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The Best Episodes of Science Fiction Theatre Season 1

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Science Fiction Theatre is an American science fiction anthology series that aired in syndication from April 1955 to April 1957. It was produced by Ivan Tors and Maurice Ziv.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Science Fiction Theatre Season 1 Episode 1 - Beyond
    6.4/10(64 votes)

    #1 - Beyond

    S1:E1

    Travelling at three times the speed of sound, a test pilot ejects claiming that another craft was about to collide with his.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Science Fiction Theatre Season 1 Episode 2 - Time Is Just a Place
    7.8/10(89 votes)

    #2 - Time Is Just a Place

    S1:E2

    A man discovers that his next door neighbors are fugitives from the future.

    Director:Jack Arnold
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Science Fiction Theatre Season 1 Episode 3 - Out of Nowhere
    6.1/10(47 votes)

    #3 - Out of Nowhere

    S1:E3

    When Dr. Osbourne discovers bats crashing into the sides of buildings, he figures out that a radar disrupting device is being used by enemy agents.

    Director:Herbert L. Strock
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Science Fiction Theatre Season 1 Episode 4 - Y.O.R.D.
    7.4/10(56 votes)

    #4 - Y.O.R.D.

    S1:E4

    An alien spaceship in distress is sending an SOS to personnel at an arctic outpost.

    Directors:Leon Benson, Ivan Tors
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Science Fiction Theatre Season 1 Episode 5 - Stranger in the Desert
    6.2/10(43 votes)

    #5 - Stranger in the Desert

    S1:E5

    After meeting a radioactive eagle and a disappearing botanist, two prospectors discover a strange energy source in the desert.

    Director:Ivan Tors
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Science Fiction Theatre Season 1 Episode 6 - No Food for Thought
    6.7/10(50 votes)

    #6 - No Food for Thought

    S1:E6

    A synthetic nutrient that prolongs the life span of human beings spawns a deadly virus.

    Director:Jack Arnold
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Science Fiction Theatre Season 1 Episode 7 - The Brain of John Emerson
    7.2/10(39 votes)

    #7 - The Brain of John Emerson

    S1:E7

    A policeman after discovering that his mind contains all the knowledge of a dead scientist decides to continue the scientist's work.

    Director:Leslie Goodwins
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Science Fiction Theatre Season 1 Episode 8 - Spider Inc
    6.3/10(46 votes)

    #8 - Spider Inc

    S1:E8

    A giant spider fossil leads a geologist to discover a method of synthesizing petroleum.

    Director:Jack Arnold
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Science Fiction Theatre Season 1 Episode 9 - Death at 2 A.M.
    6.3/10(34 votes)

    #9 - Death at 2 A.M.

    S1:E9

    A scientist uses a strength serum to murder a man who is blackmailing him.

    Director:Ivan Tors
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Science Fiction Theatre Season 1 Episode 10 - Conversation With an Ape
    6.6/10(33 votes)

    #10 - Conversation With an Ape

    S1:E10

    A telepathic chimp saves a scientist and his wife when they are confronted by a killer.

    Director:Herbert L. Strock
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Science Fiction Theatre Season 1 Episode 11 - Marked Danger
    6.9/10(33 votes)

    #11 - Marked Danger

    S1:E11

    A space capsule releases a strange green gas that alters a young woman's metabolism.

    Director:Leigh Jason
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Science Fiction Theatre Season 1 Episode 12 - Hour of Nightmare
    6.6/10(40 votes)

    #12 - Hour of Nightmare

    S1:E12

    Rumors of UFO sitings and human disappearances in a remote section of Mexico draw a man and woman team of magazine photographers to investigate. The police commandante attempts to dissuade them from venturing into the mountains, then, failing that, refers them to a local man to be their guide - the brother of the only person confirmed to have really disappeared. Once among the hills, this trio discovers strange lights in the skies, an abandoned rifle with a grotesquely twisted barrel, something moving in the underbrush...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Science Fiction Theatre Season 1 Episode 13 - One Hundred Years Young
    6.9/10(37 votes)

    #13 - One Hundred Years Young

    S1:E13

    After a chemist claims to be 200 years old there is an effort to perfect an immortality serum.

    Director:Herbert L. Strock
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Science Fiction Theatre Season 1 Episode 14 - The Strange Dr. Lorenz
    6.9/10(39 votes)

    #14 - The Strange Dr. Lorenz

    S1:E14

    A doctor discovers that a honey formula has amazing healing powers.

    Director:Leigh Jason
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Science Fiction Theatre Season 1 Episode 15 - The Frozen Sound
    7.2/10(35 votes)

    #15 - The Frozen Sound

    S1:E15

    After a doctor is charge with spying it is learned that a synthetic crystal can record sounds.

    Director:Leigh Jason
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Science Fiction Theatre Season 1 Episode 16 - The Stones Began to Move
    7.1/10(41 votes)

    #16 - The Stones Began to Move

    S1:E16

    An Egyptologist tries to prove that the pyramids were constructed using levitation.

    Directors:Ivan Tors, Lew Landers
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Science Fiction Theatre Season 1 Episode 17 - The Lost Heartbeat
    6.3/10(33 votes)

    #17 - The Lost Heartbeat

    S1:E17

    A scientist needs to construct a mechanical heart or his colleague will die.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Science Fiction Theatre Season 1 Episode 18 - The World Below
    6.4/10(37 votes)

    #18 - The World Below

    S1:E18

    The survivors of a submarine disaster claim that they saw a city on the sea floor. They, however, are ridiculed by investigators.

    Director:Herbert L. Strock
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Science Fiction Theatre Season 1 Episode 19 - Barrier of Silence
    7.2/10(35 votes)

    #19 - Barrier of Silence

    S1:E19

    A U.S. scientist working on a top-secret atomic project disappears from a German city. When he reappears two weeks later, he cannot remember anything about what happened to him. He cannot communicate with those around him and appears to be brainwashed.

    Director:Leon Benson
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Science Fiction Theatre Season 1 Episode 20 - The Negative Man
    7.4/10(39 votes)

    #20 - The Negative Man

    S1:E20

    When electrician Vic Murphy is blasted by the electricity of a computer, his intelligence immediately soars beyond genius level and his senses enable him to hear and see things no man has ever before experienced.

    Director:Ivan Tors
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Science Fiction Theatre Season 1 Episode 21 - Dead Reckoning
    6.4/10(35 votes)

    #21 - Dead Reckoning

    S1:E21

    On an emergency flight to the Arctic, a pilot runs into a magnetic storm. The crew is forced to use Earth's magnetic fields to escape.

    Director:Herbert L. Strock
    Writer:Gene Levitt

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  22. Science Fiction Theatre Season 1 Episode 22 - A Visit from Dr. Pliny
    7.3/10(41 votes)

    #22 - A Visit from Dr. Pliny

    S1:E22

    A man claiming to be from another planet announces that he has a source of power greater than atomic energy. He claims he has come to share the knowledge, but is regarded as an eccentric crack pot.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Sloan Nibley

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  23. Science Fiction Theatre Season 1 Episode 23 - Strange People at Pecos
    7.6/10(44 votes)

    #23 - Strange People at Pecos

    S1:E23

    Radar expert Jeff Jamison believes that his neighbors are spies from outer space. He becomes more convinced when the neighbor's little girl appears to be unable to feel pain.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Science Fiction Theatre Season 1 Episode 24 - Dead Storage
    7.2/10(36 votes)

    #24 - Dead Storage

    S1:E24

    A baby woolly mammoth is brought to life after being frozen in the Arctic for a half million years. Scientists attempt to discover a means of sustaining its life.

    Director:Ivan Tors
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Science Fiction Theatre Season 1 Episode 25 - The Human Equation
    7.3/10(35 votes)

    #25 - The Human Equation

    S1:E25

    A doctor discovers that brutal murders are being caused by fumes from a wheat fungus experiment that produces violent side effects.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Beyond" is the best rated episode of "Science Fiction Theatre" season 1. It scored 6.4/10 based on 64 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/9/1955. This episode is rated 1.4 points higher than the second-best, "Time Is Just a Place".