The Planets (1999– )

Stars:

Mark Halliley, Boris Chertok, Charles Conrad

1 nomination.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Mark Halliley	...	Himself - Narrator (8 episodes, 1999)
Boris Chertok	...	Himself - Rocket Designer (3 episodes, 1999)
Charles Conrad	...	Himself - Commander, Apollo 12 (3 episodes, 1999)
Carolyn Porco	...	Herself - Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Arizona (3 episodes, 1999)
Sasha Basilevsky	...	Himself - Geologist (2 episodes, 1999)
Imre Friedmann	...	Himself - Florida State University (2 episodes, 1999)
Douglas Gough	...	Himself - Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge University (2 episodes, 1999)
William Hartmann	...	Himself - Planetary Science Institute, Arizona (2 episodes, 1999)
Sergei Khrushchev	...	Himself - Brown University, Rhode Island (2 episodes, 1999)
Mikhail Marov	...	Himself - Russian Academy of Sciences (2 episodes, 1999)
Chris McKay	...	Himself - NASA AMES Research Centre (2 episodes, 1999)
Bruce Murray	...	Himself - Director, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1976-1982 (2 episodes, 1999)
Arnold Selivanov	...	Himself - Russian Institute for Space Instruments (2 episodes, 1999)
Brad Smith	...	Himself - Astronomer (2 episodes, 1999)
Larry Soderblom	...	Himself - US Geological Survey, Arizona (2 episodes, 1999)
Gerry Soffen	...	Himself - Viking Mission Scientist (2 episodes, 1999)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

jet propulsion laboratory | space race | space exploration | science | space | 

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Genres:

Documentary

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Details

Official Sites:

BBCi [uk]

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Also Known As:

Oi planites

Filming Locations:

Antarctica

Company Credits

Production Co:

A&E Television Networks, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

390 min 390 min (8 episodes)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

User Reviews

excellent series, but already dated

This BBC series released in 1999 is an excellent source of information on our solar system. We are fortunate to be living at a time when so much is being revealed about our neighboring worlds.

But as more information comes in at an ever-increasing rate, it is always a matter of a 'snapshot' of what was known at the time the series was produced. 1999 now seems like such a long time ago.

The Mars-rovers were still in the works, as was Cassini-Huygens, and thus there is no material from those missions.

And while many of the first-person interviews are interesting, I have a bit of an issue with wasting screen-time on a talking-head astronomer/planetary scientist gushing how "I was the first person to see (X or Y or Z), and that made me feel so special." I did not purchase this DVD set in order to hear someone stroke their own ego.

And why was it felt necessary to re-dub the narration from a British male to an American female (who sounds just like NBC's Anne Curry)?