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Planet of the Apes

Fri, Sep 13, 1974
  • Sci-Fi & Fantasy
  • Action & Adventure
  • Drama
Series · Synopsis

Synopsis

Two astronauts and a sympathetic chimp friend are fugitives in a future Earth dominated by a civilization of humanoid apes. Based on the 1968 Planet of the Apes film and its sequels, which were inspired by the novel of the same name by Pierre Boulle.

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Cast

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  • Roddy McDowall
    Roddy McDowall
    as Galen
  • Ron Harper
    Ron Harper
    as Alan Virdon
  • James Naughton
    James Naughton
    as Pete Burke
  • Mark Lenard
    Mark Lenard
    as Urko
  • Booth Colman
    Booth Colman
    as Zaius
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Episodes

1 season · 14 episodes

Ended · 14 aired
Season 1
14 episodes · 14 aired
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  • E1
    Escape from Tomorrow
    Aired · Sat, Sep 14, 1974 · 60m

    Two Earth astronauts find themselves thrown through a time warp to Earth... over 500 years in the future where apes now rule the planet and humans are considered little more than dumb animals.

  • E2
    The Gladiators
    Aired · Sat, Sep 21, 1974 · 60m

    A chimpanzee prefect uses gladiatorial games to keep his human villagers pacified. However, the son of the undefeated champion won't fight... and the astronauts turn to him for help when the prefect acquires the disk.

  • E3
    The Trap
    Aired · Sat, Sep 28, 1974 · 60m

    While pursuing the fugitives, Urko is caught in an earthquake and trapped in an underground subway station... with Pete. To free them both, Alan and Galen must make a deal with Urko's lieutenant, Zako.

  • E4
    The Good Seeds
    Aired · Sat, Oct 5, 1974 · 60m

    After Galen breaks his leg, the fugitives are forced to take refuge with a family of poor ape farmers. The eldest son's cow is pregnant... and if it fails to deliver a bull, he'll hold the humans to blame and kill them.

  • E5
    The Legacy
    Aired · Sat, Oct 12, 1974 · 60m

    The trio find a long-buried human science institute, but the projector revealing the vault of hidden knowledge is out of power. While Pete and Galen collect parts to make a battery, Urko and Zaius capture Alan and try to obtain the institute's location from him.

  • E6
    Tomorrow's Tide
    Aired · Sat, Oct 19, 1974 · 60m

    Pete and Alan rescue an old man left to die at sea, and are captured by a local labor center that needs the astronauts to work for them to fulfill their quota.

  • E7
    The Surgeon
    Aired · Sat, Oct 26, 1974 · 60m

    When Alan is badly wounded by an ape bullet, Galen must convince his former girlfriend--a chimpanzee surgeon--to operate on his friend using a forbidden human medical textbook.

  • E8
    The Deception
    Aired · Sat, Nov 2, 1974 · 60m

    The trio investigates a village where a group of hooded ape Dragoons are terrorizing the humans after two humans allegedly killed an ape scholar. Things get complicated when the dead ape's blind daughter falls in love with Pete, unaware that he's a human.

  • E9
    The Horse Race
    Aired · Sat, Nov 9, 1974 · 60m

    A young human rides a horse to get an antidote to save Galen's life, even though it's against the law. When he's captured, Alan agrees to ride in a horse race against Urko's jockey to save the boy's life.

  • E10
    The Interrogation
    Aired · Sat, Nov 16, 1974 · 60m

    Urko and Zaius capture Pete and subject to him to brainwashing, and Galen turns to an old flame and his parents to help him and Alan rescue their friend.

  • E11
    The Tyrant
    Aired · Sat, Nov 23, 1974 · 60m

    The trio are forced to ally with Urko to bring down a tyrannical gorilla ruler in an outer province.

  • E12
    The Cure
    Aired · Sat, Nov 30, 1974 · 60m

    The astronauts run into a village struck by malaria. Only their knowledge can end the disease... but the apes have other ideas.

  • E13
    The Liberator
    Aired · Sat, Dec 7, 1974 · 60m

    The trio encounter a village of humans that hand over their own kind to the apes to work as slaves. The "gods" kill anyone who violates the village law, but the leader's son has second thoughts when his fiancee is the next slave to be chosen.

  • E14
    Up Above the World So High
    Aired · Sat, Dec 21, 1974 · 60m

    The trio discovers a human that has built a crude glider. He is then captured by the apes, and one ape in particular wants to see the glider developed to its full potential... so that she can wipe out the gorilla and orangatuan leadership.