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The Worst Episodes of Science Fiction Theatre

Every episode of Science Fiction Theatre ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Science Fiction Theatre!

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...
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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Unexplored" is the worst rated episode of "Science Fiction Theatre". It scored 6.4/10 based on 28 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 11/5/1955. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Long Sleep".

  • The Unexplored
    6.4/1028 votes
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    #1 - The Unexplored

    Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 11/5/1955

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Long Sleep
    6.4/1021 votes
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    #2 - The Long Sleep

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 4/14/1956

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

    Director: Ivan Tors

    Writer: N/A

  • The Legend of Crater Mountain
    6.4/1025 votes
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    #3 - The Legend of Crater Mountain

    Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 8/18/1956

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Beyond
    6.5/1058 votes
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    #4 - Beyond

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/9/1955

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Out of Nowhere
    6.5/1042 votes
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    #5 - Out of Nowhere

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/23/1955

    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: N/A

  • Stranger in the Desert
    6.5/1037 votes
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    #6 - Stranger in the Desert

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/7/1955

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

    Director: Ivan Tors

    Writer: N/A

  • Death at 2 A.M.
    6.5/1031 votes
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    #7 - Death at 2 A.M.

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 6/4/1955

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

    Director: Ivan Tors

    Writer: N/A

  • The Throwback
    6.5/1024 votes
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    #8 - The Throwback

    Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 9/22/1956

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Lost Heartbeat
    6.6/1030 votes
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    #9 - The Lost Heartbeat

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 8/13/1955

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Water Maker
    6.6/1025 votes
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    #10 - Water Maker

    Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 10/29/1955

    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: N/A

  • Man Who Didn't Know
    6.6/1025 votes
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    #11 - Man Who Didn't Know

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 6/30/1956

    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: N/A

  • Brain Unlimited
    6.6/1023 votes
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    #12 - Brain Unlimited

    Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 10/13/1956

    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

  • Spider Inc
    6.7/1041 votes
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    #13 - Spider Inc

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/28/1955

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

    Director: Jack Arnold

    Writer: N/A

  • Dead Reckoning
    6.7/1032 votes
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    #14 - Dead Reckoning

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 9/17/1955

    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

  • Before the Beginning
    6.7/1026 votes
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    #15 - Before the Beginning

    Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 12/10/1955

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

    Director: Ivan Tors

    Writer: N/A

  • Killer Tree
    6.7/1022 votes
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    #16 - Killer Tree

    Season 2 Episode 34 - Aired 1/12/1957

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Magic Suitcase
    6.7/1023 votes
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    #17 - The Magic Suitcase

    Season 2 Episode 36 - Aired 1/26/1957

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Hour of Nightmare
    6.8/1036 votes
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    #18 - Hour of Nightmare

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 6/25/1955

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The World Below
    6.8/1032 votes
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    #19 - The World Below

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 8/27/1955

    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: N/A

  • Friend of a Raven
    6.8/1028 votes
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    #20 - Friend of a Raven

    Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 11/26/1955

    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: N/A

  • Beam of Fire
    6.8/1023 votes
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    #21 - Beam of Fire

    Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 7/28/1956

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

    Director: Herbert L. Strock, Ivan Tors

    Writer: N/A

  • Conversation With an Ape
    6.9/1031 votes
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    #22 - Conversation With an Ape

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/11/1955

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

    Director: Herbert L. Strock

    Writer: N/A

  • The Long Day
    6.9/1031 votes
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    #23 - The Long Day

    Season 1 Episode 34 - Aired 12/17/1955

    An experimental rocket creates artificial daylight at night and causes trouble for an ex-con.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Project 44
    6.9/1027 votes
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    #24 - Project 44

    Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 12/24/1955

    After a crew is chosen for the first flight to Mars trouble arises when the project is continually sabotaged by an astronaut.

    Director: Tom Gries

    Writer: N/A

  • The Missing Waveband
    6.9/1026 votes
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    #25 - The Missing Waveband

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 6/16/1956

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

    Director: Ivan Tors

    Writer: N/A