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Tales of Tomorrow : Season 1
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Air date: 03 Aug '51 - 43 episodesTales 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.
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List of Episodes (43)
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1. Verdict from Space
03 Aug '51A defendant on trial, accused of murdering a prominent archaeologist, tells the jury an incredible story of a pending alien invasion.
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2. Blunder
10 Aug '51A 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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3. A Child is Crying
17 Aug '51The government attempts to use a young girl as a weapon in the Cold War when she displays powerful mental abilities.
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4. The Woman at Land's End
24 Aug '51
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5. The Last Man on Earth
31 Aug '51Martians takeover the Earth and leave only two people alive for experimental purposes.
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6. Errand Boy
07 Sep '51
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7. The Monsters
14 Sep '51
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8. The Dark Angel
28 Sep '51A doctor discovers that there's something medically strange about his smokin' hot wife.
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9. The Crystal Egg
12 Oct '51The 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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10. Test Flight
26 Oct '51The 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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11. The Search for the Flying Saucer
09 Nov '51A 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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12. Enemy Unknown
23 Nov '51A distinguished astrophysicist refuses to help his government.
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13. Sneak Attack
07 Dec '51During 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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14. The Invader
21 Dec '51A 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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15. The Dune Roller
04 Jan '52On 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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16. Frankenstein
18 Jan '52In 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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17. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: The Chase (1)
25 Jan '52A young sailor finds himself held captive on a submarine called the Nautilus and commanded by the mysterious Captain Nemo.
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18. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: The Escape (2)
01 Feb '52A 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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19. What You Need
08 Feb '52A writer tries to steal an unusual machine but gets murdered by its owner.
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20. Age of Peril
15 Feb '52A scientist devises a way to help criminals beat lie detector tests.
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21. Memento
22 Feb '52A 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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22. The Children's Room
29 Feb '52A 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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23. Bound Together
07 Mar '52A space pilot reported missing on a mission to Mars returns unexpectedly to his wife but is he the same person?
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24. The Diamond Lens
14 Mar '52Shortly 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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25. The Fisherman's Wife (aka: Fountain of Youth)
21 Mar '52Two scientists develop a formula to restore youth and a selfish damsel volunteers to be their first subject.
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