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Tales of Tomorrow
1951 - 1953 6.0 (6 votes) 2 Seasons
Genres
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Networks
ABC

Tales of Tomorrow

Overview

Tales of Tomorrow is an American anthology science fiction series that was performed and broadcast live on ABC from 1951 to 1953. The series covered such stories as Frankenstein, starring Lon Chaney, Jr., 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea starring Thomas Mitchell as Captain Nemo, and many others featuring such performers as Boris Karloff, Brian Keith, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Bruce Cabot, Franchot Tone, Gene Lockhart, Walter Abel, Leslie Nielsen, and Paul Newman. The series had many similarities to the later Twilight Zone which also covered one of the same stories, "What You Need". In total it ran for eighty-five 30-minute episodes.

Seasons

Season 1 (1951)

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43 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Verdict from Space
1951-08-03

A defendant on trial, accused of murdering a prominent archaeologist, tells the jury an incredible story of a pending alien invasion.

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Episode 2: Blunder
1951-08-10

A scientist is on the verge of developing a new source of incredible power but after his colleagues discover an error in his calculations they find out there's no way to communicate this error to the scientist.

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Episode 3: A Child is Crying
1951-08-17

The government attempts to use a young girl as a weapon in the Cold War when she displays powerful mental abilities.

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Episode 4: The Woman at Land's End
1951-08-24

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Episode 5: The Last Man on Earth
1951-08-31

Martians takeover the Earth and leave only two people alive for experimental purposes.

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Episode 6: Errand Boy
1951-09-07

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Episode 7: The Monsters
1951-09-14

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Episode 8: The Dark Angel
1951-09-28

A doctor discovers that there's something medically strange about his smokin' hot wife.

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Episode 9: The Crystal Egg
1951-10-12

The owner of a London curiosity shop delivers a mysterious crystal egg to a university professor for the scientist's opinion on its worth and its properties. The 'egg' proves to be a window to Mars. When the professor loses the egg, he tries to convince people that he is not crazy.

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Episode 10: Test Flight
1951-10-26

The CEO of an aerospace company is determined to build a spaceship for interplanetary travel and a young scientist convinces him that he can perform the task--but only if he's the first person to travel on the spaceship.

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Episode 11: The Search for the Flying Saucer
1951-11-09

A reporter arrives in a New Mexico town to investigate sightings of flying saucers. But neither he nor some of the town's residents are actually who they appear to be.

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Episode 12: Enemy Unknown
1951-11-23

A distinguished astrophysicist refuses to help his government.

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Episode 13: Sneak Attack
1951-12-07

During the Cold War, a captured American spy is his country's only hope to avert an attack by a new type of bomb.

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Episode 14: The Invader
1951-12-21

A scientist doing research in oceanography witnesses the crash of a UFO into the ocean and sends his son underwater to investigate.

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Episode 15: The Dune Roller
1952-01-04

On an island a strange rock begins to grow and move. Scientists that observe the phenomena speculate that an ancient meteor that once hit the island is attempting to reassemble itself.

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Episode 16: Frankenstein
1952-01-18

In an adaptation of Mary Shelley's tale, Dr. Frankenstein brings to life a lumbering undead monster who he must then find someway to destroy.

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Episode 17: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: The Chase (1)
1952-01-25

A young sailor finds himself held captive on a submarine called the Nautilus and commanded by the mysterious Captain Nemo.

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Episode 18: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: The Escape (2)
1952-02-01

A sailor being held prisoner onboard a submarine by the mysterious Captain Nemo escapes from captivity with the assistance of the captain's daughter.

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Episode 19: What You Need
1952-02-08

A writer tries to steal an unusual machine but gets murdered by its owner.

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Episode 20: Age of Peril
1952-02-15

A scientist devises a way to help criminals beat lie detector tests.

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Episode 21: Memento
1952-02-22

A scientist who's spent his entire life building a spaceship that can travel to Mars discovers that he cannot make the trip.

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Episode 22: The Children's Room
1952-02-29

A secret "Children's Room" at a college attracts the attention of intellectual advanced youths. One of them, Walt, is the son of a professor at the university. The professor uncovers that his son and other children are 'mutants' being groomed to assist an alien race in a distant part of the galaxy.

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Episode 23: Bound Together
1952-03-07

A space pilot reported missing on a mission to Mars returns unexpectedly to his wife but is he the same person?

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Episode 24: The Diamond Lens
1952-03-14

Shortly before he is scheduled to go to the guillotine, a scientist confesses to a priest the fantastic reason why he committed murder to obtain the perfect diamond for use in a microscope.

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Episode 25: The Fisherman's Wife (aka: Fountain of Youth)
1952-03-21

Two scientists develop a formula to restore youth and a selfish damsel volunteers to be their first subject.

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Episode 26: Flight Overdue
1952-03-28

The husband of an aviatrix who disappeared on a test flight finally learns the truth about his wife's disappearance.

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Episode 27: And a Little Child
1952-04-04

A young hillbilly girl has the power to read minds and this power is called upon when a scientist suffers a paralyzing stroke.

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Episode 28: Sleep No More
1952-04-11

A young man begs to be kept awake due to the fact that his dreams are turning into horrifying realities.

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Episode 29: Time to Go
1952-04-18

A woman finds a bank that doesn't save money--it saves time.

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Episode 30: Plague from Space
1952-04-25

A military base commander is forced to make a terrible decision when he learns that Martians have invaded Earth using a deadly combination of bacteria and brainwaves.

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Episode 31: Red Dust
1952-05-02

Four members of a space party returning to Earth from Alpha Centauri try to determine what killed the other two members of their party.

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Episode 32: The Golden Ingot
1952-05-09

A doctor's unsuccessful experiments cause him to fall into a state of depression which has his daughter worried.

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Episode 33: Black Planet
1952-05-16

Two astronomers working together, seek a tenth planet. The senior fears the junior might have found it and is jealous. They are also both interested in Norma, who works with them. When, in the course of a fight between the two men, the senior scientist falls dead - the question is was he killed by the other or not. Norma's brother, a police detective has to solve the case! Leslie Nielsen, Frank Albertson amd Horace MacMahon star.

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Episode 34: World of Water
1952-05-23

A scientist discovers a solvent that is capable of dissolving the planet.

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Episode 35: Little Black Bag
1952-05-30

A struggling doctor takes his instruments to a pawnshop because his wife complains about their lack of money. Once in the shop, he makes a deal with the pawnbroker for $20.00 and a mysterious medical bag. Later, it is discovered that the instruments in the bag can perform "miracle cures". Upon close inspection of the instruments, a patent date of July 18, 2450 is revealed.

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Episode 36: The Exile
1952-06-06

A scientist receives radiation burns while working with atomic energy.

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Episode 37: All the Time in the World
1952-06-13

A man must decide whether or not he wants to survive a hydrogen bomb blast. If he does he'll be the only person remaining on earth--not a pleasant predicament.

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Episode 38: The Miraculous Serum
1952-06-20

A miracle life-saving serum has unintended consequences when it's tested on a female patient. Not only does it make the woman immune to diseases but to moral issues as well.

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Episode 39: Appointment on Mars
1952-06-27

Three astronauts arrive on Mars, sponsored by a mining company who will share the profits with them. Illness, paranoia and other problems develop until all three are dead - but what caused it?

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Episode 40: The Duplicates
1952-07-04

A man on Jupiter is paid a huge sum of money to travel to Earth and kill his duplicate on that planet.

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Episode 41: Ahead of His Time
1952-07-18

A lab technician invents a time machine and uses it to travel forward to the year 2052.

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Episode 42: Sudden Darkness
1952-08-01

A scientist invents a device which can shut down all the world's electrical power with one flick of the switch.

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Episode 43: Ice from Space
1952-08-08

A rocket returns from space with a huge block of ice inside its compartment. An Air Force officer realizes that this block of ice is a form of alien invasion.

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Season 2 (1952)

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42 episodes

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Episode 1: A Bird in Hand
1952-08-22

Two youngsters discover a talking bird in a zoo and come to the realization that the bird is part of a plot by the animal kingdom to reclaim the world from humans.

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Episode 2: Thanks
1952-08-29

A scientific invention brings glory to a struggling violinist but it also causes him to commit murder.

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Episode 3: The Seeing Eye Surgeon
1952-09-05

When a prominent physician dons a pair of eyeglasses he discovers that he can see into the future.

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Episode 4: The Cocoon
1952-09-12

A group of scientists are trapped inside a house in a remote jungle by hideous invisible creatures.

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Episode 5: The Chase
1952-09-19

A man arrives at a sea lodge and confesses to a murder but it's later revealed that he's from the future.

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Episode 6: Youth on Tap (aka: Young Blood)
1952-09-26

A 26 year old man gives a doctor a blood transfusion in return for $1,000 but the process causes the young man to age.

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Episode 7: Substance X
1952-10-03

A young woman goes to her hometown at the behest of a food conglomerate. Her assignment is to discover what the people of the community are using for food after their only food outlet closes. She discovers a scientist who has developed a food substitute called 'Substance X'. Anyone who diets on Substance X is unable to eat normal food from that time on.

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Episode 8: The Horn
1952-10-10

A scientist invents a machine that has the power to control human emotions.

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Episode 9: Double Trouble
1952-10-17

A writer pens a story about a death ray machine only to discover later that the government actually has such a device.

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Episode 10: Many Happy Returns (aka: Invaders at Ground Zero)
1952-10-24

A father discovers that his son and other neighborhood children are being controlled telepathically by an alien.

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Episode 11: The Tomb of King Tarus
1952-10-31

An archeologist discovers that an ancient king has been able to stay alive for centuries in a tomb deep beneath the Egyptian desert.

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Episode 12: The Window
1952-11-07

A live television program is interrupted by a mysterious signal that shows a murder about to take place.

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Episode 13: The Camera
1952-11-14

A blackmailer discovers a camera that will take pictures 25 years into the future.

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Episode 14: The Quiet Lady
1952-11-21

A deadly disease covers the earth and its only hope is a little girl.

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Episode 15: The Invigorating Air
1952-11-28

A young scientist produces a new kind of air which proves to be "invigorating."

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Episode 16: The Glacier Giant
1952-12-05

A reporter and his damsel sidekick search for a giant reportedly encased in the ice of the Himalayas.

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Episode 17: The Fatal Flower
1952-12-12

Doing research in the Brazilian jungle, two biochemists develop a mysterious plant.

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Episode 18: The Machine
1952-12-19

A machine that can foretell the future says that one of a doctor's infant patients will grow up to be a murderer.

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Episode 19: The Bitter Storm
1952-12-26

A man brings back voices and sounds from the Garden of Eden.

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Episode 20: The Mask of Medusa
1953-01-02

Perry Mason won't be able to help a killer who takes refuge in a museum where the statues come to life.

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Episode 21: Conqueror's Isle
1953-01-09

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Episode 22: Discovered Heart
1953-01-16

An alien who's an advance scout for an invasion force arrives at a lighthouse hoping to use its beacon as a signal. A precocious little girl win's the alien's heart and moves the extraterrestrial to surrender his life to prevent invasion.

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Episode 23: The Picture of Dorian Gray
1953-01-23

Handsome Dorian Gray never seems to age but the same cannot be said about his portrait.

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Episode 24: Two Faced
1953-01-30

To win the love of a woman, a man arranges to have the head of her former lover transplanted onto his body.

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Episode 25: The Build Box
1953-02-06

A little boy is the recipient of a strange box from the owner of a gift shop.

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Episode 26: Another Chance
1953-02-13

A man is given the chance to live the past seven years of his life over but he makes the same mistakes.

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Episode 27: The Great Silence
1953-02-20

The nation is hit with an epidemic in which vocal chords are paralyzed but it's actually an alien plot to control the people of the United States.

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Episode 28: Lonesome Village
1953-02-27

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Episode 29: The Fury of the Cocoon
1953-03-06

Members of an expedition into the jungle are attacked by invisible blood sucking leaches from outer space.

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Episode 30: The Squeeze Play
1953-03-13

A magician hates a reporter so he hypnotizes all the people with whom the newsie comes into contact into forgetting him.

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Episode 31: Read to Me Herr Doktor
1953-03-20

An old professor with failing eyesight builds a robot named Herr Doktor to read him books that he had never had a chance to read when he was younger. The relationship between the professor and the robot is very close. The books that the robot reads give it the desire to be a complete person. Their roles become reversed. The robot begins to demand that the professor read aloud to him. Later, the robot falls in love with the professor's daughter. When she spurns the robot, it learns that the books it has been reading were wrong and it dies of a broken heart.

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Episode 32: Ghost Writer
1953-03-27

A writer discovers to his horror that the events in his short stories are coming true.

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Episode 33: Past Tense
1953-04-03

A doctor travels back in time in order to extol the virtues of penicillin and save lives but ends up being committed to an insane asylum where he falls ill and dies from a disease which could have been prevented by penicillin.

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Episode 34: Homecoming
1953-04-10

A pilot returns home after being stranded in the Arctic for five years and discovers that he can only live in cold temperatures.

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Episode 35: The Rivals
1953-04-17

A new wife finds herself a rival for her husband's affections--his cat.

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Episode 36: Please Omit Flowers
1953-04-24

A mortician discovers a serum that induces a death-like sleep.

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Episode 37: The Evil Within
1953-05-01

A scientist creates a formula that unlocks evil. Then his wife unknowingly ingests some of the formula.

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Episode 38: The Vault
1953-05-08

While making scientific tests, four people get trapped inside a vault.

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Episode 39: Ink
1953-05-15

A chemist comes into possession of an ink which has the power to hypnotize all who look at anything written with the substance.

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Episode 40: The Spider's Web
1953-05-22

Inhabitants of an island find themselves affected by atomic radiation.

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Episode 41: Lazarus Walks
1953-05-29

A man gets revived after being declared clinically dead for a short period of time. Then he discovers that he has the ability to detect lies.

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Episode 42: What Dreams May Come
1953-06-12

A woman receives telepathic waves that she is about to be murdered.

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