Episode
The Ray Bradbury Theater: Tomorrow's Child
Overview
An experimental childbirth procedure results in a couple's baby being born into another dimension. The child's non-human appearance puts a lot of strain on the new parents and threatens to send the wife into madness.
Details
- Series
- The Ray Bradbury Theater
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 11
- Air date
- 1992-08-14
- Runtime
- 23 min
Episode context
Tomorrow's Child is Episode 11 in Season 6 of The Ray Bradbury Theater. It aired on 1992-08-14. The runtime is 23 min.
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