SCIENCE FICTION THEATRE: A History of the Television program, 1955-1957 John Dehner Because the radio broadcasts were

Because the radio broadcasts were never recorded until 1943

Gene Barry and many others

the network purposely made the entire ninety-minutes a commercial promoting their products

Shimon Wincelberg

SCIENCE FICTION THEATRE: A History of the Television program, 1955-1957 John Dehner Because the radio broadcasts wereFrom 1955 to 1957, Science Fiction Theatre, a semi documentary anthology series, explored the what ifs of modern science with a heavy emphasis on fiction. Each drama was based on science fact dealing with such subjects as time travelers, UFOs, mental telepathy, robots, psychokinesis, mans first orbital flight into space and even the possibility of thawing frozen prehistoric animals from blocks of ice. Hollywood luminaries made guest appearances.