Drama | Children | Science-Fiction
Station:
ITV1 (UK)
Status:
Ended
Start:
1961-03-05
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Pathfinders to Venus picked up where the previous series (Pathfinders to Mars) left off. On their return from Mars, the crew of the British space ship M.R.4. intercepts a distress signal from a rocket in orbit around Venus. Manned by American astronaut Captain Wilson (Graydon Gould), it has been struck by a meteor and is fast running out of oxygen. Harcourt Brown fakes a message so that Conway Henderson believes the the American has been forced to crash-land on the planet's surface. Landing on Venus in a thick forest, out intrepid heroes soon realised they have been duped when the US space craft lands. But by the time Geoffrey and Margaret reach it, the pilot has vanished and his cabin has been torn apart by a creature of enormous strength. This was the final Pathfinder story, but some of the actors resurfaced later in Plateau of Fear.
TV Show Ended.
S1E6 - The City
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.
Air Date: 09 Apr 1961 09:50 (CDT)
S1E7 - The Valley of the Monsters
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.
Air Date: 16 Apr 1961 09:50 (CDT)
S1E8 - Planet on Fire
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.
Air Date: 23 Apr 1961 09:50 (CDT)