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  • Episode aired Oct 11, 1974
  • 1h
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7.1/10
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Planet of the Apes (1974)
AdventureSci-FiThriller
Burke and Virdon discover a holographic message from scientists from their own time, which might help them find out what happened to their world, while they are exploring the ruins of Oaklan... Read allBurke and Virdon discover a holographic message from scientists from their own time, which might help them find out what happened to their world, while they are exploring the ruins of Oakland.Burke and Virdon discover a holographic message from scientists from their own time, which might help them find out what happened to their world, while they are exploring the ruins of Oakland.
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    • Director
      • Bernard McEveety
    • Writers
      • Robert Hamner
      • Howard Dimsdale(executive story consultant)
      • Joe Ruby(story consultant)
    • Stars
      • Roddy McDowall
      • Ron Harper
      • James Naughton
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    • Director
      • Bernard McEveety
    • Writers
      • Robert Hamner
      • Howard Dimsdale(executive story consultant)
      • Joe Ruby(story consultant)
    • Stars
      • Roddy McDowall
      • Ron Harper
      • James Naughton
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    • 4User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    Roddy McDowall, Ron Harper, and James Naughton in Planet of the Apes (1974)
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    Roddy McDowall
    Roddy McDowall
    • Galen
    Ron Harper
    Ron Harper
    • Alan Virdon
    James Naughton
    James Naughton
    • Pete Burke
    Zina Bethune
    Zina Bethune
    • Arn
    Jackie Earle Haley
    Jackie Earle Haley
    • Kraik
    Robert Phillips
    Robert Phillips
    • Gorilla Captain
    Mark Lenard
    Mark Lenard
    • Urko
    Booth Colman
    Booth Colman
    • Zaius
    Jon Lormer
    Jon Lormer
    • Scientist
    Wayne Foster
    • Gorilla Sergeant
    Victor Kilian
    Victor Kilian
    • Human
    Nick Dimitri
    Nick Dimitri
    • Gorilla
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    • Director
      • Bernard McEveety
    • Writers
      • Robert Hamner
      • Howard Dimsdale(executive story consultant)
      • Joe Ruby(story consultant)
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    • Trivia
      This episode takes place in 3085.
    • Goofs
      A dog follows the trio into the ruined city. If, as Cornelius and Armando stated in Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) and Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972), a plague had wiped out all cats and dogs, where did this dog come from? (Note: the appearance of the dog was not in the script. It was added during filming).
    • Connections
      Edited into Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes (1980)

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    3/10
    The Destruction of Our World Is Imminent!
    I really loved this show as an 11 year old boy back in 1974. So when I bought the whole series on DVD for less than $20 I was really happy!

    Well, memories are funny things. I remembered this episode mostly for the high spots, the eerie recording of the long-dead scientist ("the destruction of our world is imminent") and the thoughtful dialog between Dr. Zaius and General Urko about the dangers of human knowledge at the end of the episode. ("Burn it all!") What I didn't remember is that most of the episode actually turns on the big blonde astronaut's maudlin attack of homesickness and his highly questionable attempt to "adopt" a human family starving in the rubble.

    Note to blonde astronaut: rat-faced lying little boys who snitch are poor candidates for adoption. You can bribe them with food, or you can bribe them with hand-made model airplanes, but the minute your back is turned they rat you out all over again!

    Loved the father-son moments, too.

    "Families love each other! Families respect each other!"

    Uh, sure. But more to the point might have been something like, "Families never rat on each other, no matter what. You know what rats get, don't you Zaik? This is what rats get!"

    An episode like this really makes you wish the swinging bachelor astronaut had taken his buddy aside and told him, "Alan, the kid looks like a rat. I mean, just look at that skinny face, and those beady little eyes. We're talking major rat action here. The blonde on the other hand . . . maybe she'd like to be the meat in an astronaut sandwich!"
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    • Dan1863Sickles
    • Feb 10, 2015

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    • Release date
      • October 11, 1974 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • 20th Century Fox Ranch, Malibu Creek State Park - 1925 Las Virgenes Road, Calabasas, California, USA
    • Production company
      • 20th Century Fox Television
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      1 hour
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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