# What (other) 70's Sci-Fi show was this? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 3, 2009, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-70s-sci-fi-show-was-this/484185 "2009-02-03T01:02:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-70s-sci-fi-show-was-this/484185/1 "2009-02-03T01:02:34Z")
I don’t remember much about it (and I have a hunch I may have asked before, but until we get a reasonable search feature I don’t think I can find it) but I do remember this much [ul][li]The space ship was a Space Shuttle that was supposed to be futuristic, but I guess they didn’t have a budget[/li][li]They land on Earth in The Future[/li]IIRC, civilisation has collapsed or devolved[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Baraqiyal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@Baraqiyal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baraqiyal)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-70s-sci-fi-show-was-this/484185/2 "2009-02-03T01:44:06Z")
Planet of the Apes, the television series? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-70s-sci-fi-show-was-this/484185/3 "2009-02-03T01:48:36Z")
> [@Baraqiyal](#): > > Planet of the Apes, the television series? No, this was later and there weren’t apes in it. The idea was that this ship of explorers returned to Earth after some centuries and found cities overgrown and technology forgotten (except when the Bad Guys had some dangerous artifact, of course). ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-70s-sci-fi-show-was-this/484185/4 "2009-02-03T01:51:42Z")
Sounds like maybe [Strange New World](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073754/)? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-70s-sci-fi-show-was-this/484185/5 "2009-02-03T02:00:20Z")
> [@Baldwin](#): > > Sounds like maybe [Strange New World](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073754/)? [That looks very familiar](http://home.att.net/%7EPAXTEAM21/SNW/snw.html). I remember seeing John Saxon in something. But I want to say that the one I’m thinking of was shown after 1976, and I’m pretty certain the ship was an unmodified Space Shuttle model. ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-70s-sci-fi-show-was-this/484185/6 "2009-02-03T02:00:51Z")
Was it [Ark II?](http://www.angelfire.com/tv2/ark2/home.html) I used to love this 🙂 Oooh and it’s for sale on [Amazon!](http://www.amazon.com/Ark-II-Complete-2/dp/B000IU37UC) Product Description The 1970s children’s show ARK II reflected that decade’s ecological concerns with the sci-fi adventures of three human scientists–leader Jonah (Terry Lester) medic Ruth (Jean Marie Hon) and tech genius Samuel (Jose Flores)–who along with their talking chimpanzee Adam travelled in their high-tech vehicle to right the wrongs of the environmentally ravaged 25th century. This collection presents the fun conscientious and charmingly dated series in its entirety for a total of 15 episodes.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 787364725090 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-70s-sci-fi-show-was-this/484185/7 "2009-02-03T02:06:45Z")
Not _Ark II_. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-70s-sci-fi-show-was-this/484185/8 "2009-02-03T02:12:18Z")
_Genesis II_ sounds familiar, but it’s from 1973. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-70s-sci-fi-show-was-this/484185/9 "2009-02-03T02:14:11Z")
Well, the 1977 series [Buck Rogers](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075792/) started with Buck in a Shuttle-looking spaceship, and finding the future Earth to be a post-WWIII environment with most of the old civilization destroyed. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-70s-sci-fi-show-was-this/484185/10 "2009-02-03T02:19:44Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > _Genesis II_ sounds familiar, but it’s from 1973. And in between _Genesis II_ and _Strange New World_ was _Planet Earth_. All connected with Gene Roddenberry. You had: _Genesis II_ – 1973; starring Alex Cord. TV movie; pilot. Then _Planet Earth_ – 1974; starring John Saxon. Series based on _Genesis II_, with some changes. Then _Strange New World_ – 1975; again starring John Saxon. Third attempt to get the series off the ground. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-70s-sci-fi-show-was-this/484185/11 "2009-02-03T02:25:36Z")
Maybe I’m conflating the Shuttle from _Buck Rogers_ with the plot of _Strange New World_. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-70s-sci-fi-show-was-this/484185/12 "2009-02-03T11:54:31Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > No, this was later and there weren’t apes in it. The idea was that this ship of explorers returned to Earth after some centuries and found cities overgrown and technology forgotten (except when the Bad Guys had some dangerous artifact, of course). Logan’s Run had overgrown cities. (But no Space Shuttle.) ---
**Author:** ![arjee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2bfe46/32.png) [@arjee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/arjee)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-70s-sci-fi-show-was-this/484185/13 "2009-02-03T15:23:08Z")
Except for the “landing on Earth” part, it might be Starlost. > **[The Starlost](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Starlost)** > > The Starlost is a Canadian-produced science fiction television series created by writer Harlan Ellison and broadcast in 1973 on CTV in Canada and syndicated to local stations in the United States. The show's setting is a huge generational colony spacecraft called Earthship Ark, which has gone off course. Many of the descendants of the original crew and colonists are unaware, however, that they are aboard a ship. The series experienced a number of production difficulties, and Ellison broke with th...