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Return to the Planet of the Apes : Season 1
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Air date: 06 Sep '75 - 13 episodesReturn to the Planet of the Apes is a short-lived animated series, by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises in association with 20th Century Fox Television, based upon Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle. Boulle's novel had previously inspired five films and a TV series, beginning with the 1968 film Planet of the Apes starring Charlton Heston. Unlike the film, its sequels, and the 1974 live action TV series, which involved a primitive ape civilization, Return to the Planet of the Apes depicted a technologically advanced society, complete with automobiles, film, and television; as such it more closely resembled both Boulle's original novel and early concepts for the first Apes movie which were changed due to budgetary limitations in the late 1960s. Produced following the last of the big-screen features and a short-lived live-action television series, this series was among the last Planet of the Apes projects for several years following a number of comic books from Marvel Comics and a series of audio...
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List of Episodes (13)
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Return to the Planet of the Apes (1975)
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1. Flames of Doom
06 Sep '75A trio of astronauts are thrust forward in time. They find themselves fugitives after crash-landing on the Planet of the Apes.
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2. Escape from Ape City
13 Sep '75After nearly dying in an attack on the humanoids' caves by General Urko's gorilla army, Jeff is able to hide with Nova and avoid being captured.
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3. The Unearthly Prophecy
04 Oct '75The Simian Senate is holding a top-secret session debating the possibility of intelligent humans after one of Urko's soldiers returns, delirious from the Forbidden Zone.
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4. Tunnel of Fear
27 Sep '75Bill and Jeff move the humans from the warpath of General Urko and his army.
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5. Lagoon of Peril
20 Sep '75Urko and his army search the desert for the entrance to the Under-dwellers' caverns.
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6. Terror on Ice Mountain
22 Nov '75Bill, Jeff and Judy head for the human settlement across the plain between the mountain ranges when they spy human shapes far below.
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7. River of Flames
29 Nov '75Bill, Jeff and Judy begin building rafts to help the human tribes reach New Valley. As always, Urko is in pursuit. I wonder if he gets paid overtime...
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8. Screaming Wings
10 Oct '75During the night, Ape City is awakened by the sounds of huge, flying objects.
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9. Trail to the Unknown
18 Oct '75As a result of a dog fight with the flying monster, most of the plane's fuel is gone leaving only a two to three-hour supply.
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10. Attack from the Clouds
25 Oct '75Reports pour in to the police that burglars are striking all over Ape City.
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11. Mission of Mercy
01 Nov '75Urko has been relieved of his duties for three months because of his recent negligence involving his leadership and the failed attempts at capturing Blue Eyes and the rest of the humans.
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12. Invasion of the Underdwellers
01 Nov '75During an archeological dig, Cornelius uncovers an ancient, human-made book entitled 'A Day at the Zoo'.
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13. Battle of the Titans
08 Nov '75Bill and Jeff discuss the best means of eluding Urko's troops when Judy insists that the laser previously rescued from the ship be used as a source of escape.
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