Outer Limits, The ABC TV 1963 – 65

“There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. If we wish to make it louder, we will bring up the volume. If we wish to make it softer, we will tune it to a whisper. We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical. We can roll the image, make it flutter. We can change the focus to a soft blur or sharpen it to crystal clarity. For the next hour, sit quietly and we will control all that you see and hear. We repeat: there is nothing wrong with your television set. You are about to participate in a great adventure. You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the inner mind to – The Outer Limits”

So opened episodes of this American Anthology series, which much like the Twilight Zone featured various stories exploring all range of subjects from the nature of humanity, time travel, other dimensions, alien encounters etc. Though this series was a little bit more bug eyed monster heavy than the twilight zone. Highly acclaimed at the time for it visuals , in the UK only a few ITV regions showed the series during the sixties the show did not receive a network screening until 1980. Forty Nine hour long episodes were produced.  A new version of the show was made during the late nineties which ran for 7 years.

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