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The Worst Episodes of Science Fiction Theatre

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

    #1 - 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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  2. Science Fiction Theatre Season 2 Episode 16 - The Legend of Crater Mountain
    6.1/10(28 votes)

    #2 - The Legend of Crater Mountain

    S2:E16

    A small town Arizona teacher discovers that some of her students have telepathic powers.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #3 - 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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  4. Science Fiction Theatre Season 1 Episode 28 - The Unexplored
    6.2/10(31 votes)

    #4 - The Unexplored

    S1:E28

    A woman's telepathic abilities lead her and her husband to a missing biologist.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Science Fiction Theatre Season 2 Episode 2 - The Long Sleep
    6.2/10(24 votes)

    #5 - The Long Sleep

    S2:E2

    A scientist is forced to put a dying young boy into deep freeze by a desperate father.

    Director:Ivan Tors
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Science Fiction Theatre Season 2 Episode 12 - Man Who Didn't Know
    6.2/10(27 votes)

    #6 - Man Who Didn't Know

    S2:E12

    After a plane crash, a jet pilot recovers with no memories of his recent past. He is unaware that he has been implanted with an enemy spying device.

    Director:Herbert L. Strock
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Science Fiction Theatre Season 2 Episode 22 - Brain Unlimited
    6.2/10(25 votes)

    #7 - Brain Unlimited

    S2:E22

    While testing an anti-black-out serum a pilot is forced to eject. He later tries to reconstruct the event by speeding up his brain.

    Director:Tom Gries
    Writer:Sloan Nibley

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  8. Science Fiction Theatre Season 2 Episode 36 - The Magic Suitcase
    6.2/10(25 votes)

    #8 - The Magic Suitcase

    S2:E36

    A young boy and his grandfather find a mysterious suitcase that appears to be a power plant capable of producing an unlimited amount of energy.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

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

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

    #11 - 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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  12. Science Fiction Theatre Season 2 Episode 19 - The Throwback
    6.3/10(26 votes)

    #12 - The Throwback

    S2:E19

    A biologist believes that he can predict people's lives by studying their ancestors.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

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

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

    #15 - 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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  16. Science Fiction Theatre Season 1 Episode 33 - Before the Beginning
    6.4/10(28 votes)

    #16 - Before the Beginning

    S1:E33

    Biophysicist Dr. Ken Donaldson uses a photon gun to cure his wife of a mysterious disease.

    Director:Ivan Tors
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Science Fiction Theatre Season 2 Episode 34 - Killer Tree
    6.4/10(23 votes)

    #17 - Killer Tree

    S2:E34

    A scientist investigates a tree with an ancient reputation of breathing death. He discovers that the area surrounding the tree releases a colorless, odorless, and deadly gas.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Science Fiction Theatre Season 1 Episode 27 - Water Maker
    6.5/10(28 votes)

    #18 - Water Maker

    S1:E27

    A scientist is comes to the desert laboratory of a dead scientist in order to evaluate the scientist's plans to create water in the arid areas of the earth.

    Director:Herbert L. Strock
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Science Fiction Theatre Season 1 Episode 31 - Friend of a Raven
    6.5/10(30 votes)

    #19 - Friend of a Raven

    S1:E31

    A social worker tries to help a deaf-mute boy who can apparantly communicate with animals. When the boy's hearing and speech are restored, he rebels.

    Director:Tom Gries
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Science Fiction Theatre Season 2 Episode 10 - The Missing Waveband
    6.5/10(29 votes)

    #20 - The Missing Waveband

    S2:E10

    A scientist receives scientific information from a prisoner on a totalitarian world millions of light years away.

    Director:Ivan Tors
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Science Fiction Theatre Season 2 Episode 15 - Beam of Fire
    6.5/10(25 votes)

    #21 - Beam of Fire

    S2:E15

    After top scientists are killed by an alien beam, a scientist discovers that space scouts are trying to stop mankind's progress into space.

    Directors:Herbert L. Strock, Ivan Tors
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Science Fiction Theatre Season 2 Episode 31 - The Miracle Hour
    6.5/10(29 votes)

    #22 - The Miracle Hour

    S2:E31

    A boy blinded in an automobile accident is treated by a doctor using a new technique involving lights.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Science Fiction Theatre Season 2 Episode 33 - Facsimile
    6.5/10(23 votes)

    #23 - Facsimile

    S2:E33

    Three top scientists fall victim to a mysterious disease. An investigation reveals that the lab they worked in has been picking up and amplifying pain impulses from a hospital across town.

    Director:Ivan Tors
    Writer:Unknown

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

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

    #25 - 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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Worst Episodes Summary

"Out of Nowhere" is the worst rated episode of "Science Fiction Theatre". It scored 6.1/10 based on 47 votes. Directed by Herbert L. Strock and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/23/1955. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Legend of Crater Mountain".