 Should have added: it's amazing how similar they are without being boring. (Perhaps because one uses a mysterious "syndicate" and pirates; the second uses nuclear explosions and pre-historic men.   ) Kenny, I wish someone could do something similar today, but I fear with the modern crop of script/screenwriters and producers they'd fall on their face. Plus, there just don't seem to be the character actors to do these things. "Laughing Maiden" had three guys: Rose, Dr. Arnold Moss and William Griffis in (IMO) his best ever RMT performance; as did "Yesterday's Giant", which had Rose, Ralph Bell and Howard Ross. Nearly all of them were in their 50s by this point. Yet in each episode, combined with the wonderful RMT/CBS music beds and some timely sound effects, there was a richness that I don't think a modern ten-character cast could capture. Hope I'm wrong.