Pathfinders to Venus (1961)
Synopsis
Returning from their unexpected trip to Mars the crew of MR4 intercept a distress signal from Captain Wilson, a U.S astronaut, and must change course for Venus to attempt a rescue in space. However, through the space periscope, Brown sees what appears to be a settlement or a city of some sort. Desperate to investigate, Brown edits Wilson's message and tricks the crew into landing Venus so as they can rescue him.
First Air Date: 1961-03-05
Last Air Date: 1961-04-23
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 8
Created By: Malcolm Hulke, Sydney Newman, Eric Paice
Networks: ITV1
Top Cast
- George Coulouris as Harcourt Brown
- Gerald Flood as Conway Henderson
- Graydon Gould as Captain Wilson
- Pamela Barney as Professor Mary Meadows
- Hester Cameron as Margaret Henderson
- Stewart Guidotti as Geoffrey Wedgwood
Seasons
Season 1 (1961)
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Episodes:
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Ep. 1: S.O.S. From Venus
While returning to Earth from a hazardous journey to Mars, the British rocket crew hear a mysterious distress call from the vicinity of Venus.
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Ep. 2: Into The Poison Cloud
In answer to a distress call from a stranded astronaut; MR4 has diverted to Venus. By a trick, the rocket's univited guest Harcourt Brown has made pilot Henderson decide to land on the unknown world beneath the carbon cloud.
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Ep. 3: The Living Planet
The crew of the British rocket MR4 have landed on Venus to rescue the stranded American astronaut. But he has vanished and his rocked has been ransacked.
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Ep. 4: The Creature
The British rescue party on Venus have found the American's ransacked rocket. Evidence of life is soon confirmed.
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Ep. 5: The Venus People
Harcourt Brown has persuaded the American astronaut, Wilson to go with hims in search of a Venusian civilisation. The British party in pursuit suddenly find themselves trapped in a cave by a huge primitive man.
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Ep. 6: The City
The British space explorers, searching inside a Venusian volcano for Captain Wilson, are hunted down by a primitive species of men. Making their escape, they are trapped by roof falls and molten lava as the volcano erupts.
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Ep. 7: The Valley of the Monsters
Cut off from their rocket by an active volcano, the astronauts start the long trek across the Venusian desert - and are attacked by pterodactyls. But these pre-historic flying reptiles are only a foretase of what is to come.
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Ep. 8: Planet on Fire
The astronauts have trekked across the vast Venusian desert to return to their rocket. But as they near MR4, volcanic ash sets the jungle aflame - and MR4 is in the centre of the inferno.
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