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Outer Limits Flying Saucer
Web site by: Phil
Broad
"The Second Chance" not
only tells a good story, it also has one of the very few instances of humans
operating a "Flying Saucer". Saucers are usually reserved to depict
"alien" technology in film and have only been shown as human-built
on a hand full of occasions. This saucer also has another unusual feature,
it has a complete two-story set. Multistory sets are typically depicted by
two separate sets built on the same floor level of a sound stage with stairs
that allow the actors to simulate traveling up or down to a different level.
Not this time. This set has two levels and both are used for primary filming.
Like the other spacecraft from this series, the cockpit hardware derives from
the earlier "Man Into Space" TV series. The pilot seats are real
military ejection seats but so far have not been identified as to the type
of aircraft they were originally used in. The passenger seats are also aircraft
surplus from several different airliners of the 1950's.