The Galaxy Being

Written by Leslie Stevens
Directed by Leslie Stevens
Cast Cliff Robertson, William O. Douglas, Jr., Jaqueline Scott, Lee Philips
Production 3-14 December 1962
Broadcast 16 September 1963

Plot synopsis: Obssessed inventor and technical whiz Allan Maxwell (Robertson) creates havoc in his community when an experiment with "three dimensional static" causes a pulsating energy being from the Andromeda Galaxy to materialize in his radio station.

The Hundred Days of the Dragon

Written by Allan Balter and Robert Mintz
Directed by Byron Haskin
Cast Sidney Blackmer, Phillip Pine, Nancy Rennick, Joan Camden, Henry Scott
Production 3-11 July 1963
Broadcast 23 September 1963

Plot synopsis: Utilizing a revolutionary drug which renders the human face pliable like putty, a radical Chinese splinter group attempts to replace key figures in the American political arena for their own nefarious purposes. Is it so far-fetched???

The Architects Of Fear

Written by Meyer Dolinsky
Directed by Byron Haskin
Cast Robert Culp, Geraldine Brooks, Leonard Stone, Martin Wolfson, Douglas Henderson, Janos Prohaska, Lee Zimmer, Hal Bokar, William Bush, Clay Tanner
Production 19-26 June 1963
Broadcast 30 September 1963

Plot synopsis: Hoping to put an end to global strife, a group of scientists mutate idealistic human guinea pig, Robert Culp, into the perfect "common enemy": a powerful Thetan monster. One of the series' most haunting shows.

The Man With The Power

Written by Jerome Ross
Directed by Laslo Benedek
Cast Donald Pleasence, Priscilla Morrill, Edward C. Platt, Fred Beir, Frank Maxwell, Paul Lambert
Production 29 July-3 August 1963
Broadcast 7 October 1963

Plot synopsis: An unassuming college professor (Pleasence) invents a device which gives the human brain enhanced control over the electromagnetic spectrum. When the device is implanted in his own brain, he quickly finds out that this power is not so easily controlled as he might have wished...

The Sixth Finger

Written by Ellis St. Joseph
Directed by James Goldstone
Cast David McCallum, Edward Muhare, Jill Haworth, Constance Cavendish, Robert Doyle.
Production 20-27 August 1963
Broadcast 14 October 1963

Plot synopsis: A young Welsh coalminer (McCallum) partakes in an experiment designed to push the limits of Man's evolutionary capacity. The result is a situation H.G. Wells would try to avoid...

The Man Who Was Never Born

Written by Anthony Lawrence
Directed by Leonard Horn
Cast Martin Landau, Shirley Knight, John Considine, Karl Held, Maxine Stuart.
Production 27 August-4 September 1963
Broadcast 28 October 1963

Plot synopsis: A man from the far distant future returns through time to the 20th century in a desperate attempt to kill the man who will one day be responsible for destroying the human race.

O.B.I.T.

Written by Meyer Dolinsky
Directed by Gerd Oswald
Cast Peter Breck, Jeff Corey, Alan Baxter, Harry Townes, Joanne Gilbert, Sam Reese, Konstantin Shayne, Jason Wingreen, Robert Beneveds, Lindsay Workman, Chuck Hamilton, William O. Douglas, Jr.
Production 13-20 September 1963
Broadcast 4 November 1963

Plot synopsis: A powerful surveillance device of questionable origin breeds fear and hostility amongst its victims and those addicted to it.

The Human Factor

Written by David Duncan
Directed by Abner Biberman
Cast Harry Guardino, Gary Merrill, Joe de Santis, Sally Kellerman, Ivan Dixon, James B. Sikking
Production 31 May-10 June 1963
Broadcast 11 November 1963

Plot synopsis: In his lab at an isolated outpost in Northern Greenland, base psychiatrist Hamilton (Guardino) runs into peril when an experiment in "mind-linking" goes terribly awry.

Corpus Earthling

Written by Orin Borsten
Directed by Gerd Oswald
Cast Robert Culp, Salome Jens, Barry Atwater
Production 1-8 October 1963
Broadcast 18 November 1963

Plot synopsis: The stars of this episode are two parasitic aliens disguised as "space rocks". Culp is a geologist who telepathically overhears them plotting the takeover of the planet; what follows is a nightmare of paranoia, possession and sheer terror...

Nightmare

Written by Joseph Stefano
Directed by John Erman
Cast Martin Sheen, James Shigeta, Ed Nelson, John Anderson, Bernard Kates, Bill Gunn
Production 23-30 Sept 1963
Broadcast 2 December 1963

Plot synopsis: Prisoners of war on a hostile planet find that their captors are not their only enemies...

It Crawled Out of the Woodwork

Written by Joseph Stefano
Directed by Gerd Oswald
Cast Scott Marlowe, Ed Asner, Michael Forest
Production 18-25 October 1963
Broadcast 9 December 1963

Plot synopsis: A common vacuum cleaner and a nuclear dust bunny combine to make one of the series' most fearsome monsters, the Energy Creature! Can Ed Asner stop it from killing again before he becomes its next victim?

The Borderland

Written by Leslie Stevens
Directed by Leslie Stevens
Cast Mark Richman, Nina Foch, Gladys Cooper, Alfred Ryder, Phillip Abbott, Barry Jones
Production 22-29 May 1963
Broadcast 16 December 1963

Plot synopsis: In a desperate attempt to make contact with his dead son, wealthy industrialist (Jones) hires husband and wife physicist team (Richman and Foch) to pursue "polarity reversal" experiments, ultimately opening a doorway to an alternate dimension.

Tourist Attraction

Written by Dean Riesner
Directed by Laslo Benedek
Cast Ralph Meeker, Janet Blair, Jerry Douglas, Jay Novello, Henry Silva
Production 11-19 June 1963
Broadcast 23 December 1963

Plot synopsis: In the Central American Republic of San Bias, corporate mercenery Meeker goes head-to-head with stubborn dictator Silva over the fate of a newly-discovered (and very much alive) prehistoric amphibian.

The Zanti Misfits

Written by Joseph Stefano
Directed by Leonard Horn
Cast Bruce Dern, Michael Tolan, Robert F. Simon, Claude Woolman, Olive Deering
Production 9-17 October 1963
Broadcast 30 December 1963

Plot synopsis: The bizarre alien criminals exiled to a desert penal colony on earth prove to be more pestiferous than they were advertised to be. Break out the Raid!

The Mice

Written by Bill S. Ballinger and Joseph Stefano
Directed by Alan Crosland, Jr.
Cast Diana Sands, Michael Higgins, Ron Foster, Bob Duggan, Jack Hunter, Dabney Coleman, Henry Silva
Production 28 October-5 November 1963
Broadcast 6 January 1964

Plot synopsis: A convict (Silva) is given a choice: life in prison or agree to be teleported to the planet Chromo as part of an experimental "inhabitant exchange". But are the Chromoites who initiated this plan and who have already sent us their emissary playing by the rules?

Controlled Experiment

Written by Leslie Stevens
Directed by Leslie Stevens
Cast Barry Morse, Carroll O'Connor, Grace Lee Whitney, Robert Fortier, Robert Kelljan, Kay Harris
Production 27 June-2 July 1963
Broadcast 13 January 1964

Plot synopsis: Hoping to unravel the mystery of one of earth's oldest customs - murder - 2 Martian agents (Morse and O'Connor) use a "Temporal Condenser" to foil a potentially fatal lover's spat.

Don't Open Till Doomsday

Written by Joseph Stefano
Directed by Gerd Oswald
Cast Miriam Hopkins, Buck Taylor, John Hoyt
Production 26 November-5 December 1963
Broadcast 20 January 1964

Plot synopsis: A mysterious wedding gift contains a little something extra - an alien intent upon destroying the universe. When the groom is taken hostage by this evil being, the bride vows to wait for his return. 35 years later she is slightly insane but still waiting; an unsuspecting newlywed couple on the run and looking for a place to spend the night may be just the bait she needs to coax the alien to release her hubby.

ZZZZZZ

Written by Meyer Dolinsky (with Joseph Stefano)
Directed by John Brahm
Cast Joanna Frank, Marsha Hunt, Philip Abbott, Booth Coleman
Production 15 November-5 December 1963
Broadcast 27 January 1964

Plot synopsis: An entomologist (Abbott) falls under the seductive spell of his new lab assistant, who is really a queen bee personified. When his wife interferes and has an "attack of the hives", he is forced to make a stand.

The Invisibles

Written by Joseph Stefano
Directed by Gerd Oswald
Cast Don Gordon, Tony Mordente, George MacReady, Neil Hamilton
Production 6-14 November 1963
Broadcast 3 February 1964

Plot synopsis: Alien parasites are taking over the nation through the Invisibles, a subversive group of power brokers under their control. Don Gordon is a secret agent charged with infiltrating their ranks and stopping the spread of this infection; but can he do it without getting infected himself?

The Bellero Shield

Written by Joseph Stefano
Directed by John Brahm
Cast Martin Landau, Sally Kellerman, Neil Hamilton, Chita Rivera, John Hoyt
Production 6-16 December 1963
Broadcast 10 February 1964

Plot synopsis: Landau's latest invention, a laser machine, fails to impress his father, who is chairman of the powerful Bellero Corporation and a diehard pacifist. When a benevolent alien is accidentally intercepted by a beam from the laser, Landau's manipulating wife (Kellerman) sees the force shield which the alien uses to travel as a means of winning over the father and getting the chairmanship for her husband.

The Children of Spider County

Written by Anthony Lawrence
Directed by Leonard Horn
Cast Lee Kinsolving, Kent Smith, John Milford, Crahan Denton, Dabbs Greer, Bennye Gatteys, Robert Osterloh, Joe Perry, Roy Engel, William O. Douglas, Jr.
Production 6-13 1964
Broadcast 17 February 1964

Plot synopsis: A visitor from a distant planet lacking the ability to produce male children returns to earth to claim the half-human offspring left there to develop years ago; only the sons are disinclined to go "home".

Specimen Unknown

Written by Stephen Lord
Directed by Gerd Oswald
Cast Stephan McNally, Richard Jaeckel, Russell Johnson, Arthur Batanides, Peter Baldwin, Dabney Coleman, Gail Kobe, John Kellogg, Walt Davis, Robert Johnson
Production 12-20 August 1963
Broadcast 24 February 1964

Plot synopsis: The crew of a space station orbiting above Earth bring a little something extra home in this politically charged episode of the Outer Limits...

Second Chance

Written by Lin Dane and Lou Morheim
Directed by Paul Stanley
Cast Don Gordon, Janet DeGore, Simon Oakland, John McLiam, Angela Clark, Yale Summers, Arnold Merritt, Mimsy Farmer
Production 22-28 January 1964
Broadcast 2 March 1964

Plot synopsisL Who would have guessed that a space age amusement park ride would be mankind's ticket to salvation? Unfortunately getting it "space-ready" is easier than finding willing participants in the journey...

Moonstone

Written by William Bast
Directed by Robert Florey
Cast Ruth Roman, Alex Nicol, Tim O'Connor, Curt Conway, Hari Rhodes.
Production 5-12 September 1963
Broadcast 9 March 1964

Plot synopsis: Scientists from Lunar Expedition One discover intelligent alien life hiding beneath the moondust and prepare to face the consequences.

The Mutant

Written by Allan Balter and Robert Mintz from a story by Joseph Stefano and Jerome Thomas
Directed by Leonard Horn
Cast Larry Pennell, Warren Oates, Water Burke, Betsy Jones-Moreland, Robert Sampson, Herman Rudin, Richard Derr
Production 15-21 January 1964
Broadcast 16 March 1964

Plot synopsisL Something is wrong on Annex One; it couldn't have anything to do with the radio-isotope rainstorms which have turned the base botanist (Oates) into a bug-eyed mutant who can read minds and kill by touch, or could it???

The Guests

Written by Donald S. Sanford
Directed by Paul Stanley
Cast Gloria Grahame, Geoffrey Horne, Nellie Burt, Vaughn Taylor, Luana Anders
Production 6-13 February 1964
Broadcast 23 March 1964

Plot synopsis: Following an automobile accident, a drifter finds himself in a quite unusual situation involving a gothic mansion, an eclectic group of prisoners trapped in space and time, and an alien brain which is keeping them all hostage until such a time as it can figure out what makes the human race tick.

Fun and Games

Written by Robert Sprecht and Joseph Stefano
Directed by Gerd Oswald
Cast Nick Adams, Nancy Malone
Production 30 January-6 Feb 1964
Broadcast 30 March 1964

Plot synopsis: Two humans who never met each other before are pitted against an alien enemy in a game the outcome of which will decide the fate of the human race.

The Special One

Written by Oliver Crawford
Directed by Gerd Oswald
Cast Richard Ney, Flip Mark, MacDonald Carey, Marion Ross, Edward C. Platt, Jason Wingreen, Burt Freed
Production 26 February-4 March 1964
Broadcast 6 April 1964

Plot synopsis: Parents of a gifted child begin to have suspicions about his tutor when the curriculum turns to such things as controlling the climate and walking through walls...

A Feasibility Study

Written by Joseph Stefano
Directed by Byron Haskin
Cast Sam Wanamaker, Phyllis Love, David Opatoshu, Joyce Van Patten, Ben Wright, Robert Justman
Production 5-12 August 1963
Broadcast 13 April 1964

Plot synopsis: When residents of a six-block section of Beverly Hills find that they have been transported to another planet by an alien race intent upon making them their slaves, they weigh their personal survival against survival of the human race.

The Production and Decay of Strange Particles

Written by Leslie Stevens
Directed by Leslie Stevens
Cast George MacReady, Robert Fortier, John Duke, Rudy Solari, Joseph Ruskin, Willard Sage, Allyson Ames, Paul Lukather, Leonard Nimoy
Production 19-25 February 1964
Broadcast 20 April 1964

Plot synopsis: A bizarre catastrophe at a nuclear power plant kills most of the workers and replaces them with malevolent "force creatures". Only the reactor chief (MacReady), horrified at the results of his experiments and nearly paralyzed with fear, can save the earth from almost certain destruction.

The Chameleon

Written by Robert Towne (from a story by Robert Towne, Lou Morheim and Joseph Stefano)
Directed by Gerd Oswald
Cast Robert Duvall, Howard Caine, Henry Brandon, Douglas Henderson, William O'Connell, Dean Smith, Roy Jensen, Roy Olvera
Production 5-11 March 1964
Broadcast 27 April 1964

Plot synopsis: Robert Duvall is Louis Mace, an assassin hired by the CIA to undergo a genetic transformation and infiltrate a supposedly hostile flying saucer under the disguise of one of their own crew. Under this disguise he begins to see himself and his own race from the perspective of the aliens.

The Forms of Things Unknown

Written by Joseph Stefano
Directed by Gerd Oswald
Cast Vera Miles, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, David McCallum, Barbara Rush, Scott Marlowe
Production 2-21 January 1964
Broadcast 4 May 1964

Plot synopsis: Two women who kill their blackmailer are faced with a major dilemma when an eccentric inventor (McCallum) brings him back to life with his "time tilting" device. This gothic tale is one of the series' most visually intriguing.