 However, the production that acted as a template for what would become "Out of This World" was "Murder Club", an adaptation of Robert Sheckley’s short story "The Seventh Victim", starring Richard Briers, that aired under the "Armchair Theatre" banner on 3 December 1961.Also around this time the BBC had scored a notable hit with the science fiction thriller "A for Andromeda".Shubik was appointed story editor and Leonard White, who had produced the first two seasons of "The Avengers", was assigned to produce.