Tales of Tomorrow

Gordon Kent is put on trial for theft and murder. He is accused of robbing and murdering Professor Sykes in order to get money to build a blowtorch capable of cutting through anything. Gordon claims that he is innocent. He says that Sykes came to him looking for a blowtorch to cut open a metal door hidden in a secret cavern. Inside the room was an ancient machine that has been recording all significant physical disturbances on the planet Earth for millions of years. When he disovered the machine Gordon thought it might be a transmitter to someplace else and he worries that it might still be transmitting.

A scientist named Carl Eversons decides to continue a series of experiments with nuclear fission. His wife Jane and a group of scientist try to convince him that he needs to stop because there is a risk that he could ignite the world's oxygen and bring about the end of the world.

Johanna is the first of an advanced race of human beings: an "angel" who apparently is immortal and will never die.

The owner of a London curiosity shop delivers a mysterious crystal egg to a university professor for the scientist's opinion on its worth and its properties. The 'egg' proves to be a window to Mars. When the professor loses the egg, he tries to convince people that he is not crazy.

A wealthy industrialist hires a rocket scientist to design and build an engine that will get a ship, and the CEO, to another planet.