Probe 7, Over and Out
episode of The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)
"Probe 7, Over and Out" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone.
Opening narration
One Colonel Cook, a traveler in space. He's landed on a remote planet several million miles from his point of departure. He can make an inventory of his plight by just one 360-degree movement of head and eyes. Colonel Cook has been set adrift in an ocean of space in a metal lifeboat that has been scorched and destroyed and will never fly again. He survived the crash but his ordeal is yet to begin. Now he must give battle to loneliness. Now Colonel Cook must meet the unknown. It's a small planet set deep in space, but for Colonel Cook, it's the Twilight Zone.
Plot
Astronaut Colonel Adam Cook crash lands on a strange planet 4.3 light years away from home, with gravity and atmospheric conditions similar to those of his home world.
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