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First airing on 30 June 1962, this BritishSeries by [[Creator/ThamesTelevision Associated British Corporation]] is a SpinOff from ''Series/ArmchairTheatre'' and [[HorrorHost hosted]] by Creator/BorisKarloff. He introduces each episode by sharing a small detail related to the play, one that won't give away spoilers about the work. The terminology "play" for the story that he hosts is a carry-over from ''Armchair Theatre'', where it's a conceit of the show that you're watching a theatre performance on the telly. Creator/SydneyNewman and Creator/IreneShubik are credited as producers for this ABC series, with many different directors and scriptwriters.
[[folder:Episodes]]
[[index]]
[numlist:0]
# "[[Recap/OutOfThisWorldDumbMartian Dumb Martian]]", the [[PoorlyDisguisedPilot backdoor pilot episode]], airing as part of ''Series/ArmchairTheatre''.[/numlist]
::"Literature/DumbMartian" by Creator/JohnWyndham, teleplay adaptation by Creator/CliveExton, directed by Creator/CharlesJarrot.
# "The Yellow Pill", airdate 30 June 1962\\
"Literature/TheYellowPill" by Creator/RogPhillips, teleplay adaptation by Creator/LeonGriffiths, directed by Creator/JonathanAlwyn.
# "[[Recap/OutOfThisWorldLittleLostRobot Little Lost Robot]]", airdate 7 July 1962\\
"Literature/LittleLostRobot" by Creator/IsaacAsimov, teleplay by Creator/LeoLehman, directed by Creator/DouglasJames
# "[[Recap/OutOfThisWorldColdEquations Cold Equations]]", airdate 14 July 1962\\
"Literature/TheColdEquations", by Creator/TomGodwin, teleplay by Creator/CliveExton, directed by Creator/PaulBernard
# "[[Recap/OutOfThisWorldImpostor Impostor]]", airdate 21 July 1962\\
"{{Literature/Impostor}}", by Creator/PhilipKDick, teleplay by Creator/TerryNation, directed by Creator/PeterHammond
# "Botany Bay", airdate 28 July 1962\\
Original story, teleplay by Creator/TerryNation, directed by Creator/GuyVerney
# "Medicine Show", airdate 4 August 1962\\
"Literature/MedicineShow", by Creator/RobertMooreWilliams, teleplay by Creator/JulianBond, directed by Creator/RichmondHarding
# "Pictures Don't Lie", airdate 11 August 1962\\
"Literature/PicturesDontLie", by Creator/KatherineMaclean, teleplay by Creator/BruceStewart, directed by Creator/JohnKnight
# "Vanishing Act", airdate 18 August 1962\\
Original story, teleplay by Creator/RichardWaring, directed by Creator/DonLeaver
# "Divided We Fall", airdate 25 August 1962\\
"Literature/DividedWeFall", by Creator/RaymondFJones, teleplay by Creator/LeonGriffiths, directed by Creator/JohnKnight
# "The Dark Star", airdate 1 September 1962\\
"Literature/ApeOfLondon", by Creator/FrankCrisp, teleplay by Creator/DenisButler, directed by Creator/PeterHammond
# "Immigrant", airdate 8 September 1962\\
"{{Literature/Immigrant}}", by Creator/CliffordDSimak, teleplay by Creator/TerryNation, directed by Creator/JonathanAlwyn
# "Target Generation", airdate 15 September 1962\\
"Literature/TargetGeneration", by Creator/CliffordDSimak, teleplay by Creator/CliveExton, directed by Creator/AlanCooke
# "The Tycoons", airdate 22 September 1962\\
"Literature/TheTycoons", by Creator/ArthurSellings, teleplay by Creator/BruceStewart, directed by Creator/CharlesJarrot
[[/index]]
[[/folder]]
Not to be mistaken for the [[Series/OutOfThisWorld1987 1987 series]] about a [[HalfHumanHybrid half-alien]] who can freeze/unfreeze time.
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!!''Out of this World'' contains examples of:
* AdaptationDyeJob: In the adaptation of "Literature/TheColdEquations", Lee's hair is changed from brown to red, which can be heard when Barton reads it off her identity disk.
* AdaptationExpansion: The adaptation of "{{Literature/Impostor}}" expands the story to make it fit the hour-long programme. Some of the changes include more characters (such as {{Mutants}}) and more subplots (such as [[AdaptationNameChange Carter]] suspecting Peters of being the [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots human-like robot]]).
* AdaptationNameChange:
** In the adaptation of "Literature/TheColdEquations", Marilyn Lee Cross's name is shortened to simply Lee Cross.
** In the adaptation of "{{Literature/Impostor}}", Spence Olham's name is changed to Robert Carter.
* BeepingComputers: In the adaptation of "Literature/TheColdEquations", Barton's Emergency Dispatch Ship's computer/radio makes lots of clicking, clacking, whirring, and a low-volume high-pitched noise to show there's lots of complicated actions associated with piloting the starship.
* DomedHometown: "Impostor" is described as being set in a city with an artificial sky. The dome is needed because radiation outside of the dome has turned people into {{Mutants}}.
* GenreAnthology: Each "play" is a different ScienceFiction story, mostly [[LiveActionAdaptation live-action adaptations]] of existing [[ShortStory short fiction stories]].
* HorrorHost: Episodes open with Creator/BorisKarloff in a context relevant to some detail of the episode's ScienceFiction play. For "Cold Equations", he talks about how lonely it is to travel between the stars. For "Impostor", he talks about the fantastic problem faced by [[AdaptationNameChange Robert Carter]].
* KillAndReplace: "{{Literature/Impostor}}" features a robot designed to look identical to a specific human being and, after killing them, to take their place.
* LiveActionAdaptation: The majority of episodes are adaptations of existing [[ShortStory short fiction stories]].
** "Cold Equations" adapts Creator/TomGodwin's "Literature/TheColdEquations"
** "The Dark Star" adapts Creator/FrankCrisp's ''Literature/ApeOfLondon''
** "Divided We Fall" adapts Creator/RaymondFJones's "Literature/DividedWeFall"
** "Dumb Martian" adapts Creator/JohnWyndham's "Literature/DumbMartian"
** "Immigrant" adapts Creator/CliffordDSimak's "{{Literature/Immigrant}}"
** "Impostor" adapts Creator/PhilipKDick's "{{Literature/Impostor}}"
** "[[Recap/OutOfThisWorldLittleLostRobot Little Lost Robot]]" adapts Creator/IsaacAsimov's "Literature/LittleLostRobot"
** "Medicine Show" adapts Creator/RobertMooreWilliams's "Literature/MedicineShow"
** "Pictures Don't Lie" adapts Creator/KatherineMaclean's "Literature/PicturesDontLie"
** "Target Generation" adapts Creator/CliffordDSimak's "Literature/TargetGeneration"
** "The Tycoons" adapts Creator/ArthurSellings's "Literature/TheTycoons"
** "The Yellow Pill" adapts Creator/RogPhillips's "Literature/TheYellowPill"
* MinimalistCast: Each episode has only a few characters, which allows for slower turnover of actors. "Impostor" had the most actors of the surviving episodes; twelve, not including HorrorHost Creator/BorisKarloff.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: The opening title sequence uses bongos and piano as music, and video of microscopic life to evoke the imagination of a completely "out of this world" setting.
* {{Mutants}}: [[AdaptationExpansion Added]] to the adaptation of "{{Literature/Impostor}}", there are mutants living outside of [[DomedHometown the city dome]], frightened of the "normals" who hate them.
* OneWordTitle: Episodes "Impostor" and "Immigrant", in keeping with their source material, "{{Literature/Impostor}}" and "{{Literature/Immigrant}}".
* OrMyNameIsnt: When introducing "Impostor", the HorrorHost proclaims that if [[AdaptationNameChange Carter]]'s problem isn't the most amazing you've ever heard, then his name isn't Creator/BorisKarloff.
* PoorlyDisguisedPilot: "Dumb Martian" was aired as part of ''Series/ArmchairTheatre'', complete with Creator/BorisKarloff as HorrorHost, inviting the audience to join him next saturday when the new series would air.
* StuffBlowingUp: "Impostor", an adaptation of Creator/PhilipKDick's "{{Literature/Impostor}}", ends with a robot exploding. In the original work, it was visible all the way to Alpha Centauri.
* WhyAmITicking: "Impostor" features a man trying to prove that he is not a [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots human-like robot]] with a hidden bomb. [[spoiler:At the end, he realizes that he IS a robot, and it's the realization that causes him to [[StuffBlowingUp explode]].]]
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First airing on 30 June 1962, this BritishSeries by [[Creator/ThamesTelevision Associated British Corporation]] is a SpinOff from ''Series/ArmchairTheatre'' and [[HorrorHost hosted]] by Creator/BorisKarloff. He introduces each episode by sharing a small detail related to the play, one that won't give away spoilers about the work. The terminology "play" for the story that he hosts is a carry-over from ''Armchair Theatre'', where it's a conceit of the show that you're watching a theatre performance on the telly. Creator/SydneyNewman and Creator/IreneShubik are credited as producers for this ABC series, with many different directors and scriptwriters.
[[folder:Episodes]]
[[index]]
[numlist:0]
# "[[Recap/OutOfThisWorldDumbMartian Dumb Martian]]", the [[PoorlyDisguisedPilot backdoor pilot episode]], airing as part of ''Series/ArmchairTheatre''.[/numlist]
::"Literature/DumbMartian" by Creator/JohnWyndham, teleplay adaptation by Creator/CliveExton, directed by Creator/CharlesJarrot.
# "The Yellow Pill", airdate 30 June 1962\\
"Literature/TheYellowPill" by Creator/RogPhillips, teleplay adaptation by Creator/LeonGriffiths, directed by Creator/JonathanAlwyn.
# "[[Recap/OutOfThisWorldLittleLostRobot Little Lost Robot]]", airdate 7 July 1962\\
"Literature/LittleLostRobot" by Creator/IsaacAsimov, teleplay by Creator/LeoLehman, directed by Creator/DouglasJames
# "[[Recap/OutOfThisWorldColdEquations Cold Equations]]", airdate 14 July 1962\\
"Literature/TheColdEquations", by Creator/TomGodwin, teleplay by Creator/CliveExton, directed by Creator/PaulBernard
# "[[Recap/OutOfThisWorldImpostor Impostor]]", airdate 21 July 1962\\
"{{Literature/Impostor}}", by Creator/PhilipKDick, teleplay by Creator/TerryNation, directed by Creator/PeterHammond
# "Botany Bay", airdate 28 July 1962\\
Original story, teleplay by Creator/TerryNation, directed by Creator/GuyVerney
# "Medicine Show", airdate 4 August 1962\\
"Literature/MedicineShow", by Creator/RobertMooreWilliams, teleplay by Creator/JulianBond, directed by Creator/RichmondHarding
# "Pictures Don't Lie", airdate 11 August 1962\\
"Literature/PicturesDontLie", by Creator/KatherineMaclean, teleplay by Creator/BruceStewart, directed by Creator/JohnKnight
# "Vanishing Act", airdate 18 August 1962\\
Original story, teleplay by Creator/RichardWaring, directed by Creator/DonLeaver
# "Divided We Fall", airdate 25 August 1962\\
"Literature/DividedWeFall", by Creator/RaymondFJones, teleplay by Creator/LeonGriffiths, directed by Creator/JohnKnight
# "The Dark Star", airdate 1 September 1962\\
"Literature/ApeOfLondon", by Creator/FrankCrisp, teleplay by Creator/DenisButler, directed by Creator/PeterHammond
# "Immigrant", airdate 8 September 1962\\
"{{Literature/Immigrant}}", by Creator/CliffordDSimak, teleplay by Creator/TerryNation, directed by Creator/JonathanAlwyn
# "Target Generation", airdate 15 September 1962\\
"Literature/TargetGeneration", by Creator/CliffordDSimak, teleplay by Creator/CliveExton, directed by Creator/AlanCooke
# "The Tycoons", airdate 22 September 1962\\
"Literature/TheTycoons", by Creator/ArthurSellings, teleplay by Creator/BruceStewart, directed by Creator/CharlesJarrot
[[/index]]
[[/folder]]
Not to be mistaken for the [[Series/OutOfThisWorld1987 1987 series]] about a [[HalfHumanHybrid half-alien]] who can freeze/unfreeze time.
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!!''Out of this World'' contains examples of:
* AdaptationDyeJob: In the adaptation of "Literature/TheColdEquations", Lee's hair is changed from brown to red, which can be heard when Barton reads it off her identity disk.
* AdaptationExpansion: The adaptation of "{{Literature/Impostor}}" expands the story to make it fit the hour-long programme. Some of the changes include more characters (such as {{Mutants}}) and more subplots (such as [[AdaptationNameChange Carter]] suspecting Peters of being the [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots human-like robot]]).
* AdaptationNameChange:
** In the adaptation of "Literature/TheColdEquations", Marilyn Lee Cross's name is shortened to simply Lee Cross.
** In the adaptation of "{{Literature/Impostor}}", Spence Olham's name is changed to Robert Carter.
* BeepingComputers: In the adaptation of "Literature/TheColdEquations", Barton's Emergency Dispatch Ship's computer/radio makes lots of clicking, clacking, whirring, and a low-volume high-pitched noise to show there's lots of complicated actions associated with piloting the starship.
* DomedHometown: "Impostor" is described as being set in a city with an artificial sky. The dome is needed because radiation outside of the dome has turned people into {{Mutants}}.
* GenreAnthology: Each "play" is a different ScienceFiction story, mostly [[LiveActionAdaptation live-action adaptations]] of existing [[ShortStory short fiction stories]].
* HorrorHost: Episodes open with Creator/BorisKarloff in a context relevant to some detail of the episode's ScienceFiction play. For "Cold Equations", he talks about how lonely it is to travel between the stars. For "Impostor", he talks about the fantastic problem faced by [[AdaptationNameChange Robert Carter]].
* KillAndReplace: "{{Literature/Impostor}}" features a robot designed to look identical to a specific human being and, after killing them, to take their place.
* LiveActionAdaptation: The majority of episodes are adaptations of existing [[ShortStory short fiction stories]].
** "Cold Equations" adapts Creator/TomGodwin's "Literature/TheColdEquations"
** "The Dark Star" adapts Creator/FrankCrisp's ''Literature/ApeOfLondon''
** "Divided We Fall" adapts Creator/RaymondFJones's "Literature/DividedWeFall"
** "Dumb Martian" adapts Creator/JohnWyndham's "Literature/DumbMartian"
** "Immigrant" adapts Creator/CliffordDSimak's "{{Literature/Immigrant}}"
** "Impostor" adapts Creator/PhilipKDick's "{{Literature/Impostor}}"
** "[[Recap/OutOfThisWorldLittleLostRobot Little Lost Robot]]" adapts Creator/IsaacAsimov's "Literature/LittleLostRobot"
** "Medicine Show" adapts Creator/RobertMooreWilliams's "Literature/MedicineShow"
** "Pictures Don't Lie" adapts Creator/KatherineMaclean's "Literature/PicturesDontLie"
** "Target Generation" adapts Creator/CliffordDSimak's "Literature/TargetGeneration"
** "The Tycoons" adapts Creator/ArthurSellings's "Literature/TheTycoons"
** "The Yellow Pill" adapts Creator/RogPhillips's "Literature/TheYellowPill"
* MinimalistCast: Each episode has only a few characters, which allows for slower turnover of actors. "Impostor" had the most actors of the surviving episodes; twelve, not including HorrorHost Creator/BorisKarloff.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: The opening title sequence uses bongos and piano as music, and video of microscopic life to evoke the imagination of a completely "out of this world" setting.
* {{Mutants}}: [[AdaptationExpansion Added]] to the adaptation of "{{Literature/Impostor}}", there are mutants living outside of [[DomedHometown the city dome]], frightened of the "normals" who hate them.
* OneWordTitle: Episodes "Impostor" and "Immigrant", in keeping with their source material, "{{Literature/Impostor}}" and "{{Literature/Immigrant}}".
* OrMyNameIsnt: When introducing "Impostor", the HorrorHost proclaims that if [[AdaptationNameChange Carter]]'s problem isn't the most amazing you've ever heard, then his name isn't Creator/BorisKarloff.
* PoorlyDisguisedPilot: "Dumb Martian" was aired as part of ''Series/ArmchairTheatre'', complete with Creator/BorisKarloff as HorrorHost, inviting the audience to join him next saturday when the new series would air.
* StuffBlowingUp: "Impostor", an adaptation of Creator/PhilipKDick's "{{Literature/Impostor}}", ends with a robot exploding. In the original work, it was visible all the way to Alpha Centauri.
* WhyAmITicking: "Impostor" features a man trying to prove that he is not a [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots human-like robot]] with a hidden bomb. [[spoiler:At the end, he realizes that he IS a robot, and it's the realization that causes him to [[StuffBlowingUp explode]].]]
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