The SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN
- The SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN
US tv series (1973-8). A Silverton and Universal Production for ABC. Executive prods Glen A. LARSON, Harve Bennett, Allan Balter. Prod Michael Gleason, Lionel E. Siegel, Joe L. Cramer, Fred Freiberger. Based on the novel Cyborg (1972) by Martin CAIDIN. The series began as a 90min ABC "Wednesday Movie of the Week" in 1973; 2 more made-for-tv movies followed,then the series: 5 seasons, 100 50min episodes. Colour.
Lee Majors plays Steve Austin, a former US Air Force astronaut who, after an accident in an experimental aircraft, has his badly injured body rebuilt with artificial parts (2 legs, 1 arm, 1 eye), becoming a CYBORG, though it is impossible to tell externally which parts are artificial. His unique situation is treated in purely comic-book terms for a presumably juvenile audience. He becomes a latter-day SUPERMAN, able to perform feats of great strength and move at incredible speeds, and is used as a special agent by a CIA-like government organization. The basic premise of the series is technologically absurd - while Austin's bionic arm might be able to withstand lifting huge weights, the leverage would pull the rest of his body apart. The success of the series resulted in a rather better spin-off series, The BIONIC WOMAN .
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Science Fiction and Fantasy Encyclopedia.
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