Planet of the Apes
 The
1974 Planet of the Apes TV series was developed from the
1967 movie of the same name and used much the same formula.
Astronauts Alan Virdon and Pete Burke pass through a time warp
and land back on Earth in the year 3085 AD.
They find an upside down
world where apes rule supreme and humans are the stupid unpaid
help!
Following the plots of the movies, the orang-utans are the
ruling class (the role of Doctor Zaius is reprised from the
movies), the chimpanzees are the intellectuals and the gorillas
are the thuggish military class.
An inquisitive young chimp called Galen (once more played by
Roddy McDowall who starred in four of the five Planet of the
Apes movies) befriends Virdon and Burke and helps them avoid
the gorillas, led by General Urko, who hunt the astronauts for
fear that they will destabilise the ape society.
 The
plight of the two astronauts was never resolved as CBS cancelled
the show after 14 of the planned 20 episodes due to poor ratings
in the US.
The series maintained the splendid look of the movies and
introduced a few of the more metaphorical elements of Pierre
Boulle's original novel.
A thirty episode cartoon series Return to the Planet of the
Apes was made in 1975.
EPISODES
Escape from tomorrow | The Gladiators | The Trap | The Good Seeds
| The Legacy | Tomorrow's Tide | The Surgeon | The Deception | The
Horse Race | The Interrogation | The Tyrant | The Cure | The
Liberator | Up above the world so high
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