The Outer Limits
Don't Open Till Doomsday
TV Flash files “Don't Open Till Doomsday” as hour 17 of 49 in the TV Flash guide — The Outer Limits (1963–1965) on ABC, season 1, episode 17, aired 1964-01-20, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E17: listed hour 17 of 49 in the The Outer Limits guide, hour 17 of 32 in season 1. It aired 1964-01-20 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Controlled Experiment” (S01E16). Next is “ZZZZZ” (S01E18).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
In 1929, a local scientist delivers a mysterious present to newlyweds, with the note "Don't Open Till Doomsday" on it. The groom Harvey Jr. disappears shortly thereafter, and his bride Mary waits over 35 years until a new set of newlyweds comes along.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Don't Open Till Doomsday sit in the The Outer Limits guide?
S01E17 is listed hour 17 of 49 — hour 17 of 32 in season 1, season 1 episode 17.
When did The Outer Limits S01E17 air?
Don't Open Till Doomsday aired 1964-01-20 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start?
Any Control Voice cold open is the contract: do not adjust the picture. Pick a monster-forward hour from the Stefano stretch if you want literate pulp; the series is anthology, so order is optional.
In the series
Why this series still plays
There is nothing wrong with your television set — except Leslie Stevens is about to seize it. ABC's Outer Limits delivered creature-driven sci-fi anthology dread with a Control Voice cold open that still raises neck hair. The darker twin bill to Twilight Zone: more monster, slightly less sermon, two seasons that stamped a later revival.
There is nothing wrong with your television set — except Leslie Stevens is about to seize it. ABC's *The Outer Limits* (1963–1965) ran **two seasons, 49 episodes** of science-fiction anthology dread: monster-of-the-week creatures, Cold War paranoia, and a Control Voice cold open (Vic Perrin) that still raises neck hair. Joseph Stefano's producing stretch pushed literate pulp. Budget monsters became beloved anyway. Rex will twin-bill it with Serling and call the decade a sermon. Where Serling moralized, *Outer…
Filed against
- Vic Perrin as Control Voice
Vic Perrin’s Control Voice seized The Outer Limits before the picture started — there is nothing wrong with your television set, except Leslie Stevens is about to take it. ABC’s creature-driven sci-fi anthology, a cold open that still…