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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