The Twilight Zone was an Earth television program created by Rod Serling (CBS, 1959-1964). Using the framework of science fiction and fantasy, Serling hosted every episode himself, telling speculative stories that explored the human condition and topics too sensitive for open public discourse.
Trip Tucker said T'Pol's story about her second foremother, T'Mir, sounded like something from The Twilight Zone. (ENT: "Carbon Creek")
Background
Main Actors
Four main TOS actors appeared in The Twilight Zone: William Shatner starred in two episodes: "Nick of Time" in 1960 and "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" in 1963. Leonard Nimoy was part of the cast in "A Quality of Mercy" in 1961. James Doohan appeared in the episode "Valley of the Shadow" (1963) and George Takei in "The Encounter" (1964).
Guest Stars
William Windom (Commodore Matt Decker) was in two episodes: "Miniature" (1963) and "Five Characters in Search of an Exit" (1961). John Hoyt (Dr. Philip Boyce) was in "Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?" (1961), and "The Lateness of the Hour" (1960). Robert Lansing (Gary Seven) was in "The Long Morrow." Stanley Adams(Cyrano Jones) was in two episodes: "Mr. Garrity And The Graves" and "Once Upon A Time." John Fiedler (Mr. Hengist) was in "Cavender Is Coming" and "Night Of The Meek."
"The Doomsday Machine" has five Twilight Zone alumni: Shatner, Nimoy, Doohan, Takei, and Windom.
Writers/Directors
TOS writers Richard Matheson and George Clayton Johnson were regular contributors, so as directors Robert Butler and Robert Gist.