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Tales of Tomorrow Season 1 Episodes

Season 1 Episode Guide

43 Episodes 1951 - 1952

Episode 1

Verdict From Space

Fri, Aug 3, 1951 30 mins

Gordon Kent is put on trial for theft and murder. He is accused of robbing and murdering Professor Sykes in order to get money to build a blowtorch capable of cutting through anything. Gordon claims that he is innocent.

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Episode 2

Blunder

Fri, Aug 10, 1951 30 mins

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.

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Episode 3

A Child is Crying

Fri, Aug 17, 1951 30 mins

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Episode 4

The Woman at Land's Lake

Fri, Aug 24, 1951 30 mins

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Episode 5

The Last Man on Earth

Fri, Aug 31, 1951 30 mins

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Episode 6

Errand Boy

Fri, Sep 7, 1951 30 mins

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Episode 7

The Monsters

Fri, Sep 14, 1951 30 mins

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Episode 8

The Dark Angel

Fri, Sep 28, 1951 30 mins

Johanna is the first of an advanced race of human beings: an "angel" who apparently is immortal and will never die.

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Episode 9

The Crystal Egg

Fri, Oct 12, 1951 30 mins

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.

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Episode 10

Test Flight

Fri, Oct 26, 1951 30 mins

A wealthy industrialist hires a rocket scientist to design and build an engine that will get a ship, and the CEO, to another planet.

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Episode 11

The Search For the Flying Saucer

Fri, Nov 9, 1951 30 mins

A grounded pilot is determined to prove that recent UFO sightings are real only he doesn't realize how close to finding out the truth he is.

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Episode 12

Enemy Unknown

Fri, Nov 23, 1951 30 mins

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Episode 13

Sneak Attack

Fri, Dec 7, 1951 30 mins

An American secret agent during the cold war is the only hope of stopping a multiple warhead detonation in the United States.

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Episode 14

The Invader

Fri, Dec 21, 1951 30 mins

A scientist and others witness the crash of an alien space craft in the ocean.

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Episode 15

The Dune Roller

Fri, Jan 4, 1952 30 mins

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.

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Episode 16

Frankenstein

Fri, Jan 18, 1952 30 mins

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.

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Episode 17

20,000 Leasgues Under the Sea: The Chase

Fri, Jan 25, 1952 30 mins

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Episode 18

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: The Escape

Fri, Feb 1, 1952 30 mins

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Episode 19

What You Need

Fri, Feb 8, 1952 30 mins

A writer desires a machine so much he'll even steal to get it, only to have the owner of the machine feel great regret for having to kill that writer.

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Episode 20

Age of Peril

Fri, Feb 15, 1952 30 mins

Criminals get a helping hand defeating polygraph machines from a brilliant scientist.

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Episode 21

Memento

Fri, Feb 22, 1952 30 mins

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Episode 22

The Children's Room

Fri, Feb 29, 1952 30 mins

A secret "Children's Room" at a college attracts the attention of intellectual advanced youths. 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.

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Episode 23

Bound Together

Fri, Mar 7, 1952 30 mins

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Episode 24

The Diamond Lens

Fri, Mar 14, 1952 30 mins

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Episode 25

The Fisherman's Wife

Fri, Mar 21, 1952 30 mins

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Episode 26

Flight Overdue

Fri, Mar 28, 1952 30 mins

Laura (Lake) was a famous aviatrix who left her husband Don and subsequently vanished. Now, four years later, an old friend of theirs reveals the truth behind her disappearance.

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Episode 27

And a Little Child

Fri, Apr 4, 1952 30 mins

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Episode 28

Sleep No More

Fri, Apr 11, 1952 30 mins

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Episode 29

Time To Go

Fri, Apr 18, 1952 30 mins

Aliens borrow people's time with deadly results.

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Episode 30

Plague From Space

Fri, Apr 25, 1952 30 mins

USAF Colonel Jeffrey Ward's abilities are put to the ultimate test when a Martian spaceship lands at his base.

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Episode 31

Red Dust

Fri, May 2, 1952 30 mins

On a returning spaceship, an alien dust forms over the entire ship, preventing its return.

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Episode 32

The Golden Ingot

Fri, May 9, 1952 30 mins

A modern alchemist has more subtle methods of attempting to change lead to gold

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Episode 33

Black Planet

Fri, May 16, 1952 30 mins

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Episode 34

World of Water

Fri, May 23, 1952 30 mins

Scientists discovery threatens the world

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Episode 35

Little Black Bag

Fri, May 30, 1952 30 mins

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.

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Episode 36

The Exile

Fri, Jun 6, 1952 30 mins

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Episode 37

All the Time in the World

Fri, Jun 13, 1952 30 mins

A visitor from the future has a time machine on his wrist

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Episode 38

The Miraculous Serum

Fri, Jun 20, 1952 30 mins

A serum makes it possible for a person to live forever

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Episode 39

Appointment on Mars

Fri, Jun 27, 1952 30 mins

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.

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Episode 40

The Duplicates

Fri, Jul 4, 1952 30 mins

A world on the far side of the sun duplicates ours

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Episode 41

Ahead of His Time

Fri, Jul 18, 1952 30 mins

Inventor contacts future world scientists who want to change the future

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Episode 42

Sudden Darkness

Fri, Aug 1, 1952 30 mins

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Episode 43

Ice From Space

Fri, Aug 8, 1952 30 mins

During a Congressional appropriations investigation, an Air Force sounding rocket returns to Earth with an unexpected cargo: a block of ice with unusual chemical properties.

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