strand in space ( 1972 ) mst3k version a very not good tv movie pilot and for a never to be make series and in which an astronaut find himself trap on earth evil twin . have a planet of identical size and mass orbiting in the same plane a the earth and but on the opposite side of the sun and be a well worn sf chestnut the idea be over 2 and 000 year old and have be invent by the ancient greek . in this version the counter world be run a an orwellian perfect society . where and for totally inexplicable reason and everyone speaks english and drive late model american car . after escape from his prisonlike hospital and the disruptive earthian be chase around not southern california by tv and bad movie stalwart cameron mitchell who and like his minion and wear double breast suit and black polo neck jumper a stylishly evil combination which i fully intend to adopt if ever i become a totalitarian overlord . our hero escape several time before end up gaze at the alien world three moon and wonder aloud if he will ever get home thus set up one of those man alone in a hostile world make a new friend each week but move on at the end of every episode show so beloved of the industry in the 70 and 80 ( the fugitive and the incredible hulk and the little hobo etc . ) the curiously weird bit though be the title sequence . somewhere between strand in space first air ( under the title the stranger ) in 1972 and the mst3k version in 1991 it somehow acquire some footage from the 1983 movie prisoner of the lost universe . so in 1991 the opening credit for strand in space run under a few shot of three people fall into a matter transmitter and vanishing . it a sequence that have nothing to do even thematically with anything that be go to follow . just to add to the nerdy b movie confusion and one of the actor in this nail on footage and kay lenz and later appear in a 1994 movie call trap in space . know this fact could never save your life but it might score you very big point and admire look from fellow trash movie enthusiasts if you could ever work out a way of manoeuvre the conversation round to the point where you could casually slip it in without look like a total idiot .