Out of This World (1962 TV series)

Out of This World was a British science fiction anthology series made by ABC Television and broadcast from June 30th to September 22nd, 1962, spanning a total of fourteen episodes. The show was hosted by British actor and silver screen horror icon Boris Karloff. Many of the episodes were adaptations of stories by science fiction writers including Isaac Asimov, Philip K. Dick and Clifford D. Simak. The series is generally seen as a precursor to the BBC science fiction anthology series Out of the Unknown.

The series was developed by producer Leonard White, whose previous works included Armchair Mystery Theatre and The Avengers while the creative drive behind the program was from story editor Irene Shubik who would later go on to produce Out of the Unknown. "Little Lost Robot" is the only known episode to survive today. It was common practice among British broadcasters at the time to wipe their episodes after their initial broadcast.

Notes & Trivia

 * Not to be confused with the 1987 fantasy sitcom Out of This World broadcast in syndication in the United States.


 * The premiere episode "Dumb Martian" was actually a late episode of Armchair Theatre. The first actual episode of the series was "The Yellow Pill"