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Pathfinders to Mars
A secondary mission in a new rocket, MR4, to the Moon takes off from Buchan Island. This time Henderson takes the lead role as pilot accompanied by Professor Wedgwood's oldest son Geoff as radio operator, Professor Mary Meadows, Henderson's niece Margret along with Hamlet. However one of the crew turns out to be science writer named Harcourt Brown who has plans to divert the ship to Mars determined there is life on the planet. Brown succeeds in getting MR4 to Mars, but with the length of the journey, the crew decide that the only way to get home is to find water on Mars.
Seasons
- Season 1 — 6 episodes (December 11, 1960)
Cast
- Gerald Flood as Conway Henderson
- George Coulouris as The Imposter / Harcourt Brown
- Stewart Guidotti as Geoffrey Wedgwood
- Pamela Barney as Professor Mary Meadows
- Hester Cameron as Margret Henderson
- Hugh Evans as Ian Murray
- Astor Sklair as John Field
- Bernard Horsfall as Professor Hawkins
Details
- Created by
- Malcolm Hulke, Eric Paice and Sydney Newman
- First aired
- December 11, 1960
- Episodes
- 6
- Genres
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Family
- Status
- Ended
- TMDB score
- 7.5 / 10 from 2 votes
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