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Rod Serling Made A Major Error In The Twilight Zone's Opening Narration
By WITNEY SEIBOLD
In the famous title sequence of “The Twilight Zone,” Rod Serling speaks of dimensions. However, he made an error during the opening narration of the show's very first episode.
We know for sure that there are the usual four dimensions — the three we need to create a cube, and then the fourth that details where that cube exists in time.
As described in “Dimensions Behind the Twilight Zone: A Backstage Tribute to Television’s Groundbreaking Series,” Serling thought there were five dimensions, not four.
The very first episode of “The Twilight Zone” began with the usual title sequence where Serling narrated, “There is a sixth dimension beyond that which is known to man.”
According to “Dimensions,” that narration had to be changed when an executive at CBS pointed out to Serling that he skipped over a fifth dimension and went straight to a sixth.
The Twilight Zone was supposed to be just one dimension removed from our own, not two. When the executive pointed this out to Serling, he naively responded, “Aren't there five?”
Serling was made aware that there are only four dimensions. The segment was re-recorded, and all subsequent narrations referred to the fifth dimension.