![]() Episodes #17 and #18 of the first series were a two-part dramatization of Jules Verne's Vingt mille lieues sous les mers ( 1870 trans as Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Seas 1872), starring Thomas Mitchell as Captain Nemo Leslie Nielsen co-starred. Other writers whose stories were adapted included Nelson S Bond, Fredric Brown, Arthur C Clarke, Theodore R Cogswell, Henry Kuttner, Julian May and William Tenn. The first episode was "Verdict from Space" (3 August 1951) written by Theodore Sturgeon and based on his own story "The Sky Was Full of Ships" (June 1947 Thrilling Wonder). ![]() ![]() It drew its material from a variety of sources, including the sf Pulp magazines, as well as using original teleplays. One of the earliest and most successful sf-anthology Television series, Tales of Tomorrow was ambitious but, like most television of the period, limited by the restrictions imposed by live studio shooting. Two seasons with 85 episodes in all season one ran from 3 August 1951 to 8 August 1952 (43 episodes) and season two from 22 August 1952 to 12 June 1953 (42 episodes). Created and produced by George Foley, Dick Gordon. ![]()
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