The Outer Limits (1963)

Score: 8.3 Great 30 votes

Don't Open Till Doomsday

Episode Number: 17 Season Num: 1 First Aired: January 20, 1964 Prod Code: n/a

Eloping lovers come on a strange house. There they find an old woman still despairing over the loss of her fiance on their wedding day many years ago. Little does she know that one of her wedding presents is responsible for the disappearance of the groom: the present with the card that reads "Don't Open Till Doomsday".

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Writer:	Joseph Stefano

Director:	Gerd Oswald

Star:	Vic Perrin (The Control Voice)

Guest Star:	Buck Taylor (Gard Hayden), John Hoyt (Emmett Balfour), Russell Collins (Justice of the Peace), Nellie Burt (Wife), Anthony Jochim (Mordecai Spazman), Melinda Plowman (Viva Hayden), Miriam Hopkins (Mary Kry), David Frankham (Harvey Kry)

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Control Voice: (closing narration) Without that deadly talent for being in the right place at the right time evil must suffer defeat, and with each defeat doomsday is postponed for at least one more day. (edit)

Control Voice: (opening narration) The greatness of evil lies in its awful accuracy. Without that deadly talent for being in the right place at the right time evil must suffer defeat. For unlike its opposite good, evil is allowed no human failings, no miscalculations. Evil must be perfect or depend upon the imperfections of others. (edit)

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Tenebrous1 Report Abuse	8.9 Great Don't Open Till Doomsday "Series classic" One of the creepiest, most atmospheric, and memorable episodes of the series, on par with the greats of the Twilight Zone. Continue » Posted Feb 14, 2008 3:52 pm PST

djcooke Report Abuse 1 user disagrees with this review	4.8 Poor Don't Open Till Doomsday "Painful to watch" Overly silly episode just does not pull it off Continue » Posted Jun 9, 2006 11:09 am PST

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Episode: Don't Open Till Doomsday
Season Number: 1
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Score: 8.3 Great 30 votes

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