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{{Infobox television
| image                =
| image_size           = 
| caption              = 
| genre                = {{Plainlist|
* [[Science fiction]]
* [[Horror fiction|Horror]]
}}
| creator              = 
| based_on             = {{based on|''[[Weird Science (comics)|Weird Science]]''|[[William Gaines]]}}
| voices               = [[Maureen Teefy]]
| theme_music_composer = [[Danny Elfman]]
| open_theme            = 
| end_theme             = 
| composer             = {{Plainlist|
* [[J. Peter Robinson]]
* Ernest Troost
* Frank Becker
* Chris Boardman
* Eric Colvin
* [[Mark Mothersbaugh]]
* [[Mark Snow]]
* [[Dan Wool]]
}}
| country              = United States
| language             = English
| num_seasons          = 1
| num_episodes         = 10
| list_episodes        = 
| executive_producer   = {{Plainlist|
* [[Richard Donner]]
* [[David Giler]]
* [[Walter Hill (director)|Walter Hill]]
* [[Joel Silver]]
* [[Robert Zemeckis]]
}}
| producer             = [[Gilbert Adler]]
| runtime              = 22 minutes <small>(approx.)</small>
| company              = {{Plainlist|
* [[EC Comics]]
* [[HBO]]
}}
| network              = [[HBO]]
| first_aired          = {{Start date|1997|06|07}}
| last_aired           = {{End date|1997|07|23}}
| related              = ''[[Tales from the Crypt (TV series)|Tales from the Crypt]]'' 
}}

'''''Perversions of Science''''' is an American [[science fiction]]/[[horror film|horror]] [[anthology series|anthology]] television series that ran from June 7 to July 23, 1997, on the premium [[cable television|cable]] [[television channel|channel]] [[HBO]], lasting one season. It is a [[spin-off (media)|spin-off]] of the horror series ''[[Tales from the Crypt (TV series)|Tales from the Crypt]]'' also shown on HBO,<ref name="TV.com Show Summary">{{cite news|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/perversions-of-science/|title=Show Summary|access-date=December 8, 2013}}</ref> and its episodes are based on [[EC Comics]]'s ''[[Weird Science (comic)|Weird Science]]'',<ref name="Kurland 2016">{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3376684/time-tales-crypt-unsuccessful-sci-fi-spinoff-hosted-sexy-robot/|title=That Time When 'Tales From the Crypt' Had an Unsuccessful Sci-Fi Spinoff Hosted By a Sexy Robot!|last=Kurland|first=Daniel|date=January 21, 2016|website=[[Bloody Disgusting]]|access-date=September 18, 2021}}</ref> ''[[Weird Fantasy]]'', and ''[[Incredible Science Fiction]]'' [[comic book]] series.

==Format==
The format of ''Perversions of Science'' is similar to ''Tales from the Crypt''; the latter is hosted by [[the Cryptkeeper]], a wisecracking corpse performed by [[puppeteer]]s, while ''Perversion of Science'' is hosted by a [[Computer-generated imagery|computer-generated]] [[Gynoid|female robot]] named Chrome (voiced by [[Maureen Teefy]]).<ref>{{cite book|last=Lentz III|first=Harris M.|year=2001|title=Science Fiction, Horror & Fantasy Film and Television Credits|url=|volume=3|publisher=[[McFarland & Company]]|page=2014|isbn=0-7864-0952-5}}</ref> Individual episodes begin with an introduction by Chrome, followed by a main narrative. After the narrative is complete, Chrome concludes the episode by making a comment about the story in question.<ref name="TV.com Show Summary" /> Unlike the Cryptkeeper, who frequently makes [[pun]]s revolving around death and macabre subjects, Chrome engages more in [[sexual innuendo]].<ref name="Kurland 2016" />

Most episodes focused on a part of science fiction such as [[alien invasion]] or [[Space exploration|space]]/[[time travel]].

The show featured a mix of established talent and young up-and-comers. For instance, "Panic" starred a young [[Jason Lee (actor)|Jason Lee]] and [[Jamie Kennedy]] opposite [[Harvey Korman]].<ref name="Kurland 2016" />

==Episodes==
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 1
| EpisodeNumber2  = 1
| Title           = Dream of Doom
| Aux1            = ''[[Weird Science (comics)|Weird Science]]'' #12 (1)
| DirectedBy      = [[Walter Hill (director)|Walter Hill]]
| WrittenBy       = [[David S. Goyer]]
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|06|07}}
| ShortSummary    = A 40-year-old divorced but childless professor ([[Keith Carradine]]) cannot wake from his dreams. Each time he wakes up, he finds himself in another dream.

Also starring [[Adam Arkin]], [[Lolita Davidovich]], and Gretchen Palmer.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 2
| EpisodeNumber2  = 2
| Title           = Anatomy Lesson
| Aux1            = ''[[Weird Fantasy]]'' #12 (As A Lesson in Anatomy!)
| DirectedBy      = [[Gilbert Adler]]
| WrittenBy       = Kevin Rock
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|06|07}}
| ShortSummary    = The son ([[Jeremy London]]) of a small town [[coroner]] ([[Jim Metzler]]) has the desire to kill. A strange bearded man ([[Jeff Fahey]]) always interferes with his plans.

Also starring [[Joanna Gleason]] and Devon Odessa.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 3
| EpisodeNumber2  = 3
| Title           = Boxed In
| Aux1            = ''Original Story''
| DirectedBy      = [[William Shatner]]
| WrittenBy       = [[Chris Miller (writer)|Chris Miller]] & Kevin Rock
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|06|07}}
| ShortSummary    = A space pilot ([[Kevin Pollak]]) has spent years in an eroding fighter with a female [[Android (robot)|android]] (Heather Elizabeth Parkhurst). He has kept his promise to be faithful to his fiancée named Dulcine ([[Melanie Shatner]]) who is also the daughter of an Admiral ([[William Shatner]]). When he finally gets to see her, he notices that the Admiral has fitted her with an electronic [[chastity belt]].
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 4
| EpisodeNumber2  = 4
| Title           = The Exile
| Aux1            = ''[[Weird Fantasy]]'' #14
| DirectedBy      = [[William Malone (director)|William Malone]]
| WrittenBy       = [[David J. Schow]]
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|06|11}}
| ShortSummary    = A scientist ([[Jeffrey Combs]]) who kills people in his impurity-purging experiments is arrested and tried. When [[Rehabilitation (penology)|rehabilitation]] fails at the hands of the prison psychiatrist ([[David Warner (actor)|David Warner]]), he is sentenced to be "exiled."

Also starring [[Ron Perlman]], Christopher John Fields, Brian Brophy, and [[Jeff Corey]].
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 5
| EpisodeNumber2  = 5
| Title           = Given the Heir
| Aux1            = ''[[Weird Science (comics)|Weird Science]]'' #16
| DirectedBy      = [[Ramón Menéndez]]
| WrittenBy       = [[Mark Verheiden]]
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|06|18}}
| ShortSummary    = A woman ([[Yancy Butler]]) re-shapes her body to [[perfection]]. She then participates in an experiment where she is sent ten years into the past where she meets a man ([[William McNamara]]) obsessed with perfection.

Also starring [[David Leisure]] and [[Paul Williams (songwriter)|Paul Williams]].
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 6
| EpisodeNumber2  = 6
| Title           = Planely Possible
| Aux1            = ''[[Weird Fantasy]]'' #21
| DirectedBy      = [[Russell Mulcahy]]
| WrittenBy       = Peter Atkins
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|06|25}}
| ShortSummary    = A grieving widower ([[George Newbern]]) volunteers to be the subject of an experiment by an ex-NASA scientist ([[Vincent Schiavelli]]) where he will be sent to another plane of [[existence]] where his murdered wife ([[Elizabeth Berkley]]) may still be alive.

Also starring [[Joyce Brothers]].
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 7
| EpisodeNumber2  = 7
| Title           = Panic
| Aux1            = ''[[Weird Science (comics)|Weird Science]]'' #15 (4)
| DirectedBy      = [[Tobe Hooper]]
| WrittenBy       = [[Andrew Kevin Walker]]
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|07|02}}
| ShortSummary    = In the 1930s, Bob ([[Jason Lee (actor)|Jason Lee]]) and John ([[Jamie Kennedy]]) are among a number of people at a [[Halloween]] costume party trying to deal with the panic caused by a fictionalized version of the [[Orson Welles]] Mercury Theatre production of ''[[The War of the Worlds (radio)|The War of the Worlds]]'' as people start turning up dead.

Also starring [[Laraine Newman]], [[Harvey Korman]], [[Edie McClurg]], and [[Chris Sarandon]].
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 8
| EpisodeNumber2  = 8
| Title           = Snap Ending
| Aux1            = ''[[Weird Science (comics)|Weird Science]]'' #18
| DirectedBy      = [[Sean Astin]]
| WrittenBy       = Kevin Rock
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|07|09}}
| ShortSummary    = A spaceship captain ([[Jennifer Hetrick]]) and her mixed gender crew ([[Wil Wheaton]], [[Sean Astin]] and [[Kathleen Wilhoite]]) struggle with anxiety when an unidentified extraterrestrial virus puts the ship in lockdown and activates the self-destruct sequence.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 9
| EpisodeNumber2  = 9
| Title           = Ultimate Weapon
| Aux1            = ''[[Incredible Science Fiction]]'' #32
| DirectedBy      = Dean Lopata
| WrittenBy       = Gilbert Adler & Jeannette Lewis
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|07|16}}
| ShortSummary    = A shapeshifting alien from outer space assumes a human form ([[Paolo Seganti]]) in order to mate with a native earth-person ([[Heather Langenkamp]]) who is also dealing with her moody husband ([[Mitchell Whitfield]]), her drunk girlfriends ([[Kim Myers]] and Maria Chin), and her visiting parents ([[Jennifer Darling]] and [[Steve Kahan]]).
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 10
| EpisodeNumber2  = 10
| Title           = The People's Choice
| Aux1            = ''[[Weird Science (comics)|Weird Science]]'' #16
| DirectedBy      = Russell Mulcahy
| WrittenBy       = [[Scott Nimerfro]]
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|07|23}}
| ShortSummary    = In the near future, a [[suburb]]an family ([[Patrick Cassidy (actor)|Patrick Cassidy]] and [[Maxine Bahns]]) gets caught between groups of warring robots. When one of their robots is damaged every night, a robot repairman suggests that they buy a new one: a red, white, and blue [[Patriotism|patriot]].

Also starring [[Barry Williams (actor)|Barry Williams]] and [[Richard Riehle]].
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}}

==Home media==
The series was released in Japan (Region 2, NTSC) on March 23, 2001, across three individual DVD volumes by [[NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan|Pioneer Entertainment]] and [[Tohokushinsha Film]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00005HW90/|title=クロニクル 倒錯科学研究所 CASE1 [DVD]|website=[[Amazon.co.jp]]|access-date=January 17, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://amazon.co.jp/dp/B00005HW92|title=クロニクル 倒錯科学研究所 CASE3 [DVD]|website=[[Amazon.co.jp]]|access-date=January 17, 2020}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0118426|Perversions of Science}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070313142822/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/showinfo.cfm?showID=3305 Perversions of Science] on [[TVShowsOnDVD.com]]

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