Science Fiction Theatre

Science Fiction Theatre

Infobox Television
show_name = Science Fiction Theatre


caption = Opening titles
rating =
format = Science fiction, Anthology
runtime = 30 minutes
creator =
starring = Truman Bradley (Host)
country = USA
network = syndicated
first_aired = 9 April, 1955
last_aired = 6 April, 1957
num_episodes = 78
imdb_id = 0047767
tv_com_id = 6057

"Science Fiction Theatre" is a syndicated science fiction anthology series. It was produced in the United States by Ivan Tors and Maurice Ziv.

Hosted by Truman Bradley, a 1940s film actor and former war correspondent, each episode introduced stories which had an extrapolated scientific, or pseudo-scientific emphasis based on actual scientific data available in the 1950s. The program concentrated on such concepts as space flight, robots, telepathy, flying saucers, time travel, and the intervention of extraterrestrials in human affairs.

It ran from 1955 to 1957, with a total of 78 half hour episodes. It was also known as "Beyond The Limits" in second run syndication during the 1960s and alternatively as "Science Fiction Theater".

"Science Fiction Theatre" was a forerunner of similar shows, such as "The Twilight Zone" and "The Outer Limits". "Science Fiction Theatre" was mentioned in the 1985 film "Back to the Future" starring Michael J. Fox (not to be confused with Michael Fox, a frequent actor in "Science Fiction Theatre" episodes) and Christopher Lloyd.

Intro

Each episode was introduced by a stirring brass, string, and woodwind fanfare (uncredited, but probably composed by Ray Bloch [ [http://www.classicthemes.com/50sTVThemes/themePages/sciFiTheater.html Science Fiction Theater ] ] ) while the camera panned over a science laboratory. Then Truman Bradley showed a simple scientific experiment which was usually related to the topic of that week's show. Mr. Bradley's demonstrations were often staged, but yielded results consistent with the outcome of true experiments.

Due to the limited budgets and intense production scheduals of ZIV episodic television shows, most of the scientific, and not so scientific apparatus appears again and again as props with many different functions.

Episodes

eason 1

eason 2

References

*imdb title|id=0047767|title=Science Fiction Theater (1955)
* [http://home.earthlink.net/~joesarno/tvscifi/sciencetheater.htm TVscifi Episode guide]
* [http://www.tv.com/science-fiction-theatre/show/6057/summary.html TV.com episode guide with individual cast lists]
* [http://epguides.com/ScienceFictionTheatre/ Epguides.com Titles & Air Dates Guide]


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