Third from the Sun

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Third from the Sun is a 1960 episode of the television anthology series The Twilight Zone that follows two families attempting to escape an impending nuclear war by fleeing to a mysterious distant planet.

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Third from the Sun canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf television episode ⓘ
airDateYear 1960 ⓘ
basedOn Third from the Sun (short story) ⓘ
basedOnAuthor Richard Matheson ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
broadcastOrderInSeries 14 ⓘ
centralConflict escape from authoritarian government before nuclear war begins ⓘ
closingNarrationBy Rod Serling ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director Richard L. Bare ⓘ
featuresTheme Cold War anxiety ⓘ
escape ⓘ
nuclear war ⓘ
space travel ⓘ
followedByEpisode I Shot an Arrow into the Air ⓘ
genre anthology television ⓘ
drama ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
hasTwistEnding true ⓘ
isAnthologyEpisodeOf The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series) ⓘ
mainCharacter Jerry Riden ⓘ
William Sturka ⓘ
narrator Rod Serling ⓘ
notableFor early exploration of nuclear paranoia on American television ⓘ
openingNarrationBy Rod Serling ⓘ
originalAirDate 1960-01-08 ⓘ
originalChannel Columbia Broadcasting System ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalNetwork CBS ⓘ
plotSummary Two families attempt to escape an impending nuclear war by fleeing their planet in a stolen spacecraft. ⓘ
plotTwist The supposedly distant planet is revealed to be Earth, the third planet from the Sun. ⓘ
precededByEpisode What You Need ⓘ
productionCompany Cayuga Productions ⓘ
protagonistOccupation scientist ⓘ
runningTimeMinutes 25 ⓘ
scriptAdaptationType short story adaptation ⓘ
season Season 1 ⓘ
series The Twilight Zone ⓘ
setting a technologically advanced but war-threatened planet ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted near future ⓘ
title Third from the Sun ⓘ
usesDevice stolen experimental spacecraft ⓘ
writer Rod Serling ⓘ

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I Shot an Arrow into the Air → precededBy → Third from the Sun ⓘ
Third from the Sun → title → Third from the Sun ⓘ