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The Planets looks at the "Grand Tour" of the outer solar system provided by the Voyager space probes.
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The Planets looks manned and unmanned exploration of the Moon and considers theories of its age and origin.
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The Planets examines the sun and interviews scientists and astronauts about the properties of this all-important star.
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Mark Halliley | ... | Himself - Narrator 8 episodes, 1999 |
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Donald Black | ... | Himself 7 episodes, 1999 |
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Jerry Soften | ... | Himself 7 episodes, 1999 |
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Sasa Vasilievski | ... | Himself 7 episodes, 1999 |
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The Planets is a made for television documentary series that explores in depth the planets that make up our solar system.
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I first saw The Planets On the ABC.It ran for 8 weeks on each sunday and i watched it and watched, to cut a long story short i gratefully now own it on DVD. With 8 episodes [ 1.Different Worlds. 2.Terra Firma. 3.The Giants. 4.The Moon. 5.Star. 6.Atmosphere. 7. Life. 8.Destiny.] and footage of the scientists and engineers talking about the events they were apart of at the time,This Documentary produced by the BBC is an eye opener.