| Although not all of the people nowadays are | | | | Limits and The Twilight Zone. The program was |
| familiar with the TV series, Science Fiction | | | | even mentioned in the Back to the Future film in |
| Theatre, it still has its own fan base that are very | | | | 1985, which starred Michael J. Fox and Christopher |
| much into the series until now. In fact, there | | | | Lloyd. Coincidentally, an actor named Michael Fox |
| might be even children or grandchildren of people | | | | was also one of the most frequent actors that |
| who were fond of this series in the past that | | | | starred in the episodes of the program. |
| know of this and even have collections of the | | | | Looking back on the episodes of Science Fiction |
| series' episodes or are interested in getting copies | | | | Theatre, it can be remembered by those who |
| of them. | | | | were fond of the science program that each |
| Science Fiction Theatre was actually a syndicated | | | | episode had an introduction that consisted of a |
| anthology series based on science fiction. The | | | | stirring fanfare of string, brass and woodwind. |
| producers of this US series are Maurice Ziv and | | | | This musical score was played while the camera |
| Ivan Tors while its host was Truman Bradley. A | | | | slowly panned over the infamous science |
| former correspondent during war, Bradley was | | | | laboratory of the program. Although he is not |
| also a film actor during the 1940s. Each episode of | | | | credited for it, it is believed that the introductory |
| the series presented stories which had | | | | score of the program was a composition of Ray |
| pseudo-scientific or extrapolated importance and | | | | Bloch. After the intro, host Truman Bradley would |
| was based on authentic scientific data that was | | | | the show a scientific experiment that could only |
| made available during the 1950s. The program's | | | | be described as relatively simple but which has a |
| focus was more on such ideas as robots, flying | | | | connection to the topic of the show on a given |
| saucers, space flight, time travel, telepathy and | | | | week. Although the demonstrations presented by |
| the extraterrestrials' alleged intervention in the | | | | Bradley were mostly staged, the results that they |
| affairs of humans. | | | | yielded were really in harmony with the true |
| The program which ran since 1955 until 1957 had | | | | experiments' outcome. Because of the intense |
| 78 episodes all in all that ran for a half hour each. | | | | scheduling of the production of the ZIV episodic |
| In its second run syndication in the 1960s, the | | | | shows for television and also because of budget |
| program was also called Beyond the Limits and | | | | constraints, the scientific apparatus and even |
| Science Fiction Theater, alternatively. In all | | | | those that were not that scientific that were |
| actuality, Science Fiction Theatre was known to | | | | used in the shows appeared time and time again |
| be the predecessor of such shows bearing the | | | | as multi-function props. |
| same genre and among these are The Outer | | | | |