About this season
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.
Episodes (43)
1. Verdict from Space
Aired 3 August 1951
A defendant on trial, accused of murdering a prominent archaeologist, tells the jury an incredible story of a pending alien invasion.
2. Blunder
Aired 10 August 1951
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.
3. A Child is Crying
Aired 17 August 1951
The government attempts to use a young girl as a weapon in the Cold War when she displays powerful mental abilities.
4. The Woman at Land's End
Aired 24 August 1951
5. The Last Man on Earth
Aired 31 August 1951
Martians takeover the Earth and leave only two people alive for experimental purposes.
6. Errand Boy
Aired 7 September 1951
7. The Monsters
Aired 14 September 1951
8. The Dark Angel
Aired 28 September 1951
A doctor discovers that there's something medically strange about his smokin' hot wife.
9. The Crystal Egg
Aired 12 October 1951
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.
10. Test Flight
Aired 26 October 1951
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.
11. The Search for the Flying Saucer
Aired 9 November 1951
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.
12. Enemy Unknown
Aired 23 November 1951
A distinguished astrophysicist refuses to help his government.
13. Sneak Attack
Aired 7 December 1951
During the Cold War, a captured American spy is his country's only hope to avert an attack by a new type of bomb.
14. The Invader
Aired 21 December 1951
A scientist doing research in oceanography witnesses the crash of a UFO into the ocean and sends his son underwater to investigate.
15. The Dune Roller
Aired 4 January 1952
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.
16. Frankenstein
Aired 18 January 1952
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.
17. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: The Chase (1)
Aired 25 January 1952
A young sailor finds himself held captive on a submarine called the Nautilus and commanded by the mysterious Captain Nemo.
18. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: The Escape (2)
Aired 1 February 1952
A sailor being held prisoner onboard a submarine by the mysterious Captain Nemo escapes from captivity with the assistance of the captain's daughter.
19. What You Need
Aired 8 February 1952
A writer tries to steal an unusual machine but gets murdered by its owner.
20. Age of Peril
Aired 15 February 1952
A scientist devises a way to help criminals beat lie detector tests.
21. Memento
Aired 22 February 1952
A scientist who's spent his entire life building a spaceship that can travel to Mars discovers that he cannot make the trip.
22. The Children's Room
Aired 29 February 1952
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.
23. Bound Together
Aired 7 March 1952
A space pilot reported missing on a mission to Mars returns unexpectedly to his wife but is he the same person?
24. The Diamond Lens
Aired 14 March 1952
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.
25. The Fisherman's Wife (aka: Fountain of Youth)
Aired 21 March 1952
Two scientists develop a formula to restore youth and a selfish damsel volunteers to be their first subject.
26. Flight Overdue
Aired 28 March 1952
The husband of an aviatrix who disappeared on a test flight finally learns the truth about his wife's disappearance.
27. And a Little Child
Aired 4 April 1952
A young hillbilly girl has the power to read minds and this power is called upon when a scientist suffers a paralyzing stroke.
28. Sleep No More
Aired 11 April 1952
A young man begs to be kept awake due to the fact that his dreams are turning into horrifying realities.
29. Time to Go
Aired 18 April 1952
A woman finds a bank that doesn't save money--it saves time.
30. Plague from Space
Aired 25 April 1952
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.
31. Red Dust
Aired 2 May 1952
Four members of a space party returning to Earth from Alpha Centauri try to determine what killed the other two members of their party.
32. The Golden Ingot
Aired 9 May 1952
A doctor's unsuccessful experiments cause him to fall into a state of depression which has his daughter worried.
33. Black Planet
Aired 16 May 1952
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.
34. World of Water
Aired 23 May 1952
A scientist discovers a solvent that is capable of dissolving the planet.
35. Little Black Bag
Aired 30 May 1952
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.
36. The Exile
Aired 6 June 1952
A scientist receives radiation burns while working with atomic energy.
37. All the Time in the World
Aired 13 June 1952
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.
38. The Miraculous Serum
Aired 20 June 1952
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.
39. Appointment on Mars
Aired 27 June 1952
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?
40. The Duplicates
Aired 4 July 1952
A man on Jupiter is paid a huge sum of money to travel to Earth and kill his duplicate on that planet.
41. Ahead of His Time
Aired 18 July 1952
A lab technician invents a time machine and uses it to travel forward to the year 2052.
42. Sudden Darkness
Aired 1 August 1952
A scientist invents a device which can shut down all the world's electrical power with one flick of the switch.
43. Ice from Space
Aired 8 August 1952
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.