each of the four men have a second set of brain waves. The men then vanish off the military base and the U.S. government tries to find out what they are up to.TVmaze 8.0

E11The Inheritors (2)Nov 28, 1964 · 1h · Minns gathers several handicapped children and the men's project continues, as the government agents try to stop their plans.TVmaze 7.7

E12Keeper of the Purple TwilightDec 5, 1964 · 1h · A alien offers advance knowledge to a scientist in exchange for his various emotions that the alien knows nothing about.TVmaze 6.3

E13The Duplicate ManDec 19, 1964 · 1h · A scientist sends an illegally-created duplicate of himself to destroy a dangerous alien Megasoid on the loose.TVmaze 7.8

E14CounterweightDec 26, 1964 · 1h · Six subjects undertake a simulated space flight to determine if the months in isolation of a real trip to the target planet of Antheon are psychologically and emotionally endurable. They're unaware that someone--or something--in the simulation intends them to fail.TVmaze 4.5

E15The Brain of Colonel BarhamJan 2, 1965 · 1h · An experiment to use a human brain to control and direct a future flight to another world is undertaken for a developing space project. Colonel Barham, who has been gravely crippled in the past and is dying of a disease, volunteers for the project to his brain as a merging of human and machine. However things go awry as unexpected consequences of the project occur.TVmaze 6.7

E16The PremonitionJan 9, 1965 · 1h · Air force test pilot Jim Darcy crashes and discovers that everyone is in a time warp except for him and his wife Linda. They investigate the local air force base Jim is stationed out of and discover a terrible event is about to happen that will affect both their lives.TVmaze 6.8

E17The ProbeJan 16, 1965 · 1h · A charter plane crashes in the eye of a hurricane... and the passengers find themselves inside a giant alien space probe.TVmaze 6.3

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Premiered: September 16, 1963
Ended: January 16, 1965
Status: Ended
Network: ABC
Country of origin: United States
Language: English
Episode runtime: 1h
TVmaze ID: 2147