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The Martian Chronicles

The Martian Chronicles
★ 7.2/10•1980•2h 0m•13•Sci-Fi & Fantasy•Drama•Mystery
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The Martian Chronicles deals with the exploration of Mars and the inhabitants there.

StatusEnded
Runtime2h 0m
LanguageEN
First Air DateJan 15, 1980

Episodes

Episode 1 - The ExpeditionsE1120m

The Expeditions

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.

Jan 15, 1980

Episode 2 - The SettlersE2120m

The Settlers

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...

Jan 22, 1980

Episode 3 - The MartiansE3120m

The Martians

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'.

Jan 29, 1980

Actors

Rock Hudson

Rock Hudson

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

Peter Marinker

Peter Marinker

McClure

Richard Oldfield

Richard Oldfield

Nathaniel York

Maggie Wright

Ylla

Burnell Tucker

Burnell Tucker

Bill Wilder

Derek Lamden

Sandship Martian

Anthony Pullen Shaw

Edward Black

Alison Elliott

Alison Elliott

Lavinia Spaulding

John Cassady

Briggs

Richard Heffer

Richard Heffer

Captain Conover

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