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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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