Pathfinders to Venus (1961)
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.
- Sydney Newman
- Malcolm Hulke
- Eric Paice
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Episode 1 - S.O.S. From Venus
Release Date: 1961-03-05While 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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Episode 2 - Into The Poison Cloud
Release Date: 1961-03-12In 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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Episode 3 - The Living Planet
Release Date: 1961-03-19The 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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Episode 4 - The Creature
Release Date: 1961-03-26The British rescue party on Venus have found the American's ransacked rocket. Evidence of life is soon confirmed.
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Episode 5 - The Venus People
Release Date: 1961-04-02Harcourt 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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Episode 6 - The City
Release Date: 1961-04-09The 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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Episode 7 - The Valley of the Monsters
Release Date: 1961-04-16Cut 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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Episode 8 - Planet on Fire
Release Date: 1961-04-23The 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.