Pathfinders to Venus

Season 1

1961 · 8 episodes · 4h 0m in all

Episodes

1. 1

   1. S.O.S. From Venus

   5 Mar 1961 · 30 min

   While returning to Earth from a hazardous journey to Mars, the British rocket crew hear a mysterious distress call from the vicinity of Venus.

2. 2

   2. Into The Poison Cloud

   12 Mar 1961 · 30 min

   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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   3. The Living Planet

   19 Mar 1961 · 30 min

   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.

4. 4

   4. The Creature

   26 Mar 1961 · 30 min

   The British rescue party on Venus have found the American's ransacked rocket. Evidence of life is soon confirmed.

5. 5

   5. The Venus People

   2 Apr 1961 · 30 min

   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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   6. The City

   9 Apr 1961 · 30 min

   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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   7. The Valley of the Monsters

   16 Apr 1961 · 30 min

   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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   8. Planet on Fire

   23 Apr 1961 · 30 min

   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.