Don Carter

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Don Carter is the anxious, increasingly superstitious protagonist of the "Nick of Time" episode of The Twilight Zone, whose fate seems eerily guided by a fortune-telling machine in a small-town diner.

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Don Carter canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
television character ⓘ
appearsIn The Twilight Zone ⓘ
appearsInEpisode Nick of Time ⓘ
associatedLocation Ridgeview, Ohio ⓘ
centralThemeInStory danger of superstition ⓘ
fate versus free will ⓘ
characterArc struggles to break dependence on the fortune-telling machine ⓘ
countryOfFictionalSetting United States ⓘ
episodeAirDate 1960-11-18 ⓘ
firstAppearance The Twilight Zone episode "Nick of Time" ⓘ
franchise The Twilight Zone franchise ⓘ
genreOfWorkAppearedIn fantasy television ⓘ
science fiction television ⓘ
hasPersonalityTrait anxious ⓘ
superstitious ⓘ
hasRelationship husband of Pat Carter ⓘ
languageOfOriginalWork English ⓘ
medium television ⓘ
narratedBy Rod Serling ⓘ
networkOfFirstAppearance CBS ⓘ
notableObjectOfObsession Mystic Seer napkin-holder machine ⓘ
linked to: Mystic Seer machine
occupation salesman ⓘ
portrayedBy William Shatner ⓘ
seriesCreatorOfAppearance Rod Serling ⓘ
setting small-town diner in Ridgeview, Ohio ⓘ
spouse Pat Carter ⓘ
timePeriodOfStory contemporary to early 1960s ⓘ
usesDevice Mystic Seer fortune-telling machine ⓘ
linked to: Mystic Seer machine

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