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The Planets

  • TV Mini Series
  • 19991999
  • 49m
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The Planets (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.The Planets is a made for television documentary series that explores in depth the planets that make up our solar system.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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  • Stars
    • Mark Halliley
    • Sasa Vasilievski
    • Jerry Soften
  • Stars
    • Mark Halliley
    • Sasa Vasilievski
    • Jerry Soften
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    Mark Halliley
    • Self - Narrator
    Sasa Vasilievski
    • Self
    Jerry Soften
    • Self
    Donald Black
    • Self
    Carolyn Porco
    • Self - Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Arizona…
    Charles Conrad
    • Self - Commander, Apollo 12…
    Boris Chertok
    • Self - Rocket Designer…
    Sergei Khrushchev
    Sergei Khrushchev
    • Self - Brown University, Rhode Island
    William Hartmann
    • Self - Planetary Science Institute, Arizona…
    Larry Soderblom
    • Self - US Geological Survey, Arizona
    Brad Smith
    • Self - Astronomer…
    Mikhail Marov
    • Self - Russian Academy of Sciences…
    Chris McKay
    • Self - NASA AMES Research Centre…
    Arnold Selivanov
    • Self - Russian Institute for Space Instruments…
    Imre Friedmann
    • Self - Florida State University
    Douglas Gough
    • Self - Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge University
    Karen Stone
    • Narrator (for US version)
    Gerry Soffen
    • Self - Viking Mission Scientist
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    9/10
    Second only to the orignal Cosmos Series
    This is a more than an "Old Documentary". This was a monumental look into the universe in 1999. We haven't seen something on this scale since the Cosmos series was released back in 1980. The series takes you further and further from Earth. It's an educational experience for anyone who's never really considered what lies outside the Earths' atmosphere. This goes beyond any definition you'll find in any book. You have a front row seat to how and what we knew in 1999.

    I have to disagree with those who say its outdated. I think it's more important to leave it untouched, a time capsule of sorts, preserved as a bookmark in time. It chronicles the technology we had up to 1999. Sure a lot has changed since then but how else can new generations have any understanding of how limited our knowledge of the universe really was in 1999.

    If i had to point out something negative it would have to be the narration. The version i remember had an America voice resembling Mike Rowe. All i can find is the narration Sam West did.
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      • April 29, 1999 (United Kingdom)
      • United Kingdom
      • BBCi (United Kingdom)
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      • Antarctica
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      • A+E Networks
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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