Walking Distance
- Eloi Honorable Mention
- by Rod Serling, directed by Robert Stevens
- TV Episode
- Fantasy
- Adults
- Definite Time Travel
- English
- “Walking Distance” by Rod Serling, directed by Robert Stevens (CBS-TV, USA, 30 October 1959).
Stopped at a gas station outside of his boyhood hometown, burnt-out executive Martin Sloan decides to explore the town, which surprisingly has not changed at all in twenty-some years.
—Michael Main
I know you’ve come from a long way from here . . . a long way and a long time.
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- Time Periods
- Circa AD 1930 to 1939: young Marty’s time
- Circa AD 1950 to 1959: old Martin’s time
- Timeline Models
- Leaky Timelines: Old Martin arrives in 1936 without a limp, but as soon as young Marty is injured running from old Martin, old Martin develops his limp, too.
- Time Travel Methods
- Themes
- Meeting or Viewing Ancestors or Descendants: Martin meets both parents
- Self-Visitation
- Groupings
Variants
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- “Walking Distance” by Rod Serling, directed by Robert Stevens (CBS-TV, USA, 30 October 1959).