The Little People
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 Scene from "The Little People" |
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| Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 93 |
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| Written by | Rod Serling | ||||||
| Directed by | William Claxton | ||||||
| Guest stars | Joe Maross : Peter Craig Claude Akins : William Fletcher Michael Ford : Spaceman #1 Robert Eaton : Spaceman #2 |
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| Featured music | Stock | ||||||
| Production no. | 4822 | ||||||
| Original airdate | March 30, 1962 | ||||||
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"The Little People" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone.
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[edit] Opening Narration
| “ | The time is the space age, the place is a barren landscape of a rock-walled canyon that lies millions of miles from the planet Earth. The cast of characters? You've met them: William Fletcher, commander of the spaceship; his copilot, Peter Craig. The other characters who inhabit this place you may never see, but they're here, as these two gentlemen will soon find out. Because they're about to partake in a little exploration into that gray, shaded area in space and time that's known as the Twilight Zone. | ” |
[edit] Synopsis
Astronauts William Fletcher and Peter Craig -each of whom happens to be the chief thorn in the other's side- set down in a canyon on another planet to repair their ship. While scouting around, Craig finds a city populated by people no bigger than ants.
He begins terrorizing the population by crushing their buildings, and he proclaims himself a god. Fletcher comes to inform him the repairs are done and they can depart, but Craig pulls a gun on him and orders Fletcher to leave him alone; there's no room for two gods.
Fletcher leaves disgustedly, and immediately another ship lands. Two spacemen, big as mountains, emerge. One of them picks Craig up and accidentally crushes him. The Little People rejoice at the death of their bullying "god."
[edit] Closing Narration
| “ | The case of navigator Peter Craig, a victim of a delusion. In this case, the dream dies a little harder than the man. A small exercise in space psychology that you can try on for size--in the Twilight Zone. | ” |
[edit] Trivia
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- The towering two spacemen are wearing uniforms from the MGM film Forbidden Planet.
- The episode has been spoofed by The Simpsons (in "Treehouse of Horror VII") and Futurama (in "Godfellas"). Furthermore, the Simpsons episode has itself been spoofed by South Park (in "Simpsons Already Did It").
- In The Outer Limits episode The Sandkings, Beau Bridges plays "god" to a group of Martian "insect"-like creatures who eventually create a "portrait" of him in their habitat. When they eventually break out, he is killed trying to destroy them.
