There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man.

It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity.

It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition,

and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call the twilight zone. The twilight zone. The I always enjoy it when I always enjoy it when there's an alternate opening narration to a Twilight Zone episode that hasn't been used before.

And you can usually find these in either the Twilight Zone companion by Mark Zickery

or unlocking the door to a television classic by Martin Graham's Jr.

They're just given me a chance to speak those words that Rod Serling might have spoken and usually you can see why they changed it.

It also makes me really appreciate how good he was at those opening narrations and how effortless he made it seem.

We'll probably speak more about Rod Sailing as the presenter of the Twilight Zone down the line when he's not just in voiceover anymore.

But for now, let me read to you the alternate opening narration to the episode

people are alike all over.

You're looking at a highway into space, soon to be travelled by the flimsy little two-legged

animal with the extremely small head whose name is man, and who sends his tiny groping fingers up into the unknown,

man unshackling himself and heading for Mars.

Samuel A. Conrad, age 35,

Warren Markson, age 31. They are the first to try, and in a moment we'll travel with them.

You're looking at a species of flimsy little two-legged animal with extremely small heads,

whose name is man. Warren Markison, age 35.

Samuel A. Conrad, age 31.

Hey, let's get ready, Sam. We've only got a couple of hours.

They're taking a highway into space.

Man unshackling himself and sending his tiny groping fingers up into the unknown.

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