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Out of This World is a British science fiction anthology television series made by ABC Television and broadcast in 1962. A spin-off from the Armchair Theatre anthology series, each episode was introduced by the actor Boris Karloff. Many of the episodes were adaptations of stories by science fiction writers including Isaac Asimov, Philip K. Dick and Clifford D. Simak. The series is generally seen as a precursor to the BBC science fiction anthology series Out of the Unknown.
Original Release
06/24/1962
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Boris Karloff | Self - Host |
| Alec Ross | Landon |
| Barry Wilsher | Shop Assistant |
| Sheena Marshe | Nancy |
| Terence Woodfield | Benjy Hoggin |
| Gary Wyler | Alien |
| Tony Donaldson | Peter Bogert |
| Kenneth Watson | Bud |
| Patricia Mort | Miss. Cook |
| Richard Klee | Reg Herbert |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dumb Martian | Sunday, 24 June 1962 |
| 2 | The Yellow Pill | Saturday, 30 June 1962 |
| 3 | Little Lost Robot | Saturday, 07 July 1962 |
| 4 | Cold Equations | Saturday, 14 July 1962 |
| 5 | Impostor | Saturday, 21 July 1962 |
| 6 | Botany Bay | Saturday, 28 July 1962 |
| 7 | Medicine Show | Saturday, 04 August 1962 |
| 8 | Pictures Don't Lie | Saturday, 11 August 1962 |
| 9 | Vanishing Act | Saturday, 18 August 1962 |
| 10 | Divided We Fall | Saturday, 25 August 1962 |
| 11 | The Dark Star | Saturday, 01 September 1962 |
| 12 | Immigrant | Saturday, 08 September 1962 |
| 13 | Target Generation | Saturday, 15 September 1962 |
| 14 | The Tycoons | Saturday, 22 September 1962 |
Directors
Peter Hammond, Charles Jarrott, Jonathan Alwyn, Guy Verney, John Knight, Richmond Harding, Alan Cooke, Don Leaver
Writers
Terry Nation, Leon Griffiths, Bruce Stewart, Clifford D. Simak, Robert Moore Williams, John Wyndham, Raymond F. Jones, Isaac Asimov, Denis Butler, Rog Phillips, Richard Waring, Frank Crisp, Tom Godwin, Julian Bond, Leo Lehmann, Clive Exton, Philip K. Dick
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Boris Karloff | Self - Host |
| Alec Ross | Landon |
| Barry Wilsher | Shop Assistant |
| Sheena Marshe | Nancy |
| Terence Woodfield | Benjy Hoggin |
| Gary Wyler | Alien |
| Tony Donaldson | Peter Bogert |
| Kenneth Watson | Bud |
| Patricia Mort | Miss. Cook |
| Richard Klee | Reg Herbert |
| John Barcroft | Burrows |
| Donald Eccles | Father |
| Hilda Schroder | Lellie |
| Robert Lankesheer | Mr. Daventry |
| Roger Snowdon | Robot |
| Christine Shaw | Maggie |
| Hayden Jones | Walensky |
| Keith Anderson | Paul Kirby |
| Inky Nakpil | Reporter |
| Ann Tirard | Mrs. Kane |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Leonard White | Producer |
| Sydney Newman | Producer |
