The segment "The Different Ones" uses several sound effects that would later be used in The Six Million Dollar Man (1974), including the effect used when Steve Austin activates his bionic eye.
The footage showing three ships drifting through space and the jettisoning of the circular pod is original footage from the Universal Studios film Silent Running (1972). It was not seen in the original network version but later added to increase running time for syndication. The TV episode with "The Different Ones" aired on December 29, 1971, more than two months before the film's release date of March 10, 1972.
Several clips from the NASA Apollo moon program are used in this episode including footage taken through the window of the lunar module from Apollo 11 as it descends to the moon's surface.
At the beginning of "The Different Ones", the footage of the jet-packed flying policemen is taken from Fahrenheit 451 (1966).