List of episodes of the series «Tales of Tomorrow»

  • Seasons count: 2
  • Episodes count: 85
Verdict from Space
Release date: 8/3/1951

Verdict from Space

  • Episode number: 1
  • Episode description:
    A defendant on trial, accused of murdering a prominent archaeologist, tells the jury an incredible story of a pending alien invasion.
Blunder
Release date: 8/10/1951

Blunder

  • Episode number: 2
  • Episode description:
    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.
A Child is Crying
Release date: 8/17/1951

A Child is Crying

  • Episode number: 3
  • Episode description:
    The government attempts to use a young girl as a weapon in the Cold War when she displays powerful mental abilities.
The Woman at Land's End
Release date: 8/24/1951

The Woman at Land's End

  • Episode number: 4
The Last Man on Earth
Release date: 8/31/1951

The Last Man on Earth

  • Episode number: 5
  • Episode description:
    Martians takeover the Earth and leave only two people alive for experimental purposes.
Errand Boy
Release date: 9/7/1951

Errand Boy

  • Episode number: 6
The Monsters
Release date: 9/14/1951

The Monsters

  • Episode number: 7
The Dark Angel
Release date: 9/28/1951

The Dark Angel

  • Episode number: 8
  • Episode description:
    A doctor discovers that there's something medically strange about his smokin' hot wife.
The Crystal Egg
Release date: 10/12/1951

The Crystal Egg

  • Episode number: 9
  • Episode description:
    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.
Test Flight
Release date: 10/26/1951

Test Flight

  • Episode number: 10
  • Episode description:
    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.
The Search for the Flying Saucer
Release date: 11/9/1951

The Search for the Flying Saucer

  • Episode number: 11
  • Episode description:
    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.
Enemy Unknown
Release date: 11/23/1951

Enemy Unknown

  • Episode number: 12
  • Episode description:
    A distinguished astrophysicist refuses to help his government.
Sneak Attack
Release date: 12/7/1951

Sneak Attack

  • Episode number: 13
  • Episode description:
    During the Cold War, a captured American spy is his country's only hope to avert an attack by a new type of bomb.
The Invader
Release date: 12/21/1951

The Invader

  • Episode number: 14
  • Episode description:
    A scientist doing research in oceanography witnesses the crash of a UFO into the ocean and sends his son underwater to investigate.
The Dune Roller
Release date: 1/4/1952

The Dune Roller

  • Episode number: 15
  • Episode description:
    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.
Frankenstein
Release date: 1/18/1952

Frankenstein

  • Episode number: 16
  • Episode description:
    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.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: The Chase (1)
Release date: 1/25/1952

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: The Chase (1)

  • Episode number: 17
  • Episode description:
    A young sailor finds himself held captive on a submarine called the Nautilus and commanded by the mysterious Captain Nemo.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: The Escape (2)
Release date: 2/1/1952

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: The Escape (2)

  • Episode number: 18
  • Episode description:
    A sailor being held prisoner onboard a submarine by the mysterious Captain Nemo escapes from captivity with the assistance of the captain's daughter.
What You Need
Release date: 2/8/1952

What You Need

  • Episode number: 19
  • Episode description:
    A writer tries to steal an unusual machine but gets murdered by its owner.
Age of Peril
Release date: 2/15/1952

Age of Peril

  • Episode number: 20
  • Episode description:
    A scientist devises a way to help criminals beat lie detector tests.
Memento
Release date: 2/22/1952

Memento

  • Episode number: 21
  • Episode description:
    A scientist who's spent his entire life building a spaceship that can travel to Mars discovers that he cannot make the trip.
The Children's Room
Release date: 2/29/1952

The Children's Room

  • Episode number: 22
  • Episode description:
    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.
Bound Together
Release date: 3/7/1952

Bound Together

  • Episode number: 23
  • Episode description:
    A space pilot reported missing on a mission to Mars returns unexpectedly to his wife but is he the same person?
The Diamond Lens
Release date: 3/14/1952

The Diamond Lens

  • Episode number: 24
  • Episode description:
    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.
The Fisherman's Wife (aka: Fountain of Youth)
Release date: 3/21/1952

The Fisherman's Wife (aka: Fountain of Youth)

  • Episode number: 25
  • Episode description:
    Two scientists develop a formula to restore youth and a selfish damsel volunteers to be their first subject.
Flight Overdue
Release date: 3/28/1952

Flight Overdue

  • Episode number: 26
  • Episode description:
    The husband of an aviatrix who disappeared on a test flight finally learns the truth about his wife's disappearance.
And a Little Child
Release date: 4/4/1952

And a Little Child

  • Episode number: 27
  • Episode description:
    A young hillbilly girl has the power to read minds and this power is called upon when a scientist suffers a paralyzing stroke.
Sleep No More
Release date: 4/11/1952

Sleep No More

  • Episode number: 28
  • Episode description:
    A young man begs to be kept awake due to the fact that his dreams are turning into horrifying realities.
Time to Go
Release date: 4/18/1952

Time to Go

  • Episode number: 29
  • Episode description:
    A woman finds a bank that doesn't save money--it saves time.
Plague from Space
Release date: 4/25/1952

Plague from Space

  • Episode number: 30
  • Episode description:
    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.
Red Dust
Release date: 5/2/1952

Red Dust

  • Episode number: 31
  • Episode description:
    Four members of a space party returning to Earth from Alpha Centauri try to determine what killed the other two members of their party.
The Golden Ingot
Release date: 5/9/1952

The Golden Ingot

  • Episode number: 32
  • Episode description:
    A doctor's unsuccessful experiments cause him to fall into a state of depression which has his daughter worried.
Black Planet
Release date: 5/16/1952

Black Planet

  • Episode number: 33
  • Episode description:
    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.
World of Water
Release date: 5/23/1952

World of Water

  • Episode number: 34
  • Episode description:
    A scientist discovers a solvent that is capable of dissolving the planet.
Little Black Bag
Release date: 5/30/1952

Little Black Bag

  • Episode number: 35
  • Episode description:
    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.
The Exile
Release date: 6/6/1952

The Exile

  • Episode number: 36
  • Episode description:
    A scientist receives radiation burns while working with atomic energy.
All the Time in the World
Release date: 6/13/1952

All the Time in the World

  • Episode number: 37
  • Episode description:
    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.
The Miraculous Serum
Release date: 6/20/1952

The Miraculous Serum

  • Episode number: 38
  • Episode description:
    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.
Appointment on Mars
Release date: 6/27/1952

Appointment on Mars

  • Episode number: 39
  • Episode description:
    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?
The Duplicates
Release date: 7/4/1952

The Duplicates

  • Episode number: 40
  • Episode description:
    A man on Jupiter is paid a huge sum of money to travel to Earth and kill his duplicate on that planet.
Ahead of His Time
Release date: 7/18/1952

Ahead of His Time

  • Episode number: 41
  • Episode description:
    A lab technician invents a time machine and uses it to travel forward to the year 2052.
Sudden Darkness
Release date: 8/1/1952

Sudden Darkness

  • Episode number: 42
  • Episode description:
    A scientist invents a device which can shut down all the world's electrical power with one flick of the switch.
Ice from Space
Release date: 8/8/1952

Ice from Space

  • Episode number: 43
  • Episode description:
    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.