Death Ship (The Twilight Zone)

"Death Ship"
The Twilight Zone episode
Cruiser E-89 about to land
Episode no.Season 4
Episode 6
Directed byDon Medford
Written byRichard Matheson
Based on"Death Ship"
by Richard Matheson
Featured musicStock
Production code4850
Original air dateFebruary 7, 1963 (1963-02-07)
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"Death Ship" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone, based on a 1953 short story with the same title by Richard Matheson. The story was inspired by the legend of the Flying Dutchman. In this episode, a spaceship crew discovers a wrecked replica of their ship with their own dead bodies inside.