The Martian Chronicles

The Martian Chronicles

Ended First aired 15/Jan/1980 United States English 1 season(s) 3 episode(s)
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The Martian Chronicles deals with the exploration of Mars and the inhabitants there.
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Season 1 · Season 1
3 episode(s) · Air date: 15/Jan/1980
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S1E3
The Martians
Air date: 29/Jan/1980 · Runtime: 120 min
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November 2006: Earth is an amber cinder, all life annihilated by total nuclear war. A handful of settlers left on Mars are the sole survivors of the human race, facing a desolate future, cut off and isolated even from each other. Wilder finally meets his Martian 'counterpart'.

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November 2006: Earth is an amber cinder, all life annihilated by total nuclear war. A handful of settlers left on Mars are the sole survivors of the human race, facing a desolate future, cut off and isolated even from each other. Wilder finally meets his Martian 'counterpart'.

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The Settlers
Air date: 22/Jan/1980 · Runtime: 120 min
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February 2004: The colonisation of Mars proceeds rapidly, the rockets arriving like 'silver locusts'. Settlers pour in, each in search of a dream - Fr Peregrine wants to meet Christ; the Lustigs want to find their missing son; the Parkhills want to make their fortune; and Wilder himself wants to meet a Martian...

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February 2004: The colonisation of Mars proceeds rapidly, the rockets arriving like 'silver locusts'. Settlers pour in, each in search of a dream - Fr Peregrine wants to meet Christ; the Lustigs want to find their missing son; the Parkhills want to make their fortune; and Wilder himself wants to meet a Martian...

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The Expeditions
Air date: 15/Jan/1980 · Runtime: 120 min
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January 1999: The Zeus Project makes its first manned flight to Mars. Its ultimate goal: colonisation. On Mars, Ylla dreams of the coming astronauts and her husband, Mr K, plots their doom... The second expeditions lands and finds a Mars a deceptively familiar but deadly home from home. Finally, Col. Wilder's Zeus III expedition arrives to find the Martians dead, wiped out by chicken pox. For one crew member, Spender, the thought of Earth culture tearing the planet apart is too much to bear.

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January 1999: The Zeus Project makes its first manned flight to Mars. Its ultimate goal: colonisation. On Mars, Ylla dreams of the coming astronauts and her husband, Mr K, plots their doom... The second expeditions lands and finds a Mars a deceptively familiar but deadly home from home. Finally, Col. Wilder's Zeus III expedition arrives to find the Martians dead, wiped out by chicken pox. For one crew member, Spender, the thought of Earth culture tearing the planet apart is too much to bear.

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Rock Hudson
Rock Hudson
Col. John Wilder
Darren McGavin
Darren McGavin
Sam Parkhill
Roddy McDowall
Roddy McDowall
Father Stone
Joyce Van Patten
Joyce Van Patten
Elma Parkhill
Gayle Hunnicutt
Gayle Hunnicutt
Ruth Wilder
Phil Brown
Phil Brown
Narrator
Barry Morse
Barry Morse
Peter Hathaway
Peter Marinker
Peter Marinker
McClure
Richard Oldfield
Richard Oldfield
Captain Nathaniel York
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Maggie Wright
Ylla
Burnell Tucker
Burnell Tucker
Bill Wilder
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Derek Lamden
Sandship Martian
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Anthony Pullen Shaw
Edward Black
Alison Elliott
Alison Elliott
Lavinia Spaulding
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John Cassady
Briggs
Richard Heffer
Richard Heffer
Captain Conover
Bernie Casey
Bernie Casey
Maj. Jeff Spender
Maria Schell
Maria Schell
Anna Lustig

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Michael Anderson
Michael Anderson
Director
Richard Matheson
Richard Matheson
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