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"Some [[robot]] from '''''The Twilight Zone'''''" was how [[Jessica Willamy]] described a [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cyberman]] upon her first encounter with the [[metal]]lic [[species]] in [[San Francisco]] in [[January]] [[1967]]. She then added that, unlike the robots of The Twilight Zone, "this one made [her] scared." ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Wonderland (novel)|Wonderland]]'') | "Some [[robot]] from '''''The Twilight Zone'''''" was how [[Jessica Willamy]] described a [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cyberman]] upon her first encounter with the [[metal]]lic [[species]] in [[San Francisco]] in [[January]] [[1967]]. She then added that, unlike the robots of ''The Twilight Zone'', "this one made [her] scared." ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Wonderland (novel)|Wonderland]]'') | ||
After finding that [[Susan Foreman]] and her grandfather, the [[First Doctor]], were not from [[Earth]] in [[April]] [[1963]], [[John Brent]] could not help but to make a comparison numerous times to The Twilight Zone, which was evidently popular | After finding that [[Susan Foreman]] and her grandfather, the [[First Doctor]], were not from [[Earth]] in [[April]] [[1963]], [[John Brent]] could not help but to make a comparison numerous times to ''The Twilight Zone'', which was evidently popular in the [[1960s]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Time and Relative (novel)|Time and Relative]]'') | ||
When [[the Memory]] offered [[Peri Brown]] her only chance of survival from [[drowning]] — becoming its [[god]] — she described her way out as "clear as the sign-post for the Twilight Zone, always so helpfully pointed out by [[Rod Serling]], but less inviting." ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Shell Shock (novel)|Shell Shock]]'') | When [[the Memory]] offered [[Peri Brown]] her only chance of survival from [[drowning]] — becoming its [[god]] — she described her way out as "clear as the sign-post for the Twilight Zone, always so helpfully pointed out by [[Rod Serling]], but less inviting." ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Shell Shock (novel)|Shell Shock]]'') | ||
After [[Dwight Everson]] was taken for fuel by the [[Hervoken]], Mr. [[Pirelli]] jokingly suggested that he may have been kidnapped by a [[Pterodactyl]] native to the zone. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Forever Autumn (novel)|Forever Autumn]]'') | After [[Dwight Everson]] was taken for fuel by the [[Hervoken]], Mr. [[Pirelli]] jokingly suggested that he may have been kidnapped by a [[Pterodactyl]] native to the titular zone. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Forever Autumn (novel)|Forever Autumn]]'') | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
* ''The Twilight Zone''{{'}}s pilot episode was produced as the ''[[Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse]]'' episode "The Time Element". | * ''The Twilight Zone''{{'}}s pilot episode was produced as the ''[[Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse]]'' episode "The Time Element". | ||
* [[Jean Marsh]] played the [[android]] Alicia in ''The Twilight Zone'' Season 1 episode "The Lonely". [[Harold Innocent]] played a board member in the Season 2 episode "The Obsolete Man". [[Terence de Marney]] played a gambler in the Season 3 episode "The Trade-Ins". [[George Murdock]] played Willie in the Season 3 episode "The Dummy". | * [[Jean Marsh]] played the [[android]] Alicia in ''The Twilight Zone'' Season 1 episode "The Lonely". [[Harold Innocent]] played a board member in the Season 2 episode "The Obsolete Man". [[Terence de Marney]] played a gambler in the Season 3 episode "The Trade-Ins". [[George Murdock]] played Willie in the Season 3 episode "The Dummy". | ||
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Revision as of 16:46, 25 April 2020
"Some robot from The Twilight Zone" was how Jessica Willamy described a Cyberman upon her first encounter with the metallic species in San Francisco in January 1967. She then added that, unlike the robots of The Twilight Zone, "this one made [her] scared." (PROSE: Wonderland)
After finding that Susan Foreman and her grandfather, the First Doctor, were not from Earth in April 1963, John Brent could not help but to make a comparison numerous times to The Twilight Zone, which was evidently popular in the 1960s. (PROSE: Time and Relative)
When the Memory offered Peri Brown her only chance of survival from drowning — becoming its god — she described her way out as "clear as the sign-post for the Twilight Zone, always so helpfully pointed out by Rod Serling, but less inviting." (PROSE: Shell Shock)
After Dwight Everson was taken for fuel by the Hervoken, Mr. Pirelli jokingly suggested that he may have been kidnapped by a Pterodactyl native to the titular zone. (PROSE: Forever Autumn)
Behind the scenes
- The Twilight Zone's pilot episode was produced as the Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse episode "The Time Element".
- Jean Marsh played the android Alicia in The Twilight Zone Season 1 episode "The Lonely". Harold Innocent played a board member in the Season 2 episode "The Obsolete Man". Terence de Marney played a gambler in the Season 3 episode "The Trade-Ins". George Murdock played Willie in the Season 3 episode "The Dummy".
- Hywel Bennett, Christopher Brown, Lorne Cossette, John Novak, Alan David, Carolyn Seymour, Nana Visitor, John de Lancie, Mare Winningham and Jenny Agutter appeared in the 1980s revival of the series. John Debney also composed the music for one episode.
- Michael David Simms, Mi-Jung Lee, Dave Hurtubise, Robert Moloney, Wayne Knight and Lesley Ewen appeared in the 2002 revival.
- Lucinda Dryzek and Amara Karan appeared in the 2019 revival.
- Writer Robert Shearman has cited The Twilight Zone, along with Pinter, Stoppard, Antonin Artaud, and Doctor Who itself, as influences on his work both on and off Doctor Who.[1]
