Martin speaks what would prove to be a very foretelling line: "I'm a Martian, Tim; not a magician!" In 1973, Bill Bixby would go on to star in his own series, The Magician (1973), where he played the title role. And in his fourth TV series, he would invite Ray Walston to co-star with him in My Favorite Magician (1979), where Ray himself would play a magician. Destiny came full circle for both.
Hydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide actually was the fuel/oxidizer propellant used in NASA's Titan class booster rockets
The title is from the movie Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965).