Probe 7, Over and Out
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"Probe 7, Over and Out" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone
. Its plot is a Shaggy God story
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Eventually he finds a woman from another species who tells him her name is Norda. They cannot understand each other's language, but she communicates through sketches drawn in the sand and by pantomime that she is also stranded; her planet had left its orbit and she had survived. Together, they embark for a more fertile area, which Cook describes as looking like a "garden". He fully introduces himself as "Adam Cook" and Norda gives her full name as "Norda Eve". Adam and Eve
begin a new life on this planet she calls "Irth", which Adam pronounces as Earth
. At his point she even offers him a "seppla", which appears to be a very familiar "forbidden fruit
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The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone is an American television anthology series created by Rod Serling. Each episode is a mixture of self-contained drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist...
. Its plot is a Shaggy God story
Shaggy God story
A shaggy God story is a minor science fiction genre characterized by an attempt to explain Biblical concepts with science fiction tropes. The term was coined by writer and critic Brian W. Aldiss in a pseudonymous column in the October 1965 issue of New Worlds. The term is a pun on the concept of...
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Synopsis
Astronaut Cook crash lands on a strange planet with gravity and atmospheric conditions similar to those on his home world. Most of his equipment is put out of commission by the crash and he cannot repair it due to a broken arm and lack of resources. Shortly afterwards, he learns that his home world has embarked on a catastrophic nuclear war. In his last transmission, Cook's superior back home, General Larrabee, tells him that there may be no survivors when the war is over, so he can expect no rescue, and comments on how he hopes his new world is more peaceful.Eventually he finds a woman from another species who tells him her name is Norda. They cannot understand each other's language, but she communicates through sketches drawn in the sand and by pantomime that she is also stranded; her planet had left its orbit and she had survived. Together, they embark for a more fertile area, which Cook describes as looking like a "garden". He fully introduces himself as "Adam Cook" and Norda gives her full name as "Norda Eve". Adam and Eve
Adam and Eve
Adam and Eve were, according to the Genesis creation narratives, the first human couple to inhabit Earth, created by YHWH, the God of the ancient Hebrews...
begin a new life on this planet she calls "Irth", which Adam pronounces as Earth
Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets...
. At his point she even offers him a "seppla", which appears to be a very familiar "forbidden fruit
Forbidden fruit
Forbidden fruit is any object of desire whose appeal is a direct result of knowledge that cannot or should not be obtained or something that someone may want but is forbidden to have....
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