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Let's Go Ape (episode 47 of the podcast)

It's fifty years since the TV series of Planet of the Apes debuted, enlivening the childhood of millions around the planet of the humans. Phil and Colin enjoyed the show as kids, but now undertake a celebratory rewatch, reviewing the adventures of Virdon (the blond one), Burke (the dark-haired one), and Galen (the hairy one). We also have a Planet of the Apes quiz, and our usual round up of recommendations of past, present and future SF. Some of the items mentioned on the show: Planet of the Apes TV series Den of Geek's Apes quiz The Star Trek set blueprint archive Hunter's Planet of the Apes Archive ... ...which includes Rod Serling's unfilmed Planet of the Apes TV scripts R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) on stage in Portland, Oregon Article about Pierre Boulle , creator of Planet of the Apes The Every Single Sci-Fi Film Ever * podcast *almost Here's the episode. Enjoy!     Podcast platforms carrying Science Fiction 101 include:   Amazon Music