Living Doll

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The Twilight Zone episode television episode

"Living Doll" is a famous episode of the original The Twilight Zone series in which a seemingly sentient talking doll terrorizes a family, becoming one of the show's most iconic horror stories.

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Label Occurrences
Living Doll canonical 3
"Amelia" involves a murderous Zuni fetish doll 1
A man becomes increasingly unhinged when his stepdaughter’s talking doll, Talky Tina, appears to be alive and threatens him. 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf The Twilight Zone episode ⓘ
television episode ⓘ
characterPortrayedBy Annabelle Streator – Mary LaRoche ⓘ
Christie Streator – Tracy Stratford ⓘ
Erich Streator – Telly Savalas ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
directedBy Richard C. Sarafian ⓘ
episodeNumberInSeason 6 ⓘ
featuresCharacter Annabelle Streator ⓘ
Christie Streator ⓘ
Erich Streator ⓘ
Talky Tina ⓘ
franchise The Twilight Zone (TV series) ⓘ
surface form: The Twilight Zone
genre horror ⓘ
psychological horror ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
supernatural fiction ⓘ
hasClosingNarrationBy Rod Serling ⓘ
hasOpeningNarrationBy Rod Serling ⓘ
hasTheme domestic conflict ⓘ
inanimate objects coming to life ⓘ
powerlessness and control ⓘ
revenge ⓘ
stepfather–stepdaughter tension ⓘ
hostedBy Rod Serling ⓘ
influenced later killer doll stories in film and television ⓘ
inPopularCulture often cited as a precursor to killer doll characters like Chucky ⓘ
language English ⓘ
notableFor being one of the most iconic horror episodes of The Twilight Zone ⓘ
featuring a seemingly sentient, malevolent talking doll ⓘ
originalAirDate 1963-11-01 ⓘ
originalMedium black-and-white television ⓘ
originalNetwork CBS ⓘ
partOf The Twilight Zone (TV series) ⓘ
surface form: The Twilight Zone (original series)
plotSummary Living Doll self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: A man becomes increasingly unhinged when his stepdaughter’s talking doll, Talky Tina, appears to be alive and threatens him.
producedBy William Froug ⓘ
propFeatured Talky Tina doll ⓘ
runningTime approximately 25 minutes ⓘ
seasonNumber 5 ⓘ
series The Twilight Zone (TV series) ⓘ
surface form: The Twilight Zone
setting suburban family home ⓘ
stars June Foray ⓘ
Mary LaRoche ⓘ
Telly Savalas ⓘ
Tracy Stratford ⓘ
teleplayBy Charles Beaumont ⓘ
title Living Doll self-link ⓘ
voiceActorOfCharacter June Foray ⓘ
surface form: Talky Tina – June Foray
writtenBy Jerry Sohl ⓘ

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The Twilight Zone (TV series episodes) → hasNotableEpisode → Living Doll ⓘ
Cliff Richard → notableWork → Living Doll ⓘ
Living Doll → title → Living Doll self-link ⓘ
Living Doll → plotSummary → Living Doll self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: A man becomes increasingly unhinged when his stepdaughter’s talking doll, Talky Tina, appears to be alive and threatens him.
Trilogy of Terror → segmentTheme → Living Doll ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Amelia" involves a murderous Zuni fetish doll